001Uh good evening everybody. Um we're going to go ahead and call this meeting to order of the regular school board meeting um June 12, 2025. And um we are going to start with um our pledge of allegiance. Um Trustee Garcia, would you mind? Yeah. Okay. Thank you. All right. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Roll call. Okay. We're gonna get started with roll call. Um, so we have Yes. President Jocelyn Vargas here. Vice President Sylvia Pass here. Jesus Gonzalez, trustee. I'm here. Thomas Tortis, trustee here. Trinidad Arredondo, trustee. Valerie Garcia, clerk, present. And Joey Akuna, trustee. Okay. Uh moving on to 2.1 recognitions. Um recognition of quantum leap financial literacy
002workshops. Good evening members of the board, members of uh I'm sorry, Madam President, members of the board, uh Dr. as far as an executive cabinet. Um my name is Eddie Simon. I'm our MTSS data coach coordinator. Um and I'm here with the distinct pleasure to honor our quantum leap instructors. Um this year all 12th grade students at CV High School, Desmarrage High School, Wesure West Shores High School, and Laaf Familia High School um undergo a series of workshops around financial literacy concepts uh hosted by our quantum leap program from Keller Williams. Um each week uh students uh had one-hour workshops that spanned from December to the beginning of February. Uh within these workshops, topics included, uh the science of success, maximizing potential, um wealth, and the rules of money. Um so it's my honor and
003to welcome and recognize the leadership of our Quantum Leap instructors and to thank them for their work and dedication to our students. So we have Kelly Tweety, Coach Roy Rosales, and Alan Surell um that we're going to be honoring tonight. Think we're supposed to [Applause] and Kelly Tweety. Thank you. And then did you guys want to have pictures up in the front for awards? Maybe. Maybe we could hear from them. I'd like to hear from them, please. Yeah. you want to say a few words? Yeah. Thank you for allowing me to address the group here. Um, it really meant a lot to be allowed to come into the school uh and do what we did over a course of about 13 weeks. Um, just the the response that we got from the material that we
004presented to the students seemed very well received. We did have a survey that went out to everybody if you guys wanted to take a look at that. Um, but I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for Roy Rosales. Um, he went to Coachella Valley Unified School District. Uh, him and I became friends several years ago and just felt like there was a need for financial literacy and some life skills classes. Um, so thank you so much for allowing us to to do this. [Music] No, we didn't get a chance to rest. No, I don't, man. But I'd like to thank you guys. Could you guys wait just a bit? Okay. Um, do any of our board members have any comments? Um, thank you for recognizing me. I I just personally want to thank you
005guys for um for what you did. I think uh I don't know if you could measure the impact, right, of of what it means as a young child coming out of high school to understand financial literacy. And I think it it was long overdue. I'm excited that our current superintendent found the value in it and actually sought you guys out to do this for our children. I hope that this is the beginning of something that we do every year. Um kids will go to school. I I you know it goes it happens to I think all of us. We don't understand a balance of our borrowing capacity with what we actually utilize. We'll start there. You get into college and those that are even in school, they'll get the credit card. You're a college student
006and all of a sudden you get a $500 limit and you're spending all of it and you're not getting another card. And so the fact that the children can understand this and understand what it is to buy a house, be a business owner, buy a mortgage, the difference between buying a mortgage and buying a piece of property. Uh these are all things that are going to make a big difference in in how our children grow. And I think if if there really is an American promise, it's going to be predicated on how we and how our children participate in the economic opportunities of this country. So, I want to thank you for the work that you've done and let's uh let's grow the program. I I've I've been an advocate that this should be mandatory
007for for our students that they pass a financial literacy class. Maybe as sophomores like we used to do driver's ed, but definitely before they graduate, they should have passed and understand what financial literacy means, especially in this country. So, thank you for the work that you're doing. We're hoping that the program continues to grow, Dr. Sparsa and uh um thank you any other board members just thank you so much for for your support of our students. Thank you. Thank you. Uh next item on the agenda recognition of 2025 agri art uh winners. Good evening, Board of Trustees and Executive Cabinet. I'm actually going to call up community member George Tutor. He is the president of Growing Coachella Valley that sponsors this event and he's also the owner and CEO of Tutor Ranch. [Applause] Sorry, no
008problem. Good evening board and thank you for um having us here today. Um so yeah, as Marie mentioned um I'm the president of Growing Coachilla Valley. We're an organization in the valley that advocates and supports the agricultural community. Um we're a group of um agricultural members but also um various businesses here in the East Valley. And this is our third year um supporting a contest that we call an Agra art contest. And what we do is we put it out to um kids from um elementary through high school and both Desert Sands and CV High and we choose a theme and this year's theme was the circle of life. Coach Valley Agriculture, the circle of life. And we had uh in CB High, we had 14 classrooms participate in about a hundred 100 entries between
009uh elementary, middle, and high school. So we have um a first, second, third place, and honorable mention for middle and high school and a first, second, third, place, and honorable mention for elementary. So um we have uh certificates and a small financial or financial uh check here for the first, second and third for middle and high school and a certificate for honorable mention and the same for elementary. So I will uh name the winners and uh forgive me if I butcher the name a little bit. I apologize uh your name's a little bit, but I do want to mention that um the artwork was really fantastic. These kids do great work and it's um something pretty neat for us to be a part of truthfully. And there's also a grand prize winner that gets their
010art on a billboard on uh 86 here. I think last year was between Avenue 50 and 52 heading north. So, um I don't think it's up yet this year and I'm not sure which billboard it will be, but it's up there for a month, which is actually really cool, too. Um so, to begin with, I will start with the um honorable mention for the elementary school is Regina Oera Sea. [Applause] And she has uh Marie was kind enough sorry Marie was kind enough to frame the artwork for all the kids. Third place for the elementary schools was Ivana Prao. [Applause] Second place for the elementary was is Arlet Mariscalo. [Applause] And oh, I pardon me, I should be mentioning the schools as well. Forgive me. Um, Regina goes to Saul Martinez, a fifth grader at
011Sal Martinez. Ivana is a fourth grader at Peter Pendleton. Arlette is a third grader at Westside Elementary. And Jesselle, pardon me. And first place is uh Jacel Munoz from a fifth grader from Sal Martinez. Can we have them turn around so we can see the drawings? Super cool. A couple of our winners. Thank you, ladies. Beautiful. Okay, stay up here cuz we're going to do a picture at the end. We're going to do the high school. Okay, now this uh the next group is for the middle and high school. It's CV Unified. So we have um honorable mention from the eighth grade at Kawia Desert Academy, Elda Abigail Mediscal. [Applause] Third place is goes to Vanessa Rodriguez Masias, 12th grade at Desert Mirage. Okay. Um, we have uh second place goes to Jesus Aspuro, sixth
012grader at Peter Pendleton. I don't believe Okay, first place goes to Slali Dervea Felix, sixth grader from S Martinez. So, she's not here this evening, but we'll make sure that she gets her award. Um, and these will show everyone Super cool. So, how much money did the kids get to buy us lunch? Um, you know, forgive me. I don't know. I don't know the amounts off the top of my head. That's awesome. I think Very nice. Yeah, I don't have it in front of me either. Yeah, I don't have it written down. Okay. But the checks are inside there. Yeah, the checks and cert in each envelope there's a certificate. Um the honorable mention has a certificate and the other envelopes have a certificate and checks for all of you kids. Thank you again, boy,
013for allowing us to do this and honor these children this way. Yeah. Thank you. We'll take a picture. Everyone by themselves [Applause] Thank you. Okay. Uh moving on to close session public comments. Read this. Uh close session. Um 3.1 close session. This is an opportunity for members of the public to address the governing board regarding any close session items within the board's subject matter jurisdiction. Please complete a request to address the governing board form and hand it to our rec recording secretary. Speakers will be limited to three minutes per person with a maximum of 20 minutes uh to each subject matter. I have three close session. Do you have more? I have two. Uh so first uh close session public comment Carissa Carrera. Um thank you. And uh there's three items 3.6 or 3.7 also
0143.9. I'm not sure. Do you want to Okay. Thank you. There we go. Good evening. Carissa Carrera on behalf of CBTA. Tonight on the agenda, you have the LCAP, next year's budget, several costly items, including a contract renewal for G Gary Stoodto's services. I am here to question your motives and your priorities. The LCAP you will approve tonight was written without any actual input from the few people on the LCAP advisory committee who are not ED services employees. It was written before the surveys for parents and staff even closed. We were given a 3 to four hour period to review it this week, but if you weren't available, that didn't matter. There was no actual collaboration. The budget you will approve tonight was created without any input from the superintendent's budget committee because meetings were
015never even held. You are at impass with CSCA. You were at impass with CVTA. You have and are continuing to cut hundreds of jobs of people who work directly with students. You have cut staffing so drastically that nearly half the students in CVUSD will be in combo classes next year. Allegedly, all of these cuts are being made because RCE and its representative AJ have said it must be done. Nothing can be done without their approval. Right. That means that RCE disapproves spending money to staff our libraries but approves a $235,000 contract on Gary for Gary Sodto. That means that RCE disproves spending money on safe safety supervisors to ensure the safety of our students, but they approve having several administrators on leave all year long, getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to stay home
016because a board member or the superintendent doesn't like them. I could go on, but the majority of you do not care about this and the remainder will remain silent. Your priority is not students. Your priority is not student learning. Your actual priority appears to be using RCOE's oversight as a shield to make the cuts you want, hire the people you want, and spend the money where you want. RCOE should be ashamed of themselves for claiming to oversee spending while allowing such drastic cuts to be made which negatively impact the education of our students and for allowing such frivolous spending elsewhere. Each one of you sitting up there should be ashamed of yourselves because you are either directly involved or you are complacent. The students of CBUSD deserve so much better than this leadership we have
017now. It is truly appalling and shameful. Thank you. Thank you. [Applause] Uh next close session uh public comment uh we have Alan Carvalo. Uh general comment about forensic audit. Uh thank you. You have three minutes. Good evening. I'm Alan Carvalo and before anyone tries to play the race card, I'll say it up front. I'm Latino. Next week, the California Joint Legislative Audit Committee will decide whether to authorize an audit of CVUSD finances. Some voices online argue that another audit isn't needed because FickMat already completed one in March of this year. But they're wrong. That particular audit was a system review, not a forensic financial audit. And what CVUSD needs now is a forensic audit audit that digs deeper. ThickMat's findings were alarming. The district is now at the highest risk level for financial insolveny. There
018are so many reasons for this, but let's look at one example of alarm. According to the report, CBUSD passed a $41 million bond in 2012. The law requires an independent citizens oversight committee to monitor how these funds are used, but the report states that the current committee does not meet the legal requirements under education code 15282. There is only a facilities committee that includes district employees and trustees, not independent community members. That's not oversight. That's insiders overseeing themselves. Now, Trusty Gonzalez Gonzalez, since you serve on that same facilities committee, is it true that Desert Concepts Construction has been awarded a significant number of CVUSD contracts and that in return have donated significant sums to your election campaign? Is it true that your nephew's wife, Christine Chrisel Castro Gonzalez, works in CBUSD's fiscal services department, processing
019payments and preparing financial reports? And is it true that before joining CVUSD, Crisabel was an officer at Desert Concepts Construction? For the sake of transparency, accountability, and our students future, I strongly urge that the JLAC to approve a full forensic financial audit of CVUSD. I know this board has nothing to hide. So, what's the problem about asking for a full forensic audit? Period. Let's clear your names. People have doubts. Let's put their doubts away. Let's give the public the confidence in the leadership of this board right now. Do it. It's in the best interest of the community. It's in the best of best interest of you. It's in the best interest of the students. Thank you. Thank you. I think do we have Mr. uh next item? I think do we have other public comment
020for close session? Okay. All right. We're going to go board members, please. Please. Uh we're going to Do I have a motion to enter into close session? Motion. All right. Thank you. And we'll be back at 8. We'll be back at 8 8:30. Thank you. Do you have a motion to return to open session? Second. Second. And okay. Uh 4.2. Uh we have announcements uh for action items taken in close close session. Okay. Bear with me. We had quite a bit going on. Okay. The board took the following action in close session. Approved expulsion case number 23-24-010 for clear reinstatement. Motion made by board member Tortez, seconded by board member Gonzalez. Motion carried unanimously. Next board approved expulsion case number 24/25-00007 for clear reinstatement. Motion made by U board member Aedondo, seconded by board member
021Tortez. Um motion carried 70. Next one. The board approved expulsion case number 24/25-00008 for clear reinstatement. Motion made by board member Aidondo, seconded by board member Tortez. Um motion carried 70. Uh approved expulsion case number 24/25-019 for clear reinstatement. Motion made by um board member Aidondo, seconded by board member Tortez. Motion carried 70. Um the board took action during close session under item 3.4. The board voted to approve on June 12th, 2025 a 10-day settlement offer uh settlement agreement and general res release resolving a matter for parents OA case number 2025031070 on the 12th day of June 2025. Motion was made by trustee Ardondo, seconded by trustee Gonzalez. Motion carried 70. I have quite a bit more. The board took action during close session to appoint Soro Sanchez as super uh assistant superintendent of educational
022services effective on the 12th day of June 2025. Motion was made by trustee Gonzalez, seconded by Trustee Tortez. Motion carried 70 date effective July 1st. I'm so sorry. Okay. On all of them. July 1st. Okay. The board took action during close session to appoint Amelia Nino as director of risk management and benefits effective July 1st, 2025. Um voted on the 12th day of June 2025. Motion was made by trustee Ardondo, seconded by trustee Gonzalez. Motion carried 70. [Applause] The board took action during close session to appoint Dr. Michael Williams as principal of La Familia Continuation High School effective July 1st, 2025 and was voted on the 12th day of June, 2025. Motion was made by trustee Gonzalez, seconded by trustee Tortez. Motion carried 70. [Applause] The board took action during close session to appoint Leticia
023Torres as director of facilities development and planning effective July 1st, 2025. On this day, the 12th of June, 2025, motion was made by Trustee Gonzalez, seconded by Trustee Aridondo, and motion carried 70. The board took action during close session to appoint Aaron Williams Wilson, excuse me, Wilson as director of special education effective July 1st, 2025 on the 12th of June, 2025. Motion was made by Trustee Gonzalez, seconded by Trustee Tortez. Motion carried 70. [Applause] In close session, the board took action to terminate the services of classified employee 2025/11/684. Termination of employment is effective on July 1st, no June 13 of 2025. the board directed the superintendent or designate to sign to send out appropriate legal notices. The roll call vote was as follows. Uh it was a unanimous seven for yes and and the vote
024passed with trustee Gonzalez making the motion. Trustee Ardono seconding. The board took action during close session to approve the settlement agreement regarding minor do versus CVUSD. Uh Steven Moraga incident dated January 29, 2020 in the amount of 100,000 effective on the 12th day of June 2025. Motion was made by Trustee Aridondo, seconded by Trustee Tortez. Motion carried 70 and that completes everything. Okay. Uh item 4.3 approval of agenda submitted. Um we do have a correction on 1412. Uh the funding source is uh title one. No, it's from title one to the educational effectiveness. Thank you. 1412. Yes. 14.12. Do I have a motion? A motion. Uh second second. All those in favor? Oh, so that was a motion to approve the agenda. Yes. With the correction. Thank you. Um we have a motion and a
025second. Uh all those in favor? I. All those opposed abstain. Uh thank you. Moving on to um 5.1 board notification requests to address the board. Uh we have quite a few um public comments open session introductory comments and requests to address the board on items on the adopted agenda and items not on the adopted agenda will be considered from the audience at this time. Please complete a request uh to address the governing board uh form and hand it to the recording secretary. speakers will be limited to three minutes uh per person with a maximum of 20 minutes uh for each 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
026answer questions right away. State law prohibits the board from taking any action on items not listed on the agenda. We do have quite a few. So um I'm going to call to the podium um the two speakers that are going to be uh speaking. So first speaker we have Alicia Volit on library and then the next speaker they could be ready Anna Santa Maria. So you have three minutes miss by Thank you. Okay. So, I'm just gonna give you an update on the library. Thank you. As an IMA, the material for language charts and math has not arrived. I'm expecting four to five pallets. I have 11 days. The 30 of this month, library is closed. I saw an email. Focus on your job. I always focus and move on to something else. But as
027right now, we have four or five pallets coming to me. In the past, I've been coming and telling you exactly what happens to us. That's why we became a 12 months. There's always something that we need to be there. I understand about the money but can you didn't consider us our duties or whoever came out with a 10 five. If you gave the secretaries eight 11 months and 8 hours why not us I have a lot of work. Yes. I'm going to stop on the 30th and go home. I don't know if I'm coming back or not. Who's going to do that material? And I've been in the past bringing it to you. This has happens every year. And the past when we were 11 months, they were called in. But the material and the
028invoices and so on so on. That's why we became the 12 months. The cost of a book textbook is $60. If you if somebody walks in and takes it 30 books, 1,800. You could say workbooks, they could take workbooks cuz I I've been there for many years. If they remove 100 workbooks at $10 a piece, that's $1,000. You got the money to replace it? Do you have money for us? Please consider. I have never seen nobody from the district coming over to see my job. Okay. It's not I understand the p it's not the budget. It's the money issue. You have money. You're spending it. Are you spending on the kids? No. you will have a like a lot of complaints from the teachers because we don't have the material for them especially the workbooks
029and I've been here for many years explaining this. Thank you. Thank you. Uh next speaker Anna Santa Maria on item 1412 and the next speaker after that Sandra Ramirez. Um, good evening members of the board and executive cabinet. My name is Anna Santa Maria and I'm the principal at Kuia Desert Academy. Continuing the contract with Gary Dodto Consulting is essential to sustaining and deepening our instructional improvement across our district. Through his leadership, coaching, and direct support services to principles like myself, Gary reinforces our district's instructional framework, providing us with the tools and strategies we need to drive highquality instruction and improve student outcomes. In the district leadershipmies, Gary's focus on building collective efficacy among our sitebased teams has strengthened our leadership capacity at the school sites and fostered a unified vision for instructional excellence. A
030powerful example of this work is seen in the instructional walkthroughs Gary's conducted with principles where we engage in focused observations and provide actionable feedback aligned to the framework. These learning walks model effective leadership practices and build a shared understanding of highquality teaching making his continued partnership critical for our ongoing success. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, next speaker, uh, Sandra Ramirez on Centroa. And then the speaker after that, we have Ibe I thank you. program. Commission is fundamentative. emotional extra. Jessica. Next speaker we have Iet Ibara and the speaker after that Lopez Dr. Latino Commission. The next speaker Lopez and then the next speaker after that Olivia Rodriguez Lopez Valley Commission. Good evening. My name is Olivia Rodriguez and I'm here representing Youth Leadership Institute and as part of Valian's Education Justice Campaign. First, I want
031to thank the district for continuing to prioritize student wellness. Um, I know the budget situation is tough and it means a lot to see that these spaces which so many students rely on, will remain open. That said, we are really concerned about the cuts to behavior texts and um, Latino Commission's contract. These supports are essential not just for our students, but also for building a stronger, more restorative school climate across the district. We've seen the difference that they can make and it's hard to imagine continuing without additional staff support, especially during today's political climate. We need to ensure all of our students feel cared for. Um, as a community partners, Yli is committed to continuing work with CBUSD. As always, we're open to working together to ensure our schools receive the funding they deserve and
032that all students continue to have access to meaningful support. Thank you for your time. I also want to uh mention one of our partners couldn't be here but left me his u public comment. I want to begin by acknowledging the tremendous work and dedication of student support service team. Their use of data to guide site administration and their openness to collaboration has positioned them to take even greater strides in the years to come. Their leadership has laid a strong foundation for lasting meaningful change. It is not lost upon us, however, that after many years of advocacy and school district investment for the training and RJ practices, the focus on implementation has been weak. The cuts the board is making will have a district impact in the wellness centers, one of the places where R.J. practices
033were introduced. We need the school board to not lose focus on these practices. They are essential to student wellness and school climate for the members of this um collaborative and the communities we represent. The central priority is ensuring that R.J. is effectively implemented in all CBSD classrooms and fully embedded in disciplined policies. Student well-being cannot be an afterthought. The district must provide clarity and a firm commitment to sustaining and expanding these supports even amid staffing changes. This comment is from Bandonoa, education justice campaign manager at Alansa Coachella Valley. Thank you. Uh the next speaker we have Edward uh Simino and Cindy Bradley on the preliminary cast data and after that we do have um principal Elizabeth. Good evening madam president members of the board Dr. Sparzen executive cabinet. My name is Eddie Simino MTSS data
034coach coordinator. I'm joined with my fellow data coach coordinator, Miss Sandy Bradley. Uh we're going to speak a little bit about some of our preliminary CAST scores that have come in for our state data. Uh so our CAST window for state testing ran from March to June this year. Uh and we already have some preliminary scores we've started to receive already, which we started getting those trickling in about midmay, which is actually the earliest that we've ever received those scores. So the preliminary scores mean that not all the scores are in, but it starts to give us kind of a good measure of where we're at. We currently have about 92 actually close to 93% of our scores being reported currently. So just some of the highlights um as I share some of this preliminary
035data and by no means is this an exhaustive list. Um all of our sites have done amazing this year. Um and some things to to kind of just note with that is proficiency is a score of three or four. Um, and so overall, CBSD we're at so far, uh, our math scores have increased by 5% uh, proficiency. Uh, ELA scores by 3% proficiency. Again, that's district overall. Um, our sixth grade, uh, scores districtwide. Uh, we have we we're seeing an increase of 9% in math, 6% ELA across all sixth grade uh, students. Um, some specific school site highlights, and again, this is not an exhaustive list. I don't want to leave anyone out. Uh but specifically John Kelly um fifth grade math has increased 21% in their proficiency. Uh Mountain Vista fourth grade math has
036increased by 17% in their proficiency. Uh Desmarrage and CV both of their ELA teams uh and students have uh 48% and 41% respectively. So both closing in on that 50% proficiency rate. and Peter Pelton, third, fifth, and sixth grade in both ELA and math are above 50% proficiency. So, we're looking forward to continuing to receive those scores. Uh we'll continue to analyze as those come in, but I want to pass over to Cindy to kind of show how some of the work we've been doing is is kind of resulting with those scores. Perfect. tying our um professional development focus um of the instructional framework has been a key driver in the early increases that we're seeing across our student performance by prioritizing extensive training on the gradual release of responsibility model. Um we've created a
037consistent high impact instructional approach across our classrooms. Our 35 exceptional instructional coaches have delivered over 700 demonstration lessons on gradual release and supported over 35% of all of the staff members through the achievement focused coaching cycle. Um, in a tandem with our dedicated site administrators and our district administrators, we have reinforced this work by conducting daily walkthroughs and given and offering on the spot actionable feedback to help focus our teachers on providing the first best instruction to accelerate this student growth. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker we have Elizabeth Sautello on instructional framework and after that we have Eva Tapoya. Good night President Vargas, board members, superintendent Dr. Esparza and community members. I'm Elizabeth Sautello, proud principal of Desert Ranch High School. I want to express my strong support for our district's instructional framework and
038professional development teachers and staff receive with the guidance of Mr. Gary Sto particularly its emphasis on graduate release and student academic discourse strategies. These are not just theory or passing trends. We are seeing real measurable impact at our site. These strategies are researchbased and what is exciting is that they're exactly what new teachers are learning as they complete their credential programs. It is encouraging to see our district ahead of the curve implementing strategies that are aligned with current educational research and practice. We are not reacting anymore or leading at CBUSD. This has led to improvements in both classroom performance and assessment outcomes our DM students are achieving at higher levels and there is data that supports this. And you just heard the data for Desmer High School. What I value most about this framework is
039the coherence and focus it brings. It's a K12 effort and as a high school principal I find great relief and pride that knowing that we're now align K through 12. This clarity of focus grounded in proven strategies not just what people think works is actually researchbased is exactly what our students families and educators deserve. I want to thank you for your commitment to support uh supporting what works for investing in the vision and for providing the professional learning that continues to support our success. So thank you for your support with our instructional framework with Gary Sto. It really has impacted my site and as a principal I cannot thank you enough. Thank you. Uh next speaker on instructional framework and speaker after that Dante Ramirez. Good evening members of the board. My name is Evat
040Foya and I serve as an instructional coach at Desert Mirage High School. I'm here to share my experience with our district's framework and our new strategies we've implemented this year. Thanks to our superintendent Dr. Sparza Ed services leadership team and Gary Sto's guidance we now have a clear framework built around the gradual release of responsibility model and teacher clarity especially through the use of learning intentions and success criteria these practices are not just ideas they're making a real difference I've seen firsthand how this work translates into the classrooms one ELA teacher on my site told me that after watching a demo lesson that I led using learning intention and success criteria she began doing it herself and saw immediate results She was extremely happy. Students, best of all, are most engaged. I've had several already
041tell me directly that they have a clear learning intention, that having a clear learning intention helps them stay active in class. One student said, "I like that my teacher uses success criteria and goes around checking things off that we've met because it shows how much it shows her when I need help even if I haven't told her yet." Our district is moving in one direction with this framework and our instructional design is strengthening because of it. We have momentum, clarity and shared commitment. Now is the time to keep building on it and I thank you for your support. Thank you. Uh next speaker Dante Ramirez on CBUSD and RJ and the speaker after that is Manuela Ramirez. Good evening members of the board. My name is Dant Ramirez and I am here for the community
042justice campaign for Aliancea and Coachella Valley parents. For a little context, I'm a proud graduate of Coachella Valley High School and currently going into my second year at Cal San Bernardino's Palm Desert campus where I serve as an orientation leader and student mentor. I'm also majoring in social work because I want to help young people feel seen and supported the way I wish I had felt more often when I was in high school. I'm here tonight not only as someone who came up through this district, but also as a son of Sandra Ramirez, a leader for Coachella Valley parents, an organization that's been advocating for restorative justice in our school for years. I've seen firsthand the time, energy, and love my mom and the group of parents and organizations working alongside her have poured into
043this mission. What started as volunteering has grown into a movement that's reaching more and more families. But restorative justice isn't just a mission. It's something I believe in deeply because I experienced what it's like to go without it. When I was a student in this district, I often felt silenced, ashamed, and trapped. I didn't feel like I had a safe place to open up about what I was really going through. Mental health wasn't a conversation we were encouraged to have. And when problems came up, the default response was usually pun punishment, not support, not understanding. Since moving on to college, things have changed for me. I've come out of my shell. I've feel more confident, more outspoken, and more connected to who I am. But I constantly think about the students still here in the
044district. Students who are still waiting for that same freedom, safety, and belonging. I know this district has made some important progress. Bonus center's restorative practices and even reduced suspension rates are a step in the right direction. Well, with the recent cuts to behavioral text and reductions in contracts with or organizations like the Latino Commission, which I personally feel and have benefit benefited from and have seen how much it helps greatly, I worry that we're moving backwards. These were the very supports that helped build the progress we've seen. So, I want to ask, what's the plan to continue restorative justice without these vital resources? How will the district prioritize student well-being if we take away the st the tools that help make students feel safe and supported in the first place? That's why I'm urging you,
045especially in your LCAP and budget decisions to fund programs that give students real consistent outlets. Support restorative circles, mental health initiatives, and peer-led spaces where students are heard, not just disciplined or dismissed. Restorative justice isn't just a policy, it's a shift in culture. And if CVP and other voices from the community are included at the at the table, I believe we can create schools that not only educate but truly support and empowers every student. Thank you for your time and I truly hope you choose to invest in what our student and families need most. Student wellbeing, student well-being is not an option. Thank you again. Thank you. Our next speaker, we have Manuela Ramirez. And then the next speaker after that is Vatrice Felix. Hola, my name is Manila Ramirez. [Music] ores. Gracias. Vatrice Felix
046on budget cutting uh restorative work and immigration. And then Miguel Navaro. Um good night. My name is Vatrice Felix. I work with Lees Campinas and I am part of the educational justice campaign. Um I am from Mecca and I have students attending S. Martinez, Toro Canyon and Desert Mirage High School. And one of my concerns is how stu how students are going to be coping with the immigration status um that is going on right now after the cutting funds from the restorative work and wellness centers in schools. Um students can learn uh while they're thinking, you know, what's going to happen to their loved ones or uh people um that they know uh with the immigration um situations. And then they need um um now is when they need the most um helping with easing,
047you know, those um situations with them uh by incorporating the restorative justice properly in schools. Um I would like to know how uh this is going to be managed in every site. Um and thank you for your time. Thank you. Uh next speaker we have Miguel Navaro on 7.1 uh LCAP and the speaker after that uh Carmina Campos. Okay. Uh Carmina Campos on contract uh 14.12 contract renewal Koto. And the speaker after that when she comes up, Aen Ma. Hello. Good evening. My name is Carmina Campos and I'm the proud principal of Valley View Elementary School. As a new principal at the school, uh Mr. Gary Sto has been instrumental in in in uh providing feedback, guidance, and support. Not only has he not only has he provided support to myself as an administrator and
048my administration team, but also to our instructional coaches and in support of leading the work, especially when it comes to our Coachella Valley Unified School District instructional framework in which includes teacher clarity, our learning intention and success criteria to ensure our students know what the focus is and holding um not only our staff accountable but also our students and the gradual release model. Um, and then also all the professional development that we have been administering throughout the school year. It's professional development that is researchbased and strategies that have the largest effect size. In addition, our students um are seeing the impact in their learning. Um he has also provided guidance with our district leadership academy teams in which we come as administrators and future teacher leaders in building capacity. Um in addition with the science
049of reading and corrective reading at my school site we piloted corrective reading we had 100% which is a um which is an intervention a tier three intervention um and we are seeing the growth when it comes to data with our Lexile our quantile and then in addition with our upper grade phonics inventory test I believe that we should continue um um we should continue with um Dr. with uh Dr. So Sto's contract um so we can continue to move CDUSD forward. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Uh next speaker Aan Magna and 14.12 um and the speaker after that Alisa Gentry. Good evening president Vargas vice president pass board of trustees and superintendent Esparza as well as executive cabinet. I'm a magna pre principal of C view elementary. Prior to coming to C view,
050I was at Desert Mirage High School. When I first started at the high school, there were twin brothers um who I will never forget. They had family hardships with the death of their mother and sickness of their father. They took care of their parents and they fell behind academically and started ditching class all day because they didn't understand because they were so far behind. We did not have enough support in place within our academic framework at the time to aid these brothers and both did not graduate despite all efforts by staff. Our new MTSS framework that is designed intentionally with support and coaching for principles and teachers is a key reason I wanted to become a principal. I thought yes now we have a consistent framework that we can be used um from kindergarten through
05112th grade that will catch students at every level. It has provided principles and teachers clarity and bonded us together with a common goal creating collective efficacy a belief that we can move the needle at all sites. It's hard work but anything worthy is not easy. I ask that you please keep all components of this framework in place so that it can be used as it's designed with proper support for all um with coaching for directors, principles and teachers alike in order to keep the growth and momentum that we are seeing this year. We are seeing growth. I am certain if the full design of the framework is kept including coaching at all levels that we will see less and less students like the two boys I mentioned prior. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, next week's
052speaker, Alisa Gentry, on the contract renewal. And then the following speaker is Mr. uh, Michael Boomer. Good evening, members of the board, Dr. Esparza and Executive Cabinet. My name is Alisa Gentry, and I'm proud to serve as a principal of Sal Martinez Elementary and future principal of our newest school, Northshore Elementary. I want to take a moment to thank district leadership and commend the work we've done this year in partnership with Gary Dodto around the CVUSD instructional framework. In my six years as principal, this is the first time we've received sustained focused professional development on how to give meaningful feedback to our staff, build our collective efficacy as a school team, and grow as instructional leaders. At our school, we've been intentional in setting goals for ourselves and our students, prioritizing our instructional time in
053participating in the coaching cycle with our instructional coaches to align our practices with student needs. This work is already showing results. At S Martinez, our preliminary ALPAC scores indicate that we have nearly doubled the number of students reaching a proficiency level of four this year, and scores are still coming in. We're missing some grade levels. So, I know the scores will just um continue to go up. That kind of progress, this kind of progress does not happen by accident. It comes from purposeful collaborative work grounded in strong instruction, leadership, and support. So, I thank you for continuing to invest in our growth as educators. Our students are better for it. Thank you, and have a wonderful evening. Thank you. Our next speaker, Michael Boomer, um 1412, and then the following speaker, uh principal Ignasio Ramirez.
054Good evening, board members, Dr. Sparza, executive cabinet. My name is Michael Boomer, the proud principal at Coral Mountain Academy. Tonight, I'd like to take a moment to highlight the outstanding work Gary Sodto has been doing at Coral Mountain Academy this year. Over the past year, Mr. Sodto has been a driving force behind our school's successful implementation of the CBSD instructional framework. His leadership has brought clarity, consistency, and purpose to our instructional practices. Mr. Sto has worked diligently with the with administration to strengthen the schoolwide lesson structure, ensuring that every lesson is clear learning intentions, purposeful task, and aligned assessments. His guidance has helped teachers design instruction that is not only rigorous, but also accessible and engaging for all learners. Instructional engagement has significantly increased under his leadership. Teachers are incorporating more student centered strategies, higher
055level questioning, and opportunities for academic discourse practices that are directly aligned with our district and site priorities. Mr. Sodto's work has also supported CMA's goals by aligning instruction to datadriven site priorities such as improving reading and math proficiency and closing achievement gaps. His ability to align daily instruction with our broader vision has had a measurable impact on student outcomes. Gary Soda's dedication, professionalism, and instructional expertise have made a lasting difference at Cro Mountain Academy, and we are truly grateful for his contributions and excited about the direction we are heading. So hopefully we can continue with the his support. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Uh our last speaker, um Ignasio Ramirez on 1412. So good evening do um for president Vargas uh trustees uh Dr. Sparza and executive cabinet. Uh my name is Ignasio
056Ramirez and I am the proud principal of Cesar Chavez Elementary School. Uh I want to highlight the work our teachers, instructional coaches and district leadership engage in this year in the implementation of our instructional framework. Every teacher, instructional coach, and administrator received professional development in teacher clarity and graduate release uh through explicit direct instruction. Uh I'll save you what those means as some of my colleagues have already mentioned that. But it was heartwarming this year to see that framework being implemented in our classrooms, not only at our school at Cesar Chavez, but at schools across the district as we visited multiple campuses to see the work being done. the implementation of this professional development very ambitious by the way. Uh I really have not been a part of uh of it anything even close to
057it in 27 years as an educator. Um this was no in no small part this was the work of Mr. Gary Sto. um his training and work with side leadership teams has ensured that we work together and stay focused to improve our students literacy, numeracy and the quality of instruction. I ask that we continue the work that was done this year and ensure continuity in the support being provided to our teachers, our instructional coaches and site leadership teams so that our instructional framework gets implemented and it is already showing promising results in the classroom through instruction and in student outcomes. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Thank you so much. Uh that was the last public comment. We're going to move on to 6.1 ring communication. Uh Mr. Angulo. Uh yes, we have four.
058Uh first one, Ricardo Gonzalez. The SRRA corrective reading program level A was an incredible asset for my fifth and sixth grade students. Over the course of the program, I saw firsthand the remarkable growth in their reading abilities. The structured approach of the program allowed students to build confidence and fluency while also addressing gaps in their found uh foundational skills. I saw students who had struggled with reading gain the skills they needed to not only succeed academically but also develop a love for reading. The program's engaging activities and clear instructions helped students stay motivated and the consistent reinforcement led to significant improvements in both reading, speech, and comprehension. Many students who were previously reading below grade level showed noticeable improvement. Overall, the SRRA corrective reading program level A played a key role in transforming my student
059literacy skills and I am incredibly grateful for the progress they made. It truly empowered them to become more confident and capable readers. Next comment, Jose Pas. Good evening, honorable uh CVUSD board members. I am writing this message to support our district CBUSD dual language program and Gerisoto uh teaching focus initiative. I am second grade uh second grade dual language Spanish English teacher at Westside Elementary. My students have benefited from the dual language program where they learn to read and write in both languages. Also, my students have benefited from the teaching focus initiative spearheaded by Mr. Gary Sto. Please support our dual language program in Gerisoto to continue working with our students. Thank you, Jose Pas. Next comment, Jose Rodriguez. Good evening, board members and community. My name is Jose Rodriguez and I'm proud dual language
060teacher in Coachella Valley Unified School District. I want to take a moment to share the incredible impact the Spanish dual language immersion program has had on our students, families, and the broader community. This program directly supports the California global 2030 vision which aims for more students to graduate bilingual and biiterate by 2030. Half of K12 students should be bilingual and biliterate. In our district, we're not just teaching a second language. We're nurturing cultural pride, deepening academic uh learning and opening doors for future opportunities. I've seen firsthand how students thrive when they are taught in both English and Spanish. It not only boosts their confidence but also supports their academic growth in meaningful ways. From my experience, many parents have expressed how grateful they are at their children's can know communicate can now communicate with their
061grandparents. Something that strengthens family bonds across generations. In our classrooms, newcomers who arrive speaking primarily Spanish feel safe, welcome, and valued. That emotional safety becomes the foundation for learning. We've also seen real success in our instruction thanks to the use of the gradual release framework, clear learning intentions, and success criteria. These tools give students a roadmap for learning for their learning. And I've noticed they they take greater ownership and feel more confident in their progress, especially when learning complex content in two languages. Thank you for continuing to support the dual language program. It is changing lives and helping us raise generations of proud, capable, bilingual students ready for the world ahead. Thank you. And last comment is Meralda Ernnandez. In January, Valley View Elementary School had the opportunity to pilot the corrective reading program. I
062am writing to share the remarkable progress my fourth grade students made throughout the corrective reading intervention program. Implemented with fidelity and dedication, the program has proven to be an invaluable tool in addressing reading challenges and enhancing literacy skills across our students in third through sixth grade. Student participating in the program have demonstrated significant gains in both decoding and compreh comprehension leading to increased reading fluency overall academic performance. Overall in fourth grade we had 20 students not meeting the standards in January. By April, when we piloted the program, we had only eight students not meeting the standards. Students participating in the program have demonstrated significant gains in their overall academic for performance. The program's structured approach has allowed for efficient use of instructional time and resources, maximizing the impact of student learning. I'm grateful for the
063board's continued support in providing the resources necessary for such initiatives. The success of the corrective reading program underscores the importance of targeted interventions in fostering student achievement. Thank you. Um moving on to 6.2. Uh board member um superintendent reports. Uh Mr. Akuna. Good evening everyone. Um first of all, congratulations to everyone. We made it through another school year. Uh was a rough one, but we we made it. Uh secondly, um hope everything's going well. Summer school started today, so hopefully that'll continue uh with all our students and then hopefully they'll have some fun as long as they're learning, but they'll have a little bit of fun while they're there as well. Um I like other board members have been to the graduations uh the promotions uh over the last week and I'd like to say
064that I think this is one of my favorite parts of this particular job that we have. You see a lot of the excitement with parents, the promise of the students, everything that has been done. um the the proud uh staff that has seen these children go from prek in some cases all the way to graduation. And I think it's something that I just uh I've always found it rewarding. I did want to highlight one particular promotion graduation actually that we had this year and it was the very first one we had in in our district's history and that was the promotion graduation for our cosmetology program. And the reason I find that one so exciting is that that was a program that we've been pushing for a long time. I will have to embarrass her
065a little bit and thank Marie Paratt who really finally pushed that thing through. Uh amongst all the problems with facilities and all the other issues that we had uh made it happen. uh two years ago a group of of students uh were accepted in the program and I was proud to say that of the 24 that originally started I believe we graduated what 20 graduated 20 of those kids so in two years that's not too bad. uh these kids are ready to go take their tests or their boards I think they're called um to start their careers and that's I think what this district is all about educating but also giving options and opportunities to our kids and I cannot find a better way that that that proved that with the with the promotion and
066the graduation of of these young students. Um it again it was the first one in our history and hopefully I know it's not going to be the last one but I was very proud being having a small part and a small role of of making that happen. So that was uh something that I believe was very exciting for me and all the years I've been on the board. That was something that was very exciting for me. Um lastly I cannot stay silent on the um just the idiotic nonsense that Mr. Mr. Carvalo came up here and and did earlier today. Mr. Carvalo, who happens to be, I believe, from Cathedral City. Um, this is not the only place he's done it. He went to the city of Coachella and attacked our mayor as well. Now,
067I ask you, why would someone from Cathedral City come to the school district here or the city of Coachella to complain about stuff that he probably has no clue about? Uh, this is a purposeful attack by a group of people who This is what they do. and his attack was the same attack that was perpetrated by the political action committee for the teachers uh during the campaign. They lost and they can't handle that. So now what do they do? Now they sue us. Now now they attack us. Now we have the idiot assembly member demanding that we do investigations just because he says. Uh again, all this was perpetuated by a couple of rich people from the West Valley, Palm Springs and Rancharrage. I believe Mr. Harold Matzner and Mr. Fred Noble, who spent hundreds
068of thousands of dollars funneling that money into the teachers political action committee through their treasurer, Carissa Carrera. They paid for that campaign. And again, what did two businessmen from Palm Springs care about what's out here? They didn't do it out of the kindness of their heart. Oh, Mr. Noble spent over a million dollars on the community college board elections to get certain people elected that he wanted. And then here comes Megan Beam and suing everybody behind the behind that college of the desert, city of Coachella. Now she's representing the lawsuit against us. It's that same group of people that are attacking our community because they want what they want and they can't have it. And Mr. Carvalo, in my opinion, is their newest attack dog that's going to go around doing this. He doesn't know
069any of us. He's never met Mr. Gonzalez. He doesn't know anything about Mr. Gonzalez. And if he wants to talk about people related to somebody, I'm more than happy to say everybody on this board who's related to people in the district. And everybody who works in the district is related to people. And you know what? We should be proud of that. Not attacking it because we tell our kids when you go to college, go to get an education, come back and serve your community. And that's exactly what they do. And now we're getting criticized for bringing them back to our own community. When other kids run to other places, they're coming back. And this gentleman, this I have lots of words that because we're an educational thing, I'm not going to say the words to
070him. But if I ever see him, I will tell him has the audacity to come to our community, to our home, and attack us, attack Mr. Gonzalez because someone in his family fell in love with somebody else from another family. Oh my god. Now, now we're going to have rules for that. This is the damn Trump administration telling us that what we can do and what rights we can't have. We only have freedom of speech. Our our senator today was arrested because he tried to ask the administration some questions. He was arrested and forcibly detained. That is what this is all about. This is about power. This is about control. And and I'm sorry. I know people are and I'll end up on the blogs on the blogs and and uh the the TV personality
071people that some of our board members like to frequent as well with the same damn conspiracy theory that they have absolutely no evidence. I sit on the facilities committee. Mr. Odono sits on facilities committee. We do not do contracts. We make recommendations to the board. They all know that it doesn't matter. They lie. They make up stuff. And I'm sick of it. Mr. Carvello, you want to come back? I mean, I noticed that he ran off because he was afraid because he knew I was going to retaliate and tell him something as well. He ran back to Cathedral City into his little group to find out what to do next. I'm sick and tired of our community being attacked for no apparent reason. If you don't like our policies, that's fine. I've been doing that
072for all the years I've been on this board. We have I have had disagreements with the unions, with community people, with my friends and my relatives. But not once had they ever come to the board and say, "You're a criminal because with no evidence." Never in my history have I done that until now. Until this leadership of the union started doing that. And that has to stop. This is about our kids. This isn't about power. If you don't like the way I vote, that's okay. We can have the differences. And in the next election, don't vote for me. But I've gotten elected five times and these people have not always agreed with me. But here we are. It's about they want what they want and I'm sick of it. And Mr. Carvalo, I don't even
073think he's ashamed. I think he's proud. He's going back and saying, "Look what I did." So he can come out on the news later on. He's probably going to come out on the TV personality show saying, "Look what I did." And and I I just I've had it. I've had it. and members of our own community who are supporting this and attacking this, they they should be ashamed as well. You can have differences, but to go out and purposely lie because you think you can and get away with it. We have to stop that. I apologize for the rant, but I've been sitting here listening to all this nonsense all year, and I'm just done. And Mr. Carella was just the last straw for me coming in here from Cathedral City, knows nothing about our
074community, pretends like he grew up next door to us, that he knows us all. he can read our minds or what have you. So, I apologize that I got off on that, but I I'm just sick and tired of it. And and again, someone from Cathedral City coming lecturing us. Yes. I don't think so. That's not going to happen. That's my report. Uh Mr. Tortes, thank you for that. Uh director uh Kuna, thank you, President. Again, it's an honor to be on this board. my first six months being on this board and uh my first uh graduation ceremony and and it's an honor to have you know the pride and accomplishment of all the kids that graduated. We have to remember uh that 5 years ago we were in in in an undetermined time. Everything
075was unpredictable five years ago also. So these kids that graduated just recently uh were a part of that chaos in 2020 when CO first hit and they were right in the beginning of high school. So these are the kids that lived through that chaos and and now you know they graduated and we have to put our faith and our support and the families I know will support them and be there for them in these truly unpredictable times that we are putting them into now. So the school needs to be there. support systems need to be there for these kids and also prepare the kids that we have, you know, now in the school for these unpredictable times. Uh uh again, it's it's just something that that happens in the world times and and I think
076it's history that repeats itself, but again, I'm I'm proud to be part of the board and the school system and the families that help get these kids out there to graduate, pick them up when when the world is in chaos. And uh and we and it's proof that, you know, these kids accomplished it. Uh the staff, the principles that are out there got the kids back up. They got the graduation rates back up uh to where they were before and even higher. So, we have to congratulate and and you know, uh commend them, the staff for getting them up to where they are now. Uh but I believe, you know, the kids are going to be even stronger with the technology. It's out there now. uh they're going to be able to battle what whatever
077the world puts before them, especially with the board and the family and the community support uh for these kids that recently graduate. Again, I congratulate everyone that was a part of the graduation system this year. Looking forward to uh more graduates uh and success next year. Thank you. Thank you, uh Trusty Arondo. Good evening, everybody. Thank you for your public comments. We always um you know as as board members uh you know we we uh like that the community is involved and people are here providing public comments. So thank you for everyone who who spoke today. Um I'd like to congratulate just every the class of 2025 whether you graduated or promoted from one of our schools. It it's a very very you know just uh great time that we have our students walk across
078the stage and graduate and promote from our school districts. I know that we had a few, you know, a few promotions that were new this year that at the sites, you know, normally we have them at different places. We're I know we're looking at different places for next year to accommodate all the community that wants to come out and be part of these graduations. And I mean, you know, thank you to the the tennis center who uh works with us every year to to provide just that space for all the community to come and celebrate their loved ones. Right. Um, so I'm looking forward to visiting summer school. Um, I I I've heard that that there's been a large number of students that have participated in summer school. So I look forward to visiting this
079week and next and the following week just to see the the summer school programs that are going on. Um, I also like to just, you know, mention that to our families that that you that that you know that our our school district is committed to providing a safe learning opportunity for your students and that your students are safe on our campus. and that it is our job to make sure that that uh you know as they're there provided with a good learning opportunity and with other services that that are needed. So um and with that um I don't have anything else. Madam President, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Uh Trusty Gonzalez. Yeah, I uh I don't even know where to start. Um, I'd like to maybe be start by by thanking the work of
080of Gary Sto. You know, you you you hear all the chatter. We had a a delusional teachers union president Clarissa Klein Carrera show up here today and since Mr. Sodto showed up to do the amazing work that was witnessed and there was testimony today from many of our principles that what they're doing is working and we can say it's working. But we also had staff go up and show us test scores, showed us the metrics of where we're at as a school district and it obviously is working. But yet we have a teachers union president who is at the center of all the lies that we're hearing. She's at the center of the lies of this new hopefully one-time term assemblyman Jeff Gonzalez who was here sitting right next to me the day we were
081celebrating the accomplishments of this school district. We had lunch here. He was here with us. No sooner did he leave here. Never asking, "Hey guys, I hear that there might be some fiscal challenges and I'm concerned about the amount of layoffs that we're going to potentially have." He had the opportunity. He talked to Dr. Esparsa. I exchanged words with him. He never asked me anything. He left the room with bad intent. He left the room and the same day he gets on the rotten Rogan report and they start spewing all these lies. And what's funny is that all the lies that he's spreading and this audit that he's asking the the the the state to do on CBUSD, all of it is the lawsuit claimed by Miss Clarissa Carrera. It's all the same stuff questioning
082the bidding practices and processes of of this school district. claiming that I have financial interest in a company that I have nothing to do with because I have a nephew married to the niece of of a construction company owner, not even a part of the construction company claiming a bunch of stuff, improprieties, and it's all made up. It's all fabricated with bad intent, funded by hundreds of thousands of dollars from people that live on the other side of the desert. And for whatever reason, they want to make sure that CV CVUSD has a black eye. I don't understand it. They don't like the fact that we're succeeding. They don't like the fact that they lost the election and they want to just keep going. They want to keep driving this negative negative agenda. We had
083all almost all our principles here today talking about how great and in testimony of the work of this man that this lady got up 15 minutes ago and I wish he was still here cuz I would be speaking exactly the same way claiming that it doesn't work and criticizing the fact that we were supporting a program that is doing amazing work for the children of our school district. I just can't believe it. It It's beyond me. It's shameful behavior by this assemblyman. If he really cared about our community and really was worried about people losing their jobs, he would have helped us. Hey, how can I help? How can I assist you in potential fund funding methods? How can I advocate for your school district? No. He takes all these lies claiming the same thing
084that's being that's being raised by a teachers union president who I don't know who she she obviously don't care about our kids. She don't care about the little brown faces that come to the school district. And so I'm very concerned about that. I u the gentleman from Cathedral City, he's a paid consultant. He drove all the way from over there to to spew nothing but lies. It It doesn't make any sense to me. And I only have to ask the question and ask the community, my community, to wonder why they're so concerned. To wonder why they would come all the way from over there to come talk bad about CVUSD with all the great things that we're doing with all the improvement. And you know, I kind of wish we would do a forensic audit
085so that we would know and we would determine that our current superintendent has nothing to do with the financial condition of this school district. It was created by the former superintendent that got fired from this school district for lying to this board about our financial condition. It was something that I seen a long time ago. I I told the board in close session. I told the board in open session. And I I'm just I it's just appalling to me and I'm I'm ranting like Joey. I did want to congratulate uh before I get off the large uh summer school class that we have. I understand that we have more than 3,000 students and I want to commend Dr. Sparsson the work of all the staff that's working uh to deliver this. I I'm excited. Also,
086I know Mr. Mr. Akuna likes uh the fact that they do a lot of fun stuff in summer school, but I I think there's also a time to get serious and do some credit recovery if if kids are behind to to catch up on some of the work so that we make sure that we continue to improve. And I'm excited that we're graduating more children. So, we're winning at every corner. We want to continue to do the same thing and we're going to continue to be advocates for every child in this school district. And it is a very, very interesting time. You got to just look all the way into the office of the president of this country, the greatest country in the world, and how we're living right now, it's it's probably not historically
087is not going to be something that we're proud of in the future. But, uh, with that, that's my report. Uh, Trusty Garcia, thank you. Um, this year has not been easy. Um, every almost every board meeting we've had employees who have addressed us concerned about the cuts that have needed to happen. Um, our our IMA who has been with us at least six, seven board meetings um to continue to tell us about her workload concerns. Um, we hear you. we will have a plan for how we're going to deal with these things next year. Um the graduation cycle was beautiful and uplifting but these board meetings are still very grounding in the work that continues to happen. Um, even just today we had seven parents who are worried about the budget cuts and how our
088programming is going to change for their students and what that will look like. So, we need to do the work to make sure that we have the a solid plan for next year. Um, even within our own board meetings, families are calling for transparency. We have complied with RCE all year making very difficult decisions. Um, we have plans. As long as we're doing what we should be doing, we should have nothing to hide. I I know that the audit, the tone of the audit, I would say the way that it came out feels It feels strange because Jeff is new. But if we have nothing to hide, just give them whatever they want. We've complied. We know we've complied with RCE. Let's show our families that we have solid plans in place. If there are
089things we need, let's work on it so that by next year, our families aren't worried. They're talking about how excellent and smooth the year has gone. Um because ultimately we're accountable to our families. Um so transparency should be at the top of our list for those things. The mudslinging that's happening right now, it's not helping our families feel any more secure in what's going on. The mudslinging against our own employees does not help our students get through their day, get through to graduation. Um, I understand that tensions are high, but we need to find a way to get past this, ignore the noise, and focus on the students because anything else is doing a disservice to our families. Um, those are still our employees that we're talking about here and they're allowed to have elected
090officials within their own union. That is their thing. They have rights. Us throwing them under the bus does not change that. It does not help matters. Um, so I don't know how anything other than ignoring anything other than working on our plans. We still have so much work to do to make sure that we're solid for next year. That is what I'm worried about. We had a very long meeting this meeting. We had a lot of actions. We have more to come. That's what I'm worried about. And I hope that we can all be on the same page in that point. Thank you, Trusty Pas. Thank you. Good evening or good night, everyone. Thank you for being here and um hanging on till these hours. Um first I want to thank the parents um that
091have been consistent here um for years now and seeing how much you've grown. Um I mean you had almost half of that side of the of the board meeting right with a lot of your parents. So it's really nice to see you come out um consistently and advocating for restorative justice. Um, anyone who knows me knows that I deeply believe that um, the foundation for us to succeed is to have that community building, those restorative practices so that we can dialogue, so that we can um, get through our differences, so that people feel like they are in a safe um, space. Um, that goes for our students and for our um, staff and administration. Um so I thank you for being consistent in that message and I truly believe that it's key um for us.
092uh we cannot I mean I don't know that we do not how we continue to make all the um academic achievements we want to see if our students don't have the basics which is that desire to come to school right like we need to start with that they need to want to come they need to want to stay and then everything else that I've heard about it's going to take us to the topper like uh so thank you for um the excitement that I heard from the staff and Um, and I cannot leave this night without acknowledging and taking a moment to say how sad for some people angering um conditions that our community is going through, right? Um the we are an immigrant community and it feels um that we are the target, right?
093Like our communities are the target. um very inhumane treatment of people. Um it's being aired in every news channel or social media that you see. Um so our communities are already under a lot of stress and um I'm saddened by that. I I am um hopeful. I think I have to be hopeful um that for our communities we are going um you know we're going to persist. I I see that our community is more united than um what the narrative is out there um both our out community right like our neighbors but also our CBUSD community. Um and I I also feel that despite the challenges we have faced um in this district um with our finances, we are finally stepping in the right direction. And trust me, I would be the first one asking
094for an audit if I felt that things were not right. I mean, I did that as an advocate coming into these board meetings and questioning um information that was provided to the board before I was sitting on this board, continue to ask questions um as a board member, not understanding why from one day, especially when we were under negotiations, why on one day they would tell us we could afford a certain percentage and that was the limit and then the next time it was something else. Um so I feel very um a lot more assured right by the work that superintendent Esparza has done in bringing RCOE. Um I am happy that RCOE has been here that they've been looking at our finances um that they're giving us that assurance. Again, trust me, some people
095might see that as a bad thing and I've said it publicly and I said it to them. I'm glad that they're here because as a board member they've given me that assurance that I was always seeking. Are we looking at this right? Is all the information clear? Um they we've been audited right. Um so the questions that the assembly member is asking for really they've been answered. So, it's hard for me to understand um what else is left to do um when it comes to our finances and to disclosing and having the transparency that everyone is asked for. Um was it was in March that we reviewed the Figma audit. Um we've been having conversations. One of the questions um that the assembly member has been asking that is looked into is when did our
096um when did we go in this direction of having a deficit? That has been answered. 2019 we had an audit. Um we had a structural deficit. 2020 came. He's asking when were there surpluses. 2020 came onetime dollar monies came. Right. We had a lot of one-time monies. Yes. that reflected in our books as surpluses. That money is no longer here. Our RCE um RCOE financial people as well as the Figma have recognized that and we're not the only school district. This is happening. It doesn't justify anything, but it's happening right. Um again, if we didn't have those answers, I would say yes, let's do the audit. It's helpful to have I learned so much when we go through audit auditing processes. Um we've disclosed another question how many programs are being impacted how many staff.
097We've talked about the stabilization plan that all has been in public meetings right there is an accounting of how many programs are being impacted how many staff is being impacted. The numbers are there. I don't know that a new audit is going to re I mean is it needed right? The numbers are out there. We've submitted the stabilization plan to RCE and I could go on and on, right? We've we've learned about um about um internal controls right in this time. All those are being put in place. I again I am very thankful for and I'm not ashamed to say these are the learnings from the auditors. We were not in the best shape and now we're moving in this direction. if I felt there was a need, if these questions were not answered, I'd
098be happy to welcome anybody um and to to the question. So, I I oppose I oppose an audit unless I can understand really what is it that's going to be different. Um it's time inensive, it's resource intensive, um at a time where both the state and this district have structural deficits, right? Um we um and and the thing is that sarcastically the gentleman who came and spoke earlier it's like if you have nothing to fear it's not about fearing but there there is a common narrative that impacts our communities the communities of the eastern Coachella Valley that whenever we go out into other parts like oh you're from there oh how can it right educated people, many people of us here in this room have who grew up in this communities probably face that on
099a daytoday and what are you doing there? You're not afraid. Common questions that we get asked. And so right now this insinuations that there's something being hidden that is going to be uncovered by a new audit um is driving a lot of attention. When the audit comes out with no findings, guess what? No one's going to go out and make a big deal. Yay. No findings. Why? Because that's not news, right? So, I'm I'm very just cautious about the intent, the repercussions. If we need it, let's do it. Show me that we need it. I think our COE would have told us that we needed something more. Um, so those are my comments. It's sad, but at the same time focusing on the steps that we've taken with um our new superintendent, we're heading in
100the right direction. We need to stay steadfast, do the hard things that we need to do and keep our students in mind and turn this district around. And I so I'm hopeful that that can happen. Thank you. Thank you. Um there's a lot said uh I do want to start off you know uh the intention of board member reports uh this space right um I I respect my colleagues their comments and and what they're what's being stated right I do want to just uh make a correction um you know our former superintendent what did retire um and so I do want to note that because I don't want it to be uh misconstrued out there and create this narrative right um I do want to start off there's been a number of you know great
101events. I I had the opportunity to join a number of promotions, uh, graduations across our district. Um, I mean, it's just a great time to celebrate and recognize our students, right, and our staff for the great work that they've been doing. Um, and it just culminates in this moment, right? Uh, for our parents, they're proud of their their children. We have a lot of students going to amazing institutions. We have a lot of students getting full rides. Um, you know, gate scholars. Um, it's just amazing. And sometimes we just get so tied up in the the the noise as was said, right, that we just fail to acknowledge the greatness of our of our young people. And so, um, you know, there are a number of things that I could probably go and list them.
102Um, I did attend the our state of the district. I really want to appreciate staff just for doing such an amazing job to highlight the work of our students, uh, our staff. Um, just being able to be in this room. I know that you know previous circumstances u uh we've done it outside but I think being able to just sit here in this very room to talk about the great um work that our students are doing um the work of our staff um I think for you know we had our student trustee Eric um share his story and you know tying it to our to our current moment right um he shared how he came to this country and you know sitting in the audience as a teacher that welcomed him into his his classroom,
103right? And to see kind of that full circle. Um it just really touched me as a as an educator to really kind of see like, you know, our district is doing great work and and we can see that in our students. Um to keep it short, uh you know, our community is undergoing a number of difficult um I mean, there's no way to mince it, right? uh the politics of it, our our federal administration, uh we are a community of im immigrants and so it's really difficult to uh go in as an educator, right, and kind of see the impact that's happening. Um on Wednesday, I I passed by the swap meet. Um we all know that it's the happening place and it was just completely um empty. And so I think to see that
104um our cultural uh community spaces are being uh affected and impacted, I can see how our parents and our families can be impacted, right? Um I also do want to challenge, right, uh the narrative that um you know, our immigrants are only our our labor, right? Our our disposable labor. It includes our staff, right? We rarely talk about the educators that are teaching um our teach our our lawyers, our doctors, right? Right. And so I think um you know it's more than just you know the labor um those that pick our fruits and vegetables to feed us every day but it's really everyone right it's our families or neighbors and so um it's really tough to be uh doing this work uh in that context right uh the last thing I'll say uh with respect
105to the audit right um because it was mentioned um we've been doing a lot of work the last two years um you know this isn't something that we started it yesterday. Uh we've been making the tough decisions uh for the last two years. Um we rolled up our sleeves. These are very uncomfortable conversations, right? No one wants to have the discussions of the poor decisions that were made 2, three years ago, right? Uh since 2019. Uh but here we are. Um and that's what we have to do. And we have to have, you know, what we say courageous conversations and do the work. Um I do feel that we've been doing the work. um you know sometimes it might not seem that way. It might seem like well you know what what is it that
106they're really doing but but we have we've been um you know engaged in our Figmat audits um we've been doing um actually one of the things I attended was a training uh with Mr. Tortes uh around the Brown Act and things like that and so uh we'll be putting together a number of trainings for our board members. Um there are a number of of mechanisms within our structures um and policies that we've been adopting as we find things um that need improvement, right? Uh we're not unique in the situation that we're in. Uh like Miss Boss shared, uh there are a number of districts that are facing similar situations. Um and it is um you know, unfortunate that again here we are um that our district is again kind of in that limelight, right? Um
107I do agree you know we do need transparency and we've been working towards that. Um and um yeah I think I I'd agree with my colleagues right if if we need to if there is a need for an audit then I think we need to be able to justify it as opposed to just say we we need one for the sake of doing one right um but I really appreciate staff and um thank you all for holding on with us for the for the meeting superintendent. Thank you. I want to thank uh TODC for working with our student support services uh staff to make sure that we have information going out based on what is happening uh in our community and in you know communities across uh California and across the nation. Uh being an
108Angelino myself, I have to see uh what is happening in my own neighborhoods and it is uh not a a good site to see and I am so thankful that I don't see that here. Even though I know that stuff is happening, it's not to the extent that it is in Los Angeles right now. And I pray to God that it doesn't happen here. And so to deec, you know, thank you. My hats off to you for continuously coming to help us when our parents and our students uh need that support. So, thank you for that. Um, I want to thank the parents and the staff who have made public comment. Uh, and the parents who are advocating for us to continue to support our students, especially you mentioned COVID and then you mentioned what
109we're going through now. And so, it's constant. There are constant stressors that happen that our students need that support. So, thank you for voicing that. Um, I want to congratulate the class of 2025 uh and all of the students that again promoted, culminated, uh, and, uh, graduated. So, uh, plenty plenty of of graduates this year and so we're very proud of that. I do want to, uh, make a comment that the state superintendent, uh, has been working closely with the legislature to ensure that we receive, uh, $525 million for expanded learning, uh, $200 million in one-time fund for literacy professional development, uh, along with, uh, $10 million for reading difficulty screeners. And so, as many of you know, I worked with the state superintendent. So, I'm very happy to say that the screeners was one
110of the initiatives I was working on. And so, I'm hoping that that actually comes to fruition so where we could start screening our students at the very early ages to ensure that we're providing them the literacy support that they deserve. I also want to uh thank transportation and basology for working with us. We're going to be piloting our summer program. summer school started today and so within the next week, our parents will be able to get on to their email and create an account and actually start to track their students on the bus. And so we're really proud that transportation has taken the lead on this. It has supported with this and of course educational services has been involved along with HR making sure that we have all our ducks in a row so that
111we know where all our ducks are. So I wanted to just thank you for that. Um produce giveaway. We had a produce giveaway uh yesterday. Uh it was su successful. We're going to look at different ways to provide produce to our uh families as well as possibly in the lunch areas. We have three different sites throughout the district where we uh provide lunches for our students. And so providing those uh produce boxes for our families that are taking their children to those lunch spots would be very efficient instead of them having to drive all the way here. several of our families who live in uh in the Sultan City or who live in Mecca or in the Northshore area, we're starting to provide um produce giveaways in those areas as well. So, uh just hold
112on tight. We'll be putting out the calendar to see when we're coming to your area and making sure that you know when we're going to have it at those lunch spots. Um in regards to school site highlights, um again, preliminary preliminary data scores. I've shared those scores uh with our board. uh and so they've been able to see uh the different schools, the different grades and the district overall. So, we're doing a great job on that and I do uh attest a lot of that work of course to our coaches. Our coaches have done an amazing job in going into the classrooms and supporting our teachers and just having those uh conversations with our teachers and providing that feedback and working alongside their administrators uh and making sure that everybody understands how our students are
113learning what they need and ensuring that we're sticking uh uh to our instructional framework. um summer school. Uh excited that uh we're having a field classes in summer school. We have lots of students, some of the one of the most successful summer schools in a very very long time. Over uh 3,500 students attended the first day. Uh we're hoping to get a few hundred more within the next few weeks as they're going to see that there are going to have engaging activities uh throughout the day and making sure that we're also hitting the the fun pieces and uh as well as the educational pieces. And so I want to thank the summer school staff, our teachers who signed up for SC summer school, our administrators and our uh classified staff who are doing an amazing
114job on welcoming them. So saw lots of videos today on the welcoming committees that uh welcomed our students and got them into those classes today. Um I do want to make a comment in regards to uh what will be happening um in the within the next week and going in up to uh Sacramento uh along with uh some of my staff. Uh please know that uh we uh defend Coachella uh Coachella Valley Unified uh strong. As a former assistant superintendent in Boston, I constantly had to uh participate in audits as well as present to city council as well as to the senate and meet with them. Uh it's very different. The mayor basically is the chancellor or the superintendent of the district. So, this is not new for me. Um, I do want to just
115express that I wish that there would be a better relationship with our uh our politicians in the area who see CBUSD as a a place where, you know, there's there's negative things happening and for us to have those conversations and as mentioned, we had the state of the district um and our assemblymen was here. Again, nothing was ever mentioned. So, um I'm not sure if those conversations were already being had at the state level, but uh he did participate in our virtual reality uh uh and was entertained with the students and having conversations with them. So, he knows the great things that are happening here. And so I'm hoping that uh we will be able to go and ensure that we're doing everything that we need as we had again the FCMAT audit. We can
116have a more deep intense uh forensic audit and um it's going to again just be another opportunity for us to like our Fikmat report to improve our practices if that's something that we need to do. But at this point we had the Fikmat audit. We're working on the recommendations made by Fikmat. We also had a CD audit recently and the CD audit is a uh federal program monitoring audit where we had zero findings and so um we understand that some people have this idea that there's uh these negative things happening here. Please come and talk to us. Um you can apply for a public records request. We've provided public records requests with thousands and thousands and thousands of pages uh to some of the uh some of the people that Mr. Akuna has mentioned as
117well as some of the people that uh other board members have mentioned. And so we are being transparent. RCOE is is here with us. They're here not just at board meetings. They're here with us throughout the week as well. And we consult with them constantly on our finances and making sure that we're sticking to our fiscal stabilization plan because that is going to going to give us the stability for our district to be able to offer our students the education that they need. Thank you. Thank you. Uh moving on to information presentations. Uh 7.1 we have Karen Panton public hearing local control accountability plan 2025 2026. Thank you. Is the mic on? Good evening. Thank you, Board President Vargas. Um, trustees, executive cabinet, Dr. Sparza, our, um, CBSD staff and community. I am Karen Pettney,
118and I am here tonight, um, as the director of state and federal accountability to provide a presentation before the public hearing for the LCAP opens. And on your um disast you have a blue folder. In that folder um you have this public hearing presentation as well as um the LCAP acronym list and there it is extensive. There are a lot of acronyms and a list of and also goals one through five with more detailed actions. So the 2526 LCAP is a $130.5 million district plan um that will take us through the next two years, years two and three of a three-year plan. It's also a living document and as such it will be monitored and updated each year. This is the timeline for the LCAP planning for 2425. In October, uh we began meeting with
119our educational partners, our um staff, community members, um students, and families. We, um and our first meeting, we reviewed data um from the California dashboard, dashboard indicators, and we also provided an update in November to the board on the implementation of our 2425 LCAP and expenditures related uh year-to- date expenditures. Moving on to February, March. In February, we shared the midyear LCAP update with you and um and our community. And we also began to hold road shows at all of our schools. We had one at each site, at least one, and also we held them in the district office here for our district staff members. Um it was an overview of the LCAP, an opportunity for um for parents, students, staff to ask questions and also um to participate in the LCAP survey. Um in
120March and April, we continued our goal analysis of our 2425 actions and reviewed our year-to- date expenditures. also consulting um throughout the whole timeline with our advisory our LCAP advisory committee and our and our parent advisory committees, our families and our students. Um, in April and May, we made um budget adjustments to the 2526 LCAP based on the May revise, the governor's May revise, and we reviewed the components of the 2526 draft with our DAC committee and also our LCAP advisory. And that brings us here to June tonight where we're having the public hearing. On June 26, we will bring the final ELCAP back for approval and then it is submitted to the county within uh 5 days of being approved. This um slide shows the LCAP educational partner engagement for our LCAP survey. So
121you can see um we had 7,335 family families uh take the survey staff. We had 763 certificated and 487 classified staff members and over 8,000 students participated in the LCAP survey this year. Um the educational survey for all of our educational partners closed midappril before we went into spring break um to allow us time to review the survey of the responses any trends that emerged, suggestions and comments that would have impact on our LCAP. The survey was reopened in miday for two weeks to increase the number of student responses and also classified staff responses. We had an additional 1,700 students complete the survey. We had an additional 52 classified members complete the survey. Uh the survey responses for our families on our certificated staff did not change. Educational partner engagement. So um our LCAP has
122been enhanced with input and feedback from the organizations that our district partners with to support our students. Um, survey results can be found in the engaging educational partner section of the LCAP. And we engaged with also our parent advisory committees throughout the year and our LCAP advisory committee. Beginning back in October at our first meeting, we shared what was new in the 2425 LCAP because it was uh year one of a new three-year LCAP. We shared um the new structure of the three cohorts of our schools and also the coaches for ELA, math and and literacy. We shared the implementation status of the LCAP actions and services. And we at that time surveyed committee members to see what they would like to have see covered in the meetings for the for the year, what they
123were most interested in, and they wanted more interactive activities. So in the January LCAP advisory committee, we shared newly released dashboard data that had just come out. Uh we did a deep data dive with our groups and the LCAP advisory committee. We looked at ELA and math, uh English learner progress, ELPAC scores, graduation rate, college and career indicator, chronic absenteeism, and suspension. We engaged our groups in an interactive process where um they moved from station to station where we looked at the data in detail and for each station the directors um from different departments and ed services who who had the actions in the LCAP that are related to that data were on hand to answer any questions that our um advisory committee members might have. In March, we held our LCAP advisory meeting meetings
124um in one in English and one in Spanish. Some of our parents attended both nights. Um we shared the midyear LCAP update with the committee. We um did a brief review of the LCAP goals and year-to- date expenditures and a budget projection for 2526. Um we held an information sess session where again we had um six stations and our community members were able to rotate to each each session and look at the actions um for goals one through five ask any questions of directors um that they might have. And then the participants we had posters of all the actions around the room and the participants put their comments on each action um what they agreed with in the action or what was their suggestion for the 2526 LCAP. So this is the process throughout the
125year that we are engaging our educational partners in the LCAP and giving us information and feedback. We then collected all the information on the postits and we entered it into thought exchange our survey platform so that we could see what were some trends that were emerging and what were some outliers as well. In April, we shared um proposed changes with the LCAP advisory committee um and we had participants feedback from 31 parents, 26 employees, three community members, and 14 who um did not identify. They they were just um classified as unknown. We didn't know which educator partner group they belong to. So in May again we had an English and Spanish meeting which our parents really appreciated hearing the LCAP hearing the LCAP presentation firsthand in Spanish. We shared our LCAP survey results. We shared
126a draft of the LCAP goals, an overview of the budget and then we we had an opportunity for feedback and questions. After those meetings we met with also with DAC. So after those meetings, we responded to all of their questions and comments in writing and and share those shared those responses with them via email. And then in addition to the LCAP surveys, we also did a survey for La Familia High School because they have the um the equity multiplier funding. And so as such, we we like to see input from their um students and families and parents on what they would like to see um with the programs that are built with those fundings. So that is our education partner engagement. Here is a year-to-year comparison of the 2425 LCAP expenditures to um the 2526
127LCAP expenditures. And you can see uh the difference um of 71.3 million. So some considerations um to to um in addition to the district stabilization plan are we have one-time funding onetime funds which you'll have spoken about tonight. Uh we had grants that were either expiring or being expended in this 2425 school year so would not carry over. But we also have reduction in funding based on our ADA and our attendance and that affects our um categorical programs titles one two and three our migrant program and also our ASUS 21st century and assets programs. So um those are some of the factors that go into the reduction in our overall ELCAP along with the um considerations in the stabilization plan. and please ask questions if you have questions along the way. Our um planning and
128funding alignment, the funding sources that you see in blue are required to be included in the LCMP, they are federal funds, our equity multiplier um funding for LA familia. And then also the LCFF and title one funding that is in our school plans uh for student achievement, our SIPs. The funding that is in yellow is um not required to be represented in the LCAP, but we do include it in the LCAP because it is aligned with and complimentary to our LCAP goals and also our district priorities. So looking at data, so the the LCAP tells the story of a district and part of the LCUP story is based on the data and as you've heard tonight um our data is is trending in in a positive direction which we are all excited about. Um when
129we look at data, we're looking at the impact of the actions and services in our LCAP on our overall student success and but also the success of individual student groups as well. Do we see positive results and if not are how are we modifying the actions and services to better meet the needs of our students? So in this dashboard in the upper left hand side you see um the gauge with red on the left being um very very low and blue being very high for all of the indicators except um suspension and chronic chronic absenteeism is the opposite. So for that um red is high. So this is the 23 dashboard and you can see um this reflects all of our schools, all student groups, but we have two red indicators, one orange, three yellow,
130and one that doesn't have a color because it only had one year of data. And without two years of data to compare, um you you won't have a color on the dashboard, just a status of low. And I show you this and and because it's very exciting when I when I move to the next year to 2024 and you can see um green and yellow on our on our overall dashboard. Um our suspension rate decreased. Our graduation rate increased. Our college career indicator and our ELA scores increased. Um, we have zero red indicators in 2024 and we have three green indicators showing progress that our students are making year-over-year. Whereas the dashboard shows us the overall um progress for our students. The student group report that is shown here for 2023 on the top and
1312024 on the bottom shows the um performance status for student groups individually for all of the indicators listed on the top. So in 2023 we have 10 student groups u with one or more red indicators. Um, every student group except the white student group is in red or orange. Um, which which is low or very low in ELA, math, graduation, and college and career indicator. And we have one indicator in green. When you move to 2024, we've reduced to six student groups with one or more red indicators. All students are making progress in ELA except our foster youth and African-American, which are very small student groups sizes. All student groups are making pro progress in math except foster, youth, homeless, and African-American. And all all um student groups are making progress on their graduation rate
132and their college and career indicator. They are all in yellow or green. And we have nine nine uh indicators in green on this student group report. So that's progress. Um that's very exciting. And it's very exciting to hear the early early um preliminary results for this year's CAPS scores to see that trend is continuing. I did include just so you could see um in in more detail because I know those pictures are small on the previous slide. So you can see um 2023 red and orange and then the progress being made in 2024. Um lot less red and orange, more um yellow and green. These are the five LCAP goals. Goal one is educational opportunities. Two is health and wellness. Three is parent community parent and community partnerships. Four is u professional learning for our
133staff and five is the equity multiplier goal for La Familia. Along the bottom you can see the amount of um LCFF supplemental concentration funding that is dedicated to each goal and then the overall amount of funding in the LCAP for each goal which includes um also other state and federal funds to bring it to a total of 130.5 million. So after looking at the progress that we made on the 2024 dashboard compared to 2023, it's important for us to know what is moving the needle for our students to be successful. And so on this um on this slide, you'll see the indicators on the right that are impacted by the by the actions and services in goal one. And along the bottom, the um actions and services that are having the most impact on um
134on creating those success for our students are the instructional framework, which you've heard a lot about tonight. Also, I Ready, Canvas, and Avant, which are assessment programs that help us monitor student progress and then adjust instruction accordingly. um our instructional coaches, our migrant program, dual language, the RCT pathways and andmies point Avid credit recovery both at La Familia and online and the work that um secondary does with RCE in the data contract where they're creating the portrait of a graduate and also a non-graduate. In goal two, what's moving the needle? Uh we have expanded learning and enrichment opportunities for our students. We have our wellness centers, Latino Commission, and our health services. Um one area for us, you know, to focus on would be attendance. Our ADA is currently 91.87%. And the state average is
13595%. So in increasing our ADA rate, we are also we are also given the opportunity to increase our state and federal funding for our students as well. And go three parent and community partnerships. So attendance numbers at our parent workshops and community resource fairs indicate that our parent community engagement is very successful. Um, typically we have between 50 and 75 attendees at our monthly parent workshops here at the district and over 350 attendees at the re at the uh resource fair along with 25 community agencies that provide resources to our families. Also, um Aries communication platform the parent square app um that is used to send um we've sent over 600,000 auto notices this year. We are providing communication on a daily basis. Over 80% of our parents receive notifications via email. And of the
136parents that have mobile phones, 98% have opted to receive notifications via text. And on the right, the indicators suspension rate and chronic absenteeism are just two of the indicators that are impacted when a parents are more when parents are engaged. Rule four, also heard a lot about tonight, um, professional learning for our staff. Well, four affects every indicator on the dashboard because it's about training and professional development for our staff and um the instructional framework, the gradual release, um the science of reading, our instructional coaches, our district leadership academy, and then also throughout the year professional development on on um topics such as thinking maps and USAI math, our transformational model and dual language. Goal five is La Familia's equity multiplier goal and this year was a planning and it was a planning and beginning
137implementation phase for La Familia and um for them to utilize their LCFF equity multiplier funds and they expect to fully implement their academic intervention and enrichment program in the 2526 school year. And then any questions? Thank you. Are there any questions? No. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Uh we're going to move on to 7.2. We have to open the public. Oh, I'm sorry. Is there language at this time? I open Do we have to motion? I'm sorry. No. Okay. At this moment, we'll open the public hearing. Thank you. and we'll leave it open for a minute. Is that what it is? Okay. So, if there's is there any public comments on the LCAP hearing and we'll keep it open for a minute. No public comments. Okay. Uh seeing that we have no public comments,
138we're going to go ahead and close the uh LCAP hearing. Thank you. Okay, thank you for that. Uh 7.2 to Daniel's public hearing on the fiscal year 202526 uh proposed budget Um, can you put the PowerPoint presentation please? Yes. You want me to send it again? We have Sorry. There we go. Uh so good evening. I'll be uh presenting today on the 2526 budget uh which was built based on the governor's May revise which has not yet been enact enacted and will be updated um after the budget has been approved and signed into law. So the purpose of this presentation is to present um uh estimated actuals for fiscal year 2425 based on our year-to-ate analysis. Uh review our budget for 2526. Uh build on the governor's may reise um highlight key assumptions and multi-year
139outlook and discuss next steps for budget updates after the state adoption. So some of the uh budget assumptions done when we were building the the budgets include um for fiscal year 2425 estimated funded ADA of uh 15,000 uh8. Our actual ADA was 14,593. For fiscal year 2526 it was 14,23 uh with an actual ADA being projected at 14,634. As a reminder, our district is uh funded on a three prior year uh average ADA. As far as our statutory cola uh for fiscal year 2425, it's at 1.07. Uh fiscal year 2526 uh 2.43 uh 2627 3.52 and for 2728 uh 3.52. um the different the TK add-on uh dollar amounts are are were updated as long as the other uh lottery and mandated uh dollars that the district receives. As far as salaries uh with our
140uh certificated side of the house, um we are currently uh under a tentative agreement um pending the final uh approval with our classified TICA. Uh we are moving forward I believe with factf finding at this time. Um step column for certificated was included in the budget and 2425 and on the uh outward years at 2% for certificated CLA uh certificated staff and 1% for classified staff. um our health and welfare cap for certificated is 21,655 and for our classified is 22,000 and the rest of the statutory benefits um are also there for your for your uh for your review. So these were the assumptions when we were um working on our estimated actuals for the end of the year and as we were building the budget for 2526 um that we used to build to
141build the budget. So when we are talking about uh fiscal year our current fiscal year 2425 and and our estimated actuals um you can see what our uh revenues versus expenditures um are uh to year to date where we're projecting uh we're projecting uh deficit spending of about 31 million at the end of this year with revenues being brought in at 374 million and expenditures being uh sit at uh 405 5 million. And it's a breakdown of of uh the type of revenues that the district receives. Um 66% is our LCFF, 13% is federal funds, 16% is state, 5% is local. And as far as our expenditures, our certificated salaries account for 32% of our of our expenditures. Classified salaries 15% our employee benefits 27% books and supplies 6% contracted services 14% uh capital outlay
142uh 6%. For our budget year 2526, we are uh projecting a deficit spending of about $18 million with revenues coming in at 344 million and uh expenditures of 362 million and um a breakdown of of how the expenses and revenues um but the the percentages of the revenues and expenses is is provided for your review as well. So then we get um to our NYP uh for fiscal year 2526 which is at our our budget year uh fiscal year 2627. Yes. Could you I think there's a question on the previous slide. Can we ask questions while you go or do we have to wait? Do you go to one slide back? Right. That one. Yes. very um interested because I mean as we've been talking about our budget and financial situation um understanding that we
143have been deficit spending um we saw it in the projections for this current year and then we're seeing the deficit spending for the 2526 budget um even after all the cuts right that's correct so I guess my question is What is the takeaway um from this? It's a good thing that we are reducing it, but where is the money coming to cover that deficit for each year and then what are we going and maybe you're going to get into what we need to do in out years for the rest. But again, different points here. First, good to see less deficit spending. Question, how are we covering the deficit spending um each year? I'm going to assume is through our reserves. Um but I want to hear it from you and then again what's the takeaway
144in moving and planning for the outy years. So as we're talking about deficit spending um the reductions that we have done you can see that this year we're estimating at uh deficit uh spending of 31 million and for 2526 taking into account the reductions from the stabilization plan and um we we decreased our deficit spending to 18 million. We're still in a structural deficit. These reductions are um allowing the district to meet our our statemandated reserve requirement of 3%. But we're still not kind of not even making a ding on our structural deficit because right now when I go into um the MYP you'll see that even though in 2526 um our structural deficit is 18 million when we get into 2627 it goes back to a deficit spending of 31 million and that's because
145uh we are in declining enrollment. So, you know, our funding for ADA is is being reduced as long and as well as the onetime dollars that the district had. So, more reductions unfortunately are needed. Um, this uh my budget that we worked on is you know trying to get to a place where at the minimum we are meeting our uh state requirement of 3%. But in order to start uh really digging deep and and and alleviating our our deficit, um unfortunately, you know, it it it it requires more more reductions. So the or I'm sorry, or an increase in our ADA and enrollment. So increase in enrollment, increase in revenue overall, right? Unless there's a lot of good things happening and we get more money from the state, which um it's not looking likely. we
146are going to be in this position of having to rightsize and I think that is when we're talking about um the deficit spending it's we have declining enrollment and we don't always follow that declining enrollment with the right sizing of our district our staff so that is going to have to continue into the outy years that's correct so the um as I mentioned we are and an ongoing structural deficit. Um the temporary reductions help with uh our reserves um but cannot uh but not for the long-term solveny of of of the district. Um we need to continue to monitor and and and face additional uh reductions. Um to be able to maintain the 3% in fiscal year 2627 uh a reduction of about $4 million needs to be done. Um if if a reduction of
147$4 million is not done in 2627, which we are proposing it's done um to our contracted services, then in 2627 we wouldn't meet 3% our 3% reserve. I'm not even touching into the structural deficit right now. I'm just trying to meet our reserves and 2728 in addition to the $4 million reduction that is needed in 2627 and 2728 an additional 6.2 2 million reduction to just meter reserves would be needed. So that kind of speaks to the condition where the district um is at that um yes, you know, uh there were several uh reductions that you know unfortunately impacted our our staff, but in order for the district to keep going and and at some point start addressing this deficit, um that that's kind of like the the the state that that we're in. um
148more reductions and and more hard decisions are are are going to be needed. I have another question on the structural deficit. So what leads to a structural deficit when we are spending more than what we are receiving? So if you see um if we receive you know 344 uh uh million in revenues but we're spending 405 you know it it's it we're spending more than than the funding that we're generating and in our district right so what has been the underlying areas where we've been maybe overspending um like what might attribute right like what are the conditions it's mostly it's mostly been in staffing um the district has been overstaffed for for uh a period of time. Um it's been uh mentioned before where uh enrollment has declined but the staffing remained consistent and sometimes
149even increased. Thank you. So um on the NYP for our LCFF resources uh as I mentioned um our CBIT's enrollment was 15,820. Um as of last week our enrollment is 15,757. So we've declined about 63 from when we originally started started the year. Um for state revenues, um it's staying consistent across the years with the exception of Head Start, which uh received an additional 450 uh,000 annual ongoing uh ongoing funding um for our local revenues. Uh I'm sorry to interrupt you. I know we have our county and our I don't know if there's any comments uh or clarifications from our fiscal advisor as well. AJ Arena, if you'd like to uh make a comment in regards to structural deficit and not just particularly our district, but how how do districts get here? And I think
150it's really important the reason it's not that I didn't know what a structural deficit is. I think it's really important because there are the underlying accusations, right, that money has disappeared, made to be disappeared. And I'm saying softly because I don't like repeating what other people say about our district or what what they're implying is happening in our district. So it is very important for me. Um you have been peeling every piece of the onion and as you're you know guiding us in um getting us to be more fiscally stable. So I would like um a clarification in your opinion or an explanation right as to how um what conditions have been contributing to the structural deficit. You can both come. Thank you. I'm sorry. Well, I'd like I appreciate you all coming to the
151Yeah, no problem. We're definitely here to, you know, show our support. Um, and I know Daniela and A and the entire team has been working really hard on this for quite some time. Um, and so we're just here to show our support, but I hear your question and that it's related in general about what structural deficit means and what that looks like. Full disclosure, this budget has not been provided to us, right? This is something the district's still working on. It is not board approved and so it's not something we've had the opportunity to look at. We will do that after it's board approved. But in general, structural deficit is kind of like thinking about your own home budget. And that if I make $10,000 a month and my bills are $11,000 a month and
152I'm having to pull $1,000 from savings every month just to live, that's a structural deficit. Eventually, my savings will be depleted. When you see that you have revenues that are lower in that year than your expenditures, you have to find the difference between is that a structural deficit or do I have expenditures this current year maybe in 2526 where I received revenue last year for that expenditure. Maybe I received it late in the year. It's a program that goes over several years. And so if I'm spending that money in the subsequent fiscal year, that's going to increase my expenditures in that budget year, but my revenue is not going to go up because I already received the money. So it it can skew the vision of that because your expenditures can look higher than your
153revenue. So you have to understand the story. We always like to say what is the story behind that? And that's where, you know, Daniela comes in with the narrative of the entire budget is to understand the difference between a structural deficit and where are we with our expenditures? It's very helpful. Thank you. I'm just going to add something to it to looking at your structural deficit. I always tell the board and people to look at it your ending balance what you started. So if I'm just looking at this slide, you're looking at starting at unrestricted at $53 million and you're going down by 26 20 27 28 to 11 million. That means there is a structural deficit even because if you have a money coming in the one year one and you're spending in year
154two, your bottom line should pretty much be the same because you already have the money. In your case is showing the balance declining. That's your savings account where you're pulling $1,000 a month from and it's going to deplete. Okay. Um, thank you all for your explanation. We just feel like it's important for our public to understand, whoever's still with us um out in the public and whoever will watch this later, right? Because, you know, transparency is important. Um, my comment is going to be the same. Um this is our projected budget. It's like your grocery list. And then in the fall our audit un our unodudited actuals will come out and we will find out what actually happened versus these projections that we have. Um I saw for 2024 20 so for this school year
155and for next school year our books and supplies is still at a 6% which historically I know Daniela you've been here for a year we tend to really spend between 5 and 7 million and we have 24 million slated for this year next year we have 21.6 million. Um, we're talking about where we want to or will need to cut. I want those numbers so much closer to what they really are. I understand a buffer zone and I understand that there may be years where it's a little different, but that's $17 million different than what it's going to be in the fall. $14.6 6 million when we are trying to rightsize the district everywhere and and hearing from our families and our employees how how nervous it makes them. I want to push us to
156be as accurate. I understand we want a buffer, but as accurate as we can be in books and supplies so that we're not scaring our public with uh finding out where are we going to cut, where where can we cut? I mean, we cut so deeply this year. There really aren't too many places that we can cut realistically, right? Without really changing programming. when books and supplies are that big of a difference, it bothers me. Um, yeah, that's my comment. So, for the books and supplies on the unrestricted side of the house, $8 million were budgeted. Um, 4.5 has already been spent and 1.1 is encumbered. That means, you know, there's POS out there that need to be paid. So, those dollar amount is encumbered. What's uncommitted is about $2 million. 1.4 four of that
157is in the LCAP which uh we have to uh budget for the expenditures that are in the LCAP and another 800,000 is on site discretionary uh funds that go to those schools and um they're still spending some of those dollars. So that's what makes the $2 million that's uncommitted as far as the restricted side of the house. Um 19 million was budgeted. 12 12 million 12.9 has already been spent. 2.9 is encumbered and there's three about $3 million that's uncommitted. It means that it it hasn't been encumbered. Of that 3 million, 1.5 belongs to the foundation. So we cannot even spend those dollars cuz th those are the dollars that we're holding for the foundation. So, when we're talking about um buffers that really as we've been working with this district um I mean I'm
158sorry with the with the departments and the directors my department has been working uh very diligently with each director making sure that we are aligning the budget and that we are looking very careful at our possesses to make sure that the discrepancy from what we're presenting right now to when we close is not that the gap is not that big. questions. Yeah, please. So, where was I? Um, okay. Okay. So, in local revenue, I just wanted to touch that um we received there was an increase in local revenue for 659,000 and that's with a one-time award dollars uh with our COE for a school engagement and wellness grant that will be utilized for our wellness center. Um, in one-time dollars, uh, the district has received over $200 million. And in fiscal year 2526, out out
159of those onetime dollars, we are only starting with about 4 million of that. So, you can see how the onetime dollars, you know, have uh uh been most of it uh spent down. And when we talk about next steps, uh we are going to revise our budget in 2526 uh after the governor um enacts uh the budget is enacted and September we adopt an audited actuals and our revised budget. Uh we monitor changes in ADA and our cola and our revenue assumptions and adjust uh expenditures as necessary to make sure we are meeting our 3% reserve and continue to our collaboration across departments. I don't know if there's any further questions. Any questions? And we have to open public hearing. Yes. Okay. Uh at this time, we'll be opening a public hearing on the fiscal
160year 2025 2026 proposed budget. Are there any public comments? [Music] So 11:36 we there's no public comment on the item so we'll be moving on to 7.3. Thank you. Thank you Lila. Uh 7.3 uh we have Karina de la Pñena uh beyond the bell program presentation. Good evening, board president, Miss Vargas, members of the board, superintendent Dr. Esparsa, and executive cabinet. My name is Karina de la. I'm one of the MTSS directors of academic academics elementary. And with me are Cindy Bradley, our coordinator of MTSS data coaching, and Lydia Rodriguez, the coordinator of migrant education. The purpose of this presentation is to share with you an overview of the restructuring of the Beyond the Bells program. Through this restructuring, we're going to have new titles and new assignments that will enhance the streamline support program
161alignment and improvement of operational efficacy across the Beyond the Bell programs. There will be two classified positions, one coordinator of enrichment coordinator and one operations coordinator as well as one certificated position for the ELOB coordinator. The goal is that we continue with enrichment opportunities for all of our students and that we provide equity and access beyond during our beyond the bell programs. So what are be beyond the bell programs? All of our CVUSD Beyond the Bell programs offer students engaging academic enrichment, meaningful socio uh social emotional development and support in supportive and positive learning environments. Each of the following programs are state or federally funded uh to extend the learning opportunities for our students beyond the traditional school day or as we call it beyond the bell. Hello. I want to briefly go over these
162components of our afterchool program funding. EXLP expanding learning program. It is the umbrella term used by many district to describe all before and after school interessions and summer programs. The funding sources often include ASUS 21st century assets and ELP funding. The focus of the umbrella here of EXLP is enrichment, academic support, and social emotional learning beyond the regular school day. Note this is not a funding stream itself. It's a program structure or department managing multiple funding streams. Now under the umbrella of EXLP we have ACES after school educational safety programs. Grade levels serve primarily is K through 9th. The focus is academic assistance enrichment activities safe environments during non-school hours. The requirement is though with ACES must operate until at least 6 p.m. on school days and provide a minimum number of hours and days.
163Now with 21st century um community learning centers may include also assets. The grade level serves our K12 with a special focus on students attending low performing schools. Focuses academic enrichment, family literacy and community involvement, youth development activities. A it it is 21st century often serves a wider range of grades and include adult family engagement components. Now with ELOP, expanded learning opportunity program grade serves focus on TK through sixth grade. The goal is to provide at least nine hours of combined instructional and expanded learning time per day during the school year and inter session days, summer or non-school days. The targeted group prioritize unduplicated students, English learners, foster youth, and low-income students. Key point is designed to integrate more seamlessly with the school day and is now required for many of the districts. These are some
164of the roles for the coordinators and some of the responsibilities that the coordinators will be having. The enrichment coordinator will will design and oversee the beyond the bell programming across the district, collaborate with the community partners and also school leaders as well as ensuring that the program mirrors the LCAP uh goals and that they are of high interest for all students. The operations coordinator will manage the operations and logistics as well as overseeing the compliance, the data, the safety protocols and the scheduling. They will uh the coordinator will also coordinate with staff the space and the resources that will be used. The ELO coordinator will lead the academic plan and the implementation of the beyond the bell programming ensuring that the align is is with alignment with our district instructional framework as well as engaging
165with families and making sure that there is an evaluation of the effectiveness of the program. The organizational chart shown here shows the coordinator's primary focus and key responsibilities as previously summarized while reporting to our assistant superintendent of ed services. Key metrics for success of our team members includes compliance for auditing purposes, timely submission of individual reports, accurate reporting of attendance and staffing, efficient use of funds and budget alignment, and operational consistency for quality program standards. The three coordinators will collaborate to ensure that our students have access to a successful experience through the Beyond the Bell programs in our district. This collaboration will include a shared vision as well as the goals that are aligned with our ELA priorities, equity expectations and the implementation of the instructional framework. This will coll this collaboration will also define
166the success metrics such as attendance data uh engagement and satisfaction and achievement for our students. There will be established communication system in which coordinators will check in weekly to discuss analysis the analysis and review of data and documents. They will also focus on ensuring that there is a system to support professional growth growth for all the beyond the bell staff members and to align with and to make sure that it aligns with the district's instructional framework. Research indicates that when students have access to both enrichment and academics, we see increase in academics such as 12% about 12% in math, 10% in reading. We also see about 30% of the students increasing in their attendance and we also see positive changes in social emotional growth. Research also shows that through offering these programs, students will have
167more equitable opportunities, more improved student uh connectedness, and greater family and community input. So, be the beyondthe academics plan will impact all the students in the district that choose to participate in the programs. This includes English language learners, longtime long-term English language learners, migrant students, gate students, students attending ASUS or EXLP. The program, the plan will target all academic um areas in the I'm sorry, the program will target and support reading especially in reading foundations routines and skills as well as writing and math. This will be done at all sites including elementary and secondary. The academic program will also target f best first instruction engaging in hands-on strategies that reflect our instructional framework. This will be done through the cert through a certificated staff who will provide the supplemental academic instruction and collaboration with beyond
168the bell staff to provide an engaging and rigorous experience. Now, we do want to point out CBUSD exppl enrichment program components has been one of the most successful afterchool programs in engaging students to participate and stay after school. Activities such as culinary arts, music, creative art, cheer, dance, and our every popular sports offerings have provided students with meaningful opportunities to explore their interests, develop new skills, and build confidence in a supportive environment. Looking ahead, focusing continues ensuring this success by streamlining and aligning our school day with after school programming while maintaining the engaging enrichment experience the students, parents, and our community value. Thank you very much for your time. Do you have any questions? Thank you. Uh any questions? Okay. Uh, Miss Garcia, Miss Plus, any questions? Um, I do have a concern and I
169have mentioned it before. Um, I understand the idea of three leads. Um, that's what I'm going to call them, the three different positions. Um, and the coordination and collaboration. But I think in practice, it's not going to work the way we think. I think everywhere else in the district, we're working to rightsize our programming and one coordinator could do all of that. That I know is a lot, but it is possible. Um, in the past, we've had only one coordinator. Um, I also questioned the bandwidth of the assistant superintendent who would be in charge of overseeing three leads oversee the programming. Um, I understand the idea, but I think in practice it's not going to work. Um, and it doesn't make sense to me fiscally. That's my comment. Thank you. I'm going sorry I'm going
170to turn um Valerie's comments into a question. How are you prepared to address the potential challenges of having three staff members all with the same role um uh yeah role essentially colleagues, right? Um and anticipate any potential either miscommunication or lack of this or lack of that. Like I'm just anticipating um some of the challenges that Mrs. Garcia mentioned. So how are you prepared um to address and make sure that this is successful? I think one of the one of the points that we have to take into account is that there will be assigned different tasks. Our educational service department is already a pretty large department and we do meet once a week and we have a leader that uh basically goes through an agenda goes through the concerns that we have per department. Uh
171but let me go back and talk about the the responsibilities of the coordinators. I'm going to start with the ELO coordinator because that is the the coordinator that will be in charge of the instructional piece. Uh right now we are really focusing on having an instructional uh framework that is very strong in academics and very strong in making sure that students are getting the best first instruction throughout the day. So our goal is that this coordinator is also making sure that all of the instructional time uh instruction that the students are exposed to during the day also transfers to the afternoon so that we continue to utilize the the rigorous instructional framework through now correct the rating for example 95% which are some of the uh programs that we brought up to you and and
172that you um thankfully approved um we are very grateful for those programs. So that is the part the that the ELOB coordinator is going to be in charge of because we need that instructional piece to make that program better. The coordinator for enrichment is looking at the design and in the overall enrichment program. what is it going to make this this program uh successful in terms of our connection with the academics and then collaborating with the part community partners as well as with the instructional leaders at the sites. The difference between that person and the operations is that the operations coordinator is really paying attention to the compliance piece to the data to the scheduling. So these are uh one is looking at the programs and what are we going to utilize for the enrichment
173and one is looking at the data part and the compliance piece that we need to have in order for the programs to be successful. Um as I mentioned before the coordinator is basically focused on the instructional piece. Maybe quick follow-up question then to what extent is the success of each of these pieces dependent or interconnected with the other two. I think it's it's a one piece like we have to make sure that there is that's why one that's why we mentioned that there will be weekly check-ins in which they will together analyze data together review data together review documents review uh deadlines and in addition to that we also as as I mentioned before too we come together as a net services department where we not only share our concerns or share our data but
174we also O get an opportunity to collaborate with the rest of the departments to try to solve our own problems and to try to have a better implementation or a better plan so that we can ser service the students better. So I think that the uh working together and making sure that there there is weekly communications and check-ins is going to be crucial for the for the three pieces to become one puzzle. And these weekly communications or check-ins are going to be led by the assistant superintendent of educational services. They w I I believe they will be led by the by by their own department or their own um team but we do meet with the ed services department and we have our leader our assistant superintendent um now Sanchez and she would she would
175lead us through the conversations and she would ask questions and she will sometimes we have to present to the team as well. So it is uh like in our own department too we have meetings we come up with ideas and then we bring them to the to the ed services meeting. So they will be self-led self- facilitated between the three before they would be the weekly ones. They would actually be under uh Sakuro and I'm sure that if there is a concern or if there is a question or ideas that she will be attending those two but I don't know if she wants to add anything if I may add cuz I I I hear the and I understand the question right and I think the piece is that alignment. How are the three uh
176coordinators going to be working together? Um I think it it starts with a clear role right in the slide that was presented making sure that the goals are aligned um and then the vision. What is our vision? Our vision is student success. It's through that academic piece um intertwined with that enrichment piece. And it's very similar to what we're doing right now in summer school where we're adding that academic and then through the rotations is giving them that engagement and and and kind of like honing them in. Um we also have the integrated integrated planning and communication which yes it it does start within themselves but it's also led through um we do have weekly cabinet meetings where we come together. We're starting to we're starting to make that align alignment piece within the departments
177utilizing their data driven to make sure that um each department through their lens are able to support the students as a whole. We're looking at the child as a whole. So it's not just during the day that that they're with us, but also the students that are with us in the morning or in and in the after school program. Okay. Mr. Torres, any questions? Okay, Mr. coordinator. Correct me if I'm wrong. That is correct. There there is a fiscal impact, but I would also like to remind the board that we've been carrying over dollars for um for ELOP. uh we're set to start uh fiscal year 2526 I believe with a $14 million carryover. So every year uh the program receives about 20 million. So those dollars essentially it'd be uh best to spend them
178in the year that they're received. I know that the grant allows for the monies to be spent within two years. But if we're receiving them annually, you know, that's something that um I know when I started with the district, there was a a big uh surplus in the program and dollars needed to be spent down. So, there will be a fiscal impact, but there is budget in the in the program to to sustain that increase. But you're giving the impression that there is no fiscal impact and you need to write exactly how much you're going to spend. And when you say we have $20 million, we do not have $20 million. We've had this conversation before. This board voted to take $6 million away from that program. So you have $14 million. That's what I
179stated. We start we're starting fiscal year 2526 with about a carryover of $14 million. And I'm assuming is that to continue? Is that a onetime shot? The $6 million that we voted on it seemed to be an ongoing uh part of the structural deficit that we're so as we're working with our COE that is actually going to be less. So, we're looking at how we would not have to use all of that because we want to make sure that our expenditures are compliant. So, we're looking at possibly half of that or a little bit less. So, again, I still think you got to put the the dollar amount of what it's going to cost regardless of the because there is a fiscal impact to the program. And again, this part, even though originally the whole
180demotion thing for the director was part of cost savings, it has nothing to do with our structural deficit because this is paid for 100% by by another grants by these part part of these grants. That's number one. Number two, and I did mention this before and and Dr. Sparza mentioned that it was her idea. I think calling it beyond the bell is the silliest thing we can do. We've branded this program for years through the CVUSD uh expanded learning program. We've done that purposely to separate ourselves from others. Beyond the bell is CVU as a uh LA Unified program and everybody likes it's like calling us Pepsi just because everybody calls each other Pepsi. I I I I just think that's a mistake. But I don't have a vote. I apparently we didn't have a
181vote. I don't know. The board voted. We didn't have a vote on that. And and I just think that's a mistake. The community knows it. has been branded um and calling it something that somebody else calls theirs I don't I don't agree with but that's again I don't know if we get a vote on that at all. Um I guess my other question is you are correct. Um all these things that our people are doing they have been done by one person the director who's been doing it for a long time before uh they even got a coordinator. They they just barely got a coordinator as you realize and as you heard has been one of the most successful programs and for all of those who keep whining about academic we've had academic in that
182program before so now you're going to hire a coordinator to run academic and and the reason I know because that young woman standing back there did the academic programs for a long time. In fact, she did a writing program for the after school program that was so successful that the then elementary uh director of elementary services took her program and made it district-wide. So, this narrative out there that we've never done academics and we're not No, we we have done it. Uh they just don't like the way they do it. Now, again, I've said that this is a restructuring and I'm not opposed to restructuring, but this is a restructuring that doesn't make any sense. um to your point, who's there's no boss, and I hate to say it that way, but there's no there's
183no person in charge and all three of them have the exact amount of power, so to speak, or authority. Uh and who's going to get to decide? Um I'm wondering who designed this and the and that thing. I It seems like someone who designed it has never run the actual programs and the day-to-day operations of how these things work. I actually have been in that program, so I have a little bit of an idea how it works. It is not going to work having three people there. Uh uh they all are going to work on time cards. They're all going to work at sites. There's not going to be one person that sits in the office all day and just does paperwork. That's not how that program works. Uh the And again, I'm looking at
184what the academic person is going to do. They're going to do an academic plan and then what? It doesn't seem like they're going to do anything else. Why don't you just hire a teacher? uh either part-time or an after school program and have them run the academic, it would have been a lot cheaper. Wouldn't have caused as much fuss. Again, it's designed in my mind to effectively do something, right? You just heard it. We only need one coordinator, but we're going to keep the coordinator for the uh academic one. So, we're going to get rid of one of the other coordinators, which has been part, in my mind anyway, my opinion, part of why this has all been going through. So again, there's just a lot of things I see that are not going to
185work. Um the academic part, I'm fine. But as we talked about in summer school, they did this thing that we're going to target all these kids and all these kids, we're going to get all these kids. This is a voluntary program. And if you turn it into the regular school day, kids aren't going to come. That's just a fact. And and the reality is kids come for sports, they come for enrichment, they come for all that stuff. And at the same time, we kind of sneak in academics to help them out as well. That's how these programs retain their kids. And again, I just I just see this as as a disaster in the making. You're going to have coordinators disagreeing with each other. Uh and again, unfortunately, the assistant soup over there is going
186to have to be referee. And I she has more programs than one program to be dealing with all that. So I just think the way this whole thing was set up obviously looks like it was done in a way that doesn't account of what actually happens in the program right I mean and again we have people who have been in the program who are teachers who understand that uh the site coordinators you know now the site coordinators are doing uh type cards for the lunch people the the all the uh safety people that's not their job but because those departments firms don't want to do it for their own people. They keep piling it on top. Um, so you went to a 21st or you went to one of their site coordinator meetings. What was
187their biggest complaint that they keep piling this stuff on and on and on them because other people don't want to do it? We're talking about summer school. Did they not complain that many principles were not supporting summer school? We're not helping them. We're not letting them move forward. Some were. I'm surprised we got the numbers that we have. Those things all incorporate into this. And this is doesn't solve any of those problems. And so again, I what I see is you're going to have people saying, "Well, I decided this." And they're going to say, "Well, I decided that." Well, I'm not going to do enrichment because I want to do all this academic. You're not going to have any enrichment. Well, sports is going to have to not today. Okay? And again, and you're going
188to start losing kids. So, it just seems like you solved the problem that wasn't there in my mind. You could have fixed it in other ways. Again, if you needed to have someone that was an academic, a credential teacher for that was basically that you needed a credential person to kind of do that. I hope the coordinator you bring actually has some experience in after school and it's just not someone who knows how to teach. That's great that they know how to teach, but they have to know how to teach in after school. It is very different than teaching in the regular school way. And so again, I just see this coming apart at the seams within the first year and then we're going to be right back here and everybody's going to start pointing
189fingers at the person they didn't like and that's where we're going to end up. And then unfortunately, Miss Sanchez, you're going to be there refereeing all the time because again, this is a very complex and complicated program because it's across the board with different things. Uh, one of my concerns during the budget was that we're moving this money to pay for this. Well, ACES has a match and we have to pay that match and once you start doing this then that match doesn't count. So, there's all these different program components to this and while I know a lot of it, I'm not even the expert on that. There's very few people who are the experts. So, my concern is we have one of the best programs in the state of California. we're going to ruin
190it because we just decided that we're going to do it a different way to make it look good. I just don't buy it. I'm not going to be supporting it. The changes, you guys already knew that. Um, but those are some of the reasons why. And again, the name I I'm sorry. I just, you know, with all due respect, Dr. Spars, I know you're the one that came up with that name. I don't want to be LA. I don't want to be somebody else's program. I want to be our program. We want to call it CBUSB some or other. I'm okay maybe with that. But we've built a brand that's ours, our brand and has kind of been kept here in when you when you say expanded learning from CBUSD, everybody knows what was across
191the state. So those are my concerns. Um not so much questions, but just concerns and and I I just don't think it's going to work the way it's currently set up here. But I I just want to add a few things. So I hear um the comments from my colleague here um and somehow I am optimistic that somehow this could work because I'm liking the streamlining right and it goes along to what um the comments from the principles we're saying with the framework the um the academic framework that's been introduced uh we need to continue that and I think that's the most powerful thing about integrating um this the logistics. Well, I'll leave it to you all to figure out. Um, but I I do like that part. And as a former teacher, maybe I'm
192old school, but I don't think our kids decide whether they show up or not show up. It's the parents. And the parents in this district want to see the academic improvement. They want to see it. They don't want to send their kids just to have fun. Yeah, that's important. That's an incentive. But just shifting a little bit of the narrative that our parents honor kids and you hear it in the ALCAP meetings that's they'll say well there's no improvement what are you doing there's no improvement what are you doing and the parents get mad at seeing that we keep in the reds or we keep in the oranges so I think it's the idea that it's it's a right idea to strengthen the academic p piece we're not getting rid of the enrichment we're blending
193them and somehow this is all going to work. Um, I mean I I'm optimistic only because I that's the way that I see it. Well, just just to that point, it's almost sounds like you're trying to solve an academic program by doing it in the after school. If parents want improvements, they're not telling me that they want it in the after school. They want it during the day. And I think we're starting to make those gains. We're starting to make those improvements. So again, we do have intervention programs, we do have the Saturday schools, we have the other things that are doing, but those numbers are always low. Why? Because kids don't come. And I'm sorry, uh parents may want them there, but if kids are whining and complaining that they don't want to be
194there because they don't want to be there, eventually the parents are going to give in. Uh no, I Yeah, I mean, I can see that logic, but ELOP has an academic component. So no, we're not trying to sell an enrichment or an academic. It's like it is our duty to meet that academic component of the LOP. The monies are there because we want to see the added I mean people who have resources pay for tutoring, right? People who have resources send their kids to do the extra. Our communities do not have the resources. So those need to be provided. And I think that's part of the essence of the LOP. It's not all enrichment. U but I'll I mean I'll I'll just end there. Um I mean well and again I I I understand that
195but again the narrative out there that we've never had academic in the after school program is not true. We've had it. It's been successful. They do it in different ways. They do it in disguise learning and and it's been successful in previous summer schools back in the day and not going too far back but it was all integrated. you didn't have a math thing and then you went out and played. It was all integrated. So those kids were learning math whether they liked it or not. And and it was successful and there was data that showed that's how it happened. And again, I'm going back to the point, you don't need another coordinator to set up the academic strength. You can hire someone to do that underneath one of these coordinators. this is where we're
196going. You can simply hire that and that's even going to be cheaper and you have a credential person like we had in the past. That's how we've done it in the past. And if you want to streamline it or or make it the uh you know with with the day that's all fine and we've done that in the past. Again, it's just they made this thing in my mind it it's not going to I mean I don't feel it's going to work. I I I hope your optimism wins out, but I just can see the problems already starting. And again, you know, they're going to want to do this. No, I got to spend it on this. And who's going to have the final say of where the money goes? Is the ELOP coordinator going
197to control all the money? They get to decide. Is that how it's working? That they're going to decide where the money goes because ELOP does pay for some of these other programs, right? And the staff. So going back to your point, who's going to decide if yellow coordinator says, "Well, we're not spending money on that because I want to spend it on this." And the other person says, "No, we got to have it for this." You're going to have, and again, I I don't know how else to say it. You need a boss. Well, sure. And and it sounds like, sorry, Jocelyn, um that we are going to have a program that's going to be very protective of their enrichment because that's what they know students like. But I also know that we have site
198coordinators that have been here 15, 20 plus years, know what students like and I think a balance is possible. Um we many of them are teachers. Exactly. So again from the best person to align from within absolutely I I do see that as being a possibility. I still think we need to figure out one coordinator because I this doesn't make sense to me. um logistically, but I do believe that from within people who are wanting to safeguard, they know that enrichment's possible um is what students want, but can still sneak in that that education portion. We can't hear all that we have about our test scores and our graduation levels and not lean into academic a bit more. But understanding that we have people who are already here to tap into, right? I still think
199that this doesn't I mean, you've heard from three of us already that are saying we're we're not not buying the three coordinators as being u a viable truly viable um program plan. What to do with this? I mean, yeah. Um yeah, we can comment move on. So in regards to the beyond the bell coordinator, yes, it being a certificated person, somebody that has the knowledge of in regards to instruction but also has the knowledge of budget because uh the ELOP piece has come back to us. Debbie Deal presented so many times to the board in regards to uh the concerns around the ELOP budget. Um and so making sure that that person is going to be responsible for the ELOP budget and work collaboratively. As you can see the slide that's on there now, uh
200EXLP is not over these and so we didn't want to say it was ELOP. So beyond the bell is what LA Unifi calls it as well as several other districts and at the state level they also call it that because it is beyond the bell. It's after school. It's Saturday sometimes with some programs, not with the LOP yet, but it's also summer school. It's ESY. And so beyond the bell means beyond the bell of the time when students are in their regular school days. So, um, that was the only way to be able to capture it because right now we're only naming it after one program. And so, I just I know that we have an outstanding program. So, I just wanted to make it clear that it's not just after school and that it's,
201you know, the whole year. And so, there's plenty of work for that ELOP coordinator to be to be able to work their eight hours plus um uh especially if they're managing the budget piece um and making sure that, you know, they're working collaboratively. I have been the assistant superintendent where I've had to work with uh the the uh EXLP LOP uh director and um staff from her department. And so uh I do know that uh Soo has been uh under or over uh ED services for a few months now uh what is it 7 months almost eight months and so working collaboratively to make sure that the director and the coordinator are also in sync with the work that they're doing and so they do like Kina tried to explain they do go to those
202weekly meetings and there are meetings between them conversations between them and so that communication still needs needs to get better between the the people who are supporting the the afterchool programs, the EXLP or ELOP. There needs to be a better connection. It's actually worked uh separately from again the academic piece to it all. And so this is the reason why it was created this way. we can always take it back and bring it back to the board at the next board meeting so that it's more um based on the the uh recommendations or the the comments more aligned to have less staff uh monitoring the or overseeing the program. Yeah. Uh thank you. Yeah, there's a lot of comments that were made uh a lot of questions uh suggestions, criticisms um so if staff can
203please take that and um you know work on those things and to address them. Um, and then board members, if you do have questions, if we could please um or more comments or additional thoughts to please send them to Dr. Esparsa so that we can address those prior to the meeting. Um, so we'll be moving on to action items, administrative services. Thank you. Um, action item uh 8.1, Dr. Esparsa, approve uh the agreements with CSBA Gamut Meetings 2025 2026 and online agenda platform. Uh, do I have a motion? Motion. A second. A second. Um, all those in favor? I I uh Oh, sorry. I meant to any questions or comments, discussion. No. Okay. Uh, all those in favor? I I uh opposed. Abstensions. Uh, motion carries. Uh, 8.2, Dr. Sparsa adopt board resolution number 2025-62
204to rem remunerate uh trustee to uh Thomas Dortz. Uh do I have a motion? So move a second. Second. Uh all those in favor? I I uh oppose abstensions. We have one abstension. Mr. this uh action uh nine um action educational services uh 9.1 uh sooro Sanchez requesting approval of purchase with Endolf uh Inc. for furniture to support community schools program. Do I have a motion? Motion. Second. Second. Do we have any questions, comments? All those in favor? I I opposed. Abstensions. Motion carries. Uh business services uh 10.1. Uh we have Daniela Tavarees. Adopt board resolution number 2025-61 regarding the education protection account EPA spending determinations for fiscal year 2025-26. Do I have a motion? Motion. Second. Second. Uh any questions or comments? All those in favor? I I opposed abstensions motion carries uh 10.2
205Daniel's recommendation to approve award of RFP uh number 111-2025 uh Bimbo Bakeries and Colossus Fresh Bread and Bakery Products for School year 202526. Uh do I have a motion? Motion. Second. Second. Um any questions, comments? All those in favor? I I um opposed abstensions. Motion carries. Uh 10.3 Daniela Tavarez recommendation to approve award of RFP number 113-2025 farmtoschool program farms and the fruit guides for uh for school year 202526. Do I have a motion? So move second. Second. Um any questions, comments? All those in favor? I opposed uh and abstensions. Motion carries. Um item 10.4's recommendation to approve award RFP 112-2025 processed and frozen food products from Gold Star Cisco Newport Farms and KB Foods for School year 2025. Do I have a motion? Motion. Second. Second. Uh any questions, comments? All those in favor?
206I opposed abstensions. Motion carries. Uh 10.5 uh Tavare authorization to increase all open purchase orders to cover the remainder of the fiscal year 2425. Do I have a motion? Motion. Second. I'll second. Uh questions, comments? No. All those in favor? I opposed. Um abstensions. Motion carries. Um 10.6 Dan Tavare's approval to increase a purchase order for charter buses. Uh do I have a motion? Motion. Second. I'll second. Do I have questions, comments? Trusty Auna, is this money to cover what we already owe people from before or is this brand new for moving forward? So, um it's to cover invoices um that have already been incurred and also to uh pay for trips that have been scheduled up to June 30th. Yes, that's correct. Other questions? No, it's it's for outstanding invoices to cover outstanding invoices.
207Okay. We have a motion. We have a second. Um, all those in favor? I. Uh, opposed. Abstensions. Motion carries. Uh, 10.7 Daniel approval of resolution 2025-48. Adopt informal bidding procedures uh pursuant to the uniform public construction cost accounting account act. Uh, do I have a motion? So move. Second. I'll second. Um any questions, comments? All those in favor? I uh post abstensions. Motion carries. Uh 10.8 Daniela Tavades approval of resolution 2025-49 adopt Uniform Public Construction Costing Act and Procedures. Uh do I have a motion? Motion. Second. Second. Uh any questions, comments? All those in favor? I I oppose abstensions. Motion carries. Action items. Human resources. Um 11.1 uh Dr. Mawit's uh approval of job description regarding transportation departments restructuring. Do I have a motion? Motion. Um motion by Miss Garcia, second by Trusty Bus. Um
208any questions, comments? Question. Yes. So we have not the u CSTA positions that are there, the classified positions, we have not negotiated those. No, we have not. The management positions don't have to be negotiated. Uh and then I guess comment is we can rearrange the chairs all we want. until we get a good leader in there and start holding everyone all. So I I think we talked about this as far as the accountability, you know, what was it this last week or the second week before school ended. Uh we only had four days of school and three of those days we got a notice that transportation was late. All right? And again, there could be a lot of reasons for that. parents don't care when they call and complain. They don't care and we have
209to do a better job in in all of that that whole area level department. Um and and again I mean again moving the chairs around on the deck it's all great and hopefully it'll it'll work in some ways but until we get a strong leader in there and then uh the district office that supports them as they hold people accountable that's the only way we're going to do it. Other questions, comments? Okay. Uh we have a motion, a second. All those in favor? I I opposed abstensions. Motion carries. Uh we are at 11.2. Dr. Makowitz's approval of second and final reading for policy revision for BP5127 graduation ceremonies and activities. Do I have a motion? Motion. Second. Second. Any questions, comments? All those in favor? I opposed. Abstensions. Motion carries. 11.3 uh Dr. Makawit's uh
210approval of second and final reading for update for BP6146.1 high school graduation requirements. Do I have a motion? Motion. Second. I'll second. Uh questions, comments? All of um all in favor I opposed abstensions motion carries 11.4 uh Dr. Makawit's approval of revised job description description for coordinator of LinkedIn learning and career technical education to coordinator of career technical education. Do I have a motion? Motion. Do I have a second? A second. Any questions, comments? All those in favor I opposed abstensions. Motion carries. Uh 11.5 uh Dr. Makowitz approval of the declaration of need for qualified educators for the 202526 school year. Do I have a motion? Motion. Second. Second. Uh questions, comments? All those in favor? I opposed. Abstensions. Uh motion carries 11.6 uh Dr. Makowitz approval of employment contract regarding Soo Sanchez for assistance
211superintendent of educational services. I'm supposed to read out the contract information. Um so the contract um title the contract title uh is an agreement for employment of assistant superintendent of educational services between Coachella Valley Unified School District and Soooro Sanchez. The term of the agreement, uh, the district hereby employs assistant superintendent. An assistant superintendent agrees to be employed by the Coachell Valley Unified School District as the assistant superintendent of educational services for a term of 3 years commencing July 1st, 2025 and ending June 30th, 2028, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. This agreement supersedes any prior employment agreement. Uh salary terms uh assistant superintendent salary shall be 230,000 per year for 12 full months uh of service payable in 12 equal monthly payments and prorated for any service of less than one
212uh full year. uh work days. Uh assistant superintendent shall be required to render 247 days of service to the district during each annual period covered by this agreement or a portion thereof. Assistant superintendent shall follow all district rules and regulations when he she uh will be absent from the district. I believe that's all I have to read out. Um do I have a motion to approve the contract? Motion. Do I have a second? Second. Any questions, comments? All those in favor? I opposed. Abstensions. Uh motion carries. Um okay, moving on to consent calendar. All matters listed under the consent 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 uh the board considers a motion unless
213members of the board or staff request specific items to be discussed and or removed from the consent calendar in which event the items item 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? Do I have a second? Second. Um, any items or that need to be pulled? I just wanted to make Okay. Yeah. So, I would ask Dr. and our cabinet to remind directors, principles that until the board approves these things that no one has the authority to go ahead and provide those services. And this isn't about the people who provide the services because they're doing the services in good faith that they told them to
214do it and they know they need to be paid. But this is the accountability of those in charge that if you do not have approval from the board yet, if they pull it or whatever reason it doesn't get there, you do not have the authority to go ahead and tell people to go ahead and do it and then pretend that oh, we already did it when we already know the function that they did the extra services for is already over. So I would just ask that you remind all our leadership about that particular uh of passing it first and then providing services. Any other comments? Okay. Um I'd like to pull for discussion 14.4 and 142. Uh 14.4 4 and 14.5 and 14.12. Okay, I'm sorry. 14.5 and 14 14.12 I'm sorry it's been a
215long day. Uh any other items to pull? Okay. So, uh we have a motion, a second to approve the consent agenda with exception of the items Doc, uh Miss Garcia pulled. Um do I have a motion to approve? Uh do I All those in favor? I I I uh opposed extensions. Um 14.5. Do I have a Okay. 14.5. Uh so Sanchez requesting approval. Oh, wait. I'm sorry. Question approval for independent uh contractor services agreement increase for Miriam Hues Dominguez for expanded learning program. Uh do I have a motion? Um I'm sorry. I don't understand. Um as it stands right now, this person's getting 65,000 for the year, which seems like it it is already more than the usual. So then I the 15,000 more just doesn't make sense to me. Do we need a a
216motion like um to approve it? He just asked me. He asked me why why he why she pulled before we decided to Okay. Okay. Sorry. No, it's okay. Okay. Can staff provide clarification? So this is one of the uh the coordinator from C view elementary. Um and the reason it's the additional of the hours that are needed especially to cover the summer school program that they're having over there um at S View. Um from my understanding they just didn't account for the hours that were needed from the beginning of the year till the end. And so we need to work on that because um Se View and West Shores when it comes down to the amounts it's because of the travel also for uh certain events that take place on the weekends and the field
217trips and stuff like that. So they're on several hours more than other staff members. To clarify though, this has already been amended. So this is like the second time, right? So, it was approved for 50,000 January 23rd of 2025. Then it was an additional increase of 15,000 on top of that. And now it's so we're it's almost like 30,750 um that we're adding or increasing. Am I reading that correctly? Mhm. And you're saying this is mutual and necessary and in alignment. I mean yeah just feels like a lot be above and beyond what I saw as the norm within the extra services. I saw that some were amended for um summer school and I did see that but this goes even beyond that. So I just wanted it to make sense like what are we
218doing? just feels like a lot and and truly right at the end of the year. So it was just not um number of hours were not allotted from the beginning. So like Dr. Espara mentioned it is something that we do need to make sure that we get better at especially for um the schools that are all the way at the on the east. um these two schools, specifically this one also with Civ View, they do have um events during the during the weekend and in the evening, especially as they're trying to coordinate with Westers in the community schools pieces um and just the need at the in the community. So, this is one of the areas where I'll be working with um the program just to make sure that upfront, right, we get it up
219front um as far as the hours for the whole year. Are there other questions? Oh, I mean I'm just thinking it's kind of hard because this is a contracted person that is working our after school programs that is earning I mean it's going to be after this amendment like almost like a teacher right um I I do read here that there was some circumstances that required a site lead to reduce their hours. Does that is that the equivalent of the 15,000? I mean, did we save from that person not completing hours and then this is I don't know like does it balance out? So, she also works the Sunrise program now. That was a change. We probably should have put that in there. Do we have um other questions? I mean I think for me
220um I mean I I hear the the questions right. I mean I think it's also you know wer is looking at it from an equitable perspective. I feel like we're also kind of don't have all always have the resources in other areas. So I mean I I am also thinking about how this you know the services through this is kind of meeting some of those gaps. Um so I'm also kind of thinking about it in that way. Uh do we have um other questions? A motion motion to approve. Uh do we have a second? I'll second. Um, all those in favor? I All those opposed? I And uh I'm going to do a hard I I hear the equity thing just concerning the amount is concerning to me. So we need to address it. Wait.
221So you're So a hard yes I Yes. Oh, so it's one, two, three, four votes, right? So Okay. So 41 and no obsessions. Okay. So, the motion passes for one. Okay. Thank you. You should do roll call, too. Yeah. Till two. Um, last item 14.12. Um, so Sanchez requesting So, Koro Sanchez requesting approval of contract renewal with GDS Consulting, Inc. Services. Um, Miss Garcia. Yes. So, um I heard from all of the staff that enjoyed the program. Um my understanding is that we are all of our leadership, the principles all know this program now. They can be the trainer of trainers and train staff without us having to renew this. Um I've heard all the good things. I'm glad. But I don't think we need a renewal. I think our principles can now run with
222what they've learned and support their staff themselves. Um, it's a very big price tag. I understand it's an LCAP, but there are other things that we can do with this money. We just heard from Daniela that contracts would be the place to cut. That's my place where I feel more comfortable cutting than programming. now. Um, so that th those are my comments. Other comments? A question um based on Miss Garcia's comments is the um if you can remind us maybe you already told us when you first brought in Mr. Sodto, but the longevity like what's the plan? Was this a one year, two year? I mean every plan I think has a structure and a timeline to ensure um that it's successful to ensure that there is um sort of adherence to it because if
223we leave too soon then we might not do it. So just curious, right? And so uh we started with between a two and a three-year plan. And so we're hoping by the two years that uh some of our principles, I know Karina de la Pñena just recently got certified uh and that certification also takes um mentorship as well. I know some principles want to also get certified so that they're able to be trainers of trainers because they're not able to do this training yet. Um, and so it's also aside from the leadership, it's also with our coaches. And so our coaches are also being trained, uh, as well. And so, um, this is a a 2-year, I would say, because we've been so successful this year, uh, and going into next year, we have some
224leadership changes that are going to take place. We have some new principles that are going to be coming on. Uh and so that's going to require for that uh to happen, that training to happen as well as coaches because of the riffs and because of the things that uh we've been experiencing. Some of the uh the teachers may take on a position of coaching and so those are also training opportunities that we need to provide them. Uh so I do foresee this as being uh the last year for us to do this. Thank you. I appreciate I mean all the comments that people have been giving. Um and again one of the criticisms that we get is that we introduce something and then let it go introduce something else. So I don't if this is
225working I don't want it to be the case where we've just introduced it and then you know we're letting it go and who knows. Um so I'm going to I mean I'm going to approve this item. Um, and one request is maybe that um, just sort of like the fidelity and the intentionality that you've put in making sure that this works because I've heard a lot of things. I mean, it's re it's really teachers who are the coaches so they understand it. They get it. I want to see something like this for restorative justice. Um, because that's going to be the only way that we implement it. And I mean, we've said this in past meetings. This board has made the commitments. We've made put the money allocations ahead of time in in the various
226LC caps and we just haven't gotten this level of attention or or just intentionality in building something that is going to stay and um be successful and transformative. Other questions, comments? Uh in terms of the contract, last year's contract was um this is uh last year's contract was higher. Yes. Okay. So, we have a motion. Uh do we have a second? I'll second. Okay. Uh motion second. Uh do we uh all those in favor? I I opposed. I abstensions. Uh motion passes for um one no and uh no abstensions. Okay. Uh German uh 17.1 close session. We don't have any more close session. Uh 17.2 Two motion to adjurnn. Have a motion. I um a motion second. Second. Okay. All those in favor? I uh no and absentions. All right. Thank you everybody.