001Welcome everyone. Um we're going to call the April 3rd, 2025 um regular board meeting for Coachella Valley Unified School District to order. Um if um we can have um Isabella lead us on the pledge of allegiance. Ready? Begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. You may now be seated. Thank you. Mighty roll call, please. President Joselyn Vargas, Vice President Sylvia Pass, present. Clerk Valerie Garcia present. Joey Akuna Jr. Trinidad Reo present. Jesus Gonzalez. Thomas Tortez here. Student trustee Isabella Himenez here. Thank you. Thank you. Um we're going to start with recognition of the Coachella Valley Unified School District spelling be winner Alexa Maga from Torto Canyon Middle School. Good evening,
002Board of Trustees and Cabinet. Cindy Bradley, MTSS coordinator. I am here tonight to honor and recognize our amazing Toro Canyon student, Alexa Magna, as the third place winner at the county level spelling bee after 23 rounds of competition. Thank you. Okay. Do we want to take pictures? Thank you. Pictures. Pictures. Anyone? Can she say something? Cindy, can you give her the mic? Say a few words. And then we'll do the picture. No pressure. Do you want to tell you the song? Yeah. Yeah. Tell them. I mainly entered the spelling be to like have an accomplishment of my own, but I did it for my parents to make them proud. And I never thought I never thought I'd get past school level. And I went all the way to county. And I'm really I'm really proud
003of myself. And yeah, third year at county. I Yeah. And and I learned from this from this experience, I learned to not give up because um the first two years um like I lost but I got up. I kept getting up and I tried harder and harder and I learned that um you really get somewhere. So yeah, thank you. Thank you, Alexa. Do I want to go down and take a Sure. One, two, three. Thank you. Um, next up we are recognizing the 2025 Riverside County Science and Engineering Fair finalists and winners. Good evening, members of the board and executive cabinet. Uh my name is Eddie Sim. I'm TTSS data coach coordinator and science fair coordinator this year. It is my privilege and honor to award our county finalists uh for our county science fair
004this year. Um our competition journey uh started uh back in January 14th. We had our district uh science fair where we had 91 projects and over 176 students uh participating. Uh we had 16 projects and 37 students move on to county and we're recognizing those individuals tonight. Um so we still have uh some members of our our project teams. They're actually moving on to our state science fair uh which is going to be next weekend on April 13th in Thousand Oaks. So we're really excited to honor these individuals. They put in a ton of hard work this year. Uh so we will start with the finalist from Las Palmas. All right. So, finalist and silver medal winner, Gel Cruz and Jose Chaidz Ajo. All right, next up from Mountain Vista, we have county finalist Jaden
005Ree, bronze winner Gel Serrano, and EPA award winner and silver medalist Maximus Bautista. Thanks for your patience, everyone. We got a lot of finalists here. All right. So, next up from Saul Martinez, we have finalist Abel Aguilard, finalist Miguel Perez, finalist Abdel Casarena, finalist Austin Kano, finalist Aiden Sakarios, finalist Jesus Castellum, bronze winner Luis Dearan Beltran, silver medalist Jasmine Viaana, silver medalist, Maria Ria and silver medalist Crystal Garcia. What's your [Music] name? Okay. Thanks again for your patience. All right, last is Palm View. Um, and actually before we move on to Palm View, I do want to recognize we do have a CV high school finalist. Um, I know unfortunately he won't be able to join us tonight. Uh, but that finalist from the county is Jose Oliva from Coachell Valley High School. So, I
006want to make sure Jose gets recognized. All right, Palm View, who had our most representation this year, uh, finalist Eric Sanchez. Finalist Samuel Owens, finalist Daniel Aguilard, finalist is Stean Castanos, finalist Isaay Pña, finalist Hinaro Reyes, I'll let you know. Uh, finalist Anna Reyes, finalist Donna Figuroa, finalist Cynthia Ortiz, finalist Camila Romero, finalist Melie Espinosa, finalist Leilani Fernandez, finalist Sylvia Vargas, bronze medalist Valeria Rodriguez, bronze medalist Noel Messa, bronze medalist Camila Beltran, bronze medalist Victor Valencia, bronze medalist Brian Lopez, bronze medalist Matthew Morio, our three gold champions and our state science and engineering uh engineering fair finalists and thermofisher award winners Jasine Sepeda, Daisy Vargas, and Amy Almansa. And those last three winners will be going to Thousand Oaks next Sunday to represent our district at the state science fair. So, thank you finalists and
007award winners. is not here. Okay, we'll get it to No, they're both and then next the last one. Yeah, we're going to go take another picture. These are on the card. [Music] We're missing a lot. Yeah. missing all that window there. that I'm at the nail. We have all students. I think we do. Okay. Sorry. One, two, We're going to get your certificate. Where is your makeup? Well, again, congratulations everyone and thank you um to the teachers and the parents and the administrators who make this happen. Okay, we're going to move um forward to item 3.1, close session public comments. And I'll read this slowly while people um make their way out. This is an opportunity for members of the public to address the governing board regarding any close session items within the board subject
008matter jurisdiction. Please complete a request to address the governing board form and hand it to the recording secretary. The online form submitted electronically will be read. Speakers will be limited to three minutes per person, the maximum of 20 minutes to each subject matter. Marty, do we have any comments? None were submitted for close session. Okay. Thank you. I will now entertain a motion to enter into close session. Second. Thank you. There's a motion and a second. All those in favor? I I Thank you. And we're back at what time? 7 and 7:30. We'll be back between 7 and 7:30. Thank you everyone. Five. Motion was made by board member Gonzalez, seconded by board member Tortez and motion carried 6. Thank you. Can I have an approval of the agenda? Thank you. Second. All those No.
009Um Isabella, your vote on the approval of the agenda. Yes. Yeah. Thank you. Um all those in favor? I I All right. Anybody opposed? Motion carries. Um we're going to go to open um public comments for open session. Introductory comments and request 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 to address the governing board form and handed to the recording secretary. Speakers will be limited to three minutes per person with a maximum of 20 minutes to 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 answer questions
010right away. State law prohibits the board from taking any action on items not listed on the agenda. We um Miss Alissa. Uh good afternoon. My name is Alicia and I my position in the school in the district is the library and I'm here again. Um this week I work on my equipment which is um acetent tech the LCD projectors and Apple TVs. You could say yeah you just put a tag there. No this is time consuming a lot of time and it's just just 20 and 15 Apple TVs. So you could say oh they don't do anything. We do a lot. I unfortunately I have to say this um one of the teachers put a complaint against me about three years ago or so and I went you know Cindy is the one who was
011overseeing it. I had to justify everything justify I was embarrassed but I'm not embarrassed no more. I'm proud of myself because that the results were not like it was nothing. Um, that's why I'm here. I have to say what we do. Um, an email was sent to us about summer summer school material and as soon as I read it, I go, "Oh, no. They're going to throw us another subject on us." Summer school is summer school material. It's supposed to be uh the people who work in and in summer school. And unfortunately it might come back to us. This is a surprise that we get most of the time. Do this, do that, do this, do that. And we always do it. It could be one palette, could be three palettes. If you remember Mr.
012Kuna, Mrs. Sp, Mr. Gonzalez, when I came here and said I had 45 pallets, I didn't receive no help. I worked the whole summer, no pay. But I was proud that I did it. for the students. The budget crisis I understand a to teachers a to uh management we were hit the most. You're going to lose a lot if we're not there the hours that we had. Nobody is going to be there for textbook collecting or something. You're going to lose a lot more. And they asked me why you come to the board ultimately you're the ones who sign and I've been here many times explaining my position. So think about it before you sign anything. Our position is is every position is needed. Think it twice. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Mike Wells. Good
013evening everybody. Um, my name is Mike Wells. I'm here representing my Girl Scout troops tonight. Um, back in January, I requested a meeting with Dr. Espaza regarding use of facilities by my Girl Scout troops. Um, I really haven't gotten a response for that meeting. I'm looking to still have that meeting with Dr. as far as um quite frankly I haven't been able to pursue any followup on that over the last eight weeks. We've been pretty embroiled in our cookie sales which just ended here recently. So, um that's taken up a lot of our time. Um the use of facilities is important for our girls. We've been using it for some 50 years now off and on over the years um with no issues. And I'd like to discuss that with Dr. Dr. Sparza and so
014that we can get on the same page about how we go about using facilities. I know previously when I was here, we just had to cancel an overnight for five, eight year olds. Was there going to be their first overnight away from home and we had to cancel it because uh we couldn't use district facilities. just re this just this weekend we had another event planned which was also cancelled uh due to not being able to use district facilities. So it's taking an impact on our girls and the program and the things we're trying to provide to these girls. So Dr. If we can meet I would appreciate that we can go over the details of all this stuff and figure out where we need to meet in the middle so that we can help
015these girls get their program that they that they need. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Margaret. It takes me a minute to move. Um, I'm Margaret Shakeover. I'm an older alum from CV High. I've been involved with trying to establish the A and Natural Resource Academy at CV High School for 14 plus years. I'm reintroducing it again to all of you. Some of you remember when we appeared before about the Egg and Natural Resource Academy. There seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel with Dr. Esparsa. The project has available funding through Prop 2 with matching funds from community and corporations. The architects developed a master plan for the school 10 years ago and they're still on board to bring it up to date now at no cost. We have community groups involved
016as well as our farmers and individuals and alum. This should be a wonderful addition to the CVUSD and CV high school and will be available for the other schools in the areas and a positive for the East Valley. And Lord knows we need some positive vibes down here. I know Supervisor Perez and Assemblyman Gonzalez supports this along with our a commissioner Dillian Ellen Way Farm Bureau President Janelle Percy of GCV and I'm a member of CWA California Women for A Miss Jenny Brown of Bakersfield and many others also support. Dr. Espars and her team said we would be ready for submission for funds in a few months. This is very good news, but we need you to also instruct us to move forward. Food is not going away. It is not a fad. We must
017continue to produce more on less land with less water. And we need to have the education to continue to do so. There are hundreds of jobs in the egg world now with great pay for mechanics to seed production, welding, computerized tractor driving, computerized irrigation. And we need farmers on the ground. It's a magical world growing food and animals and it takes commitment to continue these programs. Help us shine the light on this project as it moves ahead and it is situated in the middle of farmlands. We're very lucky about this. Thank you for allowing me to speak. Thank you. comment that was submitted electronically by Juan Esparza regarding the academic calendar. Good afternoon members of the board and CVUSD leadership. I would like to share some concerns of the new academic calendar for next school
018year, specifically the two week long spring break. As you know, prolonged breaks for children can be detrimental to their academic progress. We've seen this for decades with our winter break affecting retention. Some research suggests that low-income students may be negatively impacted by extended breaks due to limited access resources and enrichment activities. Ironically enough, this district leadership pushes research from John Hattie yet fails to follow it itself. I'm not sure if you're aware, but during April is when we are in the midst of our ELPAC testing, usually getting makeup testing for students who are who are absent. There is a time gap for when students open an assessment and when they need to finish it. If students do not finish their assessment within this time, their assessment is closed. In addition, we're also preparing students for
019their state assessment, usually during midappril. We are in the middle of reviewing important academic subjects. In addition, apart from the academics, there are parents that struggle with child care and student who struggle with having meals at home. I'm sure part of the plan is having ASUS run a camp. But ASUS can only take a number of students during this time and with their budget cuts affecting their staffing, this seems out of touch. I'm sure this is going to be extremely hard for them to fill more spots. In addition to all of these challenges, want to remind you of the testing calendar having assessments one week after the other. I hope that you've had someone in leadership bring all these issues up before the calendar was approved. And I truly hope that some solutions are brought
020up before future brought up during future board meetings. It's truly unfortunate that many people who have not been in the classroom for decades approve things like this without taking into consideration what goes on a day-to-day basis in the classroom. I think it would be a great idea that you add primary primary and secondary teacher input when making decisions like this as some leadership administrators are out of touch with what goes on in the classroom as some of them have not taught in a long time and our school administrators primary role seems to be focused on discipline and providing instructional leadership training. I'm sure you're aware of that. Aware of that elementary has been testing non-stop since we started back in January with I Ready assessments. We have benchmarks, IABS, I Ready assessments, LPAC prep, not
021to mention all the other classroom assessments that teachers need to have to get uh grades done. Lastly, maybe 15 seconds. Thank you, M. Were those all the comments? Yeah, that was it. Okay, thank you. Uh, let's see. Any written communications? Uh, student board member report. Hi, my name is Isabella Himenez Martinez. I am the student trustee for Wester High School and I will be giving the student board member report this afternoon. First off, for Desert Ranch High School, many students were accepted into top universities, including UC schools like UCLA and UC Berkeley. This is a huge accomplishment reflecting the hard work of students and staff. Additionally, two Penta seniors are finalists for the prestigious Gates Scholarship, a highly competitive award that provides a full ride to college. Winners will be announced in April. Migrant students
022who have completed their credits are now eligible for a paid internship. A great opportunity to gain work experience. Also, Desert Ranch High School students recently compete competed in the migrant speech and debate regional competition with winners advancing to the state competition in in Mont in Montter this May. The school hopes to bring home trophies and represent region 7 at the highest level. Boys swim won the league championship this week, marking a major victory for the team and the school for for Coachella Valley High School. I want the students to be heard regarding their feelings about border patrol as it's a complex issue that impacts them in different ways. On one hand, many students express fear and anxiety about the presence of border patrol on their campus, feeling that it it creates an atmosphere of uncertainty
023and concern for their safety and well-being. On the other hand, there are students who wish to highlight that border patrol encompasses more than just the act of deportation. They have various roles and responsibilities including the use of K9 units, mounted patrols on horseback and surveillance through photographers. It's crucial for board members for board members to take the time to listen to both perspectives and know acknowledging the fear of those who feel threatened while also providing insights into the multi multifaced nature of border patrols operations. This dialogue can foster a better understanding and create a more inclusive environment where all students feel feel valued and heard. For La Familia High School, the fourth quarter has started and this week is a change in classes for students. We had a number of seniors graduating early and checked
024out the last day of the third quarter. Students and staff are getting ready for our WASK visit starting from April 7 ending on April 9th. Prom tickets and grad night tickets on California Adventure were sold during the graduation meeting held on March 27th. Three students who showed academic and citizenship excellence were selected from the principal to have their grad night tickets paid. Our LHA parents have expressed their dissatisfaction over having this year's graduation in Desert Mirage Auditorium. This takes away the real experience of being able to graduate in La Familia. Students were also notified too late and if they had known this year it wasn't in Fancy Springs, they would transfer back to their home school. Now for West Shores High School, counselors continue to provide social emotional learning groups by collaborating with wellness teachers
025and admin. Counselors continue to meet with students to review transcripts A through Gree and grad status as well as selecting courses for next year and adjusting academic plans as needed. Counselors are working with both seniors and eighth graders to make sure they meet their graduation and prom requirements. We are having our community school visit to Jerupa Unified for our whole wellness team. Continuing with the below sea level meeting where we met where we meet with the group of individuals who have one or more D's or Fs so it doesn't affect them long term and get the opportunity to get it up before the end of the semester. Link Crew has been working all this month for the recruitment of high school students to become mentors for our younger students. We are currently doing our ongoing
026credit review, including our submissions of La Familia referrals, completing our course request, and working on building our master schedule. For academics, we are preparing testing for the end of the year. We have our I Ready coming up next week and then coming back from spring break, we are taking our CASP testing and CAST testing. Also, we are happy to say that 23 students are hoping to get the seal of bi literacy. We also have a cood field trip on April 11th for seniors who will be attending the school this summer/fall. We are going to start recruitment for our current seventh grade students to prepare for our for our first 8th grade cohorts fore. We are excited to announce that Sis Sanchez got an AVID scholarship. Congratulations Sai working to get our Wildcat student orientation for
027upcoming seventh graders. We also have a food bank on April 9th activity on April 16th as well as senior sunset from 5:30 to 7:30. Our ASV class is also working on finishing up posters and decorations for our last pep rally. I also wanted to note that Zary students are feeling dissatisfied with the layoffs and being sad about losing teachers that have made a great impact in their life. Thank you. Thank you. Board member Kuna. Um yeah, just a few things. Um just wanted to remind people there's a soccer tournament on Saturday over at the Crossroads. Um, I'm sure the parents and the students would like support from anyone who's able to make it. Uh, I do know we're going to have a few of our students from CV High School receiving some scholarship awards this
028Saturday at the uh, I believe it's the Democratic Women of the Desert. Um, are handing out scholarships to some of our girls, which is great. Uh, continuing on to that. Um, and I really didn't have a lot. I did want to make a comment on the the issue that came up with the border patrol. Um, you know, I find it interesting. Um, obviously there was a mixup. Uh, the board has been very clear as to uh we are uh going to protect our community, you know, support our community, do what we think is right, and make sure that, you know, they're not abused. Um, but we have in the past allowed the border patrol as long as well as law enforcement to uh participate in some of our things. So there was a obviously it
029was a mixup but and again you can correct me if I'm wrong Dr. Sparza, but my understanding was that you reached out to the gentleman from Central uh after the incident basically said, "Hey, we're sorry we had a mixup." After you had that conversation, that's when they posted the website, which tells me he didn't give a crap about an an apology or anything. He had an agenda. You know, he attacked us. He said all kinds of things about us. Uh, you know, I'm kind of a little shocked. I opened up and I I see his profile picture. He's sitting there in a full SWAT tactical with the M AK or whatever the hell he had, which is basically this administration's attitude toward our community. So while yes, you know, our principal made a mistake, uh
030I I have if he's going to error, I'll tell him to er on the side of our community every single day. So again, my commitment to support our community and to continue doing what we're doing, what I believe most of us on this board have supported, uh is to continue. And again, he basically told us how he's going to run his sector. And unfortunately, the problem is with people like him, people like our current sheriff in Riverside County, the more political they get in all these kinds of things, which he's supposed to be nonpartisan. He's not even supposed to be doing any of this stuff, um, it hurts the rank and file people who we actually have to work with every day and who are good people trying to do their jobs. Law enforcement, Border
031Patrol, I I know many Border Patrol agents as well. They're trying to do a a hard job in even a difficult environment. Um, but the actions of people like this remind us why we have to stay on our toes, why we have to uh stand up and speak for those in our community who can't speak. And again, I would be remiss if I didn't mention that tonight is that again, there was a mistake. Okay. But his actions after the fact told me what we can expect for at least the next three three and a half years. Um, and so again, I just like to say, um, I'm doubling my support of making sure that we protect, we do everything in our power in the school district. And again, I'm just one vote. I won't speak
032for everyone, but I just want to reiterate that I stand to protect our community and to protect our kids uh uh from some of this nonsense that's going on right now. So, thank you. That's it. Thank you, board member Gonzalez. Thank you, board member Torres. Uh, no report for me. Thank you, board member. Thank Thank you for everybody here that's here and on Zoom. Um, just just one quick thing. Um, I got to attend the Riverside County uh student of the month and I just want to say that man, you know, the the students that get selected and the ability to share their stories of things that they've had to overcome to to not only be student of the month, but be graduating this year from their respective schools. It was just, you know, uh
033I mean I just like to thank everybody who's doing everything for students and making sure that they have, you know, everything they need to to be successful cuz I know there are definitely tough times uh you know that that students are going through but not you know not just students but but we know that you know by by them sharing their stories that also all the support they receive from their teachers from support staff from everybody at the school. So um I'd like to thank you know Dr. Dr. Gomez and his staff who uh put it on and I'd like to just say that I I enjoyed attending that event, Dr. Sparza. So, uh thank you for uh the invitation. Um with that being said, um you know, uh thank you for the public comment.
034definitely think that in our a community it's important that we that that uh we work with uh those surrounding farmers and farms to support our students to seek whatever path that they they'd like to seek and if agriculture is their the path then they they have the that we have the partnerships in place to continue to to make that happen and CV has a long history of with their a program and the FFA program. So, thank you for the the public comment. That's that's it, Madam President. Thank you. Thank you, member Gallery. Garcia and Valerie, board member Garcia. Thank you. Um, thank you to everyone who spoke today. Wow, this is really loud. Um, I understand that this is not easy. Um, thank you to the employee who has spoke to us several times. Um,
035we do hear you. We understand that there is a workload issue as far as what I'm hearing. Um, we're going to need you to trust that we're working on a plan that'll address that. Um, the only thing that you can do at this point is work with your unions and make sure that you're being heard on that front as well. Um, this is not easy for anyone. Um, but what you can do at this point is work with your labor unions and and um make sure that you're getting as much as you can on that end. Um, and we're making plans um to make sure that the work is going to move forward, that our students are and our community is going to continue to get everything that it needs to in this very difficult
036time. Um, so none of that is easy. I so thank the employee Alicia for coming and continue to come and and highlight her plight and the plight of her peers. Um I would still say that there are colleagues that are speaking on their behalf from other from the other side right so educators who are talking about their supports and how they can't work without them parents who are talking about their supports and how they can't imagine. So we know you're all important and we're trying to figure out a way through this. So please um trust and I know that's difficult but um we're going to find a way through this. Uh otherwise I do agree that um the the what happened with the border patrol was complex. I'm glad to hear students weigh in on
037it. Um and it is complex. there are students and community part of our community is very much affected by um raids. Um but this is still a viable career path and maybe right now it's being overshadowed by our administration but they're still very well- paid jobs um jobs with growth. So I see both sides. um the meeting before that happened, we were talking about how we were going to protect our students who we feel are the most vulnerable and making sure that that is something that we will continue to do. Um but it is important to hear from our students, right? Because they were still affected. Um but I would agree that our students being safe is more important at this point. And apparently this person who's leading the Imperial Border Patrol, I mean, they
038did what they felt they needed to do for their people, but I think we did as well. Um, we might have been able to do it in a slightly better way, but ultimately protecting our students, I think, was the right thing to do. So, it's just a complex issue right now. Um, but thank you to everybody who's always here. Um, thank you to everyone who is watching via Zoom. Um, we're finding our way through this path. It's not easy. We're going to need all of you. I don't want to lose anyone. Um, stick in stick with us and um, our students need you. Our community needs you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Um on my end, I'll keep it brief and just um thank you and my colleagues for your comments. Um agree that
039it's good to hear from how all these changes and decisions are impacting you. Um as difficult as it is to hear about those and just also reminder that we're not there yet, right? like we have from now until July to be able to make sure that the plan that we've put in place is solid and that we are moving forward on on that plan and at the same time right there are things that might be negotiated um and again ne entering negotiations with the understanding of like where we are and that there are some limitations right um we don't have a lot of freedom we don't have all the money um that is needed But again, we I I don't want to say we're almost there. I mean, most of the decisions hopefully by July
040and then the implementation. So, this is going to be ongoing, but I do hope that the decisions that are being taken are decisions that are going to be sustainable so that we're not here again the following year and the following year, right? Like this um series of cycles that we've been seeing. Um so thank you for um everybody's work um towards that and superintendent. Thank you. Good evening everyone who's here in the audience and those who are at home watching via Zoom. Um I'd like to also thank RCOE for putting on the events for student of the month. Uh it is really great for us to be able to honor our high school students who many of them are leaving off to college and they're able to tell their true story of how they benefited
041from CVUSD and what it has made them. And so we really appreciate that. Thank you RCOE who's here in the audience and to Dr. Gomez. I want to thank Southwest Community Church and Valley View students and staff who came together for a campus beautifification event uh last weekend. Uh, thank you for keeping that school clean and coming together as a community. I'd also like to thank um our director of special ed, Mr. Rob Nichols, for putting together uh disability awareness week for us here in CVUSD to celebrate disability uh awareness. Uh each day students and staff have celebrated the strength, resilience, and uniqueness of individuals with disabilities. So, thank you for that. I um need to just say Cesar Chavez. Cesar Chavez day was this week and so there were great celebrations throughout the district
042in us honoring Cesar Chavez. I know Cesar Chavez Elementary School celebrated the day um and for his life and contributions uh for the not just this community but for every single farm uh community. It was a great event that showcased the strength of the community and the importance of standing up for what is right. I do want to thank our staff who have come up and have voiced their opinions uh in regards to the layoffs and and letting us know, you know, that their work is valuable and that we we need to know that they are working and we do know that they are working um and we appreciate their their comments. I would uh be remissed if I didn't uh mention pair professional day which was yesterday. So we want to thank all our
043pair of professionals who are working with us. Their compassion, patience and commitment uh to go above and beyond is not unnoticed. So thank you for that. Um Via del Sol had a math night uh this week. We want to thank all the families who attended. There were several families uh who participated in hands-on activities, games, and it was a wonderful opportunity for parents to be able to see their children strengthening their math skills and taking that home as well. So, home to school, a great event. I'd like to thank Palm View. Uh they are right now one of our uh schools with the highest attendance. Uh over 95% attendance. So this accomplishment reflects the dedication of the principal, our students, the families, the staff there and making education a top priority. I do want to
044mention that uh we had a gentleman that has come up to the podium a few times requesting a meeting with me. He has met with our uh assistant superintendent of uh human resources on several occasions and has been offered our information from our insurance company who has stated that we cannot have overnight field trips with students from other school districts on our site. So, uh it has not been something that has been ignored. He's been informed several times, but um wants to uh continue to bring this up as a topic here at the board meetings. I just wanted to make that clear. Thank you. Thank you. Um item 7.1, Miss Okoro Sanchez is going to present an overview of the summer school 2025 program. Is it working? Oh, yes. Good. Good evening, Vice President, Mrs.
045Bas, Superintendent Dr. Esparsa, trustees, and community members. As we prepare for the 2025 summer school program, we are excited to share how we are designing engaging, enriching, and academically focused opportunities for our students. This effort has been a collaborative endeavor integrating the expertise of educational services, business services, and human resources to ensure we have the staffing resources and logistics in place to support student success. This evening, our presenters, Tara Henchin, Karina de la, and Lindsey Rio will provide an overview of our summer program, highlighting key components such as instructional design, student enrichment opportunities, and datadriven support. Together, we are committed to level leveling up learning for all students this summer. At this time, I'll turn it over to Karina de Laena, who will start walking us through the details. Hello everyone. We will have 20
046instructional days for summer school and we will have two holidays during that time. One will be June 19th. The other one will be July 4th. We will also have professional development for teachers on June 11th. The first day of school will be June 12th and the last day of school will be July 11th. Our teachers will be working at 7h hour and 20 minute days. The elementary school will start at 8:00 a.m. and will be completed by 3:20. Middle school will start at 8:45 and will complete their uh their working day at 4:05. And uh high school teachers will start at 7:15 and will be finished with their day by 2:35. Our students will attend an instructional day of 6.5 hours. Elementary school students will start their day at 8:15 and end at 2:45. Middle
047school students will start their instructional time at 9:00 a.m. and end at 3:30. And high school students will start at 7:00 a.m. They their day will be completed at 2 p.m. Both Sunrise and EXLP and ELOP after school programs will be in place. There will be sunrise for elementary students and middle school students. Elementary starting at 6:30 and middle school starting at 7:00 a.m. Their afterchool program will be finished by 5 and an elementary school and 5:30 in high in middle school. High school will start their after school program at 2 p.m. and be and will end by 5. Our projected class size will be 20 to 1. This year we will have six locations in elementary school that will be hosting uh summer school for all of our elementary school students. All elementary schools
048will be hosting other sites with the exception of CVU. CV will be only hosting CVU students. Saul Martinez will be hosting Saul Martinez students along with Mecca students. Las Palmas Elementary School will be hosting Las Palmas students, John Kelly students and Oasisa students. Coral Mountain Academy will be hosting Coral Mountain students, Mountain Vista and Westside Elementary students. Palm View will be hosting Palm View Valley View and also the ESY program. And VIA del Soul will be hosting um VIA del Soul, Peter Pendleton, and Cesar Chavez students. Our middle schools, they will be hosting their own own students with the exception of Bobby Duke that will also host students from CDA. And each one of our high schools, comprehensive high schools, will be hosting their own students. Our students from La Familia will be going back
049to their home uh sites for summer school. The summer school student flyers and applications were distributed to families beginning March 18th. um for elementary that was our parent conferences. So that was a really good opportunity to have those discussions with parents. Um we've also provided multiple avenues for submission including online access, paper applications, and in-person support at school sites to ensure accessibility for all. While the program is open to all students, those identified as needing additional academic support have received individual and personalized invitations to encourage their participation and engagement in the program. And flyers were also shared on social media but and by a parent square. And so you'll see some examples of the flyer and then the paper applications. Our elementary summer school program is designed to provide targeted academic support, differentiated instruction, and
050enrichment opportunities for our students. The program focuses on accelerating learning in English language arts, math, and science through datadriven interventions and curriculum. Teachers will use formative assessments to monitor progress and adjust instruction accordingly. In addition to academics, students will engage in EXLP enrichment activities that promote creativity, critical thinking, and social emotional development. These include STEM projects, visual and performing arts, physical education, and culturally relevant and tangible experiences designed to keep students motivated and connected to school, all through our gaming theme. Overall, our summer program aims to address learning gaps, prevent summer slide, and nurture the whole child through a balance of academic rigor and engaging enrichment. I get I get the opportunity to talk about high school. So, high school summer school is going to be offering opportunities for students to stay on track academically,
051recover credits, prepare for future success, and whether students are looking to complete online courses, recovery loss, build bridges between high school and middle school, or have we have equitable programs tailored to fit high school students. Um, one of the opportunities, two of the opportunities for credit recovery are going to be um both of our comprehensive online platforms, which are Apex and Subject. They are ideal for students who need flexible learning environments to meet their academic goals and they have access to a variety of different subjects. Also, we will be providing brickandmortar credit recovery which allow students to retake courses that are held in person and provide hands-on academic support and guidance from experienced teachers that will be focused on mastering skilled concepts and help students stay on track for graduation. We will also be providing
052a freshman summer bridge program that is to help incoming freshman students build a strong foundation in math. The initiative is to ensure students have are prepared for high school course level work to provide strength and math skills, provide early education to high school and help ease the transition from middle school to high school. The other opportunity that we're going to be providing for high school students is credit our college credit. and we have two opportunities for that. The first one is with education and healthc care pathways. This program offers high school students with COOD the chance to earn college credit while exploring careers. It is a dual enrollment course, one for education and health both at CV High School and Desirage High School. It exposes students to careers in education and healthcare, online learning, hands-on
053experiences, and mentorships. The other opportunity we just have started the conversation with Cal State San Bernardino. We were meeting this week and it's an opportunity to prov to work with their Coyote Blue program which allows students to participate in receiving college level course credit from Cal State San Bernardino. It would be for 30 students at a central site in our district for three weeks. And then the fourth week, which would be July um 6th through the 10th, would be allow give the opportunity for students to go to Cal State San Bernardino in San Bernardino and live on the dorms and experience life on a college campus while building lifelong memories with fellow students. So whether it's online for credit recovery, summer bridge for um ninth graders come upcoming nth graders or college credits, we're providing
054an inclusive summer school program for our high school students. The academic portion of the program will include 180 minutes of daily academic instruction um which will be providing focus standardsbased learning in English language arts, math and science. So they'll get um three different rotations with English language arts using our 95% group curriculum and corrective reading for grades 3 through 8. um this and then uh an hour of math using our UCI math intervention lessons and then 60 minutes allocated for science instruction utilizing um a variety of different things. And one of the things we um wanted them to do is practice a science fair project so that they actually leave with a science fair project and the understanding of how that's done. Um and then also utilizing Lego spike kits and generation genius science. Um,
055and then woven into their day, students will also receive three EXLP rotations for one hour of each. So, they'll get those extra rotations. And so, our instruction will be aligned to grade level standards and incorporate research-based strategies to accelerate learning, close achievement gaps, and support English learners and students with diverse needs. Our data and metrics. So, in order to measure the effectiveness of our program, we want to make sure that we're pulling data from multiple data sources and ensuring that we're looking at, you know, the quality of our program. So, we're going to be utilizing for third through 8ighth grade corrective reading pre and post tests. Um, and then we're also going to be utilizing our K2 Dibble screener as a pre- and a post, which is our newly adopted um screener for kindergarten. And
056then um for mathematics, we're going to be using um interim assessments for pre and post as well as UCI math assessments for our K2 students. And then in high school um we're going to look at the credit completion, college credit earned and also interim assessments as pre and post for high school as well as part of that data and metrics piece. Okay. So bonus level. Um, so in addition to academic support, we've planned a variety of enrichment activities designed to enhance students educational experience while fostering curiosity, teamwork, and critical thinking. So we're offering several special um events tailored for different student groups. So first one is elementary students. So they'll be um having a day at Knoxberry Farm to explore problem solving, discovery through interactive um trans uh attractions. The other one is to provide
057movies to encourage critical thinking and discussing about u storytelling and themes. Middle school and high school are going to have a trip to Universal Studios. Um and then our ESY will be hosting bullying and movies. And then our we also were going to be doing an end of the year program celebration to honor students academic achievement, leadership and perseverance and student performances. and then also a student um showcase that gives students the opportunity to present their projects and reflect on their summer experiences. And the two funding sources that are making summer school possible this year are ELOP and Migrant Title 3. With ELOP, we are going to be paying for the general program staffing for transportation, tangible experiences, curriculum, supplies, and materials. Title uh title 3 or migrant title 3 is also paying for two
058outreach teachers that will be supporting our students in K through 12th grade at all sites. And also the Cesar Chavez Foundation is supporting the asynchronous instruction that our students also will have a possibility to attend um through uh the summertime during summer school. And this is for grades with a focus on grades K through 8th grade. So far over 1,800 CVs students have enrolled in our summer school program in just over two weeks. and they are interested in that balanced approach to academics and enrichment. So through our structured instructional time, targeted support and creative EXLP activities, students will be given meaningful opportunities to play, learn, and grow. And the program will focus not only on accelerating acade academic achievement, but also on fostering curiosity, confidence, and a love of learning, helping every child start the
059new school year stronger and more prepared, which is our goal. So, we're going to get ready. Any questions? Questions from the board? So, I noticed that our budgeting sources are ELOP and federal funding. I know that this current administration is attacking all types of uh federal funding uh for anything that they think is against their their ideas, right? Do we have any sort of contingency plan if we were to somehow lose or get less funding than we believe? Yes. So with the title three um and our migrant coordinator is here. If I am correct this is part of our DSA district support um plan that is in place. I know that Cesa Chavez Foundation was approved at the last board meeting. Um and then Miss Rodriguez, can you add anything else? Good evening. Yes, our
060district service agreement, it was um added that we were going to work with the Cesar Child Foundation and we worked with them last summer. They were able to do in synchronized virtual uh tutoring and support to our students that not necessarily were here. Maybe they move up north for the summer because their parents are working in agricultural and those students still got to be able to have an opportunity to have tutoring. There was 223 students that were able to utilize this program during the summer last year. It was a success. So, I decided to put it on this year and it was approved by the region and we have the funding. And we have the funding. So glad to hear that that there's that planning because otherwise it's just feels like the type of funding
061that would be under attack. So, thank you. I'm so glad to hear that. You're welcome. Other questions? Nope. Thank you, Dr. Espasa. Item 8.1. I can read it. This is to adopt board resolution number 2025-45 to remunerary trustee Jesus Gonzalez. Thank you. There's a motion and a second and Isabella. Yes. All those in favor? I I uh All those opposed and any abstensions? Thank you. Um 9.1 requesting approval of a one-year contract with Aries Software, Inc. for web hosting and content management solutions smart sites by parent square inc. So motion and a second any questions? Yeah. Yes. Okay. All those in favor? I I. Anybody opposed? Any abstensions? Motion carries. Item 9.2 Two, requesting approval to adopt resolution number 2025-43 authorization and direction for the purchase of technology equipment and peripherals bid by piggyback um
062number 23/24IT with CDW government LLC. So motion in a second. Any questions? Yeah, I have a question. Actually, this is a question for the next five or the this one and the next previous four. or they're all kind of the same. So, we are simply voting to make them vendors basically, right? We still have to go through an RFP program. We still have to do all the other stuff. That's why I'm I'm curious. Or are we single sourcing these out to just these people? Well, all all five of them are different, but I mean it's the same general concept. We're doing piggybacks. We're doing things. So this one I know is for this but all the other ones. So the this resolution allows us to piggy back off an existing bid for going the RFP
063process for the materials that they already bid under those cataloges. Okay. Thank you. And then if you want you can answer the rest of them as we go through them if you want or all at once. I I think the spirit of what staff has done is not not needing to go out for individual RFP and piggybacking off of a bid process that found these people the most No, I understand that. I wanted a clarification on is that what we're doing and we're foregoing the RFP. I didn't say it was a good or bad. just said that's exactly yes I can respond to the next uh piggybacks because they're they're all a little different and I can I can explain why. Okay. Well, let's take a vote on this one and then we'll um get
064to you. So, don't go anywhere. But on um we were at 9.2, right? This was for it. Um do I and there was a motion. I believe there was a motion and a second. Um, Isabella, I thank you. Everyone who's in favor? I I. Anybody opposed? Okay. And any abstensions? The motion carries. Item 9.3, requesting approval to adopt resolution number 2025-44, authorization and direction for the purchase and use of a comprehensive technology catalog bid by piggy bank bid number AA IFB022-G with CDW government LLC. And I think I mean I think it's probably the same question and same answer but so moved. Yeah, it's the same answer. Okay, there's a motion by Mr. Arando, second by um Mr. Gonzalez. Um student motion. Yes. Thank you. Um all those in favor? I. Anybody opposed? Abstensions. The
065motion carries. 6 um 10.1 authorization to approve board resolution number 2025-41 to use 1GPA national purchasing cooperative funding why we're doing this process so um this is a more efficient way of u utilizing a piggyback so utilize piggyback rather than doing the whole RFP process Um the RFP process is a timely process and there's a lot of resources that are involved. So these are public agencies um local state agencies or uh yeah public agencies who utilize this cooperative and they go out for bidding. So they do all the work. So what we're doing is we're piggybacking off these other public agencies. So it just saves it saves us a lot of time and effort. Absolutely. Yes. Thank you. Then we had a motion. I believe we had a motion by Mr. Rodundo. We had a
066second by Mr. Gonzalez. Um board members. Thank you. All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Any abstensions? And the motion carries 6. Let's see. 10.2. Authorization to approve board resolution number 2025-39 to piggyback on its Greek tome inc DBA champion teamware and region 8 education service center. So move there's a motion by Mr. Arando. Do I have a second? There's a second by Mr. Gonzalez. Any questions? You said they were all a little different. Did you want to explain the difference? Yeah. So yeah, so there's different cooperatives. Um there's state and there's federal. So yeah, there these are so there's the one GPA which we just approved. Now there's this U Champion Teamware who's um working with uh TIPS which is going to be the next cooperative. So they got pricing through that TIPS cooperative.
067So there's the um this agency who's who's gotten pricing through the TIPS. It's a little confusing, but it's a it's a purchasing cooperative where where public agencies go and and they they do their bids. It's all within that corporation. Thank you. So I think if all the answers are the same, it's just the different cooperatives, but the spirit which we've done in the past, we've piggyback and that does forego our having to do the RFPs. So we've always question and I had actually originally asked for this before, but my purpose for the question is I know what they are. We've been doing this a long time. The purpose of the question is I keep hearing about transparency and we don't do RFPs and we don't go out. I want people out there on Zoom and
068people who are here sitting understand. We have a process. We do it. Board members have nothing to do with it. We do it. And I wanted it explained for everybody because I'm getting a little tired of people telling us, "Well, you guys do this and you guys do that." It's like, "We don't. We vote. They do the work. It's their bidding system is separate from anything that we do." So, I just wanted to make that clear to people who keep asking me, "Well, how come you guys never do this? How come you never say how you do it?" Well, I just wanted it explained. So, thank you. And and Mr. Akuna, now that you bring that up, just know that um we've implemented um new policies and procedures in the purchasing department. Uh any anything
069that exceeds the 114,800 threshold requires RFP or a piggyback bid. So, we are making sure that we are enforcing that with the Just wanted to make a point. Thank you. Um so, did I do number 10.3 or that's where I am, right? 10.2. We voted on 10.2. Did we? Yeah, we just voted on 10.2. Yeah. So, 10.3. Thank you. No more questions. 10.3 authorization to approve board resolution number 2025-40 to utilize interlocal purchasing system a national purchasing cooperative. There's a motion. And there is there a second? There's a second by Mr. Tortes. Um, Isabella motion. Thank you, Isabella. All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Um, the motion carries. Five. And Mari, I just want to make sure we did vote on the other one right before Mr. Akuna has a question on 10.2. We
070have a vote recorded. You There was a first and a second. Okay. And then there was a question and we didn't vote. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. So, let me go back to 10.2. Um, there was a motion by Mr. Gonzalez. I No, Mr. Reondo and there was a second by Mr. Gonzalez and then there was a question. So, now um if I can get um Isabella, your vote on 10.2. I motion. Thank you. All those in favor? I I Anybody opposed? Any abstensions? And the motion carries 50. Um okay so now 10.4 approve resolution authorization to approve resolution 2025-42 authorization to encumber funds for the following fiscal year 2025 20226. So move there's a motion by Mr. Arondo second by um okay I heard him at the same time but Mr. Um, Torres and
071Oh, I heard him. I think I heard him. M. Oh, it was a Was it? No, it was Tortis. Yeah, I think I heard one on each ear. Torres and Mr. Gonzalez, but flip a coin. Um, there's a motion and a second. Any questions? Okay. Um, Isabella, your vote on 10.4. I motion. Thank you. All those in favor? I I. Anybody opposed? And the motion carries. 6o. Item 10.5, authorization to amend and restate the lease agreement between Golden Voice LLC and Coachella Valley Unified School District. Um Danella, there is what is being amended on the contract? Just again for the public. Is there it says here amend and restate Dr. So what uh has been amended is the amount the the 200,000 that was being provided to the district as of last year went up
072to 240ome,000 dollars. So this year would be at 255. So we're going to start at 255. This is only a one-year contract because in the negotiations of this contract um the uh Mr. Tolette has informed that um with the profits that they will receive within the next year, they would like to advance and give us pro possibly a bigger donation. The 385 stays the same. The contract language that has been added talks about where the donation monies are to be spent and the how it needs to be um provided to the ed foundation and if it's not provided to the M foundation that it remains in an account within the district. Okay. Thank you. Um do I have a motion? You know, I need probably to make a comment on this. When I got on
073the board, um, some years ago, your mic is off. When I got on the board some years ago, we were at the end of two five-year contracts. And at that time, um, El Hagen, not not Golden Voice, um, he is the owner of the property, was paying the school district and paid the school district for 10 years, uh, $70,000, I mean, $17,000 a year for the use of the 60 acres that is a big part of their parking. Mhm. So, he paid for 10 years on a 10-year contract uh on two five five-year contracts, he paid 17,000 for the use of that property for the festival. Uh he also would use the property for um not only not only Coachella, but Oella and stage coach and then the horse show, I mean the dog show
074and the lacrosse, which is a big event. and uh we had an opportunity at the end of of the 10-year cont or the second 5-year contract uh to get in the room and negotiate a better deal for the school district. Um Mr. Akuna and I uh being that I was part of the facilities committee and and Mr. Akuna and I got into the room uh and put got into the room directly with the people that do Coachella. Uh we had them tour Coachella High School. We showed them the need in the gym. We showed them the need in the weight rooms. We took them uh to downtown Coachella. And basically the message to them was, you know, you pride yourself on one of the best festivals in the world, Coachella. And look at the condition
075of Coachella High School, right? And the need and and through a hard negotiation, um they were very gracious uh in in making a contribution. And believe me, they made lesser offers. At the end, we ended up settling on a 5-year contract for $200,000 a year plus a donation of $385. So, we went from $17,000 a year to $585,000 a year. I believe, if I remember correctly, the bottom number, the 200,000, which was for the lease of the land, uh, goes up 2% or 5% every year. I think right now we're at 245,000 on the bottom number and we're still getting the same uh 385,000 which puts us uh their contribution annually to this school district is 68 630,000. Uh unfortunately uh or unfortunately we haven't been able to keep the books on our foundation. I
076think Dr. Sparsa is working diligently to bring it uh compliant with the state, but I want to let the public know that every nickel that has been collected uh from Golden Voice and they know this well that it's accounted for and not a nickel has been spent. One of the other things that we felt was important is that this money go towards art, music, culture, sports, and athletics. and and I believe that's the commitment that was the commitment in the spirit of the contract. I think Dr. Sparsa had an opportunity of clearly identifying what this money is to be used for and I think the children will greatly benefit from uh well it's going to be it's $730,000 a year now uh as opposed to what we got from them uh 10 years in a
077row which was 17,000. So, you hear all this nonsense uh in in some of the local media, but rest assured that every nickels there, it's accounted for. Uh and and we're excited that we have a nice bank that we're going to be able to use going forward to support programs uh for CBUSD. I have a question. um given the status of the foundation and I understand the money has been in an account on use but that is also sort of like a delay and sort of we could have been using it already for our students. What happens in between now and the time the foundation is ready? Do we still not touch that money and how long is that going to take? We are not allowed to touch the money. Um, our attorney has uh
078filed the all the documentation with the Department of Justice. We're just waiting to get cleared. Um, there was a mixup with documents that were not turned in uh in a timely manner and there was also um an amount of board members who were on the uh foundation and we have to make sure that we have also some community members on the foundation. Uh we do have some community members. We're going to be adding more. And so that has all been taken into consideration for the DOJ to reinstate us. Once they reinstate us or if they reinstate us, then we can transfer the money over because there is a bank account already. And that bank account for the foundation has $50,000 in it. It's sitting there. Um and that's a separate bank from the district's bank.
079We use merchant bank and that's a separate bank. And so if we do not get uh approval from the DOJ, then what our attorneys need to do is reapply for a foundation for us to be able to move that money in. Okay. Thank you. Did I get a motion? A motion. Thank you. Motion by Mr. Gonzalez. Do I have a second? Second by Mr. Rakuna. Um Isabella, your vote on this? I motion. Thank you. Um, all those in favor? I I Anybody opposed? Any abstensions? I'm going to abstain. M president, I I've worked with a company associated with Golden Voice uh AEG and I just want to in the past and I I want to abstain. Thank you. Thank you. Item number 10.6 6. Adopt resolution number 2025-46, authorization and direction for the purchase and
080installation of play equipment, shade structures, and related products and services from Dave Bang and Associates through California multiple award schedule. So move a second. A motion and a second. Are there any questions? Mela, I motion. Thank you. All those in favor? I I Anybody opposed? The motion carries. Um item 11.1 between CBUSD and Coachella Valley Teachers Association regarding 2024 2025 notice of pumping. A motion second. There's a motion and a second. Any questions? Okay. Um Isabella, your vote. I motion. Thank you. All those in favor? I I. Anybody opposed? Any abstensions? The motion carries. Um, number 11.3, Dr. Okay. Approval of second reading for board policy 5145.13 and AR51.2. Did we skip? You missed. Oh, 11.2. They read the same to me because it's anotherou and it starts the same. Okay. Sorry. 11.2 approval of
081between CBUSD and CVTA regarding compensation for the 2025 summer school/extended school year. Motion. There's a motion. Do I have a second? Um, any questions? Isa motion. Thank you. All those in favor? I I Any opposed? Any abstensions? The motion carries. Uh 11.3 approval of second reading for board policy 5145.13 and AR 5145.13 response to immigration enforcement. Motion second. There's a motion and a second. Are there any questions? Okay. Um Isabella, what is your vote? I motioned. Thank you. All those in favor I I um any opposition? Okay, the motion carries. Um item number 12, 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 the board considers the
082motion unless members of the board or staff request specific items to be discussed and or removed from the consent calendar in which event the items will be considered separately. The superintendent, assistant superintendent of educational services, assistant superintendent of business and finance and assistant superintendent of human resources recommend the approval of all consent calendar items. So I at this point I will um take any motions to approve the a motion to approve the consent calendar respecting any items pulled by any board members. Thank you. I think we have um some items that are going to be pulled. I'll second. Thank you. There's a motion and a second. Do we have Were you going to pull Mr. Okay. Richard um 16.1 16.2 part seven item one and eight. So, at this point, we have a motion and
083a second to accept the consent agenda, consent calendar, uh, with the exception of those items that were pulled. Um, although Oh, Isabella, I motion. Thank you. All those in favor? I I I Any opposed? Any abstensions? The motion carries. Um item 16.1 and this was part seven or numbers one, two and three. Did you want to discuss or you just want a separate vote? Okay. There was some clarification that we had to update and add some details. I'm not sure who submitted the questions. I was just asked to ask more detail um and clarify Yes. Yeah. And there was a a question asked in regards to some of the late submitts that uh were provided were put in the wrong place. Uh one thing that we have uh identified is that and uh this is
084something that uh Miss Vargas uh and I know that uh Miss Bos and I uh have been looking at in regards to the all those forms at the end for extra services or out of class or late submitts and that we need to section off programs as well like independent studies programs, our afterchool programs, our morning programs as well to make sure that we identify exactly what programs they are and not just clump them together by school because there's a bunch of different programs going on and we know that some of those people are contracted employees. They're actual employees of ours and then some are not contracted employees and so we want to make that difference as well. So we're going to be changing that but we'll send that to the board prior. I I
085just want to make a comment. I can appreciate the fact that Mr. Kuna um doesn't like the fact that you know things are submitted at the last minute for payment right and and uh but at the same time we do have an obligation to pay this work performed right and so maybe staff can make sure that we're not in this situation again because had he not been had it not been for all these dates submittals we would we would have left tonight already right so I'm sure that it's his pet peeve. He does this. He's been doing it for a long time. We need to get our hands around it to avoid having this discussion tonight. Yeah. Yeah. The thing is I read the agenda when it came out my questions on that agenda and
086I appreciate you made changes but I was no question. That's why I mentioned to the president today that I was in Poland because I didn't see the changes. I see the But again, I don't I don't check the board agenda every day to make sure once it's posted, it usually shouldn't shouldn't change. That's kind of what we post. What would you like to do? I know we have so many hours be or before that theme to be able to make any adjustments. What do you recommend we do at this point, Mr. We're going to vote for it because we're going to pay them. Obviously, my questions were that a lot of them were clumped in and they were half of them were late and half of them weren't, but they clumped them together to do
087it and they need to be in the right location and we need to get on the people because it seems to be the same groups, the same, you know, sites that over and over and over and the excuse is, oh, it's late because we missed the deadline. That's not an excuse. That's just saying I didn't do the deadline, right? So, um I I think that's been my my thing is that look, I can understand when we have things that come in late that, you know, happen, emergency things that happen, but every year we know we're going to need a certain amount of people for whatever event and yet we're late, right? And so those are the things that bother me because if you can't do the little things, right, how do you expect people to
088trust you to do the big things, right? Sure. So that was what do you recommend? I would say we just vote on both of them. Okay. Because if they fix the other one already as well, then my my questions were answered. So that's a motion, Mr. Kun. Actually got a response. Is that a motion? That was a motion. I'll second the motion. Yeah. Okay. There's a motion and a second for items 16.1 part 7 one two. Well, the parts are non the parts. Yeah, they are. Okay. So the um one, two, three. And there is a second. Um Isabella, I motion. Thank you. All those in favor? I I. Any oppose? And any abstensions? And the motion carries. Uh thank you. There is no need to go into close session. Um do I have a
089motion to adjurnn? So move second. Thank you. There's a motion and a second. I motion. Thank you. All those in favor? I I I. And the motion carries at what is it? 855 57. There we go. It wasn't nine.