001there's your evening everyone yes everyone we can uh get our seats and uh get so we can get ready start the meeting I'd like to call this meeting to order at 5:30 P.M um trustee uh wera would you lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance please place your right hand over your heart ready begin I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you can we get a roll call please yes sir president joyaa Jr here vice president Joselin Vargas here clerk Sylvia pass trondo present Valerie Garcia present Jesus Gonzalez Thomas torz president student trustee Eric wera president thank you okay thank you first up item two is recognitions 2.1 recognition of
002CVUSD spelling be winner and Alternate who's going to do this presentation for us who is oh okay Bradley's going to do the do the honors um hello all um I just wanted to say um a great big thank you to all of our spelling be participants um this past February we did celebrate here at the district office um and did our districtwide spelling be and we would now like to honor and present our spelling be runner up angel Valdez and he will be participating with us um and heading to Riverside County as well thank you angel thank you you want to come over here yes and I'd like to um also present our winner um of our districtwide spelling be Alexa mag our students will be uh um presenting uh representing CVUSD um at the
003County Spelling be which takes place on March 26th at Riverside County great I understand this is her third third year in a row third year in a row so congratulations board members if You' like to go down and take pictures please yeah one two three okay next item item 2.2 recognition of kid win Regional winners coaches and students Miss uh Brad will be taking care of this one I'm good evening Board of Trustees executive cabinet and our community members here tonight and watching on Zoom uh we it has been confirmed that we have the longest running kidwind program in the nation and the largest program in the nation it is really providing some extraordinary experiences for our students I would like to know have Mr David but I come up he is our stem Champion
004extraordinaire it is because of all of his hard work and dedication that we have such a robust program David can you please join me thank you Marie and David will um go ahead and do the recognition of coaches and students thank you good evening everyone there's a lot of us here tonight we're here to celebrate an extraordinary achievement these incredible students and their dedicated coaches have taken Innovation engineering and renewable energy to the next level through hard work creativity and an Unstoppable drive to push the limits of wind energy these teams have earned their spot at the kid win World Challenge out of all the talented competitors these eight teams have risen to the top proving that the Coachella Valley Unified School District is home to some of the brightest young engineers in the nation
005their Journey has been powered by curios it teamwork and their guidance of their phenomenal coaches who have been with them every step of the way so from Desert Mirage please welcome the Desert Wind rats coached by Matt CS this dynamic duo Leonardo and Emily has mastered the art of wind power in Innovation you guys see right up there yeah B CH valy High School say hello to air brw under the leadership of Coach Juan Gomez these outstanding Engineers Victoria romone and Saul have shown that the sky is the limit representing Bobby Duke Middle School give it up for blossom led by coach Edwin atoya this Powerhouse team lovely Union Katie and adada is blowing away the competition from Kaa desert Academy we have Pacific wind under the guidance of coach Ed Wilbert these future Engineers
006Diego Josh Julian are proving that small teams can make a big impact also from Kia desert Academy let's hear it for the Hawks they're Leading The Way with Isabella Michael are taking wind energy to new heights and from valy viie we have the fireflies with the guidance of coaches Ricardo Gonzalez or Ross M these young Stars Aaliyah Yami gamani and Daniel are lighting up the competition also from valy viiew elementary let's hear for the skull Troopers this Fearless team Caleb Mauricio Diego and Nathan is proving that determination and teamwork win the day and last but certainly not least from Peter Pendleton Elementary put your hands together for win [Music] Masters led by coaches Lucy Rodriguez ilda figarola this outstanding te team Ivan Isaac R has mastered the science of wind en energ these students and
007their coaches are shining examples of what can be accomplished with passion perseverance and a commitment to learning they represent the very best of CVUSD and we can't wait to see them Take On The World at the kid win World Challenge let's give them all one more big round of applause board members of if you will congratulations to all of you and also to all the coaches who spend those extra times and hours to be helping the kids uh we appreciate it thank you all head guys and you're right theid Mar me this you made all this possible yes Marie need you once again thank you all for coming out we appreciate it uh where's the media when you need them right congratulations okay we're going to go ahead and move on with our meeting item
008three close session 3.1 public comments close session this is an opportunity for members of the public to address the governing board regarding any close session items within the board subject matter jurisdiction please complete a request to address the governing board form and hand it to the recording secretary speakers will be limited to 3 minutes per person with the maximum of 20 minutes per each subject matter uh I have two Mr Daniel Zuniga I believe go Ahad you ready hello oh is it on okay hello my my name is Daniel Zuniga I live in India but I've spent my entire life in the Coachella Valley I started working for an ntech company and it's brought me back into the world of Education since I graduated back in 2013 I attended the lcap meeting organized by Dr
009Esparza last month for Spanish speaking parents during the meeting I began reflecting on my own experiences and wondered where I would be if I had access to the resources the district provides all of its students my mother desperately wanted to be part of my education to encourage my sister and me to aspire to attend college however information or resources were never available to her in Spanish I commend Dr Esparza for going out of her way to make parents who only speak Spanish feel welcome in this meeting I want to applaud the parents who attended last month I noticed many of them in their construction clothes gadia uniforms and scrubs yet they were attentive and engaged in every session I attended actively participating in discussions and asking questions I know my mom would have sat right
010next to them I enjoy connecting with Marie parate and Lindsay Rue during my first station the work they do supported by the district to encourage students of all backgrounds to pursue higher education is amazing when I told them about my experience in high school in Desert Sands they are both sympathetic and encouraged me to still go for my bachelor's degree and even offer to help me fill out my application for Fasto the care I received from those two in just two hours of being in the same room is more than I ever received growing up I overheard a parent share son success with Avid on another CTE program she mentioned that her sum was accepted into a four-year College thanks to Avid and the district's offerings the CTE Department even reached out to check on
011his progress in his in college which speaks volumes about their support I wish I had experience the level of care the district had invested in its programs I've also listened to Dr ESP spar's podcast and I've in her most recent episode she had a few coaches and principles talk about the new instructional framework and I was thoroughly impressed the collabor ative environment nurtured by the district is refreshing and they are already seeing positive results at Desert Mirage High one of the coaches Mr Beltran spoke about how engagement levels have improved and how teachers are more intentional about implementing the feedback they receive to close I just want to share that I believe the district is making the right moves in its plans for success for its students and a community and as a community member
012I can't wait to support it in any way I can thank you thank you next up Carissa Carrera cbta good evening I've brought most of my board with me this time it's not normal but here they are so good evening on behalf of the CBT executive board I'd like to sorry congratulate the Schoolboard candidates who won the election while we may not have been as successful as we'd like our resolve to affect positive change in the leadership of our district is as strong as ever our students deserve ethical leadership whose decisions are based on what's best for kids supported by valid research and grounded in sound reasonable practices not self-serving ones we cannot begin to explain to you how important it is to provide a positive healthy workplace for your employees or how important it
013is that the money given to our district is spent on the students and the employees who work with them CVUSD is not a bank for saving money nor should it ever be a bank to provide benefits to friends and family as I said our resolve is as strong as ever and thanks to some recent actions taken by this board and Leadership CV's membership and support is stronger than ever thank you seeing no other can I get a uh motion to go into Co session motion I have a motion do I hear a second second I have a motion and a second all those in favor all those oppos motion carries we will be back at 8 o' 8 o'cl thank you I I want to call this meeting back into order at 8:04 p.m. thank
014you all for who are still with us uh at this moment as uh has been recommended by one of our board members we would like to take a moment of silence for a student that lost tragically lost her life on an accident this past week um and uh young student from uh nor uh CW Elementary area so if we can have a quick moment of silence for her and uh thoughts and prayers to her family and other members of Border in that tragic accident thank you all for that and thank you U board member toris for uh for reminding and suggesting that thank you all right moving on we had motion and a second to return into Open Session motion carried 5 z uh can we please announce the actions taken in close session please
015uh yes the board took the F following action and close session approved exposion case number 2425 d012 for a stipulated exposion a motion was made by trusty Arondo seconded by trusty Tores uh motion carried 5 uh the board took the following action and close session approved expulsion case number 24-25 uh back 25- 013 for stipulated exposion uh truste Aron made the motion seconded by trusty Garcia motion carried 5-0 the board took action um to approve exposion case number 25-14 for stipulated exposion motion was made by trusta Rondo second but trusty tortes um motion carried 5 Z and the last item um in close session the board did not approve a resignation agreement for employee number of [Music] 20259 680 by a vote of three to2 uh the eyes um trusty Arondo trusty Tores trusty Vargas
016and the nose uh trusty auna and trusty Garcia that's it all right thank you very much uh moving on can I have a motion to approve the agenda submitted so move I have a motion do I hear a second second I have a motion in a second all those in favor all right all those oppose St trusty motion carries um excuse me item five public comments we have none we have none so moving on uh from there Communications board members and superintendent written Communications I don't believe we have any uh student trustee could you please give us your report reports roana Medina High School alac testing for eel students began on the end of February and it's currently going on for this week La familia's principal and teachers have been preparing and are ready to
017the west to have the West visit our school next month lafa hosted a club Rush where students could receive information and sign up for adapter School clubs and extracurricular activities ESB will be will host a delaco fundraiser in Coachella on March 12th from 3: to 5:00 p.m. to help cover prom expenses we hope to have a great tour now during those hours to raise enough funds if you are planning on visit visiting delaco soon consider waiting until March 12th to support us Isabella gimenez West Shores High School counseling counselors continue to meet with students to review transcript a through e requirements and graduation status ensuring they remain on track they are also working closely with seniors and eighth graders to help them meet their graduation and prom requirements I academics was recently completed their visit
018where they observed classrooms and met with student Representatives they provided positive feedback highlighting strengths and areas for growth 176 high school students were recognized for reaching great level or improving their I ready scores 86% of seniors completed their fasta dream applications ensuring they remain eligible for financial aid our school is implementing gradual release strategies to support student mastery CT students are preparing for a trip to San Diego State on March 25th students are getting ready for the AP testing and those in dual enrollment courses are now over 50% completed ASB is working on tias the West shes on March 24th securing contract contracts for community members bring off roing vehicles for Expo average students will attend the write-off award ceremony on March 12th to celebrate their achievements Additionally the middle school students have struggled switching
019from iPads to Chromebooks they believe Chromebooks will be more cost effective provide teachers with better classroom management tools and allow funds to be allocated towards clubs and activities L Bautista cvu is CV High School Coachella Val high school has been recognized as RAM school for the first time the Coachella valy to earn this honor for its outstanding counseling program over the 390 seniors 70% have completed their fastf DREAM Act applications and the College and Career Fair is set for March 26 2025 in the Athletics boys basketball won DV league title for the first time since 1987 and reached the CIA F quarterfinals girls soccer has an improve impressive 21 to4 season making it to CIF semi semifinals while the girls basketball Maria figeroa earned League MVP honors wrestler Jeremiah Buel became the first cbh wrestler
020to qualify for the CIF state tournament since the early 90s um and for mine Eric Gua Des March High School I would like to highlight some key student achievements and upcoming events buente continues to excel with 10 out of 13 students in the dmhs class of 2025 being postas included the solid Dorian Ariana Hill additionally to pente seniors received full academic scholarships to UC Berkeley and two others are finalists for the Gat scholarship with the final interviews next week buente students are also preparing for University field trips from March through J Aid has also great success with Brenda Rodriguez Vasquez named Bal Victorian and Sean Shan earning a 60,000 scholarship to U UCSC over 75 students aage students have completed their Cod duing enrollment courses and for the first time in dmhs history Alisia soval
021won the regional Avid write off and will be honored at the dinner on March 12th in Student Activity activities the prom fashion show was a huge huge success revealing the 2025 prom theme meet me at midnight ASB is not preparing for prom Spirit Week week March 177 to the 21st finally in athletics senior wrestler Kayla Baden qualified for CIF Master meet and the boy soccer team had an incredible season making it all the way to CIF finals while they didn't take the championship we are extremely proud of their hard work and how far they ADV Advanced thank you okay thank you very much appreciate it board member aronda thank you Mr President um first of all I'd like to thank the community for trusting me for four more years another result ter final but my
022numbers are pretty final and I'm very excited that over 10,000 residents um voted for me and and I'll continue to work hard to represent the community on this board but more than anything help students and help our staff help just just be there as a board member to support everyone in our district uh so thank you again I'd like to give a shout out to the top 10 students I know that was announced at all three of our high schools very very excited to see that you know our students are just excelling shout out to the kachal valali high school counseling team who's doing who who's doing really well I got a chance to go to the rivate county state of the county um uh sort of obsession with uh Dr Gomez really excited that
023our students were part of that showcasing the work through our through our CTE program and the connections that we're building out in the community so that our students have have access to future future employment future job opportunities so thank you to our our CTE program for that um and we also had a couple of of of other uh ribbon cuting for our playgrounds very very happy with uh green spaces in the fact that our students will have good good learning spaces so thank you to our our team back there who uh our facility facilities team and construction team that helped make that happen our students are excited across four School sites and also Palm View that um we unveiled um so really really excited and just want to give a shout out to our sports
024teams I know they've all done really well um whether it's basketball soccer I mean just just our sport teams are doing really really well being very competitive across not only this Valley but also traveling even our our wrestling our wrestling team from qua Valley high school so I'd like to give give them a shout out lastly I heard there was a good uh dual language meeting at Mount Vista and I'm glad to to see that uh it it looks like our district will find a way to continue to support D language I'm not sure quite how the end result was but I know that uh it was it was uh in my opinion a meeting where we heard good things and I hope that the Dual language program will continue to support it continue to
025support it across our district to make sure that our students have access to dual language and uh and wherever they may be whether that's at Mount Vista valy View where we need to strengthen our schools and I I believe dual language strengthens uh our commitment to education for Kel UniFi School District um so that's what I got Mr President thank you thank you board member G thank you um this week goodness I've Been Everywhere um I had the opportunity to be at the Dr Seuss day at Coral Mountain Academy and it was so fun to see all of the students so engaged um they had their gear on with the t-shirts and the um doctor suit hats um tried to be festive as well with um my own Dr Seuss um clothing and um it
026was so fun to see so many volunteers there to help read to the students um it was very fun I was able to go to a sixth grade dual language class and a first grade dual language class and so beautiful to see our linguistically gifted students um here Dr Seuss in both languages um beautiful and so fun to read the words in Spanish that are created because that's what Dr Seuss did with Rhymes right so having those discussions with students even the first graders was very fun for them to understand oh that word rhymes and it sounds like so many other words but that's not actually a word so it was fun it was very fun um to see the staff so dedicated all the work that goes into that um excellent to see very
027fun start of my day and my week um so that was so excellent um at the back of my mind though it still weighs on me that it takes such a coordination of so many staff members to create these memorable moments for our students and I know that out there we have employees who are in distress um I know that letters are coming out I really hope that all of our employees work with their unions to make sure that they have the representation they need through this process please please please we have outlined our worst case scenario that does not mean that that is what has to happen in the end but you need to work with your unions to see where it'll land um seeing our learning community ities and all of our employees
028working together with our parents I mean every one of you is needed for that I don't want to lose Talent um out of fear and I know it's such a discom um uncomfortable place to be but please please please our students our staff our community we need you um throughout these weeks I've heard via text message emails phone calls from your colleagues talking about how important your jobs are so we know we know it's it's not fun to to be in this situation but it is there there is a path through and if you can hold on with us work with your unions please I don't want to lose any more than we need to um and I don't want to lose to fear so please please if you can work with your with your
029organizations and find that way through with us our students need you um without a doubt and and it's underscored EV every event earlier today we got to celebrate all the beautiful things that our students have achieved and it doesn't happen without every single person on that um campus so please please um my thoughts are with all of our employees my thoughts are with the families that lost um a child and uh it sounds like are still in the hospital um so it's bittersweet there's so much good but I know that there's distress out there too so um just bear with us thank you board member tauris thank you Mr President and thank you community for uh having me here to my third month here being on the board you on the board representing the Oasis
030Salan C area and as we mentioned here today asked for that moment of silence because of the desert barriers that our kids have you know in in the salt and sea O's area you know my kids used to ride that bus and get up at 6:00 in the morning and not get home till SI so those are long days and I learned you know that you know the M the bus drivers go through those long days too and we just have to you know acknowledge that some of those desert barriers or you know the Internet isn't always fine uh days like today it's windy and I appreciate the district now sends out I got an email saying that the bus is going to be late because of the construction or whatever barriers there are out
031there and then we could get that communication now we didn't have that before and and and I've lived you know through the uh mistakes if you would uh through the the transportation you know my son kindergarten ele Elementary got lost on on the bus got dropped off at different places and so I live through all of that you know and and uh I'm I'm I'm proud to say that you know what we're hearing today is that it's progressed and we're getting better you know there's still you know here and their mistakes but I think as progress moves forward we can eliminate most of the barriers that we have in this desert and with that you know uh where I'm working with my uh full-time job with the tribe we are putting a stoplight out there
032in Salon City so that'll help with the traffic CU that's long time coming there's been many many accidents out there and and I think this is a great success that finally there's going to be a stoplight put out there to help you know at least slow the traffic down that's out there and and that goes with you know protecting the kids having safety with the kids and like I said I'm glad that at this day and age that I'm on the board now and I don't see as much as I used to when my kids were going through elementary and middle school with conflict and bullying and violence and and here this last couple years I think we've progressed I haven't seen you know too much of that anymore and I I think we've come
033a long ways as far as safety for the kids and and that's one of the main reasons that I got on the board was for the protection and safety and the awareness of you know bullying and and the violence on the school so um last I'm learning that you know the other part of the reason that I got on the board was to make sure that you know for the public and when I was a part of the community I wanted to see more transparency and I'm learning now that the past practices of the prior boards are are you know being you know exposed to us and we're working on that we're being transparent now I know uh the I appreciate the public coming up and holding the board accountable for the the past few
034years of you know finances or events or anything that's been mishandled so I appreciate that but moving forward I'm going to advocate for the transparency I appreciate the superintendent's reports that she puts out as far as you know the state of the schools and they went to the state of the county I think yesterday right so we'll get an update on that as long as we get continued state of the school and the county and CU everything works together uh as long as we be transparent and I and I appreciate again the community uh when you're up here and you're speaking it doesn't go on deaf ears we take notes we go back there we talk about it but that keeps us accountable so I appreciate every single person that comes up and talks about
035your concerns to the board and that's all I have Mr President thank you thank you vice president Vargas yes um I just want to start off by thanking uh Christy Tores for the taking the moment to you know pay our respects to the loss of our student um and you know the family that unfortunately was part of the the accident um I'm I actually happened to be out in the area when it happened and I think hearing the response from staff um I'm I'm glad that um got to hear that they also got the support right I think the the day Wednesday was like a PD day so I think being able to hear that staff got the the support as well um because I think it's uh impactful right for the entire community so
036um really thank um staff for providing that um I think the only other comment I i' like to say obviously we're approaching the March 15 date um you know it's really hard uh to make those decisions I don't I don't think any of us really get on the board thinking um you know that's that's going to be part of the job right but the reality is is that we're having a those tough decisions um I'm hoping that staff will continue to work with our bargaining units to um make sure that um you know we are doing the right thing that we're working with with our staff um and being transparent through the process um you know there were some comments last board meeting some parents um you know kind of uh raising that may communication
037hasn't been transparent and so I think um just making the effort to continue to do that is really important to me um and yeah I just want to thank everybody as we approach those dates and um I know that there's going to be continued negotiations and so I'm hopeful that uh we'll be able to uh find a path forward thank you thank you um real quickly um I want to once again thank um all the students that were recognized earlier today obviously there's lots of good things happening in our district uh sometimes they get overlooked by other things uh but again to the to all the people who are involved all our team from the district that support our kids go above and beyond and really show the kids that there's there's a way out
038there there's there's some things out there that they can achieve not just because they're from our district but they they can achieve them anyway so I want to thank all of them uh I also uh happen to go to the um Sports ability uh ability program that they had over at CV High School unfortunately it was a little overcast so they may have not not have gotten the bigger crowd that they were might have been expecting the same as last year but there was a good crowd there and I think lot people are asking lots of great questions participating I want to thank all the volunteers from the from the team and and the lots of students that were out there helping out as well so I want to thank them that was really great
039uh I also want to shout out to the after school program they held their um softball tournament uh last Saturday as well really well attended lots of parents lots of great games um towards the end there I think they're starting to get a little tired I know the parents were getting a little tired but um that was a great turnout as well um I also did stay for the Desert Mirage soccer game unfortunately it got cancelled on Saturday and unfortunately when they uh redid it um they they were uh they were unsuccessful in winning the CF title but a shout out to them uh and their coach and all the players and everybody for that um I think they they made a really good run um and I remind people um you know deser Mirage
040has four CIF titles the school's only been around 20 years so they've won four they've been on the finals another time so they they've really had a really good run out there so congratulations to all of them um I did have a couple of things that I was hoping to get some more information on I don't necessarily need a presentation for the board but um a couple of things one is um this Transportation blackout dates that we have um it's concerning um not sure why we have them um I understand there's some transition and things are happening but you know I always go back to the point that we're here because the students are here not the other way around and if the students need Transportation or they have events or sports or something that
041they need to be going to I think it's our job to make sure that we transport them and not basically make them kind of go around our schedule and I know some of this is necessary for certain things but I kind of like a better explanation as to why and how that affects certain areas and not other areas uh certain programs are exempt and other programs are not exempt or however that works so again I just if we're going to do something I like it to be across the board um which hasn't always happened in the past um so um if we can get some information on that and then the second thing that I did want to bring up and since in two weeks we're going to redo our committee's assignments um as we
042do every every year after elections um I have a concern and and it isn't about looking back but it's about looking forward and I think um a concern to work with our maintenance department our directors and the People Who oversee that to actually see what their plan is to really kind of catch up and move forward at our sites especially the high schools the high schools are falling behind and again this isn't about who is doing what this is about how are we going to get to that next level um it's not really a facilities issue because the facilities is a different kind of program so maybe we can have a discussion about putting something together for that um again doesn't have to be a full committee but I think you know parents were asking
043at the tournament I was at Desert Mirage parents were asking at the tournament about the upkeep of the schools and so it's a legitimate question same thing when I was at TV high school there was some questions as to that as well so um I'd like to have that discussion with the board in two weeks if we do a committee or we simply put a group together to kind of sit down and do that but I I'd really like to see a plan forward on that uh again how are we going to get that what do we need to do how do we get there how do we catch up you know I noticed at uh when I was out at Desert Mirage Toro Canyon had had tennis courts that we um that when the
044school was built but someone took them down cut the posts and using them for something else and I don't ever remember them coming to the board of the facilities committee to ask permission to do that and I wanted to know who and I've asked at the facilities committee multiple times who actually did that who authorized that um and again maybe it was a good use but again they didn't tell anybody they just kind of did it and that's at Toro Kenyon um and as we're trying to push tennis and all these other programs we kind of killed our ability to use that at a middle school so that is something again I'll bring up at the facilities committee again and hopefully I'll get an answer but those are the things that people were asking some
045of the parents were asking about the maintenance of the school sites so um if we can have that discussion next week and then finally I did want to mention we had a meeting with the city of linaa last week um I have read many different opinions as to what happened at that meeting and who said what and it was a good meeting it was a great meeting well I have my own opinion on that um I think it was a disappointing meeting for me I think it was a kind of meaning to actually everybody get on the same page meeting which I thought was great I want to thank our team who went to explain to them exactly the difference between property taxes um you know developer fees and the agreement that we signed with
046the city of linta which they seem to be a little bit confused on especially the council members which I found surprising that they didn't know the difference um I was curious as they kept saying they want better Communications with the district they want to talk to the district I reminded them if they want Communications they pick up the phone and they call us they don't put a letter signed by all their council members attacking us on things that weren't true running to bloggers and entertainment people and kind of letting them put the spin on that but if they want true uh Communications and collaboration with us they should call us they all know our numbers I've known some of those council members for years if you want policy you make a call if you want
047politics you do what they did and so I was a bit disappointed but I think they do understand now what the difference is we explained it our team did a great job explaining it to them and so you know and again for those of you who read that blogger who decides you know she doesn't well I wouldn't say she doesn't like the district she doesn't like certain people from the district I said to them what I say here regardless of who did what who didn't do their job who mismanaged this or did that at the end of the day this board and I only speak for myself because my colleagues sometimes stay very excited when I say this it's the board's responsibility at the end of the day and I reminded the elected officials from
048Lita that it's anything that happens in the city of Lita is their responsibility I did not say it was all my fault that I did it that I did all of this I said that we should be held accountable and that we are responsible and I preface that saying I feel that way I never speak for my colleagues on that point but it just seemed that other colleagues were very silent that day when we're talking about accountability so um that is my report from having been on that 2 by two with that particular meeting I'm hoping in the future that they will pick up the phone and you know ask ask if they want something they have suggested that they want to have some of our information in their newsletter they also stated that they'd
049like to come and visit our site which would be nice um as well so I just wanted to put my version I guess my opinion on what H happened at that meeting and again it was an okay meeting I don't think it was a great meeting it was a good meeting I think we all kind of on the same page now and uh then we'll move forward from there so that is my report uh superintendent your report thank you I want to congratulate the top 10 at all of our high schools um I'd also uh like to thank everyone who supported read Across America I know that it's usually a week but we're extending it throughout the entire month of March uh here in CVUSD so there are still some schools uh who are inviting
050us to go and read to our students I want to thank Miss Dixon at Oasis uh for having me there to be able to read to the students uh feels great to be get back into the classroom and get a little animated and and try to take control of a classroom when you haven't been in a classroom in a few years uh it she helped me out a lot so it was really great uh to to work with the students on that morning uh of uh uh Dr Seuss's day um but uh again we're taking it for the entire month um so I want to also thank the um leadership and the teachers and the staff St at West Shores for doing an amazing job on their was report um for those of you that
051don't know they were on probation uh which is not good uh in the wasque world I've been a wasque chair and have worked at secondary for several years and I had never heard of anyone going on probation ever before um and so we have uh new leadership there uh she's been in the position as principal a little over a year and is really working uh closely with the assistant principal and they're turning uh that school around and the teachers are really taking you know uh action there they're doing so much work they're they're they're supporting leadership in so many different ways as well as all of the staff uh there so we were given a wasque report um a presentation not the report not the full report but a presentation with some really positive positive
052uh Outlook into the future of our West Shores High School and so we're looking forward to get a six year um if it's with a visit or two uh that's fine but we really want to make sure that um that we highlight that they did a great job and so we know that we're not going to be on probation anymore and that we'll be moving forward and not being worried if we're going to be able to graduate that senior class there so thank you to all of the staff at West Shores High School I want to uh thank everyone in CVUSD who has supported not only our CV USD students but students throughout the entire Riverside County with our prom dress um and I know they were trying to bring in shoes and jewelry and
053makeup and other items for our students so know that it hasn't only been our CVUSD students coming to pick up a dress and coming to pick up the accessories it's been students from all over Riverside County uh including uh students from Desert Sands and Palm Springs so I want to thank everybody in CV USD for supporting that um I want to thank marget Shaco for bringing a large group of us together uh especially Marie parate running CTE being the director of CTE and really um having us focus on what we are going to do with the farm at CV high school and uh putting out those plans and really bringing us together different Farmers from around the area to start talking about expanding that and making making it look a lot nicer and having classroom
054space and things of that nature so I want to thank her for that for always uh putting um putting that effort and pushing us to do more for our CTE Farm program I also want to thank uh the parents and the staff who have reached out to me not just from Mountain Vista but throughout the district on the Dual language program uh I appreciate them being advocates for dual language as I mentioned at the last board meeting I'm a product of a dual language program one of the first dual language programs in La unified and so we're working really hard to ensure that we put out a recruitment strategy that it starts in the early years uh to ensure that we have those robust classroom uh uh numbers those that enrollment so that it grows
055throughout uh the entire time that the students are at that school um so that we don't have combo classes but unfortunately that's where we're at we do have to have combo classes because we don't have the numbers at the uh at the upper grades but we are working to ensure that uh we're putting a robust uh recruitment strategy together here in the district and working with our families as well um I I want to give my sincere condolences to the family of the student that we lost but I also want to give my condolences to the teacher and to the principal and to all the staff and to all the students at that school as well our student support service staff have done amazing work uh in supporting especially in times like this um they
056went out there to work with our teachers yesterday during staff de development and it was a pupil free day um but they also went out there today to give the classroom of that student a lesson on grieving and on being open and putting out your feelings and talking about it and making sure that they were well prepared to understand that their little friend is not going to be with them but they're going to always be in their heart and their mind and so I want to thank Julissa and Karina Vega for putting that together um and again my condolences to that entire family and the staff at uh cvu that's all okay thank you we're going to move on to information presentation 7.1 ass superintendent lades is going to give a pres presentation on the
057202 425 second interim financial report and I'd also like to thank and welcome Dr Price and his team who are out here making sure we keep our word and do what we're supposed to be doing so thank you guys for coming out good evening I'll be presenting a brief summary on our second interim uh for the fiscal year uh 2425 uh we'll be re uh reviewing our second ound budget report our multi-year projection and our next steps as a district um the 2425 second interum um the following presentation will provide information regarding our District's uh second interum report the second interim budget reflects our revenues and expenditures as of uh through January 31st of 2025 the budget um is reflected up until up until I'm sorry reflected and projected up until June 30th of 2025
058the District self- certifies our financial status from the following options uh positive certification which means the district will meet its Financial Obligations in its current and two subsequent years a qualified uh certification which means the district may not meet its Financial Obligations in the current or the two subsequent years and a negative uh certification which means the district would not meet its Financial Obligations in the current or the two subsequent years at this time the district um is filing a positive certification that we will meet our financial obligations um in the current and in the two subsequent years um the this is a snapshot of the assumptions that were used as we were building our our our budget for 25 26 26 27 and our current budget sorry let me this one because the screen's
059a little far for me so as far as um our Ada we're estimated uh a funding Ada of 14,99 even though our estimated actual Ada is a 14,41 2017 um this is just based on our projections because we get funded at P2 and those numbers are um we haven't finalized our P2 so this is just on the uh District projections um since our our even though our actual Ada is 14,41 17 you can see that our estimated funded Ada is a slight higher in in current year and then the two uh subsequent years and that's because the district is uh funded on a three prior year average so that kind of boosts our our Revenue a bit um our statutory Cola for this year is uh estimated at 1.7 for 2526 at 2.43 and for
0602627 at 3.52 um there's other uh factors that um also uh are included into our budget like our Lottery unrestricted and restricted funding our mandated block grants uh CPI and and our and the California CPI salaries as far as salaries uh certificated and classified uh negotiations have now been settled for fiscal year 2425 um steping column uh for certificated staff uh 2% increase in steping column was included in budget and uh for classified staff a 1% health welfare uh is C at 2,655 for certificated and 22,000 for classified and then you can see uh the rest of the statutory benefits that were included in budget uh this is a snapshot of our uh 2425 revenues at and expenditures as of second interam um we are estimating a revenues of 373.50 million with the majority of
061it being funded through lcff and we are estimating expenditures of 417 million so as you can see um our expenditures are exceeding our revenues this is just a comparison from our first interim to uh our second interim as far as Revenue what we uh presented back at first interim as far as revenues you can see that it it's pretty much staying consistent at second interum which just means there's not not uh there wasn't a big a change as far as revenue or or the income or of the inflow of of Revenue uh being received by the district as of second inrow the next slide is a comparison of our expenditures uh when we presented first inome versus what we're presenting now at second interim um you could see there was slight decreases uh in salary
062certificate classified and benefits and that was mainly because um as we were working in second inter we really dig down into um our position control vacancies um typically get budgeted for the year but we took a look at where we were currently at the month of February if the vacancy was still there and reduce uh the what was budgeted um in the case of vacancy does get failed it wouldn't be for the whole year so because of that work um that the team did that's why you see a slight decrease and when it comes to um our our salaries uh books and supplies there was a slight increase um some of it is through the out cap uh actions and goals that have been budgeted for uh we also had to realign it to our
063out cap and snc um there's also expenditures of onetime monies that needed to be maximized um so that's what that slight increase is in supplies and in contracted services and capital outlay uh pretty much stay consistent this is a brief summary of of our um ending fund balances as of second interam are combined a beginning balance as of July first was 148 million our estimated revenues are at 373.50 million our estimated expenditures are being projected at 418 million which as I mentioned in an earlier slide we are our expenditures are exceeding our revenues um as of second and around we're projecting to have a deficit spending of 44.3 million at the end of the year leaving us with an ending fund balance of 104 um stabilization committed funds uh are 46.8 our Reserve economic uh
064our reserve for our economic uncertainties is 12.5 and then our s restricted dollars is 44.9 the next slide is our multi-year jection slide so this is just um an overview of where as a district we are estimating that we will be ending the year as mentioned in the prior side and in the prior slide I'm sorry we're estimating a deficit spending of about 44 million combined we will be stabilizing 46 million for our stabilization plan leaving us with the reserves of 3% which is equivalent to the 12.5 and fiscal year 25 and 2526 um onetime expenditures were reduced um we are also we also budgeted for the upcoming uh opening of of our new school Northshore so that was included in our budget um the reductions of the the the Rifts that have been approved
065by the board those salary reductions have been uh included in budget so all that was um entered and and part of our budgeted projections for fiscal year 2526 as you can see at the end of 2526 we are estimating uh still deficit spending 28 28.8 we are meeting Reserves at 3% wor 11.2 million and and uh committing uh 33.2 for stabilization plan when we talk about fiscal year 2627 um we are projecting ending reserves of of 4.3 um and and this is mainly due to the reductions if we do not move forward with the reductions that the district has already approved and and and planned for then all this we wouldn't be meeting our reserves so um I think it's important to number one not that those reductions do need to take place in order
066to be uh meet our reserves and number two that even though we are meeting reserves as you can see um in the current year and the two subsequent years we're still in a structural deficit so we're meeting reserves now the district needs to start taking action towards you know uh addressing the structural deficit so that we are not spending more than what we are receiving so even though the Riff you know is significant there's still more work that has to be done as a district our next steps is uh like I mentioned P2 when we are working on our budget you know we'll actually have our P2 data which will give us closer numbers to what we're actually going to end um and get funded at the end of the year uh the governor will
067uh be issuing his May Revis which will also give us more um detail and and and more factors which are our assumptions to to plug into our budget um we will be presenting our budget development like around May or June uh estimulate actuals where the year is looking and what we're planning for 2526 and then our un audited actuals will be presented in September and that's all I have I I don't know there's any questions any have any questions um when you showed what our projections were I noticed that there was an uptic in the books and supplies is there any particular reason why that was it seemed High to begin with like higher than what we ever actually spend in this one yes so when we were working in on second interum um one
068of the things that we we really focused and and and worked with our team on and our and our budget specialist and our directors is you know look at our resources we need to maximize our onetime dollars or several resources that will be ending at the end that will be expiring at the end of June we need to make sure that we're spending those dollars um the out cap also we need to make sure that we're aligning you know our expenditures of the outc cap to our budget we look at what has been spent when we're looking when we're building budgets we we take a look at okay what has been spent up to date what is encumbered and what is still left and if those dollars are still uncommitted what is happening from February
069to June that we need to budget those dollars because there might be activities or events that by first and were probably not included so those were conversations that my team my budget people um I had with several directors so in doing that it was identified that in supplies you know some areas did had to increase to be able to me their commitments and the activities that are planned and the same was for uh Services contracted Services thank you for your answer um with any budget you know there's always the pie and where we think is most important and where we're actually going to need so I'm going to want to see in September what was actually spent and things like that there are things that we can't control because it's just the cost of doing
070business and then there are areas where we can absolutely 100% control what we're doing and where this pie what this pie looks like so again those books and supplies that is seems like a very High number compared to un audited actuals in the past um just something that I'm going to be very laser focused on things like that there are things that we can control things we can't control it's something that's been brought to my attention prior so it's something that we I am you know I'm looking and identifying and and focusing on when you talk about the pie as far as right now second interum you can see that our books and supplies currently is six 6% of our expenditures as of second in um but as we get closer to closing the year
071and you know I I'll make sure that I provide an updated updated numbers for you anybody else any questions go ahead so with so with the change in Revenue um what are we currently doing to make sure that we spend less instead instead of hitting that 4177 million so we're receiving 3773 million milon and we're spending for7 that's where that structural you know that deficit I mean sorry not the structural the deficit spending comes so we need to get to a point where we're breaking even if we get 373 we spend 373 or in a perfect world you know we get 373 and we spent 300 and save the 73 for a rainy day now the the adjustments we're making through through layoffs how is that supporting what we're currently in right now I'm sorry
072can you repeat the question so our our layoff notices right the 46 million how is that helping us now for our budget yes well it's reducing our expenditures so if you see here on our NP um this is this is our 2425 this is our our current year those uh reductions were reduced from salaries here so because we're reducing expenditures it helps us meet our 3% if we were to not make those um reductions this we wouldn't be even meeting our 3% required no I was kind of under under the understanding that our our enrollment was actually increasing and that so enrollment and Ada is different so our current enrollment as of last Friday was 15,900 I believe okay but uh we get funded on Ada so even though our enrollment is $5,900 our average
073uh attendance rate is about 90% so we might have 15,900 students but they're not here every day so we wouldn't get that's why our Ada is like at 14,900 that's like a, ada8 difference so for each student you know on average we get about 16 17,000 you multiply by by a thousand so that's I know one of the initiatives that we've been working on is trying to increase our Ada because that would significantly um help us alleviate our our budget so our enrollment is increasing um but again um we get funded on Ada and number two um our enrollment is increasing right now so whatever P2 is the summary of the whole year so if our enrollment stays like this and we can increase our attendance rate for next year this picture would look a
074lot better yeah because it seems that we continue in a structural deficit right so what it looks to to me is it would need to be even more Cuts next year correct yeah okay I've never seen this much red in the budget before but yeah okay well thank you you're welcome anybody else do you have a question yeah I had two questions uh going back to the to the pie um so I see that for the 2425 um addor certificated classified an employee V ifits our budget itself is around 75% of those costs like employee costs um with our stabilization plan uh for the coming years where does that put us percentage wise in terms of our budget and I think the second question is kind of like what's a healthy kind of percentage of
075our budget that should be allocated towards stat typically between 70 7 % of a school budget goes into salaries and and benefits as far as what the numbers would look like with the reductions I would kind of have to run the pie in 25 26 which I can do and then I I can provide it to the board okay so we're at 75 that's that includes the reduction that we did from last no this is as of second inter R oh okay okay but remember we're not only reducing salaries well it's also other expenditures and then my second question um I see in your assumptions uh we have the cola from the outgoing years the 25 26 26 27 were those provided by the state um correct so in January we attended uh the governor's
076uh first initial uh release of of of its budget so when we uh use our assum assumptions we based it off um what was provided in January yeah the J uh Governor releases it's the first view of budget in January and then in m in May there's a revice so it's possible that it might be a slightly higher I'm thinking of some of the I don't know if higher but it's possible it might change this this might be higher than okay that's anybody else have any more questions no go ahead and some of the answers I see Scott prices shaking his head can you chime in please cuz I feel like we're getting certain answers and you're still here uh rco he's GNA be here till it's all implemented I know so I mean as
077far as I'm concerned we need to have real data right thank you so miss tabarez is doing a a great job in regards to explaining uh the second interim here uh a few of the nuances that go along with that are uh in regards to the percentage of Personnel in that it's this year is a little bit skewed because their one-time monies that ended uh this year expenditures had to be made so all districts right now have a different skewed percentage of personnel than what they usually would because of the one-time expenditures uh Grant monies that are there uh I don't know what other clarifications Miss tabarez is doing a great job I should probably keep my head stable back there in in regards to the cola I'd just say that the state the last
078few months of Revenue uh the cola will probably not go up uh and actually it might be adjusted down just a little bit so any other questions yeah you can make a comment so a question was asked if we're going to be in the same situation next year and the year after what I need for everyone to know not just in this room but our entire School Community to know the entire Coachella Valley to know that we are not cutting 52 million next year or 60 million so can you tell them what that number is uh well the more we cut this year the less that we have to reduce in the following year um and we're looking at our nyp uh for next year if if this stays how this plays out we're meeting
079our 3% and year four which when we start building our budget year four becomes a year three in the next two months um en able and in order to be meet our reserves we would have to cut about 7.5 million El good which if we were more accurate with our books and supplies we might just be able to cut it there and be perfectly fine um again our uned actuals generally are around 12 to 15 million so 20 6 is higher than I've ever seen so far and even without being on the board I've tracked that um just in my day job so it's just high for me anything else um I just have a couple of comments one I'm assuming you're on board with this otherwise we would have a different thing so this
080interim is is acceptable to the county or moving forward um you don't have to get up I'm just the simple Yes is is fine um so I think in that sense that we're moving in the right direction um just a quick comment to yours about the 75% um the the number may be the exactly the same next year of the percentages but the total number will be different that's going to be the change the 75% is going to fluctuate back and forth depending on what's going on but the actual number will go down and again I think the issue was and this is one of the things we blame to the city of L because they were concerned about us cutting so much this year and as their city manager actually kind of commented it's
081a good thing the more you do now the less you have to do later and it doesn't compound itself over the years and add up and even more and more and more so he even kind of said oh well that's that's a smart idea actually cutting more now than than later uh so um that is helping in the out years and then if we can improve uh our attendance or get extra money that goes directly to it's not that we can spend more money that goes directly to our structural deficit that can continue to to keep chipping away at that as well so I mean I think you know Again difficult decisions um you know and it's it's in our hands we either vote to do this or vot to wash our hands of it
082one of the two so um thank you all for thank you for all you guys' work and everybody else I know this is a team effort everybody's been out there uh doing this so but seeing no other questions um thank you you guys ready item eight action Educational Services 8.1 assistant superintendant Sanchez requesting approval ofou of understanding with St John's Community Health for school-based Health Services I hear a motion a motion second Motion in a second any questions um I have one quick question SL comment um normally when we go out for services like this we do rfps but this is not a cost to the district correct correct correct so therefore for those who have asked how come we didn't do an RFP on this these are services that are uh basically free to
083the district I know we have to provide space and things like that like any partner but one of the reasons again more of a statement to those who had asked that's why an RFP wasn't done for these Services because they're not costing us anything correct all right those in favor I trust you any opposed motion carries uh next item 28.2 director Pony request approval of Title One Equitable Services plan for Xavier College Prep High School so move I have a motion do I hear a second second I have a second um for those who may not understand what this is can you give a quick explanation more to the public and to maybe those who are looking on on Zoom as to why we're doing this and the purpose of this sorry I just think
084there's confusion as to why we're giving money to Xavier so um the equital services plan is based on students who live in our boundaries but who attend a school outside of our boundaries of private school and so the tital $1 that we receive follow the students to their school that they go to out of our boundaries so that is why every year we um work with Xavier we identify which students are in our boundaries and and then we form a plan with them okay thank you any other questions to that just so everybody understands we're not just giving them money great thank you all those in favor I student tristine all those opposed motion carries item 8.3 uh director Olivos requesting authorization to award contract for RFP number 109202 eate category 1 for student hotspots
085and school bus Wi-Fi do I hear a motion for this motion I have a motion do I hear a second have a motion in a second any questions seeing none all those in favor I student trustee all those opposed motion carries item 8.4 director ol Olivos requesting authorization to award contract for RFP number 11-202 5 eate funding year 2025 Category 2 internal connections any questions on this there a motion no motion there a second second have a motion and a second all those in favor I student trustee all those opposed motion carries item 8.5 uh director olos requesting approval of purchase with Apple Inc for student iPads classroom Apple TVs and iPad cases do I hear a motion motion do I hear a second second I have a motion in a second anybody have any
086questions on this sorry um seeing none all those in favor I student truste any opposed motion carries uh item nine action Business Services uh 9.1 since superintendent Lattis approval of the 2024 25 second interim report and multi-year projection do I hear a motion motion second second any questions any comments seeing none all those in favor hi student trusty any opposed motion carries item 9.2 director sunna uh approval of increase approval to increase a purchase order with clean diesel Specialists do I hear a motion on that so move have a motion do I hear a second second I have a motion and a second excuse me uh any questions seeing all those in favor I student truste any opposed motion carries item 9.3 directores authorization to award bid number 174 d225 FB Northshore Elementary School relocation
087of 24 in main water line for Coachella Valley water district do I hear a motion motion a second I have a motion in a second anybody have any question question on this just want to for the record I think uh this is something that's already in the entire budget for norshore elementary correct so we're not we're not going over budget we're not tapping into other resources correct thank you that's all Mr President okay seeing nothing else all those in favor hi hi student trustee any opposed motion carries item 9.4 Garen adopt resolution d36 piggy back on bck Art and one GPA National purchasing Cooperative Cooperative contract number 23-13 p-04 do I hear a motion a motion do I hear a second second a motion and a second any questions on this seeing none all those
088in favor I trustee any opposed motion carries item 10 action Human Resources 10.1 assistant superintendent MTZ approval ofou regarding contractual layoff language and seniority list between Cella Val Unified School District and csca chapter 109 do I hear a motion motion I second I have a motion in a second any questions on that seeing none all those in favor all I student trustee excuse me all those opposed motion carries item 10.2 assistant superintendent Michael it's approval for 15 K12 teachers to attend the 2025 good teaching conference South in Garden Grove California so I have a motion do I hear a second second have a motion in a second and then just to remind this this is something that is part of our contract so we have talked about not doing sending people out doing some of
089the trips and things like that but this is one that's mandated by contract so uh that's why we're supporting it uh all those in favor all student trustee any opposed motion carries item 11 consent calendar all item all matters listed under the consent calendar are considered by the board to be routine and will be considered will be acted upon in one motion there will be no discussion of these items prior to the time the board considers the motion unless members of the board or staff request specific items to be discussed and are removed from the consent calendar in which event the items will be considered separately the superintendent assistant superintendent of Educational Services business and finance and Human Resources recommend the approval of all consent calendar items do I hear a motion a motion with
090respect to anybody that wants to pull an item and can I have a motion to I hear a second second can I have a motion in a second does anyone want to pull anything okay seeing none all those in favor I student trustee any opposed motion carries uh we do not have any close session to go back to item 16.2 motion to adjourn can I get a motion motion do I hear a second I have a motion and a second all those in favor all right student trustee all those opposed motion carries we are adjourned at 9:13 thank you everyone early