001[Music] It's now 6 o'clock. I will call this meeting to order and we do have a quorum. We have Romeis, Bam, Marcel Preston. You notice our point Robertson are absent today. So if we could just stand up for pledge of allegiance. States of America. >> Welcome. This meeting is being webcast live and recorded. The recording of the webcast may capture images and sounds with those attending the meeting. At this time, I would like to remind everyone of the procedures for public participation in tonight's meeting. Members of the public are encouraged to attend and address the board on the agenda items and topic within the board's jurisdictions. The public comments will be allowed maximum of five minutes for peace speakers. Speaker request forms are available at the entrance of the boardroom and can be handed to
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003you for your cooperation. At this time I would like to ask for approval of the regular meeting agenda with the change. Mr. Christina and staff are requesting for the board that we table the following items to allow the full board's voice in the decisions. Those items are business and operations I scholarship committee and human resources superintendent contract. Can I have a motion to approve the August 2025 agenda with the two items being tabled until September 10th? >> Any discussions? Roll call. Sammy >> I. >> Valerie >> I >> and I. >> We have no presentations at this time. Um I would refer to Mr. Bina for any reports. >> Yes. Good evening uh president members of the board uh staff and community. Uh first off I just want to feel great to have the first
004uh week of school under our belts. It was an amazing uh week and so I thought got a lot of comments, a lot of good feedback. We got some areas too where we need to work on as well. Um but overall I just want to thank our site leaders, our classified staff, our teachers, uh some of that are in the room that really did a lot to get ready for the first day. And so uh just a lot of positive um really comments on on that. Um as well as want to thank our uh city, our uh you know police force as well because they they were integral in the traffic portion and we're continuing to monitor that every day. And so that's one of the things we're looking at. Uh we're working really closely
005with our RROO and uh they'll see some new signs come out, some feedback that some of you gave as well as the community and our our city staff to say if we make like let's for say for example um leads by the high school, those kind of drop off zones so that it kind of releases some of the congestion. That's some of the stuff that you're going to see. So we're going to try that out. Um, and then in addition to that, I want to thank our community based organizations like Rotary and and Kowanas at uh at our back to school nights are out there passing out waters. It's been luckily the weather's been good up to this point. The next couple days, it's going to get hot. Um, but even then, I know that
006the families really appreciate that. So, I want to thank Kuanas and Rotary for that specifically. And then they also were giving out like um backpacks over the last uh couple weeks as well as um you know school supplies there at the back to school line. So it's it was really good, really great. Um you know again uh take a look uh parents be engaged with our with our our classrooms. Uh we definitely want visitors and volunteers uh to be able to help at all levels, right? You know, high school needs their families just as much as you know first grade. And so it's super important. Um, with that I also want to say that you know we welcomed our over 3200 students and so far there's learning happening in the classroom. So that's very uh
007very important as well as uh just overall without hopefully uh set setting anything off the behaviors of students have been a little bit better this year. So I want to just you know thank the teachers and the staff who have been really proactive about sharing the the the uh expectations with them. And so that that's been really good um for us as a staff just so you know board uh you know now we have a a a full team so it feels great right we have Dr. Vargas who's joined us and then we have Miss uh um Alvarez. Sorry, I was I say Aladare. I knew I was wrong and so I apologize Danielle. Um and so it's it's really um you know great to have that. And so one of the things that we're
008working on as a team as well as all of our district staff is really looking at processes, systems, and procedures. So we know that there's breakdowns there and we own them. And at the same time, we know that those will continue unless we really take time to dig through each one, right? So, one great example is um the way we do like for example the agenda, right? That's that's that's one that we're working on right now. Another one we're looking at is how we do um uh vehicle um you know um request to to really look at the vehicles, right? A lot of that hadn't been memorialized or it had been kind of there for years and things have changed. So, we're really looking at those pieces and that's going to help the staff be
009more clear about what to expect, right? So, that's so I'm very proud of our team in doing so. It's a lot of work, so thank you for your patience. Um, and again, like I tell our staff, we're going to succeed and we're going to fail, but when we fail, we learn from those and we go ahead and move forward. The last thing uh that I'll I'll kind of comment on is the heat. I know that we've experienced a really mild summer. I don't know about you, but my worry's always been like is summer actually moving to like August, September, October. But one thing we do is we do have safety plans in place for heat. So, I want to make sure that everyone's aware of that. Our principles definitely take mind of that as well
010as our PE teachers. Um, and then the CIF for sports does as well uh give us um guidelines. So you might see games in the next month or so kind of switch and that's really because we're at the mercy of mother nature right of the weather and so but we will communicate and I I believe Mr. Reynolds at the middle school as well as Mr. at the high school doing an amazing job of doing that as well and so you know look forward to the next uh few uh weeks as we get things launched. uh please again uh you know get out to some of the games some of the activities um you know and some of the ones that we don't necessarily go to uh community like tennis I was there yesterday and they're
011they're um practicing with Sierra Pacific and those girls are doing amazing job so you know it's those kind of uh things I really encourage uh you know our students uh to continue to be engaged so with that said uh yield time kind of person thank you any reports from the trustees Sure. I attended the three sites on the first day and to say the least it was amazing. The uh high school, John Deere and Mark Twain. I think the parents at Mark Twain and I'm being told that all three of the elementary grades were the same where the parents were able to walk kids in. Of course, you had those ones that didn't want to be walked in because they were already at fourth grade, but um I think they were pleased with that and
012I'm glad it worked out very well for the kids. So, to the staff, principles, thank you very much. >> I was able to attend a back to school night at John. There's a lot of happy parents, students, and the staff looked very refreshed and ready to get to work. It was really nice to to see everybody was in full swing. Let's get this started. >> Um, I just wanted to go to safety. Mr. Ramirez said I was at the same sites. I think I was following him. >> She was. >> I hope he didn't feel it. >> But it was it was really nice to go there and Mr. Lin, you know, you and I spoke about the kids and how they're coming and we said we could improve the same thing with Mr. um
013at the John Mayer, Mr. Whitmore, too. We were there and Mark Twain. It was really nice to see the parents coming up to us asking us questions and stuff. So, I think I need to do a little bit more homework as far as where the rooms are at and it's so I could direct them better the next time around, but I really do appreciate the fact that we were allowed in and helped out. It was really nice and we'll continue to do that. That's all I have. Um, let's see. Corporate faculty association, anything to report? No. >> How about school employees association? >> Yeah. >> Dulce dulce. >> Yes. She's alive. I give her permission to talk. You can hear are you on the chat? We'll go ahead and move on in case we come
014back in. Very good. Um, let's see. Any public comments? >> Consent agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda items? >> Register. Make a motion to approve with the exception number five brought back. I didn't get through all it but would like >> I'll second that. >> Also some time to review the secondary elementary instructional materials over to the vote. amended. >> Yes. >> Five and eight remove that and just you might want to do it because here you have state for that one. So let me do that separate. So with five, eight and three. How will we have a right? >> Yeah, sure. Okay. >> Registry. You just have to >> just the one. Just the one. >> The one. >> The 15th. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So, we
015just do it with the with the removal table for the 15th. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. >> So, the I don't even know what it's called. >> Yeah. War registry for August 15th. for the August 15. >> I got it. We move 15. >> I don't know if I got it. >> August 15th of the warrants and then we're going to go ahead and table five and eight. >> Okay. All right. So now I second that just as it is. Do I um any more discussion? A roll call. Savvy. >> Hi, >> Valerie. >> Hi. >> And I >> human resources approve declaration of this. Correct. >> Okay. So the uh item on the agenda we originally approved this on the April 9th and decoration of fully qualified educators. Uh we did have to submit a revision
016u based on the fact that we did have to hire two personnels on emergency staff permits um for this school year and understanding they couldn't get into their ent program as it passed out. So they will be able to be eligible in the spring uh co that they'll be able to get in. So we had to submit for that part. >> Do I have an approval? >> Make a motion to approve. >> I'll second. >> Roll call. Sammy >> I. >> Valerie. >> I >> and I approve the I certification for administration administrators assigned to evaluate instructional person personnel. So in accordance with the education code 35160.1 the governing board needs to certify the following administrators which are attached in the um documents all of those that are the certificated management that are responsible for
017u evaluating all the certificated staff. So we have I guess >> I have a motion to approve to >> approve call >> I >> Valerie >> I superintendent's office approved board member and staff attendance for the California school boards association annual education conference. Yes, this is just uh the trip that we take on an annual basis for the um the annual education conference for California schoolboard association. So u we have three trustees that are desiring to go and it's great because a part of the board bylaws to train and so that's that's a good thing. And so with that it's um for for the the staff and the the the trustees to vote. >> Do I have a motion to approve? >> All right. Second roll call Sammy >> hi I >> Valerie >> I
018>> and I teaching the learning approved big brothers big sisters no mus for 2025 26 school year after um so there were three agreements that were attached in your packet these are just renewals they're not new programs but as a reminder the big brother big sisters program serves Fremont Mark Twain and John Middle School pairing about 20 students on each of those campuses with a high school and and then they get supervised additionally by an adult mentor. And so it's really targeting some of our most vulnerable population and giving them some extra support at least engaged in school which research shows leads to better outcomes as related to their attendance, their academics and their behavior. So again just a continuation of the program and so far has been fairly successful and so we want to
019continue that case. >> Do I have a motion to approve? >> Make call. Sammy. >> Hi, >> Valerie. >> Hi. >> We will receive the following of board policies for the first review. They are comprehensive safety plan, accountability, uniform compliant procedures, student records, non-discriminary harassment, married pregnant parenting, students, parent guardian notifications, and so we received them here for the first reading. Now, we need to look at approving the contract. between Corp Unified School District and Blues Lotus LLC. Mr. Frasier, it's a consulting firm. Um, it's a it's a person who's a former principal at at adult school. Basically, it's going to help me be able to do the funding and do the budgeting that goes along with the adult school. I do get assistance from the business department and it's been a process that's taken
020a long time to learn the budget. So, this is going to let me be able to be trained explicitly and for me to be able to know how to do this while I'm going give me a chance to make budget a lot more agile to be able to respond to trends or whatever. I want the community a lot quicker because right now I have to write things up and I have to go through her. We have to kind of figure things out. I mean them they know the numbers. The numbers are all good. It comes with a lot of like the federal funds have a lot of different hoops that we have to jump through on a yearly basis. and them getting me up to speed on these things and being able to get ahead
021of these things will help the business department will help us as well to maintain the funds to increase the funds and also to provide things that like this year we had a lot of carryover via this carryover I was able to create like the work live the a lot of things to count spend at this town greatly being able to understand this a lot better will be able for I'll be able to do that on a regular basis basically without having to maybe borrow money hope that be able to pay this money like like this year our federal funding is cut so it's going to have decent agility that I'm have to do to do that it's allow me to maintain staff maintain and grow the program just a lot of it maximize funding enhance
022the educational quality like I said allows me to be a bigger footprint >> so I have a motion to open >> I'll make a motion for >> roll call Sammy >> I future agenda items Thank a couple of things. Uh first one is back in May the board requested that the safety supervisor job description be brought back that had yet to be completed. Is there a reason why >> uh we're getting ready to start a school and there was some changes in personnel but we'll bring it back. Definitely will. >> I'd like it back at the next school at the next meeting. Second thing is uh probably back in April, the entire board requested a confidential survey and for some reason it was brought to my attention that you tal spoke to several board members
023on a one-on-one tried to persuade them or persuade them that that was not a good idea. I'm still waiting for that survey. What are we doing with that? And that was on your job performance. >> That really be with the board and with the with all of you. So definitely we can talk about that in close session. My >> close session that was brought up in open session so we can bring it up in open session. The board requested to be brought to the board in open session. We don't need to discuss it in close session as we're trying to hide something. That's not appropriate. >> Yeah, definitely that's not the case. That's not what's happening. Just any more clarity. >> Is there a reason why we have not received that survey? That survey was
024supposed directly to president and vice president. >> The survey in April, I do not remember. It was April 24 or April 25. I guess that's my my clarifying question. >> And it may have been the first week of May, but it was requested by the entire board to have a survey from the staff on your performance to help us with your evaluation. and that was never done evaluation without that survey. >> Okay. I'll definitely look at the we have all the recordings and we look at them and see exactly what was requested to give it to the board and we can discuss it and hear an open session we need to. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> I going back to earlier we had tabled for the superintendent salary. I want to anticipate sessions, not
025an open session if because it's a negotiation that he's trying to do. A negotiation can't be open session. >> So, are we opening up the whole contract? My understanding is anything to do with this contract has to be done in open session. There was not enough support. >> I can follow up with you to see exactly what what uh what the distinctions are. >> Any additional items? Can I ask a question? I'm sorry. As related to the safety supervisors, JD wanted to see the existing or looking at a drafted provision. >> In 2018, we created a new position to oversee the safety supervisors. >> The intent of that position was so that they are supervising safety supervisor. This board at that time failed, neglected, whatever you want to call it. We did not have the
026superintendent to reflect the safety supervisors that they would be reporting to that new position. So now it's become an issue and we need to clarify that if we don't have them required I'd rather just get rid of the position. We're not going to do that. >> So we're looking at the supervisor JD is what you wanted. >> The safety supervisors should not be reported to or be under the direct supervision of the high school. that was the intent of the board during that creation of the new position. >> So you're looking for the organizational chart as well as their job responsibilities. >> Thank you. >> Identify close session topics. The following close session topics have been identified. Student matters, personal matters, conference with legal counsel and conference delivery negotiations. Any public comments on close session
027items? We 24 session in favor.