001Okay. Cra insan Whatever you wors about F. Awome take millet because I don't I'm see if I can David I figure I'm hurting you know I don't know what you know what I hate the me like you're gna be a ley see hope not to not be If I can down the stairs the switch shirts. In hair. SP which is Good evening. Like to call this meeting to order at 4 pm and announce the board will meet in close session to address items one through four. Is there any public com on session items? Thank you. close public comment and res close session Oh than you get Now I'd like to call the meeting back to order and announce at 67 we the board met close session and no action was taken. Good evening and welcome
002to the Elgrove unified school district board meeting. Live streaming of the full in-person board meeting is available to the public by using the link located on the district website. Today's meeting is being video recorded and we will be available on the district YouTube channel. We encourage you to attend the meetings and share your feedb your active participation is valued and contributes to the decision making process during regular board meeting the public may make public comments for items on the agenda or items not on the agenda request to make public comment will be accepted for an item up until the board president introduces the item generally members of the public will be giving minutes to address the board if are more on specific item willuce individual time to one minute each individuals may note their time
003to another individual speaker to increase their total speaking time please be mindful that the district students are watching. You are encouraged to address the board and the public in a respectful manner such that all those observing from children to adults are made to feel welcome, safe and valued. The board shall not permit any disturbance or willful interruption of board meetings. Persistent disruptions by an individual or group shall be grounds for the board president to provide a warning and then to terminate the individual's privilege of addressing the board. Public common information can be found on the district website and on the back of the blue public comic card. We always start with our land link. Good evening filling in for RVP today. We acknowledge that the outgrove unified school district administrative facilitate facilities and schools occupy
004the unseeded territory of the meat war the regional people of the skies land and waters where we work and learn the meat have care for these land since time in memorial continue to teach their tradition traditional knowledge that comes from and resp to the needs of the land and people who share leadership engled for the better of our future generations may look to their tribal partners the r the descendants of the original people of this land to ass with the successful education Yes. Can we please have miss chr foster come forward? Thank you. Wonderful. Enterprise elementary school is honored to recognize Miss Christa Foster as our education partner. Miss Foster Clara Foster Washington is a grad student in class. Dear enterprise is fortunate to have Miss Foster as part of our school community. She has
005been a member of our school council for two consecutive two terms during s council meetings, miss shares concerns and ideas to improve our s is always thinking of different ways to bring our school community together for evening events. As a council member, she strives to serve as a bridge between parents and our school. We would not have been able to hold our annual harvest festival for the past five years without Miss Foster's guidance and support. She spearheaded our harvest festival committee assigning members different roles and ensuring we provided a safe fun filled night for our families. Miss Foster was the first parent on our s to request a black student union club. With her support, we have a strong BSU club that has welcomed all students since 202. On behalf of the school community, we
006would like to than Miss Foster for the time, energy and dedication devoted to making enterprise a great place to be. Thank you. Ch I am not chr f grandm than you for my for work out right now buiness up and happy fa to school and I could do more tr hon to have those words spoken about having two myes for my schri than to the flag of the United States of America to the public for God with okay and if you stay there for a minute come recognize your en grammar M Give this family another round of applause please. We're gna go to our presentation recognition a presentation of the commemorative artwork celebrating the city of Elgow 25th anniversary. Miss Lasser. Good evening madam president, board of trusts, superintendent Riley, Miss Avel, cabinet and community.
007Today I am honored to ask the board of education to receive this commemorative artwork celebrating the city of Elbe's 25th anniversary. Thank you Lisa good evening president trusts faculty staff members of the public it's my honor to present this gift to the unified school district on behalf of our mayor city council the entire city of grove as was mentioned this last year we celebrated our 25th anniversary as incorporated lots of artwel if get in look at the detail find all of high schools represented on on this artwork as well a lot of other familiar things in in outgrove you may have seen us selling puzzles made from from this out in the community we still have lots left that be selling over the course of the next year so keep your eyes open for that
008but it's it's a real opportunity and with with pride that we present this to the unified school district because of the great partnership that we have with you with your staff and with with the board members you know this is this is one of eight limited edition signed Eric prince that we're gifting to the district we hope you will display it proudly in a place that members of the public your faculty staff and and members of the community can see that as they through my privilege and please accept this gift in the spirit which is intended because of our collaboration and partnership in service to our community thank you so much thank you very much we make each other and I will tell you I that for Christmas as fun than you very much next
009item is recognition heal and safety med spm al Rile members of the board every day our staff performs vital work that enriches our community and occasionally that work requires responding to emergencies that require immediate action in alignment with our core values that emphasize operational excellence and wellness we have developed a protocol to recognize staff who have engaged in emergency medical responses through the use of an automated external defibrulator AED and cardioulmonary resuscitation CPR this process will be used toledge staff with their consent for incidents occurring this year and going forward with that tonight and I'm gna invite Patricia Toner school nurse at and Chelsea Elliot health assistant to from Ctherine Elon Middle School to come up because we like to recognize them for their efforts this Together they both the AED and CPR during a
010medical emergency please join us in recognizing them for outstanding emergency care of a member of the outgrove unified community their quick and skilled response in a moment of crisis has earned our deepest gratitude. And we are thankful also to our partners of Kumn Community Service District to also recognize them as well. TR down piure Thank you so much. Our next item is California Distinguished School Recognition. Mr. Swiss. Good evening board president Albani members of the board superintendent Riley Miss Ovelos Honor Honor tonight to be here to recognize principal Jenny Keyort and Toby Johnson Middle School for being named a 202526 California Dist. So in March of 26 state superintendent Tony Thurman announced that 408 middle schools middle and high schools have been selected for the prestigious 2026 California Distinguished Schools program. California distinguished schools recognize
011exceptional schools that distinguish themselves on the basis of student outcomes. This year, Toby Johnson middle school is being recognized for closing the achievement gap by demonstrating exemplary growth for student groups that have experienced persistent achievement gaps and also demonstrating strong overall outcomes for all students. So tonight the board is requested to recognize Toby Johnson Middle School for being named a California distinguished school for the 202526 school year. Okay. Hard would you like some help? K teachers All right. Good evening President Albiani, members of the board superintendent Riley and Miss Ovelis. Career technical student organizations CTSOS are an integral part of our CTE academies and pathways and one of the 12 elements of a high quality pathway. The 12 elements are the foundation for our perk career technical incentive education grant CTIch and other grants. According
012to the National Research Center for Care Technical Education, students participating in leadership and professional development activities in a CTSO raises students' educational aspirations. Students also demonstrate higher levels of academic engagement, motivation, civic engagement, career, self-efficacy, and employability skills. Our current CTSOs are FFA future farmers of America, Hosa, Health Occupations Students of America and Skills USA serving approximately 3,813 growth students. OSA is in one high school serving approximately 40 students. Skills USA is now at six of our nine comprehensive high schools and currently has 1625 students participating, an increase of over 247 students a year. FFA is in four of our nprehensive high schools and currently has 2148 students participating increase of students from and tonight like to recognize two of our CTS who students are in first place in sta competitions the CTSOs are future
013farmers of America whose primary goal is to prepare students for leadership personal growth and career success through schoolbased agricultural education skills USA is dedicated to empowering high school and college students pursuing careers in trade technical and skilled service occupations it integrates hand on learning employability skills and industry competitions to build highly skilled workforce the students being knowledgeable tonight have achieved the highest level of competition in California competing against students throughout the state. Recognition at these levels requires a significant amount of time after school and on weekends from both students and their advisors for practice, preparation and competing and qualifying events. But before again, I want to share some really exciting news and I want to recognize Laurenna Miller. La come on Lorna Miller is from Franklin High School and has been elected as the 2026
014skills USA California High School Advisor of the year for the state. Skills USA advisors are recognized for going above and beyond, champion CT excellence, develop student leaders, and build a thriving skills USA chapter. Please help me recognize you do everyone all together right and now for the students. I'm here tonight to ask for recognition for unified school district students who competed and won first place awards in skills USA and future farmers of America state competitions this year. back over here certificates to the kids are instruors andisers travel all the kids and Joshua F cyber security Matthew Ho the second person for cyurity and EV for interneting Thank Now rec ourers america st comp winners and call instructor for these are all of our winners in our state aggrcience fair competition First we have Victoria French
015for place in animal systems and then we have Mara Pen also for animal systems. Next we have very special Amber. Usually freshmen, sophomores and juniors are competence fair. Amber just didn't think second place was good enough. So she came back her senior year and competed and got first place in food science. Congratulations we have Brook in SYS Natalie Curtis also in syems make sweat out And we have our last two state winners we have in social systems and Samantha in Systems. Welcome to up to the front takeot as taking photos, really want to the school board for all your support career technical education and the success of our students. Thank you very much. Stag Thank you our last recognition tonight is recognizing her arts education. Good evening madam president superintendent rile members of the board
016and we are here tonight to celebrate heroes of arts education and I with friends of arts who on march 12th ann heruc Sacramento county arts educators counties as our educators Carla Aro Paul Na and Jordan Robinson Carla is from Sunrise Elementary. Paul is from Floren High School and Jordan is from Floren Elementary School. Friends of Sakono Arts is an organization that wants to bring the arts to all students and make sure that our students have access to the arts and I bring upon and she wants to share a little bit and present an honorarium to our celebrated arts educators this year. Good evening, thank you so much for having us tonight. So Francis Sacramento Arts started in 2019 at the invitation of then Marl Steinberg who after doing a study on creative economy and culture
017and arts in the Sacramento County area realized that if you don't start at the youngest ages in nurturing appreciation and skill building in arts and music you won have the future creatives and the patrons of the arts and our vision is arts every day for every child every school createalifornia palifornia county superintendence county office of education and the school districts in the four counties of Sacramento yolo and Eldorado we also partner statewide on policy and advocacy at both local level and state level as you know back in2 prop 28 was approved by 28 properly and executed in every school through California public education as you know is complicated and providing that successful implementation takes a lot of partnership and education at all levels. leadership and music in K1 schools in your district for your community
018and for helping the department to implement prop 28 and expand it for arts every day for every child. As Jennifer mentioned, we started honoring arts and music teachers from the public schools throughout the four counties because teachers are heroes and every day arts and music teachers impact the lives of children in such a profound way. I I do this work because of my fourth grade choir teacher and my high school choir and drama teachers. and do that in their memory and honor and we know how much of a life impact that is so as Jennifer mentioned we we honored three teachers and I forgot to mention we have one of our board members here Melanie D is with Gilbert accountants and she's been on our board for many years we a nonprit and proven it
019every day so so we have three teachers and I just read a little snapshot of the recognition unified teach care 1995 through his career he has a steadfast advocate for arts education and equitable access to creative opportunities for all students his commitment to theater education students experience the arts not as an enrichment excuse me but as an essential component of a wellrounded and inclusive education Paul nomin dedicates decades long dedication passion for theater education and unwavering belief in the transformative power of the arts are profound and enduring I'll just read all three and then hand out the honorarium carla is engaging and goes outside of the box with arts projects in the school and her classrooms art stud all mat this is TK teacher Jordan Robinson grade at Floren is a grade teacher at Floren
020elementary and her vice principal shared that she is Florence current arts education elementary steering representative is worthy about sharing thanks lead on communicating our flor teachers gather art to display in the district office her passion for the art exts far beyond the classroom she is actively engaged in the arts as a practicing visual artist she creates original works using both acrylic and oil mediums participates community art marets teachers I did bring some extra programs til sko Next item resolutions have LGBTQ Pride Monana correctly please members of the board superintendent Riley Miss June. is pride month a time to commemorate stone uprising and celebrate and uplift LGBTQ plus people across the globe various events are h during this special month to recognize the influence LGBTQ plus people have had on societies and to celebrate diverse sexual
021and gender identities. Pride month is also an opportunity to raise awareness of current issues facing the community including the stigmas LGBTQ plus people face for simply being who they are. By recognizing pride month, the district supports policies, practices and curricula and respects students and their families and that our schools are safe and affirming spaces for all members of the community. Genders and sexualities alliance clubs, GSA are on one such way to ensure students have safe places on campus. And our GSA students tell us how important it is to foster friendships, alleship and advocacy of rights not just during June but throughout the whole school year. The board of education is requested to approve resolution number 89 recognizing June 2026 as lesbian gay bisexual transgender and queer LGBTQ plus pride month. Thank you. Are there any
022blue cards on this item? Madam president is one blue car on this calling brand l good evening my name is br and currently an instructional coach in the educational equity department as well as a resident ofgrove and a parent of two children attending USD schools here to support the LGBTQ plus pride resolution some notes that I toare from the Trevor project is that 36% of LGBTQ youth young people have seriously considered attempting suicide and 44% of young people who wanted mental healthc were not able to get it and is in addition over half 59% of LGBTQ plus youth young people ages 13 to7 while on their resolutions are pieces of paper signed by governing board in practice our district resolutions provide an avenue of support and permission for sites to host celebrations based on the
023themes of the resolutions as well as supporting educators in selecting lessons that also align to the theme the LGBTQ plus pride month resolution allows sites and staff to affirm that all gender expressions GBTQ students, fam. LGBTQ plus umbrella. Thank you for taking up the resolution and I hope to hear your votes in the LGBTQ plus community in EG. Thank you. President. Thank you. I'm gna take a gna call for a motion and then I've had two people asked to speak and we can go from there if need be. Like to call for a motion to adopt resolution number 89 recognizing June as lesbian gift by sexual transgender and queer LGP VTQ plus pride month. So moved by Mr. Vargas. I'm sorry. I know Susan Jennifer than you Davis is our second and more like to
024speak. Yes, thank you. I just want to share a disclaimer that my coms may include terms that may be inappropriate for young listeners. I just want people to be aware of that in our resolution it states that EGUSD continues to ensure that these diverse identities are reflected in the curricula and library materials and quote. So I would like to ask could you please share more about what that means and more specifically what this will look like in our elementary schools for pride month we can follow up in a board communication we don't have that prepared for you right now but we can absolutely get you that yes okay well I know that parents would like to know so I think that would be important to have prepared next time I think that we should know
025how we are going to celebrate that in I miss I can add to that level resolutions are about recognition and showing what our district supports and puts value behind and so what each individual school does is individualized to that school culture in particular about how treat others and how accept others specifically the detail that they go into is not as in secondary but it really is about acceptance and appreciation everyone. Okay, thank you and I would look forward to any other additional information you have. So just to go along with that we are a TK K through 12 but really a TK through 12 district and I think that needs to be considered when we place a resolution such as this on the agenda and I think we need to be very clear about what
026this looks like in our elementary schools as I know that we had when we had the transgender day of visibility recently that many parents were concerned and they wanted to know what that looks like at their child and concrou examples books highlighted during pride month that aware of that are available in our elementary school libraries that really concern me and concern that pride could be used as a reason for teachers librarians to highlight such books as these. So one of the books is titled grandfather's pride and it depicts individuals in bondage clothing embracing at a pride parade and this really concerns me that young children could be could read this book or have this book read to them and see the illustrations of individuals and sexual bondage clothing. Another example is the book titled rainbow
027revolutionaries which shared about we still have I believe in every elementary school library this book is available in our elementary libraries and highlights individuals heroes one such hero needed a son to pass on the kingdom to but he didn't have a wife or want one but he needed to have a child so he had a woman dress up like a man and they made a baby so that could have a future ruler Bight says it was normal forfriends and girlfriends all at the same time. So I raping women or having sexual relationships qualify someone to be a hero and even if they were heroes why do their sex lives need to be highlighted to our young elementary children? The same book has sexual vocabulary in the glossary including definitions of gendia and gender affirmation surgery.
028And in the secondary school, another book I've shared about before is this book is gay. And this is available to our middle school, some middle schools and high schools. And the book is very concerning because it encourages kids to use adult sex apps to locate strangers for casual sex. It also highlights a 16-year-old having a sexual relationship with an adult. It discusses sex ores and explicit details on how to have sex including how to give hands, how to give oral sex and how to have anal. Inclusion is important ensuring all students feel included and welcome is important. Absolutely. What I take issue with is sexualizing students under the guid of inclusion. promoting sexualized materials including sexual vocabulary and glamorizing sexual assault to our young elementary age students which by the way includes TK and kindergarten
029students should not be considered inclusion this is sexualization of our very young children and it brings me great concern I'm deeply concerned that we have a book available to our secondary age students in which we are promoting them to meet with adult strangers through sex apps promoting sexual relationships between miners and adults and keeping secrets from irud if care about safety studied materials. So why are we normalizing this under the guise of inclusion? I am glad for some of the changes that have been made to include parents and supporting their students who are finding their gender identity since last year. For example, we are finally doing which requires us to share all educational records with parents. This is very positive. We have also removed the resource document from our website that coaches teachers and staff
030on how to secretly socially transition elementary age students. These are positive changes that recognize on some level that parents should always be included in these types of important decisions for their students. In closing, I always support inclusion. I do not support the sexualization of children under the guise of inclusion. I also believe that inclusion always include families and I hope we can continue to work towards transparency and inclusion our families so that we can truly best all our stud you very much thank you I just like take a moment to note that if you have a concern about a book please see your school librarian and you can put a book on hold from your child and you can also file a request for a book to be reviewed in a library that's a new
031process we have had over the last few Every time we do one of these resolutions either for pride month or our transvisibility day I try to give something for people to think about or offer some bit of perspective and perspective is kind of what I w to talk about today. So I have had the pleasure of writing a number of law review articles over the past, you know, 10 years since I graduated from law school and most of them have been related to LGBTQ issues in the law. And one of the things that has been really fun about that has been that I get to read the growing library of queer histories which has that area of history has exploded over the p years and it's been just incredible to see and to read all
032of these histories that are being rediscovered right queer experiences and queer stories were not initially included in histories and you have a lot of people out going and trying to find all this information. You know talking to people and trying to recreate these lives that people led and both have been really interesting to me. And so the first one is coming out under fire by Allan Barue. And this is a history that followed queer people serving in the military in World War II. And one of the things that really stood out to me in this history is how que people in the military were never a surprise to anybody. It was never a problem. It was only right before World War II we started to get this you know field of psychology coming in and
033saying well hey there's this difference and we wan to be able to explain it and we notice that there are gay people out there and we want to be able to explain where that comes from. And so the military took hold of this idea that there's something medically going on here and suddenly you know it started people started to think well maybe this is an illness maybe this is something that needs to be fixed maybe people are sick and so watching the sort of evolution of that idea that happened right around world war and how that has the roots of so much of the rhetoric that we LGBTQBTQ ill seeing where that comes from the other one the other book that I think is really interesting is a book called Gay New York by George
034Chy and this talks about how gay people sort of started popping up in New York you know at the turn of the century in part because New York was growing people were moving from rural who moving a lot of unattached young men what are you get a lot of when you have unattached young men moving into a city right not surprisingly lot of gay people and talking about how that migration of gay people into New York changed so much about New York New York law gay was roed in surprise community surprise in seeing all of these gay people flooding into their city and not knowing what to do with them right you you have these you know they almost like hotels at the feeling of danger feeling of differing of change and that sort of
035became and all of the rhetoric sort of became rooted in that that idea of danger and so I have that perspective right as somebody who read these books I understand when somebody you know comes to the podium or is on TV you have a politician saying in the news right and they start talking about how you know being transcendental illness or they start talking about how there's something dangerous about you know gay people or trans people or something like that I know because I have the perspective that that is rooted in these things. You know not that comes out of 2018 Florida right it is that has been around for years and you know that has helped me in part because I only have 40 years of perspective and so seeing a years of perspective
036in history books helps me understand this better and helps like that own life and now I see not years of people who have been na and so I have that perspective and the point that I w to make around this resolution is that oftentimes our kids don't have that perspective I didn't have that perspective I get all things I have that perspective and our kids don't have that perspective and our kids have even less perspective than I did because I grew up at the time when these issues were still being fought. We were still fighting for marriage equality. We were still fighting for non-discrimination laws. We were still fighting for all the things. And so that was very much at the forefront of my mind. But a lot of kids today grow up in a
037world where those things are accepted. Those things are the norm. And so they don't see progress in the way that I saw progress. I saw us moving in a direction. What they see is we're in a place and there's a lot of people who wan to move backwards and understanding that lack of perspective I think is helpful and is important to what we do because I like I need people I need kids to understand that they fit into the world that they fit into you know our city our community res to make that history that perspective that we all have because that will make them more resilient that will help them get through when they are faced with the rhetoric directly right when it's not on from not experiencing at a distance when it is
038in their face which will happen in their life it having that perspective that this is not new you are part of a long line of people who dealt with the exact same things. You are part of a long line of people who were called names and you still fit, you still matter, right? That is an important thing for us to be telling them. Thank you Mr. Vargas. Anyone else want to speak? We've done well. Okay. I'd like to call Oh. Oh, then call for a vote. All those in favor? I opposed no 6 to one motion passes. Next item is student expulsion and voluntary transfer recommendations. Are there any parents or guardians of students recommended for expulsion involuntary transfers that would talk to the session? No. I'm going to call to approve the recommendations for
039student expion moved second moved by second request for student return from expulsion. I'd like to call for a motion to approve the recommendations for students seeking readmission from expulsion to the Elgrove unified school district. So moved moved by Miss Ballerini second by Mr. All those in passes unanimously our next item is public com for items not on the agenda are any blue cards for items not on the agenda yes president we good evening rodez follow by amang please come up to the right podium this He. Are we able to go in a specific order? Yeah, sure. You all want to come up? I would like when you come up to the M please pronounce your name I could take your car out that you have spoken. Good evening all GR school board members and others
040here today. My name is J. I am a fellow intern in care under the Jagara movement. Care is an initiative which empowers students to take the lead in harm reduction and substance prevention efforts. We get first public health experience while working closely with school faculty, school boards and health departments to promote harm reduction, pure education and access to health resources. Through research, leadership and training, the program program also advocates for mental health, community wellness and student health. Care is open to high school students from all across California and we are the entrance representing Sacramento from Sheldon High School. We are seniors who want to make a difference in our community and school. We are focusing on increasing the availability and education of zone naran on school campuses while preventing fental or other opioid related overdoses.
041We drive to motivate individuals to make responsible and informed decisions. Last year in September, we attended the annual three day care retreat where we spent time listening to guest speakers, learning about a variety of drugs, debating policies, creating informational videos and much more. Through the knowledge we gain from this retreat, we wanted to take the opportunity to educate others on the significance of these ideas. than you for time than you good every name is care sch about vaping and to our community and onus california and sacrament have strong to policies in place and smoking prohibited during work hours and school hours and flavor tobacco products like mental vapes have been banned since 2022 and must be licensed to sell tobacco products and these laws created to protect people especially teenagers. However, schools like Sheldon they
042specifically say in their handbook that they are not allowed to vape or have any tobacco product on campus or during school events. cover this is not consistent with the security and we also need to stronger awareness education and consistent enforcement to truly protect our students create a healthier school environment thank you thank you next hello my name is and i'm anotherowad intern and we've conducted a schow surve which includes around responses from 121 students and 22 staff SH and we have found that around 76% of students believe that to most commonly form of drug used at our school. Now this is not surprising because to which is seen in e cigarettes or vapes are very common and they have a lot of enticing flavors as well as being very well advertised on TV or social
043media. However, according to the National Library of Medicine, 90% of people who smoke for the first time are below the age of 18, which means that high schools and middle schools play a key role in students starting addiction or how they will succeed later in life and the relationship with drugs or not. And to address this 39 students agreed that only 39% of students agree that there are sufficient resources to address at our school which includes trusted adults, booklets, online or resources and support numbers and of course life saving devices like Narcan. And the statistics are okay. environ mental health decided to propose a center for sh to decrease the need for drugs and students who have claimed in the survey that they support this wellness center believe that there should be things like privacy
044and people who care such as counselors or trusted st and having a safe environment with fidget toys maybe or books or chairs for those to may need an escape from that are drug related and of course resources like pamphlets or sites for support and if these things are what students need to succeed I think that we should listen to them thank you thank you next good evening my name is Natalie and throughout this school year we inter numerous emails to staff members to fill out a survey that we provided for One of the questions we provided was what substances do you believe are most commonly used by students? 90% of staff members answer that tob and vap products are most commonly used another question we had asked them is are you certified and do you
045know where is located more than half of staff members answer that no they are not certified and nor they know where it's located our last question we had asked is do you feel adequately supported or equipped to support students needs and only 31% answered no rest answered yes. Thank you. Next. Good evening. My name is Vicky Bang and care intern. Now that you heard the result of drug use on campus and how common it is, how can we better help better by the school faculty? Well, as interns ideas to propose to the board. Our first one is to increase security around problematic areas areas like the bathrooms and areas that are in between hidden from supervision have more securities around to secondly increased staff specializing in mental health and counseling would be helpful many students
046who deal with substance abuse have mental health problems and staff that are available to help them decreases amount of people that substance and finally overall increased overlook that would discourage students to do such things in the first place would prevent actions like this from happening at all. As previously said roles that are mentioned in the R book like suspension from drug use aren't constantly being implemented and I believe that stricture would prevent thank you. Thank you. Next. Good evening members of the board. My name is Amanda and I'ming C interns here on behalf of the care program to advocate for stronger support concern regarding the establishment of a center on our campus. As a student in turns, one of our major goals is to help establish a center that can better support the health, well-being
047and success of students in our school community. Aon center is a school-based health center that focuses on students' physical, mental and emotional well-being. These centers are organized through school communities and provide access to qualified healthcare professionals, clinical health services and supportive resources that students may not have access to. W centers can serve as safe spaces where students feel comfortable seeking support managing stress and maintaining their over wellbeing many schools second city and surrounding areas already have some form of wellness center on campus however in many cases these spaces are not being fully utilized to their full potential we believe wellness centers can be much more than just a room on campus they can become meaningful spaces that actively support students through mental resources wellness education cris support and connections to service that help stud succeed
048both personally and academically. In regards to this, we recently had a H town hall to bring students and community members together to advocate the importance of mental resources and student wellness on campus. We would like to than board member Susan Davis for attending and listening to student voices regarding this is to conclude as intern our goal is not only to bring awareness to this issue but to work towards creating aess center that truly me the needs of students on our campus when studied healthy and they are better to perform enable to focus learn and thriving school we hope to gain the board support and helping make this vision possible as we graduate we hope our incoming interns can make than you next Kurt Thomson Lore. Hi, I will just say right off the bat on
049the Pride month resolution Mr. Vargas if you were just getting into the gay history and stuff like that, you obviously never signed a research paper on Edward of England. Just saying. So at the May 5th board meeting, a presentation was given about potentially having EGUSD adopt a project labor agreement. Considering the complexity and potential longterm rations of adopting a PLA and not knowing much about the topic I decided to attend the board meeting contrary to Miss Bwin's belief that no progress had been made despite six months of work by the subcommittee and staff I thought it was the most informative presentation I've seen at one of these meetings since I began attending these meetings years ago. I came into the meeting highly skeptical of PLAs because it seemed like a solution in search of a
050problem and by the end of the presentation I was actually opened to every idea that was presented. However, two board members made it very clear that they wanted the PLA and they wanted it right now. Whenever I see people desperately demanding unrealistic experience to implement a policy with unknown long-term ramifications, that's an immediate red flag to me. To those two board members, Miss Baldwin and Mr. PL now if I to impr you the way you did to your colleagues on the submit weeks ag I would suggest the reason you so eager to have a PLA rush through as quickly as possible is because you're both up for election this year and being very ambitious people forcing PLA onto this district before election day would help you get that sweet sweet campaign cash flowing which would
051help you this year and potentially for future higher public office What I was upset about when I met the brow you Mr. If you truly believe that building contractors are a higher priority to this district than special need students you should not be in any position of power and authority especially on a board of education in conclusion the idea of a project labor agreement is an interesting one is also a policy that looked with open mind and lots of data and delation backgun wedding and hell should not prior over the education vulnerable students forcing discussion of special need stud into some rushed plan rush me all for you than you last car ling Good evening everyone. Great to see you again. I am here because every year around this time we start hearing from families
052whose kids are having their promotions and graduations taken from them. And I want to make sure that we're not just doing that out of spite or just because we can. are ones for instance there is a situation over at Harriet Ed where one of your administrators said a student cter because the student cter she decided to remove her ability to promote now I don't know why we're doing that in the 11th hour I don't know what the student is supposed to learn or gain from that if we're doing adminci reser for acts we don't care for additionally i was here i would have invitations for you and i have those tonight to hand out to you guys for our black graduation for our students our celebration weekend everyone is invited J 19 dayselebr 2026e to
053community we love on our community and show them we still here we still for them besture than Thank you to our public speakers next we have consent agenda is asked for item number 7 31 and 32 to be removed g entertain a motion to approve items one through 33 minus item number 7 31 and 32 moved un take up one by one number sorry more. Yes, thank you. I already discuss this with the superintendent but on for the first item listed on page one for item number seven I just concerned that we spending00 for this training and I a wi way to spend our money because from understanding this training As we discussed earlier this afternoon before this meeting, it's not just for the board, it's for the board and cabinet for two full days.
054It also covers Mr. Merchant work with us through the board self-evaluation and the superintendence evaluation process as well. Okay. Well, I mean I'm not going to I I won vote no, but I I just think it's important to be aware of large expenses like this for training and evaluate if there's other options maybe in the future so that we can save on it. Thank you. Thank you. by second by alled motion passes unanimous without okay item number 31 okay yes i recognize that this curriculum has already been passed this is regarding ethnic studies but and I did not vote in favor of pared it and that was really concerning to me that we did that and then also a controversial curriculum which is part of the reason it remains an unfunded mandate again I understand
055this is a course request and not a curriculum adoption but because of the above reasons I know so I just wanted to share education to adoption that possibly we could send out history of how we came to have our ethnic studies program because it involved many people sure I mean we had several more communications about the adoption of studies and approve to do this course even though the state is not given any further budget allocation we do have enough to provide professional development for all of our teachers. already been in place in our schools and we have all the resources to continent for public for parents for students about ethnic studies if we can share some of that with the board that would be to get us all on the same page. eng approval yes
056i tock that history because in all the board communications and un incre there was no preview to the community before to the board curriculum approval I think it happened almost years ago and there was that's why I'm asking to find the back story and we can all get on the same page. Yeah, because it wasn't a mandatory high school graduation. It was an optional class at first and then it was explained to me that we never previewed it to the community because it was originally optional but it's now required obviously definitely. Thank you. We research that I don't know if anyone down there was involved in that but we get a BC and clarify. I'm not sure that we are enacting a curriculum that doesn't go through our process. Yes . I wanted to during
057that time I was in curriculum professional learning but I also would like to go back and make that question is understood because we do have process for materials review process for adopting materials approval a few years ago than to entertain a motion. Okay, like to entertain a motion to pass number 31 on the consent agenda. Moved second move by Miss Ballerini second and by Mr. Yang all in favor opposed no passes 61. Thank you. Next and last item is number 32, adoption of instructional materials. Amuse. Yes. Thank you. So I did have some questions about this curriculum or this book. I don't know if Miss Blanquist is here or if that would be Mr. but it was the question I asked in my email. Can you help us understand when it says instruction material is
058that required for option can you for us? Sure. So this required supplementary material was a request from a teacher at Edward Harris Middle School and so it goes to a curriculum council to be reviewed to determine if it could be used as supplementary. So it's not core instruction. The school has the option if they bring this elective into their school to buy the material on their own. But as a district we do not provide this is a core instructional book. So in this case an individual school site requested the material and then it was approved for that school. Is that what you're saying? So the course was approved last year and then in our search for finding a book to teach the curriculum this book was approved recently by the curriculum council to be brought
059forth tonight. for any school could use sch any schools off that elect right now off by one school any mid for middle school any middle school to offer that elective would have book as material okay and I'm looking at the first book on that on that list it's called this book is antiracist and it has a correlating Yes. It seems like there is a lot more to that book like it talked about trans individuals and then it said sis like sis male sis female. So I was just wondering if it is more than talking about race in that book? I think it talks about just identity. So you know oftentimes use the term sisgender to specify the identity of a person. It also talks about being ally. So when you talk about race against racism
060if just not rac one thing to be to be against racisms about those different things literature history and culture those are different subjects in the book and then so what what class is this supplementing is an elective so the class is called black voices literature history and culture. for student choose just to you know get exposed to a history class explore that that topic okay so that it's an elective class then yes okay thanks for clarifying okay well i just wanted to clarify that information i did notice also that it to me it included a lot of maybe politically socially charged topics in addition to race like but I think that you know if we are transparent with our families about curriculum then that's good to know I just wanted to better understand the circumstances
061of it sure the context of it. Thank you. You're welcome. Good. Okay. Thank you. Like to ask for a motion for item 32 on the consent agenda. moved by second opposed unanimous next item baring unit baring unit to address the thank than good evening president alani superintendent rile and trusts this week we celebrate classified employees week a time set aside to recognize employees who support our schools every single day the par educators custodians office drivers, nutri workers and many others who show up before students and stay long after left. We greet our children by name, welcome them to school, and we notice when a child eats breakfast, when they struggle when something isn't right. We fill gaps that often go and see and we do it because we care deeply about this community and the
062children we serve. This also us to be honest west survear picture of classified employees are experiencing descarition inconsistent training and insufficient onarding support are not small concerns when employees do not have the clarity and preparation they need it affs not only confidence and retions affs studied employees week should be more than a moment of appreciation it should be a commitment a commitment to address what the data is telling us a commitment to ensure that every classified employee in this district has clear expectations proper training, the support and appreciation they need to do their jobs well. We CSA are to stand with our looking forward toollaborating with the district leadership to turn those findings into real lasting improvements. And I take a moment to Mr. and to some challenges faed than you than you very much.
063Any other baring unit? on from to take minute comfort breakfal Got about 11 seconds members. the board back to the Å He seek free all good. We are still missing one. I'm going to start moving. door. Thank you for your patience. Now start with a report on artificial intelligence by Mr. Barber. President Albi members the board superintendent Riley and Miss than you for take presentationifal before I like to introduce myle er swift who has been a teacher in for over years and is working as a technology integration support specialist in our department er willen with tonight presentation andorations before we like to sincerely everyone who contributed to like to specifically for her outstanding work and contributions while her title is web specialist her impact on this project goes far beyond her official role like erica
064has been an invaluable asset Our work to integrate AI into our board policies and administrative regulations were anchored in our learning vision and core values. During our presentation you will hear how these values are represented both the work we have already completed and the work still to come. for us about AI next share how we engage with variety of educational partners and the insights we gain from each of those collaborations then take you through some key themes that in our discussions and the significance incorporating that feedback into our adopted poli and regulations Ai daily lives stud approached contin appro AI with purpose intention and intention prioritizing safety asride commitment while learning innovation stud bias mission dat privacy all while keeping human oversight central to the instructional and operational decision making we willort responsible use of
065ai est clear expectations data and maintain public trust throughal ethical and policy practices some examples of our purpose include not only recently adopted board policy on artificial intelligence but also the updates to existing board policies that incorporate AI Our forthcoming administrative regulations will serve to further support and guide our staff and students on the responsible use of AI systems. Furthermore, we will continue to support student and staff safety with third party data privacy agreements, mental health and wellness supports, AI literacy, content filtering and a review process for adopting AI tools. You also support parent and caregiver engagement through the development of AI resource tool kits and AI workshops in partnership with our family and community engagement team. So why is it important for us to have conversations about AI? First and foremost, AI tools are
066already part of our daily lives. AI ised into our routine activities and shi to ential of invisible working behind the scenes to personal and automate tasks. If you used a digital assistant like Siri or Alexa, you're already interacting with AI. GPS navigation applications running on your smartone AI to predict traffic and optim sa timeationaming platforms like Netflix and Spotify use AI to suest movies music like another reason why for conversations about AI is because our staff students and families are asking for guidance indover additions to safe thoughtful and responsible approach to AI to further illustrate our purpose in action this timeline shows several important milestones that have already we have already reached some foundation work on a journey common review andaluation as AI evolves our collaborative process has and will continue to involve input from
067each of these partner groups public AI community forms and AI topic discussions to parent and student advisory AI task force was established with individuals recommended to us by our labor partners district level leadership in the superintendence cabinet spent a considerable amount of time discussing reviewing and revising several iterations of the board policies engrial team porations review and regulations like to invite is you through theailsabor process as mentioned our work around a collaboration with variety of education partners offered this engagement to gather perspectives that represented all facets of the district as we move towards establishing policy and consistent expectations for all schools and departments. I am going to outline some of the details of the collaboration that has occurred up to this point. Discuss some of the key themes that emerge through that collaboration and explore
068how these consistently emerging themes are addressed in the AI policy and administrative regulations. We start with the Superintendence cabinet. Superintendence cabinet is comprised of the superintendent and 13 other members representing leadership from business services and facilities, education services and schools, communications and human resources. We met with the superintendence cabinet as a starting point presenting our plans to create an AI task force and begin developing training opportunities to support staff and students. After helping usarify next steps and providing suggestions, we moved forward with our plans to hold community forums, form an AI task force and engage with students and families. We then return cabinet after that work was completed and as mentioned engaged in the process of reviewing board policy and administrative regulations to capture themes that emerged when working with our educational partners. We also
069met with Elcap collaborative. Elcap collaborative is comprised the superintendent his full cabin and two to representatives from each of the district 10 labor groups cabinet and labor representativesaborate on development budget priorities and district issues impacting students staff and the community initially we met with them to gather feedback on the next steps we had established with superintendence cabin we also required their assisting A task force each labor groups we met again after we had more finalized drafts of policy and administrative regulations to provide them with an update and address questions and concerns. We also engage with our parents and caregivers through several channels. Ai community for Jug studies and community members these community forums advertised through EGSD community news which is a newsletter sent to families through school messenger and posted on the district website. News
070and notes that are sent to staff weekly a district website announcement and school communications. We had 164 people sign up for the forums and were able to gather some of our initial feedback through that process. We also met with the superintendence parent advisory group in October which allowed us to connect with a parent representative from each school. We provided them with some basic information about AI and the plan that expired at that time. We also provided them with some additional resources in a Google form so that we could gather their thoughts on the potential benefits and challenges of AI and education. what theyed the district to consider when developing their policies and how the district could best families moving for we alsounity to meet with parents virtually onene for deeper discussion that can be expressed
071on the Google form in addition to gathering feedback from parents and caregivers, we offered two AI focused workshops through the family and community engagement wellness workshop series. Last November we offered a workshop titled parenting in the age of AI supporting students in a chat world. This workshop had 99 registered participants and focused on the mental health and wellness of students who are navigating the world of AI chat bots and companion bots. This past February, we offer a workshop titled Bots and Boundaries, a family guide to responsible AI with 10 registered participants. During this workshop, we explored what digital citizenship means in an AI driven world. the potential risks and benefits of AI for kids. How to encourage authentic learning and avoid oversight on technology setting healthy boundaries for AI at home and ways to foster
072critical thinking and have open conversations about AI with our kids. We also have continuously offered learning opportunities for our families and caregivers through AI specific resources and AI themed blog posts that are posted to the EGSD public facing digital citizenship website. Some of our staff members also attended the face wellness series workshops, many participating through both the lens of educators and parents. We also had many staff members attend our AI community forums in June and August. as well as our professional development sessions that we offered in the fall focused on digital citizenship and media literacy however our deepest dive into AI with staff came through our AI task force we had 21 staff members on the task force that had been identified by our labor partners this included certified and classified staff and we met
073for six sessions from August through October during these meetings, we were able to create initial drafts of policies for we also engage with stud we initiated engagement through the AI community forums and a meeting with the Pleasant Group High School AI club president and his advisor at that time gr the only school to have an active AI club so we wanted to hear their unique perspective we also connected with our students through the superintendent student advisory committee in October. The committee is comprised of two to four representatives from each comprehensive and alternative high school. During our meeting, we were able to gather feedback from them on a variety of AI related topics. We extended the invitation to continue the conversation with students with a follow-up meeting and survey opportunity. We had students from many of
074our high schools as you can see on the slide express interest in continuing the conversation around AI. Once we had refined drafts of our policies in administrative regulations, we requested input from our legal team. They were able to provide feedb into the new and revised policies that are led on this slide. in add to staff stud labor partners leadership we participated variety of learningunations user perspective of what was happening with an education in general we attended webinars from the california department of education and sessions at the california it and education conference fromation regal education consortium participation from slide aso county office of education also with the county office of education and various vendors have large spheres of influence in the educational process to identify some common themes we found that all educational partners were supportive
075of setting clear expectations around the use of AI and establishing policies guidance and staff and student training related to AI educational partners were also supportive of outlining steps for safe, ethical and responsible use of AI and using AI as a support tool. They encourage transparency and emphasize the need to provide AI resources for families. There was also support for exploring the potential that AI holds for personalized learning, brainstorming ideas, providing tutoring extra help to students and closing learning gaps. With that support, our educational partners wanted to emphasize the need to ensure equity and access and saw potential for AI to streamline planning, documentation and administrative tasks, improve clarity and tone in communications and support the writing process through feedback and revision. Over it was clear that our educational partners supportive of recognizing the need to
076prepare staff and students for future workpl of concerns that were expressed by multiple educational partners these included the possibility of AI compromising student safety, privacy and mental health, creating inconsistencies in AI across the district. AI replacing human judgement, connection and relationships. AI enabling cheating and plagism the process for monitoring and managing AI use using AI to grade students work the environmental impact and ethical concern AI producing inaccurate or biased outputs the possibility of it contributing to overreliance impacting creativity critical thinking and learning implementing AI prematurely without consistent training or guidance for staff and students and Ai might labor as we evaluated all the perspectives that were gained through the collaborative work including the items we just covered we identified key themes that we made sure to address either explicitly or implicitly in the AI specific
077policy that was adopted in April and the administrative regulations that support this policy. While there is overlap of course between the policy and ARs, I will start with areas that were addressed through the nine key themes of the policy. Exploring the potential for personalized learning, whether it be through AI tutors or tools designed to close learning gaps, was a theme that came up with multiple educational partners and is addressed in the student centered portion of the policy. Identifying diverse department needs, creating easy to understand policy documentation and recognizing the potential benefits of AI for staff and district workflows is addressed by the inclusion of the staff centered section of the policy. Promoting responsible and ethical use and addressing cheating, plagerism and academic honesty are addressed in the ethical use and transparency portion of the policy.
078AI system rather thanl human creativity critical thinking and decision making emphasizing the need for human oversight and verifying outputs and exploring potential impacts on labor are addressed in the accountability and responsibility section of the policy and providing clarity on district approved tools and access to those access to those tools is addressed with the equity and access section protecting student and staff and developing training to avoid premature or inconsistent rollout is explicitly addressed in the professional development section the last two f of the policy community engagement and continuous improvement were able to capture the consistently expressed themes around the need to build AI knowledge and comfort for our families community through workshop resources facing webs est process AI training and use others that consisted from the conversations with all educational partners were providing information to staff
079students and families about the environmental and social impacts of AI recognizing the possibility of reduced human connection and compromising student safety. regulationsfic poly awareness impct digs as mention before we work care to identify the common themes out of the work all educational partners to ensure that the policy and administrative regulations created not only aligned with our district core vales people attend joining us virtually could haveunity to hear students perspective on the future of ai board members introduce student member is finishing her junior year at Franklin high school and part of the superintendent student advisory as well as many other clubs and organizations will be speaking to us tonight about what she and other students would like the board of education to know about AI Hello good evening president Albiani members of the board Miss Aval
080superintendent rally and members of the community my name iska Vias and today I'll be sharing some student perspectives on AI that I hope will guide future district policies on this new tool most of the students I discussed with highlighted the importance of preserving student to teacher relationships as AI becomes more integrated within daily life. Students build meaningful lasting bonds with their peers, administrators and teachers through school events and classroom interactions. Excessive usage of AI in schools could threaten these invaluable bonds if it begins lacing teacher instruction and classroom discussions. AI also poses a risk to students' development of critical thinking skills, especially when introduced at an early age. In order to continue improving student education, artificial intelligence should be introduced to students cautiously so students don't become overly reliant on these programs. AI should serve
081as an educational amplifier rather than an educational replacement. Additionally many students express concerns regarding the accuracy of AI detectors. While artificial intelligence can be misused for plagiarism in assignments and assessments, teachers should not solely rely on online AI detectors when accusing a student of academic dishonesty. Many of these detectors are inaccurate and imprecise and disciplinary actions based on incorrect assumptions can have lasting consequences on students' academic records. USD should prioritize introducing AI programs that protect student and staff data privacy. This is essential to maintaining student and staff safety and protecting their personal information within the district. The district should also recognize that many current AI programs are environmentally unsustainable and they consume large amounts of energy and fresh water. At the same time, the district should also recognize the potential benefits of AI. Although AI
082can have significant risks when introduced too early such as an elementary school, it is important that older students learn how to use these tools responsibly as they become more common within society. As our district prepares high schoolers for college and career readiness, student exposure to artificial intelligence can support student success beyond the classroom. Additionally, many students already use AI outside of district devices, which can put students who cannot afford personal technology at a disadvantage. As a student, I often use AI when studying for tests and learning concepts. When students are taught to use AI responsibly, it can be a powerful tool in providing personalized education outside of the classroom, filling in educational gaps that teachers may not have the time to address individually. Overall when considering AI the district must remain committed to keeping students
083safe, well informed and actively engaged in their educational journey. We must ensure students are informed and aware of AI while also preventing AI from dominating educational experiences or hindering students' educational growth. Thank you. Thank you Anashka for contributing your student perspective on artificial intelligence. Now like to talk about what comes next in our work surrounding AI. First I'd like to share some steps we plan to take before the next school year. Initially we plan to share district-wide communication about board policies. administrative regulations and upcoming professional development. The team in technology services will continue to work to prepare and release AI tool kit for school sites curriculum professional learning team in partnership elementary and secondary education at equity and our face departments like to bring forward to the board a new policy on academic honesty with
084additional supports for the work that we are doing with AI as well contin to explore how AI can process moving 2627 school year we will continue to build staff capacity and knowledge about AI systems we will provide AI workshops for parents and caregivers, expand CTE industry partnerships to support AI career readiness promote AI literacy through our digital citizenship curriculum and continue to options ai tools wan highlight that this is a work in progress the district will continue to be engaged in efforts surrounding AI technology for the foreseeable future. This ono work will require continued collaboration with educational partners and continued evaluation regarding student safety. AI will continue to evolve and that evolution will require ongoing monitoring and adjustment. Updates to our communications through our website will also be an ongoing effort. We will continue requesting
085ongoing feedback from our labor partners, staff, students, parents anders as Todd mentioned, we will be maintaining both staff facing and public facing websites. The internal website accessible via class link portal will help us keep staff informed about available tools, policy and AR updates, curriculum, professional development opportunities, academic honesty, and what is happening in the wider world of education around AI. We also have a dedicated page on our public facing EUSD digital citizenship website where we will be able to keep families informed about AI and provide updated resources to them. This is accessible through the district website under the student and family tab. Additionally for all staff we will offer a variety of professional development opportunities. The list you see on this slide outlines the initial offerings that will start this summer. and continue throughout the
086next school year and beyond. Some of the key ideas that will be covered in these classes are also listed on this slide. These ideas came as a result of our AI task force work and collaboration with other educational partners. Additionally, as mentioned earlier, we will be providing AI tool kits to schools and departments to ensure all staff have access to training on AI. I will give you a moment to finish reading this slide as I pass it back to Tod. All employees acknowledge the district acceptable use agreement as part of their onboarding process with human resources. Board policy 4040 mandates that whenever significant changes are made, employees shall be required to acknowledge that they have and agreed to the acceptable use agreement. With the recent updates to both BP40 and the acceptable use agreement staff
087will be asked to reaffirm their understanding of the revised policies. We plan to leverage the public school platform to deliver and track employees of the revised policies and agreement. The public works the public school works platform is already familiar to district staff. Moving forward new employees willledge the updated acceptable use agreement duringarding as always done I would like to conclude this presentation commitment to safe and thoughtful integration of AI here at EGD these commitments are born out of the collaborations with our educational partners that we highlighted for you today. These commitments are rooted in EGSD's learning vision and core values. represent an approach we believe best supports our staff and students moving forwardful integration of artificial intelligence that focuses on meaningful implementations supporting our learning vision and not just rapid adoption continued collaborations with labor
088partners staff students and families about the evolving nature of AI and its continued integration systems and solutions we all interact with in our daily lives must AI systems human decision making our commitment further includes prioritizing safety, equity and transparency in AI related decision making. AI is already here. EGSD must be committed to preparing our student learners for the future, ensuring that they have the skills to succeed in life and in careers that may not even exist today. Although we have already completed some work on AI, there is far more for us to consider. As we move forward in our journey, regular review and evaluation of AI systems and their impact are imperative to ensure continued alignment with core values. With that, open up to your discussion. Thank you very much. Start with Miss Davis. Thank
089you for the presentation. Do we currently have AI chat GPT and other programs like that blocked on our student Chromeook's AI solutions are AI services and websites are currently blocked for students through our content filtering solution okay thank you just wondering before any further blue BL on this item and thank you Miss More. Are you finished? I'm sorry. I thank you miss Miss B. Thank you for the presentation. This is a great start for sure. As you said, AI is here and it's moving very rapidly. I think we are moving in a really great direction. I think that can learn from other technology that comes out and I think we kind of quite anticipate particularly like social media the impact that it has on young people on you know just community in general and and
090I love that there is really kind of we're really dedicated to making sure that we maintain our human incorporate AI, you know, preparing our district for the use of it. So, you know, really excited to see what's going to continue to evolve. I imagine this will evolve as technology continues to and I'm really happy to see that we are making really great strides to prioritize the safety of our data and you know really look at how we are able to incorporate this in a way that doesn't jeardize that human experience. So thank you. Thank you, Miss Mother. Thank you for the presentation and I appreciate learning about the various partners that we engaged with so you know gather these perspectives. And I particularly think the student perspectives are very important and interesting. And on page
09115 it discusses cheating and plagism or mentions that and and I know that at a recent school visit I stepped into an English class and that teacher shared that she preferred to have her students do the t bear writing in in class to ensure that students w accessing you know these tools and so that seems like it's definitely challenging point I know that maybe some of I don't know exactly what tools it sounds like there tools that are for teachers to use is that correct are we working on that currently we are sort of in a pilot phase with AI we haven't officially adopted any tools here at EGUSD although access platform as sort of pilot those two platforms Google Gemini and Microsoft copilot both of those platforms are within our our subscriptions or are
092already existing contracts with both of those companies so their data is contained our data that we share with those AI Okay. I think stud works flagged when maybe they haven't used AI. I know my college agt experienced that and was able to sit down with her college professor and that did not use AI. So it's definitely a challenging balance you know so it's definitely difficult to to navigate I think but and then also on page 15 it mentions critical thinking you know you know with this technology we have to be careful that we're not losing critical thinking skills for our student and so I did read a really interesting article if anyone wants to read it shared with Rand and titled more students use AI for homework and more believe it harms critical thinking and
093it's by Heather Schwarz and Melissa but I thought it was really interesting it it looked it surveyed a lot of students from middle school high school and college and compiled it in the different groups and so forth but it said students responses to our surveys also show their increased concern that AI dat points and timelines back in February 20254% of you agreed or strongly agreed with the statement the more students use AI such as chat GPT for their homework the more it will harm their critical thinking skills and then 10 months later in December of 2025 this percentage had grown to 67% J mon stud and think stud it can challenge you inhibit their critical thinking skill so i think that to see you know our students from what you said recognize that and then
094you know this surve I thought was really insightful that students recognize that so i think that's promising that our students recognize that they shouldn't be overreliant on technology so they can have those critical thinking skills really ential for them to be successful in their lives. any article and then last to mention that was kind of shared of human connection and I know that a lot of students recently were concerned because the district might potentially use AI at the for announcing the graduation names and I know that's an option for the high schools but again our our students who are techy you know have more technology in their generation tricky apprate thoughtful process including all the stakeholders I think you thank you Mr. Thank you very much and this is a very helpful presentation. I also
095think that you know the way that you are you know engaging and incorporating people you know from our community is incredibly important. In particular I love that you are pushing a lot of this information out to families. I think that is you know something we often miss when we try when we're trying to do these things. you know we are thinking about okay how do we you know how do we make sure that our these little universes you know on campus and in our technological world are safe and we tend to think about them within the universe of you know teachers and students interacting on campus and we forget that you know you know families interact with these things to you know and and kids take home their projects and parents are helping them do
096things and I think you know pushing this information out helping to educate introduction training this is first time about learning how to use it responsibly right they interact with it chat GPT but they may not have that understanding of oh this is what's actually happening behind the scenes and so I think that you know giving people that sort of opportunity to see what's going on and understand what's going on is really important I'm glad we're providing that and I stud and them in doing and I think that you know ultimately that will build a lot of agency you know for kids around like these are the these are it's not just us telling you how to do this it's you telling us not only how this is useful but also you know most of our
097students have a better understanding of technology than we do you know and I have learned I think that is incred important part of what we're doing is really integrating students from from the get go and at every level. I also share a lot of the concerns around artificial intelligence. I think you know I I read the Iran study but there was a working study that said more or less the same thing is when I saw the you know page 15 there was a piece of it where I was like oh you just could have pulled that right off of there buuse that's what they talk about right you know the when you that cognitive offloading you know where kids say well that's a lot of work to do that thing and so I'm gna you
098part of education effective is struggle with it right you read a book and you have like Shakespeare is a great example right you know one understands what he's talking about the first time they read a book right book in Shakespear like just it doesn't happen right I you know you have to struggle with it you have to be confused and talk to somebody about it that is learning process and more these shortcuts are created the more cognitive offloading we allow the more opportunities are lost for really really meaningful education so I think that but that creates opportunities for us you know I think that the way that we get around that is continuing to make lessons more engaging continuing to encourage learning is really trying to get out here because that's go forward and if
099you love learning the struggle is worth it. You know, that's I was one of those kids who would if you gave me a way off ramp, I would take it to make it easier. And it wasn't until graduate school in law school where I actually discovered, oh no, the struggle of is actually the fun part, right? You know that I don't understand this reading it five times, having to go and figure, you know, go to another book and say, "Okay, why what are they doing?" Right? that you know that process of understanding and then that moment where you're like, "Oh, I get it right that is what creates the joy of learning." And I you know I think this createssortunity for us contin how we get there and how we develop that joy in in
100students because that's how we're gna get them to not want to take these off ramps and to do the do the struggle that is actually the fun part. So I appreciate everything you guys are doing this is fantastic I look forward to many more presentations like this more about this techy develops and how to develop. Thank you Mr. Good evening, Yang. Thank you for the presentation. Yeah, my colleagues have stated some very important key as far as how we deal with AI and what we should be careful with AI and so forth. And I think it is important to do all of that. You know I look to slide the overall focus the educational partners insight adapt policies AI integration all of these are very important categories. I wanna I wan to say that yeah
101AI is here and we are we are living with AI. daily bash our life help us in in a way that you know makes our life productive and so for but also of course it could hurt you know us as well depends how we use it with that said you know grove school district it is the four largest school district in california the largest school district in Northern California. We have a lot of students and adapting to AI is great and it's important but I wanna see that we actually a part of developing AI right like coding and so forth because AI is really technology is really robotic stuff and I I want to see our school district advancement student don't just adapt to AI but we develop AI and I wan I hope that
102we will become that kind of school district you know leading Northern California because we are pretty close to the Bay Area and the Bay Area it is known for technology right through Stanford and other great uners I would see us accepting you know AI as we are accepting but you know carefully develop our own policy and so forth to adapt AI but for me yeah let's embrace it and let's put into some classes some internships whatever it makes sense for our students so that we become part of developing AI for our students because AI is here and is gna be here for a long long time. So I'm excited. You know I spoke with our new superintendent David Riley you know and I'm excited to be a part of this journey where our students will
103be using it and developing it at the same time. So I hope that our school district will be the leading school district especially in Northern California. So I'm excited and looking forward to more and more of these presentations but more importantly be part of the journey of making our school district to also specialize in AI in terms of developing it. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Bernini. Hello. Thank you so much for this. It really everything right out there. And thank you I'm sure you have plenty of other things to do tonight but thank you for being here and speaking to us really out of the mabes right there she put it all out there for us. I do have a quick question about the acceptable use policy. That's part of the mandated training that our
104employees have to do every year. So we use the platform that we use for the mandated training, the public school platform easy way. A system in place we can put the updated AU in there and have people attest to the fact that they read it and be in compliance with BP40. Perfect. That's what I do and then just kind of finish us out to show that this is already happening in our schools and we already have issues. I'm not mentioning names. I'm not mentioning schools but I'm gna read a text that I received from a teacher friend just last week actually. Hello. Do you know if there is a specific language for EGUSD that offers consequences to the parents if a teacher catches a student cheating? And I was thinking the parents why? Well, this
105is why on this girl took a picture of the test and texted it to her mom who then provided full chat GPT answers for the test. Wow. in my 20 years of teaching never had a parent ass student on cheating and was just flored and obviously I to ed them about I just the thought first of all she was not allowed to have her phone out in class. Then she said I mean there's so many things wrong with this. It just floors me. things kids still come back to learn you said you for presentation How long taken using all groups including all people I think many times how it was to include all members of these different organizations and really dive into this issue. I appreciate the recognition that there could be bias included in
106this and that we needed to look at it through an equity lens for all of our students. I think those are two keywords that stuck out to me and I and I appreciate being included in here. My daughter had an issue getting accused of using something. It got ran through and it was actually referencing her prior paper. She reached a second level of competition. here second one referenced here first win. You know, I imagine teachers get frustrated, but you really do have to look at it a human lens both from student to teacher and teacher to student. And we can't lose that that communication and that that relationship because her teacher right way that would she's like I don't know how this happened. And she's like and then she, you know, she found it was
107referencing her own prior work. So was kind of funny but to some people that wasn't handled correctly, it wouldn't be funny. Thank you very much. This is great. teaching us I think we also teach parents anders we are just looking for some to learn the right way to do this and I find that is a personal struggle and you're looking to mentors you have and people and we great resource we education facility so let's educate as many people as we can thank you we not just an educational partner for students but also for community thank you for your perspectives president can I just say a few words Pleas do recn er swift there hero back hours and hours and hours in cabinet you know the presentation is really tip of the iceberg it's really the
108board polices and the ar several of them and and also the work of cabinet particular is to suff on topic have number of revisions and questions that we had to wrestle particularly in terms of student safety and academic honesty. really complex topic just recogn great toath really did the detail work and had to take all the notes of our comments and integrate them and update polministrative regulation it's been months and months and months of work thank you to those two individuals in particular than you appreciate our staff than you so much item is public hearing action item Unied schol districts egtiploy association cse regarding a memorandum of understanding mrera via sorry good evening board president alvani members of the board superintendent riley and it is my pleasure tonight to introduce the initial proposal code section
1093547 the following are stipulated for negotiations between bar unit and district EGSD's initial proposal is officially presented at a public meeting of the governing board for public notice and a public hearing is conducted to receive public input regarding EGUSD's initial proposal than you Are there any blue cards on this item? There is no blue card on this item. President no blue cards. I'll close the public here and call for a motion to approve Elgrove unified school district's initial proposal to the California School Employees Association. Second move by Mr. Yang second by Mr. Vargas. All in favor? Opposite. Motion passed unanimously. Our next item is consideration and public notice of the California School Employees Association Csea initial proposal to the Unified School District EGUSD regarding memorandum thank you once again to government code section 3547 the
110following are stipulated for negotiations between bar unit and the district CSA's initial proposal is officially presented at a public meeting of the governor CST anys no I willose hearing for California school association initial proposal to the grove unified school district move Mr. Our next item is the public hearing of the gross unified school district's annual service delivery budget plan for special education. Good evening chairpon albi members of the board superintendent rile board of education is requested to hold an open hearing for anyone who wishes to on the elc unified school districts annual service delivery budget plan for special education this item will be presented to the board for adoption at the jeune 23 2026 meeting ration the elc unified school district special education local plan approved by education on March 2011 annually each is required
111to develop and revise an annual service delivery budget plan as an additional component of their approved local plan the annual service delivery budget plan includes a description of all the special education services provided by the nature of those services and the physical location of those ann service delery budget plan identifies expected expitures for all items required by the service delivery plan you like to open any board Thank you. Thank you. Our next item is board member and superintendent reports. I know Mr. Vargas had a report and Miss Davis had a report. So we start with that and go from there. Short. So I didn't get to talk about we were a little busy at our last meeting and got out late so I didn't want to take up more people's time. But last month I
112had the privilege of representing the district at the metro chambers annual cap to cap visit to Washington DC. It's a great opportunity to get our faces in front of our federal representatives and argue for more money. And one thing that we know is we're not getting enough money from the federal government when it comes to special education. Um, we always want more for title one. Uh, you know, head start has been a flash point in the past, you know, 18 months. So, um, I think it was a good opportunity to remind people that were here and that we're still watching and that we still expect, you know, to get this money for our students. So, I think it's important to keep doing that. Why keep doing it. So, you had the opportunity to do. Thank
113you very much. Thank you, Mr. Intoxication. Davis the privileged weekend downtown at the convention center there were many clarifications to our governing bylaws to ensure there is equity for smaller districts and to approve communication better communication between delegates and CSBA. The focus year was on SOS for student achievement focus holding the stateable and achievement that us one new rule that could affect us in the future would be regarding delegates that if a district has more than two or more delegates appointed they would not be allowed to have another delegate elected unless there is no one else larg districts moreentation smaller there some legislation that came up us to pay extra attention to one would change the meure laws like our major m major n laws from requiring a 50% plus one to a two vot
114isses to using our local education agen prop 98 funds to provide parents with000 voucher for families to use for private unano agre oppegat requirement en numbered year alles until next year right and are for student music performers 2026 AEC conference in December of this year and maybe like us to look at some of our music programs especially looking for drum lines to perform so I think that would be exciting for our kids that's all I have at this time I can add really briefly thank you yes since the other point delegate to CSVA was there with Susan one thing I think is the house of delegates sets policy goals policy areas that we expect the CSBA to focus on and this year the areas that came up as a priority for the house of delegates
115were protecting prop 98 funding you know pushing for more funding for facilities so that you know we don't have to keep relying on bonds but actually get some facil more special education and staffing to special education and I think that those priorities priority areas with a lot of what we talk about and what we need as a district and so I think it's important to point out that we are advocating for those things at the CSBA and the CSBA is advocating for those things at the state. Thank you, Mr. Rile, did you have anything you wanted? Okay, I'm 837. Have a good night everyone.