001[Music] Oh gosh. Good afternoon. I'd like to call this meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. and announce that the board will meet in close session to address items 1 through 4. Uh, Mr. Superintendent, are there any public comments on items 1 through 4? There are not. Thank you. Then I will close public comment and recess into close session. I don't want them to. All right, everybody. Welcome. Thank you. Good evening and welcome to the Elkrove Unified School District board meeting. Live streaming of full in-person board meetings is available to the public by using the uh by using the link located on the district's website. Today's meeting is being video recorded and will be available on the district's YouTube channel. We encourage you to attend meetings and share your feedback with the board. Your active participation
002is valued and contributes to the decision-making process. During regular board meetings, the public may make public comment on items on the agenda or items not on the agenda. Requests 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 given three minutes to address the board. If there are 15 or more comments on a specific item, the board will reduce individual comment time to two minutes each. If there are 30 or more comments on a specific item, the board will reduce individual comments to one minute each. Individuals may not defer their time to another individual speaker to increase their total speaking time. Please be mindful that district students may be watching. You are encouraged to address the board and the public
003in 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 disruption by any 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. Next up is our land acknowledgement. Miss Chin, thank you very much. We acknowledge that the Elgroveve Unified School District administrative facilities and schools occupied the unseated territory of the Miwok, the original people of the skies, land, and waters where we work and learn. The Miwok have cared for these lands since time immemorial. They continue to teach the traditional knowledge that comes from and responds to the needs of the land and people who share
004it. May our daily lives in work, teaching, learning, leadership, and community engagement support the evolving vision of the Miwok for their community in these lands. May we strive to acknowledge the past for the betterment of our future generations. May we look towards our tribal partners, the Wilton Rancheria, the descendants of the original people of this land to assist with the successful education of our community. Thank you very much. And to lead us in the pledge of allegiance, I'd like to call up Miss uh Jessica Mess. And before you get started, uh Miss Bowwin has some words of acknowledgement. Indeed. So, it gives me great pleasure to acknowledge Mrs. Jessica Mez. Stone Lake Elementary School is honored to recognize you as our education partner. Mrs. Me and her family have been part of the Stone Lake
005Elementary community since 2016. Mrs. Me is the proud parent of Jonah Mez, a current eighth grader at Toby Johnson Middle School, and Elise Mez Bramer, a current fifth grade student at Stone Lake Elementary. Mrs. Me's person personifies what it means to be connected and an involved parent. While at Stone Lake, Mrs. Mees has held numerous positions on the PTO board, spearheaded countless events, currently serves on school site council, and always helps to make teacher appreciation week special for our staff. There is no way to quantify all the things that Mrs. Me does for our school, but rest assured, it is a lot. There is a saying behind every great PTO mom stands a great PTO dad and that is definitely the case here. Mrs. Me's husband Wesley also supports our school at every PTO event
006and is always the last to leave. He is even helping to coach our our volleyball team this year. Mrs. Me could not do all that she does for our school without the support and helping hand of her husband. In closing, one of my favorite words, awesome, perfectly describes Mrs. Me and her family. Mrs. Me and her family are a pillar of our school. Their investment and dedication have strengthened our culture and atmosphere. On behalf of the entire staff, we want to say thank you for helping make Stone Lake Elementary awesome. [Applause] Thank you very much. And I'd like to invite everybody in the audience to join us in standing if you wish to do so. And Miss Mez, feel free to take it away. Thank you. All right. Pledge or sorry, salute. It's been a
007minute. Pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. And Miss Me, don't go anywhere. We've got some recognition. Excuse me. Thank you. All right. Next up is our student regional report. Floren region, William Daylor and Les Flores high schools student representatives. Take it away. Start. Good evening board president Michael Vargas, members of the board and superintendent Hoffman and Miss Avalos. My name is Intra Actor. My name is Hal Lamb. And it's our great pleasure to welcome you tonight as we gather to celebrate the incredible accomplishments of the schools in the Floren region. Whether you are a parent, educator, student, or community member, tonight is about all of us and what we've
008achieved together. across the board. From our five energetic elementary schools to our dynamic middle schools, inspiring high schools, and empowering alternative education programs, this this has been a year filled with growth, creativity, and excellence. What ties all of this together across every grade and every school is the unwavering commitment of our educators, the endless support from our families, and the unstoppable spirit of our students. This has been a year of joy, challenge, and meaningful progress. And while we celebrate what's behind us, and we also look forward to the ideas not yet imagined, to the victories waiting to be claimed, and to the stories we've yet to write. Thank you to everyone who makes the Floren region a beacon of educational excellence. Let's keep building together. Without further ado, we present to you our Floren Region
009schools consisting of Anna Kirchgator Elementary, David Reese Elementary, Isabelle Jackson Elementary, Floren Elementary, Samuel Kennedy Elementary, James Ruer Middle School, and William Daylor Lass Flores and Floren High Schools. Thank you. And now, please enjoy a performance by the Mandarin Band with students from across all of our elementary schools. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Don't let any Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] One, 2, ready, Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Thank you to the Mandarin band for a lovely performance. You will now you will now hear from representatives from each of our schools. Beginning with Coralene Yang from Anna Kerskater Elementary School. [Applause] Hello, my name is Coraline Yang and I am a sixth grader in Miss Hespler's class at Anna Kirchgator Elementary. I have attended
010Kirch Gator since kindergarten. Positive opportunities like band, chess club, the talent show, cheerleading, and our sports teams are provided to everyone. I joined the chess club this year and have participated in the band for the past two years playing the trumpet. I have enjoyed learning the basics and can now play over 10 songs. We also have built a community in our classroom and have developed life-changing friendships. I feel like I could ask questions to any teachers or staff because there are trustworthy adults. Anna Kirch Gator is a school that prepares students like me for the future. And I couldn't be any more grateful than I am now to be a Gator. [Applause] Wow, sounds like things are going great at Anna Kircher. We will now hear from Michelle Lyanna Tava from David Reese Elementary. [Applause]
011Good evening, Superintendent Hoffman and members of the board. My name is Michelle Tava and I'm here as a representative of our amazing school, David Reese Elementary. At Ree, we have the opportunity to participate in many fun experiences. As a year-round school, there is something always exciting happening each month. Students are able to join our school band, participate in sports such as our basketball, soccer, or track and field teams, or become a part of our world dance program. We are an AVID certified school, so we are well on our way to a college of career of our choice. Our school is welcoming to our families, encouraging them to join us in family picnic days, STEM and literacy nights, the harvest festival, booth, as well as be a part of our multicultural fair. Students become lead leaders
012in our student ambassador program. Others are able to grow by supporting our youngest eagles through classroom buddies, helping them to understand our eagle code. We at Ree live by the code. Be safe, be kind, be productive. We celebrate the diversity of our students, staff and families, helping each other to be the best egos that we can possibly be. Not only do we have great teachers to support all students, we also have AITS and counselors to help students develop their academic or social skills and understand the emotions. The adults at our school care about us, offer support, and a listening ear. I love my school because we are energetic and have school spirit. And like we always say, we are Ree. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you for letting us know about some of the wonderful things
013happening at David Ree. We will now hear from Floren Elementary School. [Applause] Hello esteemed board members, superintendent, district staff, and honored guest. We are the Floren Elementary student leadership team and we are pleased to share some of the exciting activities happening at our school. Our sixth grade students are eagerly anticipating their 3-day camping trip in May to Sierra Nevada Journeys. Additionally, our students have been actively involved in numerous sports leagues across the district. For instance, our fifth and sixth graders enthusiastically participated in flag football, basketball, and volleyball. Our dedicated PE teacher is also offering a soccer camp to help students develop their skills. This year, we have enjoyed hosting engaging family nights focused on reading, math, and science. Furthermore, our Valentine's Day family dance was a wonderful and memorable event. Our teachers have been working
014diligent diligently to enhance an academy rigor of in introductions with our particular forces on on increasing students participation and classrooms discussion. We are also proud of our efforts in ra in raising money for the American Heart Association which culminated in fun opportunity to p our principal. This has truly been a fantastic year and we are looking forward to be to our upcoming family picnic talent show and promotion ceremonies. Thank you and go Floren Bears. Thank you, Floren Elementary. Sounds like a great place to be. We will now hear from Vincent Vu from Isabelle Jackson Elementary School. [Applause] Hello, my name is Vincent Vu and I'm a fifth grader from Isabel Jackson Elementary School. I'm a fifth I'm a member of a program called JAGs. JAGs is a program that is offered to fifth and sixth
015grade students to teach us how to be a leader. As a JAG member, we help around by the school by collecting recyclable items and take pictures at assemblies, events, recess, and after school events for a yearbook. We also help with fundraisers by passing out winter grams around the school. I've learned so much so far. And at ESBO Jackson, we are respectful, responsible, and safe. As it as always, it's a great day to be a Jaguar. Every day is a great day to be a Jaguar. [Applause] Thank you from the Isabelle Jackson Jaguars. Now we will hear from Naen Vaka Loma from Samuel Kennedy Elementary School. [Applause] Good evening, President uh President Vargas, members of the board, super uh superintendent um Hoffman and Miss Avalos. My name is Lady Vakoluma and I am a sixth grade
016student at Samo Kennedy Elementary School. Kennedy is one of the most diverse schools in the Elkrove Unified School District. With 945 students, we're proud to celebrate that diversity every day. Last Wednesday, we held our annual multicultural week and it was a big success. We welcomed the Floren High School Lion Dancers and the Vietnamese student club to perform and celebrate with our students. It was amazing to see so many cultures come together in one place. On Thursday, we hosted author night in the library where our families joined us to meet to meet an Afghan author, Toba Adina Joa. It was a beautiful night full of storytelling story te telling culture and connection. Last Friday, we slimed our principal and our vice principles. Why? Because our school met our fundraising goal for the American Heart Association. We
017also finished the fourth episode of Kuru Kids TV, our student produced news show. In our next episode, we'll visit we'll we will visit our new greenhouse, which was generously donated by the Elkrove First Foundation, meet members of the meet members of our new Folk La Rico dance group, and our and meet our new our new awesome volleyball team with Coach Pope. Be sure to follow us on our YouTube channel to keep up with all the exciting things we are doing at Kennedy. Thank you. Thank you for for your continued support and remember it's a great day to be a cougar war. Thank you to the Samuel Kennedy Cougars. They were also my elementary school. Um up next we have Kitika Singh from James Rutter Middle School. [Applause] Good afternoon. My name is Katika Singh and
018I'm an eighth grader at James Rudder Middle School. At Rudder, we strive to be responsible, respectful, safe, and kind. Our school is like no other. We are an incredibly diverse school, which was recently highlighted at our 33rd annual multicultural show. For example, 406 students achieved honoral last quarter. A few activities our students participate in are competition, band, and choir, math leads, cheer, and athletics. At a district showcase, two road runners placed first and second for their artwork. Recently, a group of hardworking students identified a problem and were able to present solutions to the youth action project. Our eighth graders strive daily to exhibit the core values that all staff and students display. On May 30th, responsible eighth graders will be celebrating their successful school year as they walk the stage of our school's 59th promotion.
019I hope you all can attend our celebration. Thank you. [Applause] Sounds like being a road runner is fun. Up next, we have Leilani Flores from William Taylor High School. Good evening. My name is Leilani Flores and I wanted to share about William Daylor High School. Daylor is an alter school located in the Floren region. As a Daylor student, we learn how to be owls. That means we own it. We work hard. We strive. We listen for excellence and we strive Oh, we listen and we strive for excellence. Students come together for many diff different reasons s for oh such as credit recovery to have smaller classes and a smaller campus for individual attention and for the resources we have to offer to offer to pregnant and parenting teens. At Daylor, we focus on giving students
020what they need inside and outside the classroom. We learn the academic skills and character traits required to be active community members. We have two CTE programs, building traits and careers with children and an on-site child development center for any teen parent attending EGUSD schools, which is a good program as a teen parent myself. Um, our leadership class created a yearbook to capture our memories. This year we offer art, guitar, garden, worship, basketball, English learner support, and several small groups mentoring such as IT IYT Pro Youth and Mindset Academy. We hope to see you on our campus sometime soon. [Applause] Things at Daylor sounds great. Next, we'll be hearing from Kaylee Leer from Las Flores High School. [Applause] Good evening. My name is Kaylee Lair and I wanted to share about my school, Los Flores. Los
021Flores High School was established in 1976 to provide an alternate alternative path to graduation. Today, Los Flores is a choice school that includes both K through eight ver virtual academy and a 9 through 12 independent study program. We are located at Banford Drive in the Valley High region, but our students come from all over the district. Students enroll in Los Flores for a variety of reasons. Credit recovery, early graduation or personal or social situations. After the pandemic, the number of students enrolling for social, emotional, and mental health reasons increased. Los Flores provides a safe, supportive learning environment with one-on-one and small groupoup teachings. Students take online and inerson classes and labs in all subjects. This year, we have gone on monthly field trips or meetups, participated in a community art mural, developed a Lego club,
022and started our own television studio called Falcon TV. Lost Floor's Falcons are respectful, responsible, and resilient and are able to work independently. We love to see you at our campus. [Applause] Thank you to Last Flores High School. And now it's time for Floren High School. So, starting off, what a year it's been. We kick things off with the wild fun of the pumpkin derby. Yes, racing decorated pumpkins really was the move. Then came our inaugural FA football season. And not only did we show up, we made the playoffs. Multicultural week brought color, flavor, and pride to campus, reminding us how powerful our diversity is. College admissions season had its highs and stress, but we did it. We had tons of acceptances. Letters opened and dreams unlocked. Meanwhile, our robotics team didn't just qualify, they made
023it to the World Championships. Talk about next level. We brought the hype to Spirit Wards assembly, then chilled under the lights at our inaugural Flella event, dancing and vibing with the people who made these four years unforgettable. And now it's graduation. We've grown, we've conquered, and we're ready for whatever's next. Wow. What are some schools our kids got into? Well, Intra, this year was one for the books. Our remarkable class of 2025 landed acceptances across all nine UC campuses as well as private universities including Carnegie Melon University, Claremont McKenna College, Grenella College, NYU, U Chicago, Mapson College, Washington and Lee University, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, John's Hopkins, UPEN, and Harvard just to name a few. Well, now it's time to show our spirit. Please join me in welcoming cheerleaders from across the Floren region. Hi Gator. [Applause]
024Go. Let go for it. LED SG LED go [Applause] st [Applause] Let war. [Applause] Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Let me clack black. [Applause] Let me swap. [Music] [Applause] [Music] I don't see how you can hang from outside of the club. You can't even get in. [Music] Nothing can stop me. Shut what you want. I got what you need. Show what you want. I got what you need. Shut what you want. I got what you need. [Music] I put it in the air it [Music] is so much better. See nothing. 5 4 3 2 [Applause] Can we hear it one more time for our cheerleaders? All right, we're almost done here. We're going to end the night with the Floren High School Alma Mater presented
025by Floren High School choir. And we invite all of you guys to join us for the last line. Forever Flor and high [Applause] [Music] and will always [Music] foretory. [Music] We hold our hands [Music] forever, forever. [Applause] guys. All right. Thank you students. Before we move on, I want to take the opportunity to recognize the principles. Justine Fuller of William Daylor and Los Flores. Bri Bri Bahar of Floren High School. Andrew Johnson of James Rudder Middle School, Wilbert Vialta of Floren Elementary School. Scott Hadley, Isabelle Jackson Elementary School. Sandra Brown, Samuel Kennedy Elementary School. Sher Sanchez, Anna Kircher Elementary School, and Patrina Bagot, David Reese Elementary School. Thank you very much. Students, you are dismissed. All right. Okay. Um, you know what? We'll start with We go with Velcro first and then give them to
026you. Okay. Or do you know what? I can tell the colors. I'm good. I I wrote I made these. I designed them. I wasn't even looking at the colors. Yeah. Thank you. Okay. So, should I send I'll stand here. Okay. All right, as the last of our students file out, let's move on to our next item. Uh, athletic recognition for winter CIF champions, Mr. Dave Nickerson. Thank you. Good evening, President Vargas, members of the school board, Superintendent Hoffman, and Miss Avalos. Tonight, I am honored to introduce to you two very special athletes and one very special team. Sky Snider from Elkrove High School wrestled in the 125 pound weight class at Elkrove High School and Jazelle Solano from Franklin High School wrestled in the 100 pound weight division. Each of them won the SACW section
027masters tournament in their weight class at Advanced Health Arena in Stockton. There are over 200 schools that compete in the Sackwalken section and these outstanding wrestlers were crowned champions. is a grueling two days of wrestling with 32 wrestlers in each weight class and all three excuse me and both of them claimed the top of the podium. At this time I would like to introduce Kyle Baird wrestling coach at Elro High and wrestler Sky Snider. Sky pinned her first three Masters opponent before defeating Gabriel Austin from Pitman 76 in the finals. Sky also placed eighth at the state meet the following weekend. Next, I'd like to introduce Franklin High School wrestling coaches William Calbertt and Gary Ethan and wrestler Jazelle Solano. In the Masters tournament, Jazelle pinned her first opponent. major major decision the next two
028before defeat before defeating Li Lily Daison from Pitman 61 in the finals. Jazelle also placed third in the state meet the following weekend. [Applause] Good job on your first presentation. Thank you. Nice to meet you. Thank you, coach. Yeah, these two. They're here. Coach is gonna So, okay. So, I'll stand there with Jacob. Okay. Next, I'd like to honor Franklin boys soccer team. The Franklin boys soccer team won the school's first soccer boys section championship with a 1 zero victory over Davis High in the finals. Number one seed Franklin High School marched through the playoffs beating MountainHouse, Pleasant Grove, Turlock, and then Davis to secure their championship. At this time, I'd like to introduce head coach Jacob Shanning, who will introduce his coaches and athletes. [Applause] Assistant coach Dylan Melo, [Applause] assistance coach Carlos Chavez,
029[Applause] Christian Azido, [Applause] Cameron Bettincourt, [Applause] Nquil Bowick, [Applause] Jacob Buoie, [Applause] Ivan Chandra, Fernando Cisneros, [Applause] Carson Clemens, Elijah Dela Cruz, Alejandro Flores, [Applause] Malcolm Jamerson, [Applause] Miles Jones, [Applause] Landon Lim, Adnan Muhammad, [Applause] Ethan Morris, [Applause] Joe Ooa, Adrien Perez, Mason Reyes, [Applause] Landon Robertson, Mikey C. Diego Via Seenor, [Applause] Luke Whailrock, Eastston Wlaw, and Marco Serate. [Applause] [Laughter] Yeah. Come to All right, congratulations students. Next on the agenda, we are moving to resolutions. Our first resolution of the night, recognition of day of the teacher, uh, Miss Buckmaster. It's turned on. Is this my There we go. Good evening, trustees. Superintendent Hoffman, Miss Oavalos. I'm Corey Buckmaster, um, Chief Human Resources Officer with Elgroveve. It's my privilege tonight to bring forward our resolution to recognize the day of the teacher. And I also
030want to recognize our partners from EGA who are here with me tonight in honor of this recognition. Thank you for being here. In 2004, the National Education Association, the California State Legislature, and the California PTA co-sponsored a resolution to recognize the first full week in May as teacher appreciation week and subsequently the Wednesday of that week as the day of the teacher. To recognize the event locally and honor our teachers, the Elkrove Unified School District Board of Education adopts the following resolution. Whereas it is the purpose of this resolution to recognize May 7th, 2025 as day of the teacher in the Elkrove Unified School District. Now therefore, be it hereby found, ordered, and resolved as follows. Whereas an educated citizenry serves as the very foundation of our democracy. And whereas today's teachers mold the minds
031and train the workforce of the future. And whereas no other profession touches as many persons with such a lasting effect. And whereas the good teaching grows in value and pays dividends far beyond the classroom. And whereas Day of the Teacher should be a day for school districts, parents, public officials, and the community to recognize the dedication and commitment of teachers who are educating our children. Therefore, be it resolved that the Elgroveve Unified School District hereby recognizes and wishes to honor the contributions of teachers to quality education in the state of California and in the Elgroveve Unified School District and declares the week of May 5th through 9th, 2025 as teacher appreciation week and Wednesday, May 7th, 2025 as day of the teacher. Thank you very much. Um, Mr. Yang, are there any blue cards on
032this item? Good evening, board president. There is no blue car on this item. Thank you. Then I will entertain a motion to adopt resolution number 89 recognizing May 7th, 2025 as day of the teacher in Elkrove Unified School District. So move. Moved by Mr. Yang. Second. Seconded by Miss Ballerini. Would anybody like to speak on this item? Seems like no. Okay, sweet. Um, then I will have the eyes. All those in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Thank you very much. We're up for the picture now. Our turn. Come on up. All right. Next up, National Well, actually, let's do picture first. All right. Next up, uh, National School Nurse Day. Mr. Singh. Good evening, board president, Mr. Vargas, members of the board, Superintendent Huffman, colleagues, and community. I want to
033have my colleague, nurses come forward, please. This is their day right in front here. Good. Perfect. So, um, since 1972, the National School Nurse Day has been set aside to recognize school nurses. This year, school nurse day is May 7th, 2025. Who's Tommy? Tommy, [Music] I am lost without Tammy if you didn't recognize. So, National School Nurse Day was established to foster a better understanding of the role of school nurses in the educational setting and to recognize the role they play in a student's education. A student's health is linked to the ability to learn and school nurses stand at the intersection of health and education, weaving the support needed to reduce barriers to learning and promote healthy children, families, and communities. School nurses support students with a wide variety of medical needs from minor health
034issues to providing daily care for students who are medically fragile or who have chronic conditions. During any given day, our school nurses, amazing school nurses here, provide first aid care and health assessments, write care plans, and coordinate the care of students with chronic or acute health conditions. Communicate with teachers and other staff and parents to ensure the safety and well-being of students. Administer a variety of med medications and monitor delegated medication administration. Assist in the evaluation of students for special education services. Coordinate and provide vision and hearing screenings and educate and train staff on asthma, life-threatening allergies, diabetes, bloodborne pathogens, and you name it. School nurses are the leaders of healthcare, providing care and coordination, advocating for quality student centered care and collaborating to design systems that allow students to develop their full potential. With
035that, it is my honor to recognize our amaz some of our amazing nurses who are present with us tonight and request the board to approve resolution number 83 for 2425 recognizing May 7th, 2025 as National School Nurse Day. Thank you very much, Mr. Yang. Do we have any blue cards on this item? Board President, there is no blue card on this item. Then I will entertain a motion to adopt resolution number 83 recognizing May 7th, 2025 as National School Nurse Day. So move. Moved by Mr. Yang. Second. Seconded by Miss Albiani. All those in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Thank you very much. All right. New tradition. I just pushed it back. Yeah. Good job. [Applause] Mental health. All right. To note that social workers support mental health. Next up,
036National Mental Health Awareness Month. Uh Mr. Sang. Awesome. We'll continue the uh you know the theme of appreciation and it's my honor to um request the board to uh approve resolution 84 202425 which will recognize May 2025 as national mental health awareness month. And I'm going to ask some of our mental health providers to come forward here please. Um this is a reflection of some of our mental health providers in our school district. So, National Mental Health Awareness Month was established in 1949 to increase awareness of the importance of mental health and wellness and to celebrate recovery from mental illness. This resolution raises awareness of trauma and the impact it can have on physical, emotional, and mental well-being of children, families, and communities. Mental health is essential for a person's overall health and well-being. This
037year's Mental Health America theme is turning awareness into action. The goal is to learn how to The goal is to learn how modern life affects mental health with new resources to navigate our changing world. To act by building our coping toolbox to manage stress, difficult emotions, and challenging situations, and to advocate to improve mental health for yourself, your friends and family, and your community. Mental Health America is inviting health organizations and school districts to join in spreading the word that mental health is something everyone should care about. To support the effort to increase awareness of mental illness and emphasize the importance of mental health, we will be sharing the Mental Health America toolkit along with information and resources from the National Alliance on Mental Illness with our sites and community. In addition, we will continue
038to inform our students, families, and staff of the available resources within EGUSD in our local communities. Katie, please. Thank you. I need Katie just as much I need Tammy. I need health and mental health. With that, uh, I'm going to ask the board of education to approve the requested resolution number 84, 2425, recognizing May 2025 as n national mental health awareness month and appreciate all these amazing providers who do the good work every day. Thank you very much, Mr. Yang. Are there any blue cards on this item? Board President, there's no blue card on this item. Then I will entertain a motion to adopt resolution number 84 recognizing May 2025 as National Mental Health Awareness Month. So moved. Moved by Miss Ballerini. Second. Seconded by Miss Baldwin. All those in favor, please say I. I.
039Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Thank you very much. Thank you. Let's keep doing it. Got a new picture plan. [Applause] All right, next up is National Foster Care Month. Uh, Miss Lameé. Good evening, Board President Vargas, members of the board, Superintendent Hoffman, and Miss Avalos. I have the privilege of presenting the resolution for National Foster Care Month. Each year, May is recognized as National Foster Care Month to raise awareness of the unique challenges and needs of youth in foster care and to acknowledge the network of adults who support and enhance their overall well-being. families, public and private agencies, community organizations, and individuals provide valuable support and encouragement to youth in foster care across the nation, the state, and our district. During the month of May, Elgroveve Unified School District would like to honor the contributions
040of our caregivers, educators, community partners, and service providers who contribute to the stability, educational achievement, and emotional and physical well-being of youth in foster care. The district would also like to acknowledge that the collective efforts of caring adults creates positive impact and lasting change in their lives. With that, the board of education is requested to adopt resolution number 76 recognizing May 2025 as National Foster Care Month. Thank you very much, Mr. Yang. Are there any blue cards on this item? Board President, there's no blue card in this item. Then I will entertain a motion to adopt resolution number 76 recognizing the month of May as National Foster Care Month. So moved. Second. Moved by Miss Bowwin, seconded by Miss Chin. All those in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Thank you
041very much. Oh, I don't get a picture. Next. Anytime. Lette. Next up is bike, walk, and roll to school. Dr. Coats. All right. Good evening, President Vargas, members of the board, Superintendent Hoffman, Miss Avalos. I am happy to be here tonight to ask the board to approve resolution number 82 for 2425 designating May 7th, 2025 as Bike, Walk, and Roll to School Day. Bike and rolled to School Day celebrated across the nation as part of National Bike Month in May. This year's events will be celebrated on May 7th, 2025 at Elkrove Elementary Schools as Bike, Walk, and Roll to School Day. Elkrove encourages students, families, and staff to leave their car at home and bike, walk, or roll to their school or work site as part of the National Active TR Transportation event. On walk
042and roll to school day, school staff and community members coordinate and implement activities at each school site with assistance from our safe routes to school coordinator. In school communication, students and families are encouraged to leave the car at home and try an active route to school. Encouragement uh strategies include education about the benefits of walking and biking to school, participation prizes, and organized walking school buses and bike trains. The day promotes physical activity, safety, concern for a healthier environment and strengthen connections between the school and community. Bike, walk, and roll to school day can also be a launch event for more routine active transportation programs that may continue at school sites throughout the year. We encourage board members to join us in biking, walking, and rolling with our Elkrove students and celebrating at school sites
043on May 7th, 2025. And now we ask you to approve resolution number 82. Thank you very much. Uh Mr. Yang, are there any blue cards on this item? Board President, there's no blue card in this item. Then I will entertain a motion to adopt resolution number 82 designating May 20 May 7th, 2025 as bike walk and roll to school day. So moved. Moved by Miss Ballerini. Second. Seconded by Miss Bowwin. All those in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Thank you very much. All right. [Applause] Next up, AsianPacific American Heritage Month. Dr. Collier. Good evening, President Vargas, members of the board, Superintendent Hoffman, Miss Avalos, members of the uh public, and colleagues. Uh, the board of education is requested to adopt resolution number 80, 202425, designating May, 2025 as AsianPacific American
044Heritage Month. As part of the board of education legacy of advocacy for equity and the value of diversity within our school district, members of the board of education have an opportunity to recognize May as AsianPacific American Heritage Month. Asian-Pacific American Heritage Week began in 1978 when President Jimmy Carter signed a joint resolution designated this as an annual celebration. In May of 1990, the recognition was expanded further when George HW Bush designated May as AsianPacific American Heritage Month. May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7th, 1843 and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10th, 1869. The majority of workers who had laid the tracks were Chinese immigrants. Throughout the year, the contributions of AsianPacific Americans are presented in the
045regular curriculum. However, this special focus for one month serves as a reminder of the combined contribution of this group. In support of this resolution, this year, the curriculum and professional learning department will provide resources to teachers to recognize and celebrate Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. Furthermore, the educational equity department has posted resources on their department website for district personnel. uh requests the board of education to adopt resolution number 80 uh 2000 2024 designated May 25 as AsianPacific American Heritage Month. Thank you very much, Mr. Yang. Are there any blue cards on this item? Board President, there's no blue card on this item. Excellent. Then I will entertain a motion to adopt resolution number 80 designating May 2025 as AsianPacific American Heritage Month. So move. Moved by Mr. Yang. Second. seconded by Miss Chin. Would any board
046member like to be heard on this issue? Sure. Yeah. I would like to say that I am proud to be part of the Asian heritage. The fact that there's many pioneers and pillars of Asian descents been around this country since 1843. It's great to know that uh there's great contribution to this great country, United States of America and the Asian community continue to play that role in many sectors in our country and the fact that Elgrove Unified School District Asians is the majority of the minority in this school district which is very um I would say unique but very proud to represent that and in our grow school district we don't just accept diversity but we celebrate diversity. Thank you very much. Would any other board members like to be heard? Seeing none, all those
047in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Thank you very much. All right, next up is physical fitness and sports month resolution. Dr. Collier, back to you. I was going to do a a display of physical fitness, but I wanted to keep the decorum of a board of education meeting. Uh the board of education has asked to adopt resolution number 81 for the 202425 designating May 2025 as physical fitness and sports month. This resolution recognizes the central role of physical education and sports in creating a healthy lifestyle for all children in the Elkrove Unified School District. The president's council on sports, fitness, and nutrition recognized May as physical fitness and sports month, and its mission is to invoke a call to action to recognize the value and importance of having physical activity
048and physical education in the lives of kids and adults. Campaign Campaigns like this one help to reactivate our interest in physical activity and sports. Fitness and sports are not only good for our physical health, but they are also to improve the quality of our lives overall. Experts agree that even small amounts of physical activity can make a significant difference in a person's physical and mental health. For example, it can reduce the risk of chronic diseases, high blood pressure, and anxiety while improving sleep among other health benefits. Additionally, participation in sports teams, and physical activity clubs can improve the grade point average, school attachment, educational aspirations, and the likelihood of graduation. Higher physical fitness achievement is associated with better school attendance rates and fewer disciplinary incidents involving drugs, alcohol, violence, or truency. Parents and guardians can
049help by modeling the very behaviors we want to see in young children. If parents and guardians exercise and set an example, their kids will likely embrace similar habits. If families emphasize physical playtime on the weekends, kids will be more likely to get involved in sports activities. In support of this resolution, the curriculum and professional learning department will collaborate with physical education teachers to develop a list of recommendations for how families can be physically active on weekends and during school breaks. We are requesting the uh the board of education to ask to uh I'm sorry to adopt resolution number 81 for designating May 2 2025 as physical fitness and sports month. Thank you very much. Mr. Yang, are there any blue cards on this item? Board President, there is no blue card in this item. Thank
050you. Then I will entertain a motion to adopt resolution number 81 designating May 2025 as physical fitness and sports month. So moved. Moved by Miss Baldwin. seconded by Miss Albiani. Would any board members like to speak on this one? Then I will say something very briefly on this, which is when I was in high school, I played sports. Uh, and so I have a special and sort of unique perspective on uh, you know, that my my high school team at the time went on to win the state championship. So we were incredibly my football team. Um and so we were a very competitive group but at the same time one of the things that I found so valuable about the experience was not the competitiveness of it, not the uh awards, not the uh you
051know uh potential scholarships or opportunities in higher education. Um you know one of which I took advantage of. uh but the relationships uh that I built in those uh you know while playing those sports. I think one thing that is incredibly important is to remember that remember why we have these uh you know opportunities on our campuses in the first place is that sports offer an incredible opportunity for our students uh not just to stay healthy which makes them better academically um but they actually have a direct relationship with students doing better on campus succeeding academically um and building the lasting friendships and relationships that connect them to our campuses on a much deeper level. And something that, you know, I always I've been ruminating on recently for god knows what reason is the relationships
052that I built were so different. Um it wasn't the people who I would normally befriend uh who I, you know, befriended on the sports teams. It was people who were very different from me. And so sports are a great way uh to bring people together who wouldn't normally build relationships on our campuses. And so really, you know, it creates those opportunities to diversify your relationships. And you know, I was a young gay kid still just coming out of the closet. And so I had relationships with people I definitely would not have sought out initially. Um, and because I'd had those relationships for them were with them for years beforehand, um, the transition for me was much easier, uh, you know, than it might have been for some of my some of my peers. And in
053fact, a number of my peers who chose not to come out until, uh, years and years later in college. So, um, I just wanted to say that briefly and and comment and, you know, draw our attention back to, you know, this as I've done before. Everything comes back to education. Everything comes back to how are our students doing on campus? Are they feeling safe? Are they feeling connected? Are they doing well in the classroom? And that's really what I think this is about. So, thank you very much. Um, we will take a vote now. All those in favor of the resolution, please say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Thank you very much. [Applause] All right. Next up, public comment for items not on the agenda. Mr. Yang, do we have any blue cards?
054Yes, board president. We have exactly one blue card. Calling Kathy Wilson. Greetings. Um, I didn't have this written down. I have some other things to read, but I just want to let you all know that um, I am really just a conduit of what I'm saying. A lot of family members here in our district, staff, students have shared um, this with me. Um, there are a few ideas that are mine, but I just wanted to put that out there um, at first. So, I'm here here here tonight again to continue to highlight that our black students, family, and staff are not seeing tangible actions in response to the harm caused not only by the incident last month, but the broader systemic and structural racism that continues to permeate the Elkrove Unified School District. I want
055to be clear, many were personally harmed last month as well as in the past. How many of you have reached out to our black students, families, and staff? And I'm asking this this way. And if you have, what help have you suggested or given besides just listening when coming to speak? You know, I've been told not to complain um without offering solutions. The irony is that it's painful. Time and time again, our black community members are harmed in this district and then we're expected to be the ones who have to fix the harm. As one parent uh put it so plainly, she said to me, "You keep asking the oppressed to solve problems created and maintained by the oppressors. That should not uh that should not be our role and it should not be our
056burden. We are asking Ashley demanding that our board along with our district leadership move beyond words and move towards visible concrete action. Our community deserves more than a letter or vague commitment to equity. We are waiting to see how you will lead. But we do have just a few tangible actions that have been shared with me um that I wanted to share with you. One, you could visit every school site and classroom and make it explicitly clear that the use of the n-word is unacceptable. Be more than allies. Be abolitionists. If there are targeted groups for black students, which is on our LCAP, let's see it in practice. Let's implement culturally relevant curriculum programs and partnerships that serve and inform black students, families, and staff, including organizations like BYP, Code Switch Restorative Practices for Girls
057of Color, and expanding IYT. Just a few examples. Establish a strategic response team that can respond in real time when racial harm occurs. Remove all core novels and supplemental material across the across the district that include the n-word. Our students should not be forced to relive that trauma in the name of lit literature. Audit and remove all online Google classroom content that contain the n-word. As of just two weeks ago, those materials were still accessible. These are only a few steps and they are only a few of the actions that have been brought to me. Let's have a conversation and actions that lead a true systemic and structural change. We cannot keep asking our black students, families, and staff to carry the weight of this alone. You all have power. You all have a responsibility
058to act. We do, too. We're watching. Thank you. Thank you for the feedback and appropriate staff will follow up. That ends our blue car for this item. Thank you. All right. Moving on to our consent agenda. Mr. Yang, do we have any blue cards on the consent agenda? Board President, there's no blue card in this item. All right. Would any board members like to pull an item from the consent agenda? Seeing none, I will entertain a motion to approve items 1 through 37 on the consent agenda. Move. So move. Moved by Mr. Yang. Second. Seconded by Miss Alani. All those in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Mr. President, can I just make one comment? Yes, please. Um I just wanted to highlight um items um six and seven on the
059consent agenda. Um Valley High scholarships for uh Mr. Mr. Dave Roberts and Mr. Rick Swan, both former teachers and um colleagues and uh friends in both both past in the in the past uh year and I just wanted to recognize them. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Uh next up, bargaining units. Uh would any bargaining units wish to address the board at this time? Seeing none, we will move on to reports. Our report for the evening is dual enrollment. Mr. Just white shirt. All right. Good evening, Board President Vargas, members of the board, Superintendent Hoffman, and Miss Avalos. Uh, tonight we're here to share a high-level overview of all of the opportunities students have to earn college credits while still enrolled in high school. And when we look at our uh learning vision here for
060us, our learning targets support our early college credit opportunities uh by promoting college and career readiness, ensuring all students have access to the vast college opportunities we offer, providing additional support where needed, and then we definitely want um our parents and community partners to be involved in this process so they're aware. And then tonight, our topics will include um all of our early college credit opportunities. We'll share the pilot that were ran last year at Monterey Trail and follow up on what's continuing this year. And then we'll share our future opportunities for students and staff through dual enrollment. Um Sue is not with us tonight. She became a grandma again. So she's at home, but uh have our coordinator from college and career readiness, Leanne Oair, and she'll be here to share with us. Is
061not working. Okay. Good evening everyone. Um, I'm very excited to be here tonight to share with you the opportunities our students have for early college credits uh in our district. And as uh Mr. Spitzer mentioned, we will talk about these three topics, but we're going to start with all the different types of early college credit opportunities that are available in Elgroveve Unified. So, one of the most exciting parts of our work in Elgroveve Unified is the range of opportunities we offer students to earn college credits while they're in high school. The slide outlines the four primary ways students can earn early college credits, each with different structures, benefits, and implications for future success. So, we're going to walk through them. Um, and we're going to start with high school articulation. This is kind of where
062it all started for us um in the college and career connections world. So these are high school courses that align with a college course usually in career technical education and students can earn credit by exam by portfolio or demonstration. Um credit is noted not like a normal college course on a high on a college transcript. It has a transcript note and it says that it is an articulated college course credit by exam. So it looks a little bit differently than other types of college credit courses. Um credit depends on the receiving colleg's direction. Not all colleges accept articulated credit especially outside of the community college system. Next up I'm going to talk about dual enrollment. There's a couple different types of dual enrollment. There's CCAP dual enrollment, college and career access pathways dual enrollment, as
063well as our um noncap, which is like our old advanced education dual enrollment. We're going to focus mostly tonight on our CCAP dual enrollment, and I'll explain what that is in a little bit. Um, but this is when a student enrolls in a co real community college course concurrently taught by a college qualified instructor and the grade they earn is transcripted on their official college transcript. There's more weight to this model in terms of portability and credibility with colleges across the state. And so we have been working really hard to expand this type of dual enrollment into our secondary schools. So, you've heard CCAP a couple times. We've called it College and Career Access Pathways. Uh, it's a formalou with Los Rios Community College District that allows us to offer closed college um courses exclusively
064to our high school students during the school day at no cost to them or their families. This structure is designed to reduce barriers, expand equitable access to college coursework. We'll talk more about this with our pilot in a little bit. We also have what is called accelerated college entrance. This is what we call ACE agreements. It's a type of dual enrollment with Sacramento State, CSUS Sacramento. Uh these are college courses aligned with CSU Sacramento and taught by high school faculty who meet minimum qualifications. So, like CCAP dual enrollment, these courses officially um carry official college credit and appear on the CSU transcript, offering students a head start towards CSU pathways. Next is advanced placement, which is probably the one that most people know about. Um, these are high school courses ending in a single national
065exam, and students may exert uh earn college credit only if they score well, typically a three or higher. And again, credit varies by college policy. So, each type of these college credit opportunities offers unique benefits and challenges related to cost, instruction, and credit portability. So, we are strategically moving towards CCAP dual enrollment and ACE agreements because they provide students with guaranteed transcripted and transferable college credit. So these models res remove the uncertainty and increase the value of the early college credit experience for our students especially as they apply to a broader range of colleges and universities. So, I just want to share a great example of this progression because we with that said, even though we're talking about moving from uh high school articulation to dual enrollment, there's still a valuable place for high school
066articulation, especially in CTE courses because these courses help students gain early exposure to course aligned content in a more supportive high school setting. As you can see up there, there's no penalty per poor per performance. So the student must earn an A or B to get that credit by exam. So if they get a C or D, they have no college transcript. So there's a little bit of a safety net. Um in many of our pathways, articulation serves as a first step. It's kind of like the introduction to college credit and then we move on with dual enrollment through ACE or through CCAP. So, back to my example, um, we're going to talk about the pilot at Monterey Trail, but there is an great example of a progression of this type of um, strategy for
067college credit for our students in the entrepreneurship pathway at Monterey Trail. Um, in 10th grade, the students take business to 15, which is um, entrepreneurial opportunity and business planning in the in the 10th grade as I mentioned through articulation. And then in the 11th grade they will take business 300 which is general business through CCAP dual enrollment and then progress to the 12th grade capstone class. They will simultaneously concurrently take business 350 which is um what is it? It is small business business management entrepreneurship. And so they can stack college credit over multiple years in this pathway. Um, students successfully completing the high school pathway are completers in CTE, but they also earn nine units of college credit and they can earn a a entrepreneurship certificate from Consumers River College. So, this layered approach gives
068students a scaffolded experience growing their confidence and earning college credit at every stage. Now, on to the data. So we've outlined the different types of early college credits in Elgroveve Unified um available to our students. Now let's look how how those opportunities show up in schools both in terms of college c both in terms of course offerings and the number of students engaging in these. So as you can see um we have seen significant growth in the number of CCAP dual enrollment um sections. We've went from 1 to 11 um between last year and this year. That's a,000% increase. Um and even our increase was it also in the sections of dual of ACE agreements when we went from a 21 um sections last year to 36 this year. So we're making slow but steady
069progress as we um move from articulation to dual enrollment. As you can see the number of articulated sections went down from 204 to 192. Student access also expanded um significantly where the dual enrollment CCAP dual enrollment we went from 19 students in our pilot program to over 300 well 360 a little bit over that for this coming this year right now in spring of 2025 and then ACE also increased from 712 students to 1,022 students. Um, so if you add all those up and compare 2324 to 2425, we've had an overall 17% increase in early college credit access across all these models from 23 24 to 2425. Um, just to kind of give you a breakdown of like who is in these classes and the strategy behind it. Um, our current current college early college
070credit strategy in Elgroveve is deeply connected to how we structure our CTE pathways currently. So for CCAP dual enrollment, it's mostly 11th and 12th graders. Um it's not just based on the readiness alone of the students, but it's also strategic uh design decision. We intentionally build our pathways to begin with articulated courses as I mentioned in our example, which provide the safety net and a safe on-ramp for students into college level expectations and before transitioning them into um college coursework via dual enrollment. Uh similarly our ACE agreements the participation is now limited currently limited to 11th and 12th graders. Um and that is because it's based on eligibility rules from the university. However, CSUS is in the process of reevaluating that requirement. So maybe we'll have some more opportunities for our um 10th graders in
071the future. So, while most of our focus recently has been on expanding dual enrollment and ACE opportunities, it's important to remember that advanced placement remains a significant part of this journey um in the early college credit landscape. So, let's take a quick look at the numbers for last year. So, last year we had over 11,500 students enrolled in AP courses districtwide. In May of 2024, we had 9,299 students take the AP exam and 6,647 of them scored a three or higher. If we look at that compared to the total number enrolled in AP, we get a 50% success rate of students enrolled um versus the students who got a 3 plus. And so that's actually potential making them eligible for potential college credit. again depending on the college that they choose to go to. AP
072continues to be a strong component of our um early college strategy. So, now that we've looked at the landscape, the data for dual enrollment and AP participation districtwide, let's shift our focus to our first ever CCAP dual enrollment pilot. Uh this initiative um represents a major step forward in how we're rethinking access to college credit and it all started at Monterey Trail in the spring of 2024 in partnership with Consumers River College. So in this pilot, 11th grade students took entrepreneurship 2 at the high school paired with business 300, a 10-week asynchronous college course that began March 18th. Mr. Peters met minimum minimum qualifications to teach the business class through the college as well as qualifications of the credential to teach the high school class and he taught both segments. The results were really promising
073as you can see 95% of the students earned an A, B or C with one student withdrawing with AW. Overall, this pilot highlights the potential of CCAP dual enrollment to provide meaningful, successful college experiences to our students while they're still in high school. All right. So, we talked about the expansion from one pilot CCAP dual enrollment section to 11. As you can see from this slide, we now have uh 360 students enrolled approximately. Um and it spans five high schools. Consumas Oaks and Pleasant Grove High School are offering AH311 which is medical language for the healthcare providers. Um Ron Peters at Monterey Trail in entrepreneurship 2 is offering general business and that should say entrepreneurship 3 is offering small business management and um Sheldon is doing um a biotech class it with um American River
074College and Valley is doing an administration of justice class with um Sacramento City College. So we are expanding and we have big plans for the future um with this CCAP type of dual enrollment. So, I talked a little bit about the CCAP pilot program at Monterey Trail. Um, it served as a really critical learning opportunity for us because it allowed us to reflect on student experience, instructional design, as well as system supports. And so, we learned a lot. And so these insights directly have shaped how we're expanding from here on out and um how we want to make sure that we're expanding thoughtfully and equitably. So it may not be fast, but it's strategic and intentional. Um so now that we have a clear understanding of how to embed student supports to help students succeed
075um these rigorous courses in high why this rigorous college courses in high school we are looking for a a a huge expansion over the next couple years. So ACE takes up two slides here. Um turning now to our ACE agreements with uh CSU Sacramento. In the spring, we are offering aseline courses in following key industry sectors um which which are in within our career technical education pathway pipeline. So we have information and commun communication technologies, computer science, engineering, public health, I'm going to go to the next slide and world language. So these fields reflect high-skll high demand areas and the courses are aligned with both career pathways as well as college majors giving students exposure to areas of their interest. Um we offer ACE agre ACE agreements as you can see across all of our
076nine comprehensive high schools across the district. And in the previous slides we saw that the enrollment went from 712 to 1,022 students um this year. And that's a 44% increase. So the continued growth and expansion of ACE is a direct result of intentional planning, strong university partnerships, and commitment to ensuring equitable access. All right. As we look to the future and we look ahead, our vision for dual enrollment in Elgroveve is centered around two priorities, growth and equity. So, as you can see, we are looking to expand student support systems. We have learned a lot over the last year um about how we need to align our cross institutional systems and our real time data sharing for student supports. We've also um looked at what kind of courses we want to expand both in partnership
077with Los Rios and SAK State. Um in addition to strengthening the support systems that help the students succeed in these courses, we're broadening the scope of what we offer. Um so Los Rias, we're looking to expand uh more with administration of justice, making a pathway to a certificate um biotechnology, engineering, radio, television, fil video, and film and automotive. And then um hot off the presses, we're looking to do fire technology as well with Los Rios with CRC in particular. Uh we're also looking at with SAK State to do our ACE agreement expansion with education, English, medical terminology, photography and mechanical again being very structured. Uh we have a Golden State pathways grant that we are awarded. So we're um leveraging that to ensure that we are doing this in a very strategic intentional way so
078that students have equitable access to these um these expansion opportunities. So ultimately it's about ensuring that every student and their family has access to meaningful well-designed choices that help them plan for what's next after graduation. Right? So because post-secary success doesn't look the same for everyone. Some students are direct to career through the path through a certificate or a technical credential. For others, it's earning college credit towards an associate degree in a community college. And for many, it's about building a strong foundation to transfer to a 4-year institution and beyond. But the commitment of Elgar Unified is simple and it's grounded in equity and access. And every student, regardless of background or goal, deserves a pathway that prepares them for life after high school, whether that is college, career, or both. So, I wanted to
079thank you for your ongoing support. We're excited about this uh expansion that's happening and life-changing opportunities it provides for our students and we're happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you very much. Mr. Yang, do we have any blue cards on this item? Board President, there's no blue car on this item. Excellent. Then we will move to board member questions. Uh let's start on this end if anybody has any questions. Miss Davis Sabiani, thank you for the presentation. Um, I think these are great opportunities. Um, my son was able to get some college credit and and even just experience the process of registering for a class in high school. So, I I mean that is what I just love aboutmies. It's real stuff. And so, he had to get led through that. I've
080still got his CRC number in my phone because, you know, you had to pull that from somewhere and you had to teach him to put it somewhere important. Um, just the real the realness of it, the real life application. Um, thank you very much. I I my AP has saved me money, though somehow they still want to go for four years, so it's still going to cost me. But, um, I know other kids have gotten out in three because of it, and this will just help kids. So, thank you very much for your work. Thank you. and I see it's at all nine and I imagine it'll just keep expanding. So, it's really exciting. You went from a pilot and then you've got at least one thing at each school right now and and I'm
081looking forward to watching it grow. Thank you, Miss Yang. Yeah, I also want to say thank you and um for the presentation and sharing these uh information um thing is really great for our students who are able to participate in this uh uh type of program. Um, I uh wanted to ask a couple questions and maybe make a recommend recommendation. So, I see this um data here. Let me go to the slide. I see a improvement. Uh let's see where was that. Yeah. So right here on number of students with opportunity on category 3 no actually category 2 number of dual enrollment students. So I see that 2023 2024 we have 19 and then currently we have 360. So that's a great increase of a number of students right. So what what is the cost?
082What's the reason for that jump? Yeah. So um this CCAP this enrollment is just CCAP. So we have thousands of students taking um advanced educa noncap dual enrollment used to be called advanced education independently of our high school. So what's strategic about this? What's the difference is we um went out and found our teachers that met the minimum qualifications um in certain disciplines so that we could expand the opportunities to the other to other high schools and to other courses. And so that's what's the difference. We were able to expand um we actually wanted to expand quite a bit more um but we ran into some system alignment roadblocks. So um but yeah, I would attribute it to um being strategic. I know I've said that word so much tonight and intentional. Um, but for
083things to be successful, we need to make sure that we are strategic in our offerings and um, it really a lot of it lies with the minimum qualifications of the teachers because Consumerous River College, which is our partner college, um, likes to hire our instructors to um, to do dual enrollment. Great. Thank you for that uh, effort for improvement. And the last part I want to talk about is the future classes. I see a lot of great classes here. Um I have an engineering pro uh background. So seeing biotechnology and engineering is really bring a smile to my face. Um, I do want to make a recommendation um to see if you guys could put a coding class in there if all possible giving the technology that we are um facing. So that's all I
084have. Thank you so much. Thank you very much, Miss Chin. Uh, thank you for the presentation. I have no questions but just want to reaffirm that this has as a student has been incredibly beneficial for me. I know that not only does it allow us to get ahead in terms of credit, but it challenge us. It challenges us in ways that we otherwise would not be able to be challenged. We know what it's like, what the setting going to be somewhat like um taking a college like course. Um and we get to really develop this discipline um and drive to do good in our work and it really encourages us and motivates us. And I know for certain myself and my peers, a number of them actually have saved significant amounts of money because of
085these opportunities including AP, dual enrollment, etc. So, just thank you uh for this presentation. Thank you very much, Miss Balerini. I have a couple questions. Um, so are these all online classes or in-person classes or are they are there some of each? There's a little bit of both because I saw the asynchronous one. Yeah. So, our articulated classes in person, those are our our teachers teaching courses throughout the day, right? Um, one of the dual enrollment opportunities with Mr. Peters at Honore Trail was um our teacher teaching our students during the day and then for the articulated I'm sorry, for the um dual enrollment credit, he taught an asynchronous online after school. So, that's where we um are able to partner with Los Rios. He's hired as an adjunct faculty member to be able to
086do both. Okay. Yeah. When my daughter was at Sheldon, she took an English class that was high school I mean for college also. Oh, I understand how that works. Um, okay. So, if they're inperson classes, do they take time off from our school and go to them or how does that work? There's a little combination of both. If it's if it's um the ideal situation is our teachers are hired as adjunct faculty by the um college university and they're teaching our students during the day. That way we have our students from the 8:30 to 3:30 time frame. Um athletics vapa programs outside life doesn't get in the way of them taking the course, but there are opportunities for students to take classes outside of the school day. Um or diving in a little further, there's
087opportunities for seniors and and juniors to um have a release period to do take a class. Um there's there's several different options that they can do to meet that schedule. Okay. Maybe this is out of my lane, but I'm going to ask. So, if it's one of our teachers teaching as an adjunct professor, are they paid by both entities? They are. Yes. Okay. So we we there are there is pay for our teacher to meet and align our course with the college university course. So there's separate pay outside of the school day for that. We are teaching our teacher for their work during the day and then the college is paying them as an adjunct faculty um teaching the asynchronous course outside of our school hours. Okay. Yeah. And you mentioned something about them meeting
088the minimum qualifications. What are the minimum qualifications for an adjunct professor? Yeah. At uh for the most part, it's usually a master's level, but we have been able to explore with some of the additional courses this year, uh bachelor's plus workforce experience to meet that qualification. So, that's where we're able to do the expansion beyond just the program at Monterey Trail that we ran last year. Uh so, the teacher at Monterey Trail had a masters. It made it easy. He was hired as an adjunct faculty this year. um a lot of partnership with uh Cassumnus River College in Los Rios. We were able to expand that opportunity um with the bachelor's plus work years experience. So that's that's been a great help for us. Okay. So if there are other teachers that are out there
089seeing this tonight and it sparks something in them that that that's something that they'd like to do, is that something we're looking at building on? I mean, we're looking at building on. Who would they contact to find out if if that's something that they can do? Probably one of us would be the best one. Oh, there you go. Okay, that's great. Um, okay, that's it. Thank you for our all of that me. It helped me understand the differences in all of them as well. It's it's a lot, but I get it. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Moore. Thank you very much for the presentation. Um, I also learned a lot and I think this is something that is really important and I'm glad that we are expanding. I think it's a, you know, an opportunity
090for our students and, um, I did have a just a couple a few questions. Um, I know that you said it makes sense that we don't want to rush the process with the expanding. I understand your explanation. Um but do we have any goals um or specific goals for how many students we want to serve and or anything like that or is our goal now just to um you know find the qualified staffs to expand or I can start initially it's it's finding the qualified staff um depending on if they have the masters or the bachelor's plus the workforce experience there's a lot of opportunity with a lot more conversations um about um potentially offering there's some districts that have provided some grants where teachers can earn their masters and and the ultimate goal would
091be able to get into our core curriculum. For example, um English 12 becoming college 300. I think Miss Ballerini is nodding her head um that she may have had some experience with that. But that would be an ideal example that would require a lot more conversations um with our union partners with Los Rios um people our teachers getting master's degree so that they would be qualified for that and aligning our curriculum. But that would be an ultimate goal and that's where some of our um early college middle and high schools are starting to have students graduate with their AA degree while they're earning their diploma and so forth. There's a lot of examples throughout the state where that's that's taking place. Yeah. The initial conversation is we have some articulated classes that are aligned um
092in our career tech programs and this is a great opportunity to set up those pilots and kind of lay that groundwork for how this works so that we can continue to have uh good conversations and move forward. Wonderful. And just for context, do what are what are the total number of juniors and seniors in our district? Do you Oh, um I don't have that number off the top of my head. Okay. I would say approximately 9,000ish. 9,000. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Um and how do we compare to other districts and local charters with the opportunities we have? Um so there's not really a good comprehensive data system for um all districts to be able to capture this data. So for us to understand where other districts are, it's basically word of mouth and anecdotal. So I
093don't have any qual quantitative data but um so I'm sit on a lot of committees regionally and so I would say um we we're all experiencing the same um rate of growth and expansion and some of the barriers that we're facing with the cross institutional um systems. Okay, thank you. Um, and then, you know, just to speak on AP, I know my daughter took advantage of those opportunities and I I think it's wonderful opportunities, but I know that she was also worried that some colleges might not accept um, you know, those credits. So, that it is a great opportunity, but like you said, it does have challenges. Um, and one one note I would just like to uh or something I I hope that maybe we can do a little better is that our our
094counselors um at our school sites can regularly visit with our with their assigned students. um so that to make them aware of these opportunities and you know talk about their goals and things like that so that they can identify students that might not be aware of these opportunities and might benefit from them. So I think that's something I um that I would like to see. I know a lot of feedback I get from parents is that they feel maybe that counselors aren't always always responsive or maybe they're not taking the initiative to meet with students instead, you know, students are more so taking the initiative. And so I just think that could really be beneficial for students to understand um how how they can best reach their goals and you know take advantage of these
095opportunities so that they can be successful. So just a note on that. Um can I comment on that just for a second? We've done great work with uh Nicole Brown, our district counselor and our counseling um teams at our high schools in partnership with Los Rios. um they hosted our counselors. We did an articulation day with Los Rios. Um through that partnership, Los Rios is supporting us with advertising by um advertising our opportunities beyond what we do through our course selection process and our websites, etc. But they're also um sending direct postcards to students with what those opportunities are and we're expanding that over to um SAK State as well. So those partnerships that we have through some of those opportunities with our K16 collaboration um and the agreements with that we have with um
096CRC and SAK State is greatly helping through that and supporting the great work our counselors are doing. Wonderful. That's great to hear. Uh and just the last thing I'll say is uh again I just really appreciate the presentation so that we can learn more and this is a wonderful opportunity for our students. So, I I you know, I do hope we continue to expand. And then I also like how you rec you know, we're recognizing that um every student is different and not every student um might want to go to college or that might not be um the right path for them. And so I I really appreciate that we expand opportunities for kids to have success after high school, whether that's college or career. So, um I appreciate all you're doing to expand those
097opportunities. So, thank you. Thank you, Miss Bowwin. The glory of going last or second to last. Um, you answered quite a bit of my questions as well. Um, I just wanted to clarify that the examples that are being um, shared with us. This is essentially what our district is doing to provide more exposure for on our campuses in addition to possibly going out to a Los Rio school. um to provide our students with opportunities for um you know college level courses. Is that right? Yes, definitely. Having having our um our professors, our teachers become adject faculty and be able to engage the students during our school day is that best opportunity that we have. Um it eliminates um coming to school early, staying late, transportation costs, um you know, navigating the college like board member
098Alviani said with our students. Um it just having that support on our campus with our teacher, our counselors, um Leanne and team um from college and career connections goes and actually meets one-on-one with the students, help them get enrolled, provides that support throughout the class and having our teachers doing that's the best avenue for us. Yeah, that's really awesome. And I love how you mentioned that there was um the connection between Los Rios hosting our counselors. Um, I just know firsthand that when you have a really strong relationship with your um, our college partners, then we create these pipelines, it's so much easier to be on the same page to make sure that our students are ready to hit the ground running for those campuses. Um, and we go beyond being a collegegoing culture and
099we're actually making it happen. um students are able to access college credit much sooner. Um and I think that's what's going to be the piece that kids need to be able to do to see like is this for me? Um so I do appreciate as well um I have a high schooler so we're exploring this right now with her so this is very good timing. Um I think tomorrow she goes to her meeting at school to learn more about dual enrollment at Laguna. So that's exciting. I was just texting her like, "You did this right." Um, but yeah, I think this is great. Um, thank you so much. Um, especially for our students who are first generation and low-inccome. this means the world to them because speaking from that experience, I was a firstgen low-income
100student and having someone invest in me to help me, um, you know, access college pretty early, um, meant changing the trajectory of my family. And so, um, I'm so glad to be a part of a district that is prioritizing that and making that available for our community. So, thank you. Excellent. Thank you very much. Um, I have nothing to add beyond saying thank you very much for this and all of your work. I think, you know, just in the past two years, I've seen a a really distinct change and evolution and and progress towards, you know, what you guys are doing. So, really appreciate it. Thank you. Susan want to Oh, Susan, would you like to add something? Yeah, I know that this is geared towards college credits and things, but we have several four-year
101trade schools in our area that aren't associated with college. Are we going to be looking into the future towards partnering with them so those kids could get a head start in those trade school programs and start their career a little earlier? And I know that we are partnering with um a few of the trade schools. I've been working with Sue to um engage with them through our like college and career fairs. um kind of the a foundation of CTE courses is that students do um graduate with high school with certificates that allows them to enter into that career um field with some advanced opportunities over somebody that didn't go through a program in high school. Um so I'm thinking of an automotive for example that might graduate um high school having taken the sequence of
102automotive courses that we offer. about currently hopefully next year um they're not dually um uh uh dual enrollment through Los Rios um they would get a certificate if they complete those courses where they could go get a job in a in a mechanic shop for example and go in at a higher level than somebody that didn't have that participation in high school. So there are many opportunities there um through the trades and we are expanding those opportunities to be able to bring them to our students so they know what's available to them. Thank you. I appreciate that because there's a lot of kids that college is not the route that they go. So, I'd like to encourage them to get a career, too. Thank you very much. All right. Next up, we have one public
103hearing this evening. Uh, general ra Yeah. general waiver request of the deadline for non-classroombased funding determination for the Elkrove Charter School. Miss Watkins. Good evening, President Vargas. Superintendent Hoffman, Trustees, Miss Avalos, colleagues, and community. I'm here tonight to present the general waiver request of the deadline for the non-classroombased funding determination for the Elkrove Charter School. We posted a public notice in the Elkrove Citizen that we will hold a public hearing tonight regarding the board's consideration for approval, the general waiver request of the deadline. Elkrove Charter School operates as an independent study program and in order to receive state funding as a non-classroombased instructional program. We're required to submit the funding determination calculation to the California Department of Education by February 1st of the fiscal year prior to the year the funding determination will be effective
104when a new request is required. and then the state board of education will act and approve on your approval. They may approve a determination of funding period that is prospective for a period of at least 2 years and a maximum of 5 years. So following the public hearing, staff will recommend the board to approve the waiver of funding determination deadline pursuant to the California Code of Regulations. Thank you very much. I'd like to open the public hearing. Mr. Yang, are there any blue cards on this item? Board President, there's no blue car in this item. Excellent. Then I will close the public hearing and entertain a motion to approve the general waiver request of the deadline for non-classroombased funding determination for the Elkrove Charter School to the California Department of Education. So move. Moved by
105Mr. Yang. Second. Seconded by Miss Ballerini. All those in favor, please say I. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Thank you very much. Next up, we have one action item this evening. Employment agreement for non-represented employee. Uh, Miss Buckmaster. Good evening again. California Government Code section 54953C3 requires that a verbal summary of the proposed compensation and fringe benefits be given to the public prior to final board action on certain employment agreements. The employment agreement for the chief technology officer requires board action in open session at a regular schoolboard meeting. The proposed employment agreement contains the following material terms. term. The term of the chief technology officer agreement is effective beginning April 15, 2025 and is through and including June 30th, 2027 based upon receipt of a satisfactory satisfactory evaluation for the 2526 school year. The term
106of the proposed employment agreement may be extended unless terminated on an earlier date by the parties or extended by the parties. The work year of the chief technology officer is a 261-day work year consisting of 222 base service days, 16 holidays, and 23 vacation days. Cabinet members salary shall align with the step increments and the salary schedule included in the applicable employment agreements and the salary schedules attached to their agreements. Effective beginning April 15, 2025 and for the remainder of the 2425 school year, the chief technology officer shall receive the following base salary consistent with their applicable 2425 salary schedule and step placement effective April 15th, 2025. Chief Technology Officer Todd Barber's base salary salary at step 2 shall be $177,197. The chief technology officer shall continue on step two during the 2526 school year.
107The chief technology officer will receive the same health and welfare benefits and retirey benefits as other district certificated employees as those benefits may change from time to time consistent with their employment agreement. The chief technology officer will receive $100 per month for travel within the district boundaries irrespective of the number of miles traveled on district business. This concludes the summary of the chief technology officer's employment agreement with the district and copies of the employment agreement will be available upon request. Thank you very much. Mr. Yang, are there any blue cards on this item? Board President, there's no blue card on this item. Then I will entertain a motion to approve an employment agreement for this nonrepresented employee. So moved. Moved by Miss Ballerini. Second. Seconded by Miss Alviani. Uh all those in favor, please say
108I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Thank you very much. Congratulations, Mr. Barber. Too late to say no now, Todd. All right, last item. Uh board member and superintendent reports. Mr. Superintendent, anything to report? Okay. Anything from any board members? Miss Alani? Uh, CSBA called and asked me to testify the at the Assembly Education Committee. So, I wanted to say thank you to Miss Coats and Miss Levaster and Mr. Hoffman who helped me with that and that was something completely new. So, always lifetime learners. I love it. Any other board member reports? All right. Seeing none, we have no further business. So, I'd like to adjourn this meeting at 8:01