001Good evening everybody and welcome to the regular meeting of Los Alto School District Board of Trustees. We'll now call this tonight's meeting to order. >> A recording and or a broadcast of this meeting is being made at the direction of the board which may capture images and sounds of those attending the meeting. If technical difficulties occur or persist, the meeting will continue without project. I will now take role. Brian >> present. Jim >> present >> Stella >> here and I shall oh sorry I forgot >> what's >> still getting used to the new shal also present oh and we've got Springer students who will lead us in the pledge of allegiance would you like to come forward When you stand over your heads, put your right hand over your heart and pledge algiance to the
002flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. >> Right. Would any board members like to provide comment on tonight's agenda? >> Uh seeing none, may I have a motion to approve the agenda as presented? So moved. Thank you, Stella. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Brian. Motion to approve tonight's agenda as presented was made by Stella, seconded by Brian. All in favor, please say I. I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Thank you. Motion passes unanimously. So, no action was taken in close session tonight. Superintendent. >> All right. Just a few things for tonight. Uh lots of thanks and excitement around our Junior Olympics. We were all there at least for the
003morning time and wanted to make sure uh just to thank the many many people who put time and effort into that great event. One of my favorite events of all times. I love Junior Olympics. I wanted to thank our PE staff who worked for several months to get kids ready to participate along with Dena Zakanti who's been doing um Junior Olympics as part of her early retirement this year. Of course, we saw lots of teachers and staff members walking in the parade supporting their students, principles, uh district office staff. So, thanks to those folks. This year, Oak was the lead school. So, they had um lots of involvement to get the event up and running along with the many parents who are part of the yearly JO committee. It's amazing. I truly think there are
004hundreds of people who make this event happen and the many volunteers. We had a lot of first timers um volunteering for figuring out how to do the um the gun relay or the timing or the hurdle setup. So, lots of volunteers. It was an excellent event. The weather cooperated, which is great. Um I can't forget Steve, but I'm forgetting his name right now. Appleberg Apple >> who has continued to be the MC and the great announcer for the event for years even now that his kids are no longer part of LSD. So so appreciative of all the folks there. It was a really wonderful event. Um wanted to let you know this Friday uh Dr. Bosco and I will be down in Anaheim with staff members from both Block and Egan celebrating their distinguished schools,
005letting them get recognized and taking pictures and photo ops and we're really looking forward to being able to celebrate them. We'll tell you more about that when we get back. Um, a couple of events to just put on your radar. I think Marcy has sent out the challenge team lunchon. If you're able to go to the challenge team lunchon, that's on May 7th. That's always a great event bringing the community of uh people supporting youth around our area together uh through G gay krauss. On May 8th we have the state of cities lunchon. Can't believe it's almost May. That's always a great event that both mayors for um the town of Los Altos Hills and the city of Los Altos will be speaking. Um and then May 21st, I wanted to get that on your
006radar. That's our last round of open houses. So, we have Lyola, Sanorita, Oak, and Covington doing their open houses of May 21st. Do I have anybody who may be available and uh able to attend or you can get back to me when you have time to look at your calendar? >> Yes, my daughter's >> Oh, yeah. You get a pass for that. >> You get a pass for a daughter graduation. >> What's the timing of the >> uh Well, I'll let you know. They're typically 6:30, but some start a little earlier and some end a little later. So, I will get the details for you by your Friday. That's it for me. Thank you. >> We didn't have to reserve for state yet, right? >> Yes, I can send you the >> That's okay. I
007just didn't see it. But you said it's May 8. >> I'll I'll double check. >> Thank you. Okay. All righty. As I say every time, and I mean this sincerely, the best part of this meeting is our school presentation. >> This one's a good one. I mean, they're all so good. This is a good one. >> Um, looking forward to hearing this morning. >> Thanks so much. >> Hi, thank you so much for having us. We are of course very excited once again to share all the things that have been happening at Springer. I mostly just want to tell you a little bit of background on this. This year we decided, we all looked and said, "Wow, there's a lot of really great things that Springer has done for a really long time and the
008traditions are the backbone and the culture of this community at Springer." And we didn't want to throw all of that away and say, "Let's just start over and do deeper learning very differently." There was no need to do that. So we, as you can see up here, started talking this year about turning up the temperature on the things that are already happening and what can we do to take these wonderful traditions that have built the strong culture of Springer and make it a little deeper, make it a little more critical in its thinking. And so third grade just took this and ran with it. Um, I'm not going to tell you too much about it because I know they want to tell you much more, but um, they took their idea of famous Americans, which
009was kind of a wax museum, and really turned up the heat on that. And on wax, let me tell you what happens when you turn up the heat. We got something really, really, really cool going on here. And the last thing I just kind of want to mention is I remember in one of our leadership meetings Sarah Gerlinger saying one of the things that she wanted to add to the indicators of what is good, deeper learning was joy. And I think in my career as a principal, yeah, and as a principal, which is like seven years now, I have never seen so much joy coming from the students, from the teachers, from the parents. It was just amazing. So, with no further ado, let's turn up the heat. It's really about them. But >> my
010name is Lisa Moa, third grade teacher at Springier Elementary. I'm here with my fabulous colleague Jill Williams and our amazing third graders who are super eager to share with you what deeper learning looks like in third grade at Springer. Um, as Mrs. March said, um, Jill and I sat down to plan out our unit on famous Americans. And she told me traditionally it's been where they research someone, uh, a famous American. They turn it into a biography and then they turn that into a speech and present it like wax museum style. Super cute project that they do. The third graders look forward to it every year. The parents love it. But we needed to think about how we could make it more meaningful. And so we wanted the kids to think more about not someone's
011fame. Like it's great to look up to athletes and it's great to look up to musicians and actors. They entertain us. They bring us joy. But we wanted them to think about what are the things that we have today or the things that we're able to do today that we may not have had or been able to do 50, 60, 70 years ago. Um and we wanted them to think about the people who are behind those things. So like how was Christina Cook and Victor Glover able to go um on Artemis and go to the moon? they wouldn't have been able to even apply 60 years ago. How are we able to present you a PowerPoint presentation? What's the technology behind that? Who led the way on that? And how are we able to sit
012in a room full of diverse backgrounds all together to celebrate kids? Um, who are the people, you know, that risked their lives and went to jail that allowed that to happen to us. So, I'll let them go ahead and explain how we took a journey from famous Americans to impactful Americans. Hi, I'm Kevin, a third grader in Miss Williams class at Springer Elementary School. Our inquiry question for social studies was as how can one person's actions make a difference in the world and how can learning about impactful Americans inspire us to make a difference. In the past while also school districts focused on famous Americans students learned facts about famous people but not necessarily why they were important. Now we have impact form. It all started when our teachers Miss Williams and Miss Mora thought
013that students were choosing because of their faith, not because of the impact that they had on our world. With impactful Americans, we focused on how people made important changes in our world. Hi, my name is Zoe. After we read different biography books, our teachers wanted us to understand the difference between being famous and making an impact. We did an activity about Taylor Swift who is famous and won lots of awards. And we also talked about Rosa Parks who didn't win as many awards but made a bigger impact and actually made a difference to make the world a better place. This taught us that you can be both famous and impactful. Now that we understood what it meant to be impactful, we wanted we were ready to choose the person we wanted to write about. We
014had to choose very carefully and take notes about the impactful man we chose. If we couldn't elaborate and find enough evidence for how the person was impactful, then we would choose another. >> Hi, I'm Claire, a third grader. As a part of our reading class, we focused on traits that match characters in a story. After we read a few varieties of bioraphs, we talked about the character traits that these important people had. The questions were what makes someone important in a positive way and what traits do impactful people share. We wrote examples of how a person showed a trait like Sakage Ja showing she could be calm when trying to cross the continent. Then we sorted the character traits into groups. The groups were smart, perseverant, hardworking, patient, imaginative, and caring. Some of the ways
015you someone can be important include standing up for what's right and inventing helpful things. Some impactful people are Sunni Lee, Neil Armstrong, and Lucille. In this experience, we use things we learned in reading to learn what biographs are and why they are important. We brainstormed and listen listed the people and traits on a chart to be used as a reference. This helped us choose the person we wanted to focus for our project. Thank you. >> After we chose our impactful American, it was time to study them. Our teachers gave us note cards to help us study. We organized our research into three categories: early life, adulthood, and impact. We researched on the Chromebook and in books. On the Chromebook, we used KD and Google. We checked our books from the school and class libraries. On
016winter break, we also did some independent studies. When we did it on the computer, we were not allowed to use AI overview since it checks media sometimes and it isn't always correct. We recorded our info on colorcoded note cards. Pink was early life, yellow was adulthood, and blue, the most important, is impact. After gathering all of our information, it was time to type. On our first draft, we wrote all our information from the note card to the screen and added more. Some people did research while others did typing. After we finished our first draft, we edited it for our final draft and added a title page. Next, it was time to turn the report into a speech. We were going to have a wax museum where we would dress up and pretend that you were
017speaking as the impactful man. We tr we chose to turn our biography into a speech. We checked all of our work for the person's names and he's or she's and replace them with eyes so we would read them correctly. Then we were ready to present. Hi, my name is Adit. When we were done turning our reports into speeches and making them shorter so that there was enough time for everyone to present, we did a short dress rehearsal in front of our own class. When we were ready to present at the impactful American Wax Museum, we decided who would go on which day. One group of people from Miss Morris's class and one group of people from Miss Williams class would go on Tuesday, February 10th. And the other group of from Miss Moore's class and
018the other group from M. Williams class would go on Wednesday, February 11th. We had the event in the multi-purpose one. In the multi, we pretended that it was a wax museum and we we were the statues of the impactful American we chose. We had tables where we would present with two people at each table. Since we were pretending to be statues, each person had a button, so if people wanted to listen to their presentation, they would press the button to make them start. We invited some of the grades in our school. For the kids who were in grades lower than third grade, they kind of got an idea of what the event was about. Many people came and enjoyed the learning about each different impactful American who made a difference in the world. Many parents
019came to watch their kids present. They were very proud of us. The kids who were not presenting theirs that day listened to some people who were presenting and later took some notes about them. The event lasted for about an hour. Everyone worked super hard and learned a lot and were very inspired by the American they chose. We spent two months working for this and it turned out to be a great experience for everything. >> As part of our waxing routine, we put out posters so people could write what they learn learned after listening to our presentations. This helped listeners pay attention and students could see right away how how how their learning helped others learn from their research and presentations. Students were glad to see that others had learned the facts about their impactful person.
020We learned that every impactful American contributed to the world. Some invented, some fought against human rights, and because of that, the world is a better place. Things people learned included the fact most people of the impactful American inventors lived in the industrial revolution, making it easier for people to live. After the presentations were complete, we asked to share what we had learned from each other. what specific impact these Americans have on our world. Now, these students reflected on the wax machine they wrote in I learned straight. We also learned that lots of people were educated about the impact of American project. Hopefully, that will inspire you and lots of people to make the world a better place. When the wax museum project was over, we were assigned to groups based on how our people were
021impactful. The group categories were leaders and change makers, explorers and trailblazers, innovators and problem solvers, helpers and humanitarians and athletes and role models. Task was to create a supply kit where people in need and organizations can help. For example, the helpers and humanitarians made kindness gift for children in the hospital and items such as clearing books and stuffed animals. The explorers and trailblazers made a kit items such as a flashlight and compass. The leaders and change makers made a leadership kit. The items such as a megaphone and notebook. The innovators and problem solvers made some kids after school program. And the athletes and role models made a sports kit. Items such as a water bottle and brush. Once we read our task, we were given a budget. We used math to decide what items we
022had enough money for and to calculate the cost of each. We divided the amount of money we raised by how many people there were to give kids to. Yeah. We created >> Oh, we created the poster where the group showed how they made everyone's kit, how much a kit cost, and how much money was left over. We picked important items and put them in the kits for the refugees. Lastly, we drew every step and thing we did. Then we presented our poster to the class. At the end of the project, we learned that mask can be used for everyday things. >> After we finished presenting our posters, we decided to vote on which group of people were mostly. We went to the Google bathroom and we did a survey to vote. The survey results show
023we were most impacted by people who help others inspired by CL, people who help kids inspired by Milton Py, and people who help animals inspired by Mrs. Williams. We next we decided on which charities support those causes. We chose the Pound Puppy Rescue to support animals, the Red Cross to support people in need, and Big Brothers and Big Sisters to help kids. >> After we decided what causes to donate to, students and teachers created things like welcome signs to sell at a fundraiser we decided to call Crafts for a Cause. Students made some of the crafts at home while others made crafts at school. As an extra bonus, students were encouraged to make things out of recycled items. We asked local community members to donate items to make into the craft like newspaper, succulent clippings,
024and magnets. Before we had our fundraiser, we had to get the word out. At our Monday assembly, we told everybody about class. We sold Monday to Thursday before and after school March 23rd to 26th. People could come by to see the students hard work in making things to sell. As items were sold, we shared the reason why we were doing this. We worked hard and it helped a lot. Some people even donated without buying anything. After selling for a week and almost selling out of all items we were done, people loved our item. We raised $2,325. We split the money evenly to donate to three charities. $775 each to the Red Cross, Pound Puppy Rescue, and Big Brothers Big Sisters. >> Hi, my name is Neil Armstrong. I mean, Cubby Neil Armstrong was the first
025man to walk on the moon and show the world how far humans can go with science technology if they have courage, collaboration, and they dream big. My impactful American has also inspired me in so many ways. Researching Neil Armstrong made me excited to learn more about space missions and aerospace engineering. I continued to research all of it. Even after a factful American presentation, I knew I knew I wanted to visit NASA. I was not ready. Oh, my Nanto school's district illuminate topic was landing a man on the moon, the Apollo missions and oh, I wanted I was excited to learn more about space, the Apollo missions and aerospace engineering. I continued to research all of it even after our our impactful American presentation. I knew I wanted to visit NASA. I was ready. I was
026not ready to stop there. I visited the Houston Space Center with my family over spring break. We tore the historic mission control loom. Saw the saw the podium where John F. Kennedy gave a speech. We choose to go to the moon. I walked around the Saturn V walking and I saw the actual astronaut train. My favorite part was spending time with a real astronaut who wanted me to dream big. Now I've been following mine with join the Artemis team. My impactful American inspires me to dream big. Becoming the first man to walk on Mars. I think they said it all. Um, I have been doing some form of this project for 30 years and I can say that as I tell my students, a good teacher continues to be a student and I am very
027fortunate that I have continued to try to dig deeper as um encouraged by the district and I'm so glad that you are here for our board meeting tonight um and our presentation as our newest member. We do have one more thing uh for you that our students created. Oh my gosh. Your board meeting. >> So cool. and fence boards because if the neighbor wants to replace your fence, you say, "I think I'm going to keep the >> That's really Thank you. I love it. >> Well, thank you for the wonderful gift, but thank you for the the gift of your presentation. You know, my daughter went through almond, you know, ages ago and um she did her famous Americans and it's so so lovely to see how that's grown and evolved and more and it's
028with every child who spoke. It's a fol who did this with their folks and you did it. It was really really amazing and thank you all for your courage in standing up here and speaking to all of us and sharing what you learned. Um board members, anybody want to comments? >> I Yes, please. >> I just wanted to say I'm so impressed at the impact that you all made and what you raised for the causes that you chose. So, >> I was gonna say I'm impressed with all that and the attention to detail that you had little buttons for your wax museum. >> Like just extra >> very expensive. >> Um, yeah, my own my own kids did this with Isabelle and and uh I I will say that uh what we saw here tonight
029I think far surpassed what whatever we saw back then. So it's come a long way here in that short period of time will be awesome. >> Thank you everybody did a great job of talking. So thank you very much. >> That was really wonderful. Thank you so much. On to the consent calendar. Are there any questions board members on the consent calendar for tonight? >> Are there any requests for public comment? Public comment is now closed. >> Yes. >> Uh would any board member like provide any further comment? >> Seeing none. Then may I have a motion to approve the consent calendar as presented? >> Thank you, Stella. You have a second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Brian. Motion to approve tonight's consent calendar as presented was made by Stella, seconded by Brian. All in
030favor, please say I. >> I. Any opposed? Any abstensions? Thank you. Motion passes unanimously. Employee request to address the board. Loss Teachers Association. >> Good evening. Thank you so much for this time. Brandon, so nice to meet you. I'm Alex Shredder, president of Los Angeles Teachers Association. Um, man, a lot going on. We are really excited about the ratification of our contract. Uh, negotiating went really well. Uh, and it was a really nice team effort between our uh, district negotiating team and our union negotiating team. Um, we know as teachers and our members are very clear that our rights are only as strong as our contract allows. So, it's really great to get some more solid language in there, more clear language. Um, and that really helps us protect the rights of our members and
031also helps our administration um, to know that we're all going on the right path together. Another thing that I want to talk about tonight is just information being really important to us as Los Altos teachers association for the leadership. It is really important that we make sure that our members are highly informed. We have 198 members. That is the majority of the educators here in Los Alto School District. Um, and one of the big strengths we've really pushed these past couple years is to make sure that we have a weekly newsletter. There is always information coming out to our members. They're really we're working proactively around issues. Um, we're really excited about the LCAP feedback um, sessions that are coming up. It's been really great that that's moved from more of a survey model back
032into an inerson model. And um, with the partnership of Dr. Bosco, we've been working really hard on making sure that that has come to fruition. Um, another thing that I really hope is on the board's um, radar, as we know already, is Los Alto's uh, district radar is AB1454, which is the language arts legislation that has been passed, but is really important to my members. Um, we've done a lot of conversation around our current curriculum. Um, but thinking about like what could be serving our students better and California uh agrees that better curriculum is out there and should be used. So, we're really looking forward to the money that'll be given for training for our K5 educators coming up. As of January 31st, I think 2027, there'll be a new list of California state approved
033curriculum. Um, so I know we're talking about a math adoption, but we also need to be looking at the horizon of that and our members are very excited to um, just see how Los Altos approaches that as well. Um, I won't be here to see that. It is my last year, but we are really excited and um, our members being as informed as they are continue to have that question. So, thank you guys so much for this opportunity to speak and uh, we just continue to do that great work that our educators do every day. Thanks so much. Yo, Alex, >> do you have any from the California School employer associations? >> Thought I saw Oh, yeah. >> I got here after Springer did. So, in the back I was >> I am first going
034to just also acknowledge thank you for working with LATA because when we have strong teachers, we have a strong school district. Sometimes their contract affects us directly. this year it doesn't. But at the same time, hearing that they're feeling positive and moving on the same direction makes me excited about next year because it really continues the strong partnership that we all have together and just knowing that we're now mentoring May and we're thinking about next school year and the enthusiasm that I'm hearing from teachers about starting strong. But then I also want to talk about our groundskeepers today because it is raining out there. So, our groundskeepers are having to manage the fact that it was raining, but thanks to rain, we now have weeds and they're out there trying to do weeds, but at
035the same time, we have open house. So, they're out there trying to make everything look beautiful. Well, at the same time, they're also helping with JO. I was there at the end of J and I see them pulling up a truck getting everything in on a Saturday night getting ready and then they're going to turn around and at Monday morning at 6:00 a.m. they're going to be out there mowing somebody's lawn cuz it has to be mowed before it starts raining. but then they can't do it later because there's PE and they're also trying to do that. So, they're coordinating with so many moving parts. You think they're just out there with the Reed whackers having a low-key time, but actually what they're doing is managing quite a few needs. They're also just constantly monitoring
036things for student safety. That's actually a big one that they really are keeping in mind. They're noticing when that grass has holes in it and they do not want a kid falling. They're paying attention to the fact that there is wasps wandering around. They're really actually part of our school safety because our kids actually spend quite a bit of time outside, which is amazing, but it's one more place that we actually need to keep everyone safe. And so there are people that you quietly often don't see cuz they got their headphones on while they're doing their work, but they really take it seriously. And they're also just all hands on deck when needed. They work together often, so they'll go into the school and get it all knocked down. So, you're just going to come
037in one day and everything looks fresh and weed whacked and beautiful for the next one and then they're off to the next school to do it and then they're going to be coming back to you again in a month because those weeds will be back. So, their job is a little bit thankless but really doing amazing work and they have been several of them have been with us for many years and really just give it their all and we're grateful for them. Thank you again for sending these great people. Thank you so much, Kim. Right. To provide public comment on an agenda item, speaker cards are to be submitted to the superintendent. Speaker cards will not be accepted once public comment begins. Your name will be announced when it is your turn to speak. This
038time is now reserved for members of the public and employees to address the board on items that are not on the agenda. The board is not permitted to discuss or take action on non-aggenda items except to instruct the superintendent to review the matter further, report back to the board at a subsequent meeting, or place the matter on a future agenda. The board may make a brief comment or ask clarifying questions. And I believe we only have one for non-aggendaized items. So, Margie Swoso, you'll have three minutes. Thank you. >> Thank you. I just hope I can read as well as an LD third grader. [laughter] >> No pressure. Good evening members of the board, superintendent McGonagal, assistant superintendent and Marcy. Um my name is Margie Suazo and this is my colleague Marie Davidson parent at
039Springer. We're with Greentown Los Altos and as many of you know Greentown is a local environmental organization we started in 2007 and we're also part of Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation's local impact collective. Seeing as Wednesday is Earth Day, we thought we it fitting for us to share some of our thoughts about how the school district can go green by reducing waste and perhaps save some money in the process. U so over the years we've worked with the district on a number of things to encourage a student to walk, bike and carpool to provide education about the importance of not idling in front of the schools given the outsized impact of toxic air emissions on our children. um to plant more trees uh on campus, trees that are resilient to our changing climate. Um
040we worked on the facilities master planning process as a stakeholder and so on. So for this partnership, we thank you. But an area that continues to be challenging is zero waste. Um Greentown has significant in-house expertise in this area as well as knowledgeable partners in the community who can support school waste reduction efforts. And our long-term vision is this, that schools generate minimal waste, single-use plastics are dramatically reduced, and reusable systems are normalized. School policies and culture support these goals, and everyone is educated on the negative impacts of waste on human health and the environment. Recently, we had an opportunity, Marie and I, to visit Fremont Unified School District, an elementary campus that now provides lunch on stainless steel trays, cups, cutlery. It was very inspiring. Amazing sorting, so little waste, and a daily hands-on
041lesson in taking care of our planet. And the school district was extremely proud of this effort. Like Los Altos, they don't have kitchens on their campuses. Instead, they arrange for meal prep elsewhere and for a service to come and remove, clean and replenish their reus reusables. They work with partners to underwrite project costs and have reduced packaging waste and hauling waste hauling costs. Um, and we are happy to provide additional details on that if you're interested. We're also looking at a couple of other examples. We recognize that that shift is a longer term shift that's not going to happen overnight. So, we proposed two simple first steps in a meeting with Eric and Camila and Henry. The first is getting rid of plastic wrapped sporks and napkins which every kid receives every day. Uh for
042this, we agreed to try a pilot program at one campus for one month to replace the spork napkin combination with items in bulk. And Springer students are also driving a bring your own utensils campaign. The second is to collaborate with and support Henry in improving signage and waste sorting by sharing best practices, of which there are many, with custodial staff. So, as we approach Earth Day, uh we would like you to give due consideration to working towards zero waste on our school campuses and to partnering with us on investing in the potential to switching to reusables. I apologize for taking the answer. >> No, that's okay. >> Thank you. >> Thanks, Margie. >> Any questions, Shel? or do >> No, I'm I'm okay. But you you've been in touch with Eric, so Eric has all
043the details. >> Yes. >> Okay. Thank you so much. >> All righty. On to action and discussion items. The first one is tentative agreement between Lalto School District and Los Altos teachers association. >> Thank you. As Alex mentioned in her comments, we are very proud to bring forward a tentative agreement with the district and the Los Altos Association this evening. Um, I just want to start off by thanking our team of LATACA negotiators. Uh, our chief negotiator, Vicky Burke, Amanda Pinkman, Alex Schroeder, Elson Gentiel, Bailey, Lindon, Michelle Neibo, Paul Ramirez. We're all part of the team. Um, and then also on the district side, we had Valerie, Sandra, Eric, Kate Burhorn, and Nikita Shaw with us. So after a number of sessions we have uh agreed to changes to our leaves article which is primarily
044updating it with current regulations on leave and leave codes. Uh our article five around transfer and reassignment which is really about improvement for process there. Uh our evaluation article we're proud that we've added informal and formal support plans for teachers workday work year. Uh there's been some changes to how we uh calculate our staff meeting time. We've added back some staff meetings and we've uh capped our staff meetings for ordinary purposes at 60 minutes which was a a great interest of our our teachers association. We've also um done a number ofus. So, we weren't ready to incorporate these changes into the contract, but we wanted to add some release time for junior high based on class sizes, implement a new district level committee to look at unit member safety called the district uh safe support
045and safety team as well as some site support and safety teams. And then finally, um, an MO around special education just to reconfirm our commitment to collaborative partnerships, relief sign for IES, and for trucks. So this evening, I'd like to ask for the the board's approval and also uh attend a celebration that's upcoming on May 5th if we're available to to celebrate this great TA. These are all non-economic changes as well. Um, if anyone wants to submit a public comment card out Okay. Uh, board members, you have any questions? Clarify questions for uh, there's no public comment. Public comment is closed. Any further board discussion? Well, I did just want to clarify that the version that's posted now will be updated at a later time when it's all final. And I want to thank both
046negotiating teams for working together in good faith. Appreciate that. All righty. In that case, this is an action item. So, may I have a motion to approve the tentative agreement between the Los Altos School District and Los Altos teachers association. >> So moved. >> Thank you, Stella. Have a second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Brian. Any further board discussion? Okay. So motion to approve the tentative agreement between Lala School District and Los Alta Teachers Association was made by Stella, seconded by Brian. All in favor, please say I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Thank you. Motion passes unanimously. >> Thanks everybody. >> Moving on. Public hearing and adoption of grades K through five mathematics curriculum. Hello. Uh this is a night that's very exciting for me on a selfish level as uh I've been working with
047the team on this adoption for a couple of years now and um it's been a real uh group effort. It started with um a team of educators, administrators um special ed and GED um educators who served as the planning team to try to um ensure that this process that we went through was inclusive of many voices and they helped kind of design how how this would play out and it's been a very successful um process that I want to share with you. I also want to thank the curriculum council who acknowledged them um comprised of parents uh teachers and administrators um who came together and studied very deeply um the changes in math instruction in California and did some important work and then maybe the people who did the very most work are our piloting
048teachers. We had about 25% of our K5 uh teachers piloting um different curriculum this year. And so it's it's been an important process but one that has definitely taken effort from from many people. Um the starting point for this work uh was something very important that happened in 2023 when the CDE adopted a new mathematics framework and uh a framework uh in California schools describes what classroom instruction looks like uh around a particular subject area. Um, and I'll talk more about this one later, but throughout the process, this framework has really served as the guiding document to help make decisions. The process went like this. Um, we started in the spring of 2025. Um after that planning team had met, we kind of jumped into this process with the curriculum council in the spring of
0492025 with some planning and preparation. Move to a pilot um this this school year and now we're in the selection and approval segment. After we adopt, we will then move into an implementation phase phase. And we have already been seeking feedback from teachers um around what's important from the piloting teachers, what's important that we consider as we as we move into an implementation phase. So I'm just going to kind of walk through that work in that order. Um starting with the preparation work that the curriculum council did. Uh we started by reading excerpts of the very long um math framework and uh studied that in multiple sessions. Ultimately the product of that study was that the curriculum council developed a vision statement. Um the purpose of this vision statement is to have a kind of
050a a simple singular place we can go to as a reference point for decision making and it clarifies what instruction in mathematics uh should look like in our schools. Um the big points are that inquiry is the heart of learning. So kids learn through inquiry which also includes direct instruction. That students are the ones doing the thinking. teachers act as facilitator. Um that big ideas in math are taught in connected ways. And finally, that discourse where kids are talking and and building up ideas together are an important tool for learning in a math classroom. The second thing the curriculum council did was to uh develop a set of selection criteria and uh it is based on partly the the framework and the instructional vision statement but also whether the particular materials we're looking at are
051aligned with uh the standards and also to what degree it supports our local vectors considering who our students are and their diverse needs. um to what degree does the curriculum or materials we're looking at support teachers in um access for all students as well as to what degree are the materials uh friendly for a teacher to use. That's another important factor. So ultimately um we landed the curriculum council landed on two different curriculum to pilot. We started with um a broad screening of pretty much everything that was out there. We sent out a survey and asked teachers, you know, what are you hearing about? What do we what should we look into? We did uh broad searches around what our neighboring school districts are using. And then we screened those using our criteria. We had
052[clears throat] a smaller group um do a a more thorough review of a smaller number of them. And then the curriculum council ultimately decided we would we would pilot two. The first we piloted was experience math published by Savis and uh written by a really wellrespected um math educator Marian Small. Um and then the second published by uh the math learning center is bridges in mathematic third edition uh which coincidentally is used by our neighboring PaloAlto school district. Um ultimately the piloters agreed after um extensive use and very annoying surveys that they got tired of hearing from me about um that uh they wanted to move forward with bridges that that was the recommendation and I will talk more about that and what they said in just a moment but I want to talk to
053you about some of the ways that bridges um aligns with our selection criteria. So it is very well aligned with standards. Our um piloters felt that it really does a good job of promoting the um mathematics mathematics practices um that take learning beyond just the content to the process skills kids are learning that it really does align well with our um instructional vision for an inquirybased math program that balances inquiry with direct instruction. still promotes uh the development of important fluencies and it also provides opportunities for um meaningful discourse and sensemaking for kids. Uh they also noted uh the assessment suite that's part of the program as well as opportunities for access and acceleration. Um, Bridges is a program that actually has a supplemental intervention program that alone aligns very nicely with the with the
054units as they're taught. Um, so we would be able to we will be able to um determine what some next steps are for our students who are struggling um more significantly. Daily lessons for uh bridges look somewhat similar to the lessons that happen in many of our math classes now. Um it begins with uh an introduction to a um really rich mathematical task that teacher uh ensures that all kids have a grasp of what the question is asking and the prerequisite knowledge that they need in order to jump into an investigation with their with their peers. And then they're set off to do work together. Um during that time they may be playing games, they may be um uh attacking a particular problem or practicing a particular skill and then and to culminate the class
055comes together for a discussion and a reflection about what they learned. oftentimes this is where the teacher will explicitly teach a process for for solving a particular type of problem and then kids have opportunities to practice those skills um throughout the unit. A really important component of this curriculum beyond just the typical day-to-day inquirybased lesson is the a component called number pointer. Um, and this is where kids are working together to to develop the conceptual understanding and procedural skill that kind of repeats itself spirals across the year. It's a fairly fast and engaging uh routine that kids go through. Um, I was going to get back to this recommendation from our pilot teachers. uh 82% of the 25% of teachers that piloted uh preferred bridges in mathematics to the experience math curriculum. And the primary
056reason for this as as teachers were sharing uh their rationale was that this curriculum in their opinion really um brought kids into the thinking in a different way and allowed for a more rigorous um experience for students than experience did. Uh I won't read both of these word for word. You can read. I will read the second one though because I think it really demonstrates what what everybody was saying about this. Students are able to use a significant amount of math language. There are so many opportunities for open-ended thinking. All of my students, multilingual learners or English only are able to articulate their thinking and engage in the games and activities. Students feel comfortable and eager to share their thinking. We were very pleased with such a high number of teachers who a high percentage
057of teachers who who saw this curriculum as a real opportunity for um teaching and learning in LSV. Uh the this this information went back to the curriculum council and the curriculum council um unanimously agreed that we would recommend to you that we adopt bridges. Um we also sent a um an email to all all parents in our school community with an opportunity to review the curriculum and provide feedback. Um they noted many strengths. uh that uh there's a good balance of conceptual understanding and problem solving. There's opportunities for visual models and differentiation. They noted um some of the things that they're thinking about through more critical feedback was that they want to make sure that there's opportunities for challenge for for our advanced learners um and that there's a continued emphasis on fluency and foundational
058skills. um and that the implementation is consistent and really aligns well with what's going to happen for kids when they get to the the middle school grades. Uh they clearly value uh both like understanding and confidence that kids are building their math identity of who they are as mathematicians and that this is preparing them for future math pathways. all of our community uh curriculum council members had an opportunity to review the community feedback. Um and so we are just very excited to come to you seeking an approval of the adoption of bridges in mathematics third edition. Uh and I'd be happy to answer any of your questions before we proceed. >> Thank you so much Greg. Um are there any questions from the board? As this is a public hearing, public hearing is now open.
059Are there any requests for public comment? None. Okay. Public comment is now closed. Um well, the public hearing is now closed. >> Um any further comment, board members? Sure. Well, I attended the curriculum council meetings and I was really pleased to see that when Greg asked, you know, um, everyone in attendance sort of like which one they'd be in favor of after we read all the comments from the piloters that it was, you know, such a strong show of support for bridges. And so, um, I know maybe not all our parents were able to go to the PTA meetings where Greg also presented on this, but I just wanted to, um, really, um, I hope our communication emphasizes how strongly the teachers feel that this is the right choice for the district. >> Yeah, let's
060come. >> Okay, thank you. That was a really thorough process, by the I opened a thank you a lot of blood, sweat, and tears. So, appreciate that. Um, as this is an action item, may I have a motion to approve the adoption of Bridges and Mathematics third edition for grades K through five? Thank you, Stella. You have a second. >> I'll second. >> Thank you, Jim. Is there any further board discussion? >> Okay. Motion to approve the adoption of bridges in mathematics third edition for the K through five mathematics curriculum was made by Stella and seconded by Jim. All in favor please say I. I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Thank you. Motion passes unanimously. Congratulations. >> Thank you very much. >> Well done. >> Right. District standards of >> evening tonight. We want to
061give a first pass and almost like a first read. Uh these are a draft district standard for construction and modernization for all of our schools. And it's really a culmination for about a 16-month process. >> About 16 months ago, uh we invited technology staff, maintenance and operations staff. We had several meetings uh with the architect and team. We had the all the maintenance staff, ground staff. Uh we had architects involved. Uh some of our site principles were also involved. So there's a lot of stakeholder input. Um, and and you see it's a it's a it's a working draft. Uh, and so we'll ask tonight for any comments on it, but it really talks about all the different divisions when you're doing modernization and construction. It goes from existing conditions from concrete all the way to
062utilities and plumbing. Uh, and it's pretty important as we're getting into our measure finishing up measure N and looking into measure E that we have standardized light fixtures, plumbing fixtures, carpet colors. Um, it's all really important for maintenance and sustainability. We want things that are easy to clean, easy to maintain. Um, and you sometimes you might get the f something fancy with bells and whistles, but it might be obsolete in two years. And so we want to make sure we get things that are like long-term and solid um solid uh pieces of equipment and suppliers and manufacturers and so on. Uh, so we've got a lot of input. Uh we also talk about door hardware which is very important for keys and latches and things and then the IT technology and that's pretty important because
063it's also how teachers use technology in the classroom with the TVs and the smart TVs and and Apple TV. There's so many new things in things we want to make sure that we're doing the right thing. So we worked with our CNI technology department. So we got B and his team uh to talk about what in a classroom what technology should be in that classroom. We have been doing some bell and PA replacements as you know and so for contracts. Um so tonight I'm here to answer any questions you might have on it. We will bring this back for final approval. There is an appendix C that has landscape standards and I was glad that Greentown Loss was here because they talked about trees. We have partnered with them um planted trees in our campuses.
064We do feel um landscaping is a very important part of our schools and making sure that the right type of trees are planted in the right locations because oftentimes I'll see people they'll put a tree in the tree gets way too big. It's too big for that location and we have little kids on our campuses and I know I don't have a pine cone to bring in like I did before. Um but it's pretty important that we also will be working with getting those landscape standards updated um probably sometime next year. So, it's just it's not really an action item. It's just a discussion item and we wanted to let the board ask any questions they might have and then we'll bring this back for final approval. Mayor Chair, >> thank you. There any clarifying
065questions before I go to public comment? Is there any public comment? Public comment is now closed. Any further board discussion? Okay. Awesome. Thank you, Eric. On to our next item is a resolution. >> Yeah, these are two resolutions and they're both uh linked. Uh the first one is resolution 2526-15 and this authorizes the district to uh fill uh fill out and get in line for state funding to the state allocation board. And that's for the prop two state funds uh for bond funds. And then uh so that will be the further resolution that we'll be asking you to approve tonight. Thank Um, is there any clarifying questions? No. No. Any public comment? Okay. Public comment is now closed. Uh, any further comment? Okay. In that case, may I have a motion to approve resolution number
0662526-15 authorizing filing of applications for state allocation board administr administered programs for the Los Alto School District. Second. >> Thank you, Stella. We have a second. Second. >> Thank you, Brian. >> Any further board discussion? Okay. Motion to approve tonight's resolution number 2526-15 was made by Stella, seconded by Brian. As this is a resolution, I will take roll call vote in random order. Jim, >> yes. >> I have to make it fun for myself. Brandon, >> yes. >> Stella, >> yes. >> Brian, >> yes. >> I too vote yes. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Our next resolution number 2526-16 in support of applications for eligibility termination and funding designation of authorized district representatives. >> Next item just uh talks about we list all the potential projects that we could apply for state funding and that
067would be for new construction and modernization for all nine of our school sites including the San Antonio campus. The idea would be we apply for state funding. This resolution allows Sandra and myself to assign the application to submit for state funding. And how state funding works is you have to be eligible and you fill out the applications, you submit them to to the state and then you wait. and he [clears throat] waits and he waits and sometimes you wait three or four years >> and often times the money will come in three or four years later and then we've already spent money on other things and then when that money comes in you can use that money for other projects on your campuses. So that would be a thought process and we would get in
068line, fill our applications, uh once we're ready to do that, submit them and then again we will be waiting but it's a good thing to happen. Uh and then if um if we need money for other projects hopefully it'll come in several years later. So we're asking tonight to approve uh resolution 2526 to >> Thank you. Um any clarifying questions? Any requests for public comment? No. Any further board discussion? No. Okay. Then may I have a motion to approve resolution number 2526-16 support of applications for eligibility determination and funding resignation of authorized district representatives. >> So moved. >> Thank you, Stella. You have a second. >> Thank you, Brandon. Any further board for discussion? No. All right. As is the resolution, we'll do a roll call vote. So motion to approve this resolution number 2526-16
069was made by Stella, seconded by Brandon. Stella, >> yes. Brandon, >> yes. >> Brian, >> yes. >> Jim, >> yes. >> I too vote yes. Motion passes unanimously. Thanks everybody. Onwards. KGCS independent consultant agreed. >> Yes. um as part of the San Antonio campus this uh the district is required to hire a inspector of record and that has to be approved by the division of state architect. Uh previously the board approved a pool of inspector of records and we and we asked them for proposals. Uh we received proposals from five different firms. Uh they uh KGCS is a very experienced inspector of record has done work with numerous school districts many of them in our area. uh they had the most cost-effective proposal under $20 per hour. Um DSA requires continuous inspection. So when you're
070doing construction on your house, there's a factory comes out from the city. They come out once a month, once or every month. DSA requires continuous inspections eight hours a day, 40 hours a week, sometimes week, weekends, and after hours. And that would be extra. Uh that's if there's work being done. uh everything is inspected from the concrete the bolt every bulb piece of rebar. Uh so that's why schools are very safe but to do that you have to have inspector on site. DSA will also because the San Antonio campus is a very large project they're going to require to have an assistant inspector. Uh and so we'll bring once DSA gives us guidance on how many hours that person would be required we'll bring an amendment back. uh uh Corey Gilbert which is KGCS uh
071he would be the main inspector and he would have an assistant because the project is is so large you have to have two sets of eyes looking at all the different work being done um so that will happen later in the project and that would be part of increment two and increment two is going to be part of the buildings and and and things like that so we'll know more about that but this is uh tonight we're asking to approve this contract uh to get started there's a lot of paperwork that has to be filled out ahead of Uh but we want uh KGCS to start this summer once TSA requires inspector paint site and that and and construction is still expected to start uh mid to late May for demolition and fencing and being
072set up. So an >> thank you. Um any clarifying questions? >> Nope. Any requests for public comment? Public comment is now closed. Um would any further board comments discussion? Okay. Uh then may I have a motion to approve the KGCS independent consultant agreement? >> Uh so move. Sorry [laughter] missed my queue. >> But we're really invited on this one. >> A second. >> Come on guys. Any further board discussion? Okay. Motion to approve the KGCS independent consultant agreement made by Stella, seconded by Jim. All in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? Any abstensions? >> Thank you everyone. Motion passes unanimously. Next, the 2026 CSBA delegate assembly runoff election. >> Yes. So tonight we're bringing to you uh a runoff between two candidates for CSBA Delegate Assembly. You have Elizabeth Holidayiday from the Campbell Union
073High School District and Jodie Mirhead from Santa Clara Unified School District. Um as it you can only vote for one. As a note, you all did vote last time for Elizabeth Holidayiday and not Jodie Mirhead, I believe, but tonight is a new vote, so it's a runoff for you. discuss amongst yourselves. >> Thank you. Um any is there any request for are there any clarifying questions? >> Sure. >> Any request for public comment? Public comment is now closed for discussion. >> Oh, I was going to motion to >> wants to keep this. >> Yeah. Um but I always struggle with the wording. I I move to uh vote for Elizabeth Holidayiday in the runoff election. >> Thank you. Um, is there a second? >> A second. >> Thank you, Brian. Any further board discussion? >>
074I do appreciate you pointing out that we did vote for one and not the other the first time we did this. >> That wasn't because they weren't. >> No, exactly. Just a point of just they're both >> They're both great trustes. They both Yeah, >> we can only vote for one. So, a motion to approve Elizabeth Holiday for the 2026 CSPA Delegate Assembly runoff election was made by Stella, seconded by Brian. All in Oh, is it a roll call vote? >> Okay. >> It's not a roll call vote. Okay. All in favor, please say I. I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Thank you. Motion passes unanimously. That's wonderful. >> Board policy updates. >> Yes. So, you've had five new updates. uh to review. Many of them are just minor things. And then the uh fire
075drill and fires is a whole new policy. But as I told Stella today, we have been doing monthly fire drills as long as I've been a teacher. Um but perhaps there was never an actual policy around it. So um not new to our process. So if you have any questions before our next meeting in May, let me know and we can clarify anything that needs to be clarified. Great. Any clarifying questions? Any requests for public comment? Public now closed. Any further board discussion? Okay. Well, if you think of any questions, just >> email to find me. >> Board policy deletion. And then there is one deletion um board policy 5145.1 around privacy and that was as I believe Marcy put in the notes that had been previously moved elsewhere. So this is just a cleanup
076on our end. >> Thank you. Um any clarifying question? Any public comment? No. Public comment is now closed. Further board discussion. you think of any questions between now and then, please email our superintendent, right? We're gonna move on to board and administration comments. Harry, would you like to kick us off? >> Sure. Thank you. Um, as was mentioned earlier, we are starting our process to update our LCAP, our local control accountability plan. And so today, we had sent out our parent survey. It also has a late competit. So, we kind of tried to streamline our surveys a little bit into one survey last year. So this is the administration there. Uh we'll be going out to every school and doing the same session during their their lunchtime. We're looking forward to that. And then of
077course all of our regular committees engage in providing input in Belcap. So the BRC, the DAC uh curriculum council, our leadership teams and then we have a student ambassador group that will be meeting in May. So excited to meet with sixth, seventh and eighth graders uh to get some feedback from them about student experience, course offerings and support that that we provide. Um also this month we will are launching parent square and thank you to gardener for being our pilot. They sent the first parent newsletter out today ever. Did you get it? >> Friday. Yeah. Great. Um, so I want to thank our front office staff, our principles, art teachers, but especially our IT department, Val, Kim, and Donna, who've been so helpful working with integrating with the new platform, the new system. Um, we
078think this is going to be a really excellent enhancement to our communications for parents. One thing notable about parent square app and platform is it will automatically translate into parents home language. So that's not just incoming communications, but it's also outgoing. so they can communicate back and forth with a teacher through messaging and home language. We're really thrilled about that. Um we'll keep you posted on how that process goes in the spring. I also met with our teacher advisory group this afternoon. Uh that's with reps from every school. Um and next summer we're going to be focusing exactly on communication. So it's really nice. >> Thank you. Uh last Tuesday I met with the Los Altos Police Department to talk about the crossing guard program, getting an update on how that's going. Also talk about
079bicycle safety. Um and you know really uh we'll be sending out some blast to our principles. They do said they're it could be another parents birthday thing. Um but really reminding uh you know parents about uh being mindful around school safety around the school zone, watching your speed. Um, and then also we did talk a little bit about the ebikes and how they're very fast and a lot of kids aren't being uh safe with those. So, it was a really good meeting just to kind of get a check in with um they're they're really they're partners uh to help keep our schools safe. Um and BRC will be meeting tomorrow. We'll be getting some more input for the LCAP and BRC tomorrow, but the review committee um and I want to thank Camila and Elizabetha
080for really stepping up. There's been some staff out for food services. So, we have it's all hands- on deck of helping um serves food when people are out. Uh you heard Green talk about we've had some nice meetings with them to talk about how can we be as green as possible. So, that's it's a nice partnership with that team. Um and then I want to thank Far Hat and Sandra Bush and Marcy. Uh there's very large agenda today on uh consent items, lots of contracts and agreements. There's a tremendous amount of work in the background when you guys see your packet come in. There's a lot of people uh of doing the the behind the scenes work. So, I really want to thank Farath who helps manage a lot of our contracts. Sandra Bush and
081I are on the phone. I was gone for a couple days last week and we're on constant contact, you know, working because you want to make sure it's right and it's accurate. So, I really want to thank Marcine um Barat Sander Bush for getting the agenda ready because it's it's it's a lot of work behind the scenes and I'm very happy to hear Kim speak so highly for our ground staff. Yeah, there's a lot of work being done and it was so nice to um Junior Olympics is a huge event and so working with the PTAs and the maintenance staff, all the setup and uh it's kind of funny. It's like um Noah's Arc every they they go and get two of everything from everywhere [laughter] and they're they're getting like every school has two
082hurdles and two things uh and then they deliver it and then they bring it all back to the school sites and it miraculously goes right back to where it came from. Uh but really thank you to Cameron for acknowledging that because it does take a village. So yeah, thank you. Okay, >> well I I'm assuming the two of you may talk a little bit about coast to coast, but I would just add that um I felt very hopeful around um support and public education and uh enjoyed our time advocating for students in our school district and our county and beyond. I'll let you guys get into the details. >> Thank you. Um, Brandy. >> Um, I don't have any comments. >> Oh, I was there. >> How did you enjoy your first junior Olympics on
083the other side of the thing? >> A VIP. >> Um, that's always a fun event. I my the first one that we came that my kids went to was the one after CO shut down for a couple years. And so um you know that was for since then they've always been kind of very special for the kids and you know it's it's fun to see um how how energized they all >> I was thinking of these third graders >> um I in their little I think we all you were all Um, >> and uh, it's the end of the school year, so it's a busy time for everybody and there's a lot of stuff going on for us, too. And, um, all of it's good. And >> yeah, >> it's such a busy time of
084the year. >> Yeah. >> Um, I attended the 30th anniversary fundraiser for Metro Tutor Connection >> last week, which was a great event. and also uh attended the LEF board meeting to answer any questions and give a little talk about all the stuff we have going on. But >> thank you Stella. >> Uh I can't believe it's been more than a month since our last regular board meetings. I was going through my calendar. I was like, "Oh, there been a lot of events. I had a lot of fun at the LD trivia night and I want to thank all [clears throat] the teachers and staff who organized that." >> It was really fun. Um, I went to our Illuminate LD event. Also had a great time there with my kids. Thank you to all the
085volunteers who made that possible and Grace Troy especially. Um, I visited Egan with Sandra and saw our students and teachers in action. I attended the open house at Springer, so I didn't get a chance to thank Sarah for showing me around, but she was gracious enough to like, you know, bring me around to all the classrooms. And I got to see even more of the beautiful welcome sign. there. Um, and then of course I was at Jo and had a great time at Coast to Coast. And when you said that you had a good time there, I thought you were going to stay at karaoke, but apparently >> Thank you, Stella. >> Can I just say something about open house? cuz I did go to gardener's open house as a parent >> and then when
086I was done being a parent, I put on my name tag. I went into every classroom >> and talked to every teacher >> and it's inspiring as always. So, >> right. >> Yeah. >> Um I want to start by by expressing my gratitude for this board. You know, I really really love our board and it's this is unfortunately it's not the norm. There's a lot of dysfunctional boards out there and our board is so respectful and so professional and that you know while some of us were at Coast to Coast, others of you were at other um meetings and open houses and just representing the board and it's so important that the board members are out in the public and that our our families see us, our kids see us. So, um it's really great.
087I love that everybody just is very aligned and does their does their part. Um Coast to Coast was really great. um a new topic that we're advocating for was AI, a responsible use of AI and um you know, of course, you know, special ed funding and and that kind of thing, but um the whole thing around AI was kind of I always say it's new say it's new to me, but it's it's new to be on that big platform of what we're advocating for. Um, we met with Sam Licardo and you know I think we're very lucky that in Santa CL County our congressional representatives are very accessible to us. Um, so we don't really have to go to DC to see them. Um, but I think that Sam really appreciated that we came all
088the way from California to advocate for our students and I think it really sends a very strong message about how important public education is to us. um with all the other things that are going on in the news cycle, you know, we urged him to keep public education first and foremost because that truly is an investment in the future of this country more than anything else. I might be a little biased, but um I just wanted to point out May 6th um so the Santa Clara County School Boards Association, uh Nissa Flagger, our new county assessor, will be speaking. So I highly recommend if you can to come listen. uh May 13th are the Hoffman Awards which we won I think two years ago. So um tickets for that go really fast and it's it's
089a really great event. So I highly recommend you >> um uh get a ticket for that. I don't know if you mentioned but challenge team has a lunch coming up in May. I forget the exact mention. >> Yeah. Okay. Okay. Good. Good. I was just going to say the keynote is former mountain police department police chief. >> Yes. He's great. >> Yes. And really very kid focused. And I think one of the um >> very techy and one of their um what the adult champion for youth is officer low >> you know uh they have a really great youth services um unit >> it's it they really it's not what you see on TV with SRO's >> any so with that I >> you didn't well I just weren't paying attention >> heard sorry >>
090all All right, with that, thanks everyone. Have a good evening.