001I'd like to call this meeting to order in open session. Welcome to this evening's hybrid board of trustees meeting being held both in person and virtually. This meeting has been made accessible to members of the public on the link at Morland school district's website and on diligent not board dogs [laughter] inside joke for people who don't know that. Any person who requires accommodations to access the meeting has been asked to contact the superintendent's office within 24 hours of this meeting. This meeting is being recorded and [clears throat] may be published online at a later date. And before we move on to flag salute, I just want to take a second to thank Heather for presiding over the meeting in my absence. Thank you so much for that. All right, with that, we're ready for the
002flag salute. And >> oh yes over your heart. >> I aliance 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 please don't go away. Don't go away. Come back. >> Not off the hook. So, um, we've we've had three Mland Middle School kids lead us in today's flag salute. U, would you take a second introduce yourself, what grade you are, and we'll take it from there. >> Hello, my name is Elani and I at school. Hi, I'm Tony Moretti and I'm also an eighth grader here at Orland and I'm an eighth grader at Orland. >> All right, thank you. Um, questions? >> Yeah. So, I understand you are the top three finalist of um the
003script spelling bee. Is that right? Am I reading? So, tell us a little bit about about the spelling bee and your participation in it. >> Take a turn. Uh, so I think um the hardest part about spelling me was really just um having a lot of patience to spell the word and really just remembering the word and the just if you practice it over and over again, it kind of just becomes um you get really better at it and just capable of just by how you think you are. I think for me the hardest part was like the stress. When you're up there and you're about to spell the word, you like know the word, but you're worried you're going to mess it up. >> Yeah. Well, also I agree with a lot of the
004spelling of more than just practice is also your like mental ability. like it feels uh you probably would have been able to spell a lot on the words right at home, but in the competition setting the like atmosphere and the pressure is really on and then you made some really bad mistakes. >> Congratulations on your placement. >> So you guys is it was like an online forum or was it like in person [clears throat] and how did you guys like personally decide you this is something that you guys wanted to do? Because I remember my first and only ever spelling you was like in the fourth grade. I still remember to this day because I misspelled stubborn. I missed that. I forgot it was a double B and you were in such a mental game
005and I knew it. And anyways, so never again did I ever attend the spelling be. Um so curious how a you guys got into this and kind of like what it looked like you guys. So I think for personally for me I've been doing it for all three years and the first year I got second place and then the second year I also got second place but this year I'm just really focused and problem solve. >> Oh my god. That's awesome. >> Yeah. Um I've also been doing it every year since sixth grade. So just wanted some more practice and it was fun the first year so I wanted to keep doing >> Yeah. So no traumatic experiences like it. Yeah. Okay, [laughter] >> I uh doing it all three years as well, but in
006sixth grade I I'm not going to lie, I think my parents just signed me up [laughter] and then I just kept doing it. It was fun. Sixth grade I got first place. Then seventh grade, third place, and now eighth grade I got second place. >> Awesome. Pretty good. >> Thank you guys so much. any benefits you guys like feel or think you have now that you guys are spelling champs or you know got that behind you because we're better at English [clears throat] words easier in like essays and stuff. >> I just think that I go right awesome. >> They're all good answers. Um I actually don't have any questions. I say this to all the students that come and it's kind of my little speech or pitch which is uh I I would think
007if somebody asked me why do I go to a board meeting and tell the story about why I'm at the spelling be why is this kind of relevant and I >> want to tell you how it's super relevant because we're going to go on and make decisions about you know kids in this district tonight we're going to have all these conversations about whatever the topure is and at the end we will have the image of you as students in terms of the people that we are making these decisions for and So, it isn't so much about the spelling bee. It's about remembering that we have students that have aspirations and goals that they have um and we're trying to help them fulfill them um in in the form of the education that they get. And
008so, it just centers us on what is most important about the work that we do, which is you. And you're coming to an end of your time here at Morland. We're going to pass you off into the high school uh district. and we hope that we will have served you really really well uh and that you are more than prepared for the next step in your academic career. So thank you actually for coming and sharing the story. Thank you for coming and spending time and thank you really for inspiring us to remember that you guys are the most important people in the room. >> Thank you. So, >> um, I would probably just like to ask like how many people were in total who you were competing against, do you think? >> This Well, um,
009all three years has basically been the same group of people. There's like been one or two people who've left. One of the guys who's been participating the last two years was like sick and it was four people total actually. So, M >> I was going to say we're very impressed that all three of you coming from Morland uh representing Morland and and the district uh coming into the top three finalists is quite a feat and uh quite an honor to be able to not only represent yourselves but also the school district and um highly impressed um very happy that you were continue to strive for these goals. So, um, hopefully this continues on to bigger and better things as you move on to your high school, but thank you so much for sharing this opportunity
010for you to to achieve your goals. >> Yeah. So, I will just say how proud I am of you. Uh, I am actually a terrible speller and I too remember the fourth grade and I [laughter] would it was fourth grade and I would always go out in the first round. um wasn't my proudest moment, but I also can relate to the fact that when you're under pressure, you kind of second guess. So, you know how to spell the word, but then you second guess if you know how to spell the word. So, um congratulations [clears throat] uh for making it to the top three finalists and you'll go on to more competition. Is that right? Is there another level? >> Oh, at the top level. Okay. No, on an online [clears throat] course like for
011the regionals and then like they only picked a few students. >> Okay. >> Missed a qualification for one point. >> Well, we are very proud of you. Congratulations. >> Yes, >> absolutely. Thank you. >> Good job. >> Thank you. [applause] >> You're welcome to go. >> You're welcome to stay, too. >> [laughter] >> Thank you again. >> Thank you so much. >> All right, moving on. Um, I'd like to report out that there was no action taken in close session. >> Yeah. >> Yes. [laughter] >> And make a motion or or request the approval of the agenda for tonight. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> All right. All in favor say I. >> I. I. >> Right. Comments from the public. >> Well,
012good evening. Members of the public may address the board on any subject of concern to you, including those not on tonight's agenda. However, provisions of the Brown Act preclude any action as an unagendized item. No response is required or permitted from the board or district staff, and as already stated, no action can be taken. The board, however, may instruct the superintendent to follow up, which may or may not include placing the item on a future meeting's agenda. If you would like to address the board this evening, please complete the blue public public comment card within the first 15 minutes of this board meeting called to order in public session. On the card, please list the agenda items you would like to speak to. If your comments do not pertain to an agenda item, please write
013public comment. When your name is called, please come to the podium and state your name and the organization that you are representing. Comments are limited to 3 minutes per the board governance manual. Do we have any comments this evening? >> Thank you, Heather. We'll move to the superintendence report. >> Okay. I always say that once you hit Halloween, it's March and here we are. Uh, last week was very busy in Morland. Before I get started, I do want to thank Joseph, our manager of food services, because he cooks homemade for us for these board meetings. He makes it over in the MMS kitchen. Um, so we always have a nice, yummy dinner. And I just wanted to say thank you um to him. Um >> absolutely. >> So here here [laughter] we always ask what's
014for dinner tonight. Uh so we had read across America week last week and we had some very special recognitions. We had um dignitaries uh today in the bay's meteorologist Carrie Hall um was visiting ma uh Rosemary Kame was visiting and then we had Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenburgg at both Latimer and Country Lane. And let me just tell you, Supervisor Ellenberg is one of the best guest readers I have ever [clears throat] witnessed. Um and she read the legend of rock paper scissors which was an incredible book. Hillary, thank you. She ordered it for the both of us. I got it yesterday or today. Um, so, uh, we got a proclamation from the, um, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. They all, uh, signed it and it basically is congratulating Morland for celebrating ReadAcross
015America Week and instilling a love of reading in our students. And so, I'm actually awesome. >> Yeah, it is awesome. And I'm going to let Latimer put this up in their school because it happened at Latimer and they have more space [laughter] and I have your book for you too. Um I want to thank Miss Judy Nelson, Katie Watts, Niels Johnson and uh Lisa Hurden for leading our student musicians in the round um this round of spring concerts. So thank you to MEF for the hundreds of hours you donate in supporting our schools. So that happened last week and then this Thursday we [clears throat] have the band concert. And so all in all we have u almost 500 students who between the two the strings and the bands are playing in these concerts this
016um over these two weeks. And so I'm really proud that we've built such a strong music program in Morland and it was really incredible to hear. And then let's just see Baker. Oh Baker Baker Baker Baker. So last Friday, Heidi Hersbach, second grade classroom baker, took part in the special read across America week. The class is part of a reading is cool program through the San Jose Sharks and they were selected to paint a little free library which was installed at the Sharks ice facility. The class and Sharky were there for the unveiling and got some time on the ice as well. Congratulations, Baker. Excited. So, beginning this week, Morland will start sending the I Ready [clears throat] diagnostic assessment results to families digitally. These assessments will help our parents understand um where their child
017is with their reading and their math. It also helps our teachers understand how to target um specific skills for students. So, uh these reports will be coming out this week and I believe it's the first time we've sent them districtwide digitally. Is that right, Jen? So, thanks to the ed services department for that. And then next slide, cell phone policy update. So, we want to thank the members of our community who participated in our first cell phone policy committee meeting. So, California's state law uh is uh Governor Nuomo put this into law starts July 1st, the PhoneFree Schools Act. So, [clears throat] in an attempt to keep kids off their devices during the school day, whether it be your iPhones or other kinds of phones or even your iPhone watches and such, uh making sure
018students can stay focused on learning. And so, this committee will be putting together u recommendations for what might go into a board policy for Morland because we have to adopt a board policy and that will come to the board at the end of May 2026. And I don't think CSBA has come out with their model policy yet. So we are borrowing from other districts and that have already done this. >> Does the state have any guidelines or recommendations? >> They do have guidelines that the law itself uh that we're following. >> Okay. [clears throat] the implementation. There's a lot of the how the how >> that we have to to consider and financially and what all of those things >> and what's appropriate for the school district >> appropriate for our age of students and
019so >> yeah makes sense. Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. And then we had president's coun oh president's council um last week if this is a there we go there's all the president's council. Um, we had a really good discussion about all the spring events and recognitions that are planned from now until the end of the school year. And then I shared a short presentation with information about the election cycle for board of trustee positions. uh district areas, timelines for those that are interested in future public service and shared uh CSBA puts out a pretty short publication about what it takes to lead and it provides an overview of the role of the school board, how one might become a school board member, [clears throat] election cycles and terms and rules about campaigning, etc. Um so
020that was a robust conversation and then we can't forget MEF who is coming up. Here we go. Wild for Morland. When is it guys? Saturday, >> not March. [laughter] Uh, Saturday, March 28th, race starts at 9:00. So, we hope to see you all there. Uh, science expo, it's that time of year where the middle school science expo over at MMS will be held on Friday, March 20th at 6:00 p.m. It's really a great experience. if you haven't been to it. It is standing room only, so just be ready for that. Um, but it's lots of fun. And I want to thank Scott Adamson. He usually plans that event with him and his colleagues. So, thank you, Scott. And speaking of MMS fifth grade extravaganza, last Friday of February, [clears throat] MMS rolled out the red
021carpet for the incoming fifth graders of Anderson, Baker, Country Lane, and Payne. And middle school students gave tours to the future Mustangs. They took part in games and got familiar with their soontobe campus and they look so young, [laughter] but they're going to be in middle school next year. Um, so congratulations. I know it was a su successful event. Uh, next slide, please. All right, we've got our first ever Morland uh teacher job fair tomorrow. Right here is the place to be. I believe it starts at 3:00. We have over 70 prospective teachers signed up. It will also likely be standing room only, but we've got snacks, balloons, flowers, name tags. You MTA is going to have a table out front to greet people. And so, we're really excited about that. So, stop by if
022you have an opportunity just to come say hi. And then last, I am super super excited to conclude my remarks with something very special. So, tonight we would like to invite two graduating high school seniors and Morland alums to the podium. Come on up. I'd like to welcome Emma Yen and Daniel Alvarez. >> But wait, there's more. So, both of them received full ride college scholarships to Ivy League institutions through the QuestBridge program, and they will be attending this fall. Emma will be attending Columbia University, which is my alma mater. Daniel will be attending Stanford University. Wow. >> Um I believe um Oh, Emma went to Latimer since first grade and then Daniel went to Anderson Elementary and then Morland Middle School. And so right here, we are so proud Morland alums going to Ivy
023League. I hope and I can test tell that we prepared you for high school and beyond. [laughter] uh which is what we're always doing. And so um you know, educators don't always see the seeds that they plant early on and what it grows into. So we want to thank you for being here tonight. We do have certificates for you. And I think Moren's telling me come on out to get a picture. Come on out. Thank you for being directed. I'm being directed by Moren. >> Congratulations. That's a wonderful >> [applause] >> So, if you're coming up here, >> I would like that part is weird. [laughter] >> Emma and Daniel. >> Okay. >> I'll take you I'll take that. >> Sorry. >> Extra paper. >> Okay. >> And let me see. I see. Get a
024couple angles for different platforms. Thank you very much. [laughter] >> Everyone's so proud. >> Everyone, >> the board didn't even know that was happening. >> We didn't know you were coming. That's amazing. And you are now free to go. You do not have to stay. You may stay for the rest of the [laughter] but you may also go out. >> Are we going to are we going to ask questions? >> I'd love to hear what you guys are doing Stanford. So at your colleges you want to take a second to >> it's not on project. >> I'm Daniel. I'm going to be studying mechanical engineering at Stanford University. >> Excellent. You know, Stanford's undecided till the end of sophomore year. So, maybe I'll switch to electrical, but I do want to be an engineer. That's
025hopefully what uh I'll be doing at Stanford. I'm really excited to see um how many people I'll be able to connect with. And just just the Stanford experience, it's going to be something super special, super amazing, and I'm so blessed to be able to uh look forward to going to Stanford. >> That's awesome. Fantastic. >> Fantastic. Um, hi. My name is Emma and I'm going to go uh I'm going to Colombia this fall. Um, I'm going to be studying political science and hopefully double majoring in public policy or doing their master's program. Um, we're it's still up to decide cuz we declare our majors like way late. >> So, that's what I'm going to be doing. Um, I hope to continue competing in mock trial. I've been doing that all four years at Prospect, so
026I hope to keep doing it in college. >> Are you guys both from Prospect? >> Oh, okay. >> Sorry, I forgot to mention. >> That's awesome. >> Public school [clears throat] grad. >> We took full credit for you, by the way. [laughter] >> It doesn't matter about high school. >> Absolutely. >> Sorry, Prospect. Yes. Thank you. >> That's awesome. I mean, I uh I know how uh you know, how stressful the process is of kind [clears throat] of like wanting to get into um not just the college of your choice, but to kind of um what you want to do once you get there, but having just one of my daughters finished college last year, the other one's going to graduate next. This clarity will come at some point during those four years. It it'll
027all work out. You guys will have a fantastic time. So just take the flag of Morland and uh fly it high wherever you go. >> And prospect. Sorry. And prospect >> and prospect. And prospect. [laughter] Yes. Yes. >> And you said a full ride. >> Full ride. >> Amazing. That's a huge accomplishment as well. >> Yeah. The smiles on your parents' faces are wider than yours. >> I can read that over there. Stanford already. [laughter] >> It's a really wonderful accomplishment. We're very proud of you and excited for you. >> Absolutely. Oh, can I just say like um I know my uh teachers are here, Miss Lee and Miss Hernandez and for Mr. Corey. Um I believe that my success is directly connected to the work that they have done for me. Um you know,
028as an immigrant, I came here, I didn't speak English. Um and in second grade, um this really, you know, welcomed me in and never made me feel like an outsider. So, That's amazing. >> Thanks for sharing. >> So, my teachers, you know, I love them and uh they should be our highest priority. >> Yeah. >> I'd like to say thank you to Mr. Roakala, my second grade teacher. Mrs. Moore, my third grade teacher, Mrs. Smith, my fourth grade teacher. Teacher. Solid time. >> Yeah. I remember every single time uh my mom would have to come for the parent teacher conference, all the teachers would say, "Daniel's such a great student. He's having a lot of energy. He just he just speaks too much." [laughter] And um I'd just like to say that, you know, every
029single class that I've been in, I feel like just the atmosphere atmosphere that the teachers have been able to grow in the classroom has been so amazing. I feel like every single time I would do a class, there wouldn't be a day that I wouldn't want to talk to my friends because it's just such an amazing environment and I hope that the students to come will be able to continue to live in such a great area that has such a good district and so many good teachers that really care about us. And thank you guys so much. Thank you to my principal, Miss K. >> She used to be our principal and now she's >> she's here [laughter] and now she's crying. >> I was going to say you said we won't cry. That's not
030That's not [clears throat] >> I'm not crying. >> No apple juice. >> The senior walks the graduation. >> Absolutely. >> Good girl. He's awesome. >> Yeah. Again, thank you for coming and just sharing the story, just sharing this great news with us. It's like Brian said earlier, it's like we just love seeing how our students are and what they're doing out in the wild. And so, >> yeah, out in the wild. >> In the wild. [laughter] >> So, thank you. Wishing you all the best. >> So excited. >> Who who was the first person uh you told or when you opened it up and found out for you that you [clears throat] got that acceptance? Who where were you? >> With my mom and my brother [laughter] and I opened it up. So my parents
031saw it with me. >> And how much yelling and talking were you? >> A lot of yelling. I I couldn't believe it. I sle was my first choice and I what's it called? was really thinking that I would probably get into this somewhere else and it it's just such a blessing. I I I thought I I read it wrong. I read it over for a second and it it was really I didn't know what to feel in the moment but after a little bit I started coming in and I gave him a walle hug and I started crying and >> you have to go to school. >> Yeah. [laughter] >> Um when I opened it, Daniel was actually there >> cuz I opened it at school. I was like, I don't want to open it
032before class. I don't want to be sad the whole school day. That's not fun. Um, so Daniel was there and um, another student was also there who went through the same process as we did. And it was, you know, I really enjoyed having like sharing that um, decision with the people who really Yeah. and our college counselor, you know, the people who were really >> going through the same process as me and really helped me through the whole time. And I felt like it was really good place to be. >> Fantastic. >> Well, congratulations. >> Congratulations. >> Yes. >> Are you Benzel's dad? >> Oh, yeah. [laughter] Ben is very proud. >> He's a really great guy. No, >> he's at is he at West or is he? >> No, he's at Beller >> and
033he's off to Santa Clair. >> Oh, really? >> And so he is I sent him a text when I saw you [laughter] still running. >> Oh, yeah. He's super excited. But congratulations. I mean, really, it is uh as a father watching my own kids go through this, it's a brutal process. Yes. um and to navigate it successfully, especially as somebody not from here. I mean, I know that I just can't fathom the complexity that you guys faced and in in accomplishing it. So, it's just a great story and congratulations. >> Thank you so much. >> Yeah. >> Oh, that just reminded me. Sorry. Um [laughter] we're like bouncing off each other, but um like QuestBridge, the process that we went through um is for lowinccome students. So, um I just want to make that like
034clear that, you know, there are a lot of low-inccome students in the Morland uh school district. And it's great that we have these um processes and these opportunities for um our students to um even if you come from a low income background, you can still succeed and, you know, do great things and do things that you would never dream of doing. So, I just wanted >> to point that out. Awesome. >> Great. >> Now, Hillary, >> thank you. >> All the best. All the best. Congratulations. >> Thank you. Thank you, parents. >> Congratulations. >> You're alive. >> Yeah. I said they probably wouldn't cry. Maybe, but probably not. >> I did. >> Incredible. >> It is so wonderful. >> I just I just wish we did it where >> middle school kids would have been
035here. That that would have been >> uh But maybe maybe it's a good thing. We don't want to put pressure on middle school. >> But that was so so welcome. Thank you so much for doing that. Moren organized the whole thing. So, she's out there taking pictures, but just want to say thank you. >> Probably the most special moment in Morland in my 5 years, I think. Just to see that >> to see them come around and see where they're headed. >> So special. >> Yep. >> Absolutely. >> Amazing. >> Anything else? >> No, nothing else. >> Thank you. Um the >> end now. No, actually >> board member communications. >> I don't have anything. >> Um, I went to the president's council in on Friday. Not Friday, in February. >> Yes. [laughter] Um, and
036actually >> it was March. >> Oh, sorry. In March, >> early this Yeah. In March. Um, and actually Dr. Cod had reviewed a lot of it. Um all the pre presidents were really discussing the outcome of spring. um they were very very interested in see the CSBA's what it takes to lead and they're like oh maybe we can adopt it for like our own um like board and our own leaders and I thought that was a great idea because they are always of course constantly in the search for volunteers and there was also conversation about now they are looking um for new boards board elections and things are um a lot of more opportunities for um parents to just kind of also volunteer and lead in the in in um the school school home and
037school club. So yeah, that that was it for me. >> Thank you. >> Uh I did get the opportunity to uh sub in. >> Thank you so much for that. last minute and I got there just a little bit late to the MEF uh meeting uh which was uh the first time I've actually met most of them and it was great to see the entire staff there. Um and pretty much uh upon getting there uh the prime topic was the preparation for MEF uh the uh run the wild run on uh March 28th. >> Yes, March 28th. >> We're in March. talking about the logistics and the things that they're looking for volunteers and making sure that everything is all set to go. Uh they were each kind of um going over the list of
038volunteers and what was still needing to be done and making sure that we can try to get as much participation from all the schools as many as possible. Um and uh got uh sign signage. So they are passing out signage. So, you'll probably start seeing the signage uh around town in the area. I put it up in front of my house too as well. So, I took one of those. Uh also, we spoke about I think uh they were talking about of course uh music in Morland >> uh strings were I think last week and then this coming Thursday is band concert. And we all know how proud we are of our uh our music program here and what it does for our students and the opportunities. And in tandem, we also brought up about,
039you know, the the yearly Java and jazz that happens at EDS, which is a fun one. I've gotten to >> uh visit that Java and jazz one year and was thoroughly impressed. And if you remember uh at one of the graduations, one of the the jazz singers, eighth grade jazz singers was sang at uh the eighth grade graduation and it was amazing. And um and they just, you know, spoke about all the upcoming activities including uh the Disney trip, you know, getting that set up for the the music uh students as well, which is always a big deal. And uh just a big thanks to MEF uh for providing funds and opportunities for our students uh to have such a great program, music program and sports program too as well. So uh that was it.
040>> Thank you so much. I appreciate you [clears throat] filling in. >> Hell yeah. That [laughter] was great. Thank you. Um no updates for me. All right. U moving on. MTA union updates. Hello everyone. NTA is pleased to say that we are at 8% of our hold for Proposition 55 signatures and we're looking forward to negotiations. >> Thank you. >> Uh we'll move on to the discussion and action items. Um the first one is the approval of resolution 092025 [clears throat] 2026. >> Yeah. So we have a um a resolution number nine. We actually have is she on Chris Hayyatt from Kegent that will explain it a lot better than I can. So u I think if she's on there she's got a short presentation and we'll just ask for your approval at the end.
041>> Good evening. Thank you for having me tonight. I'm here to talk about uh the potential next issuance for measure M and the necessary tax levy we would need to issue those bonds in the 2627 fiscal year. We can flip to the first slide. Uh just as a recap for measure M, Measure M was approved by district voters in March of 2020 for 80 million. Uh we've included the ballot language there and so far we've sold about 62 million across series A, A-1, and series B, which leaves us $18 million in remaining authorization. The original plan for that 18 million was to sell it during the 2627 fiscal year. And I understand that is still the plan, although the timing has yet to be determined. Uh when the measure M was approved by voters, we
042estimated a tax rate of $30 per h 100,000 of assessed value. Uh so far those tax rates uh have been finalized for the last 6 years at or below that level. So ranging from a high of 30, which is exactly what voters approved, to a low of $2510. On the next slide, I wanted to show you the projections for the bonds that have been sold to date for so that would be the series A and A-1 along with series B. And you can see that for the 26 27 year, the 2027 shown on the chart, the tax rate is projected to drop from the current 2550 level. And that was intentional because we had planned to have the series C bonds, the remaining 18 million come in during the 27 year. Um, so what we
043would now propose to you, the board, is to consider approving a tax levy resolution, uh, which is an option that the county provides to set a tax levy in advance of the bond sale. U, the purpose of that would be twofold. For one, it maintains the tax rate for voters so that they don't see a decline in tax rates and then a subsequent increase in tax rates. Um, so keeps the tax rate stable at the, you know, $25 to $30 level. Um, and secondly, it also would in decrease the cost for those series C bonds, the remaining $18 million when they are sold, uh, because we'd be able to repay them sooner by having the the funds on hand at the county to start paying interest and principal right away. Uh, we're estimating a benefit
044of about a million dollars worth of interest cost uh, by doing this tax levy in advance of the bond sale. So, in order to do so, the county requires a tax levy resolution, which is before you tonight. It's a a short resolution to set that tax rate for the series C bonds. The county also requires a debt service estimate which Keegent would prepare um and along with a signed letter on district letterhead and that would all need to be submitted by June. On the next slide, um in terms of next steps, we have before you that a tax levy resolution to set the tax rate for series C. Uh we would then go ahead and submit the package to the county well in advance of that June deadline. we can get it submitted in the
045next week or so. Um once the county has that, they can set the tax rates and finalize them by the August or September time frame is their typical time. Um and then we would come back to you, the board, sometime during the 2627 fiscal year to approve the actual sale and issuance of the remaining 18 million in series C bonds. Um so that timing would be determined, but this sets the stage for that eventual issuance. And that's all I have for you. Are there any questions I might be able to answer? >> Um, maybe more of a clarification. Uh, bond funding is actually it's a little bit of a magic to me. You know, I don't fully understand it. I'll be the first to admit. >> Uh, is are lower [clears throat] tax rates beneficial
046to us or is it does it is it the reversal? >> You as a homeowner, it's beneficial. It's >> beneficial, right? us as a district, it's not good or bad. It's just based on what the bond the interest payments are. >> Interest payments on >> the [clears throat] benefit of this is that we collect money sooner, >> right? And sooner means uh the the present value of that is decreased. >> Yeah. >> So, we've saved some money, theoretical money somewhere down the road for a million dollars. It's probably better to say this um think of it's not $30 per hundred thou. So it's $300 per million, right? So that's kind of more what people are paying today. >> Um so it's not nothing that we say, hey, you should sustain your tax rate. >> Um
047you know, $2 million, $600, you know, that's that's that's money. Um and so, you know, it's beneficial because they don't see a decrease and then a subsequent increase the moment we bonds. >> Yeah. Okay, that makes sense. Um and so and we saved, you know, taxpayers eventually kind of a million dollars, but maybe not these taxpayers. Um I don't know. I it's it's fine one way or the other. If I had one question for Keun, it would be more like, you know, we did this in call five years ago. We raised, you know, $80 million. Where are we in our bonding capacity to issue another bond in the future as home values have increased? you know, when could we issue another bond and if we pay a million dollars sooner now, do we in fact
048make that a little bit better for us to be able to issue bonds sooner? >> Um, I would say that you can go back to voters whenever you have the need for additional project dollars and you believe that taxpayers would support a new measure. Um, a new measure would have its own tax rate associated with it. So, it's it would be unrelated to measure M. So, the timing would be up to you. elections are generally held in even years. So, November of 2026 and then it would go to um June and November of 2028 and then into the 2030 year. So, any of those would be opportunities to go back to voters for additional bonds. Um but it would really be unrelated to measure M. It would be an additional tax for a new measure.
049>> I thought that there was some cap on how much we could thought there was a bond capacity measure. No, we could we could tax we could >> keep any amount. We >> there there is a a calculation that's called a bonding capacity. Um however, it is not something that has to limit you. Uh many school districts that we work with have gone to the state for a waiver of that and they are routinely approved. So if the district has needs for additional project dollars, that would not be a limitation. >> All right. So they know all the time. Thank you. Okay, >> I'm with you. I thought it was like, well, we won't be able to go back out until a certain timeline. >> Interesting. So, it's the reason why that shifts the conversation
050is that we don't actually necessarily do it based on need. We based on we we base our building based on how much money we raise. Actually, >> I don't think we've ever asked the question, how much do you need and then go raise >> That much money. Isn't it done in reverse? >> Yes, it is a it's a little bit of a catch22 situation, right? Uh in this in the sense that should I ask for more if I don't have the capacity to if I don't have a robust list of projects that require funding. >> Well, I think that's that's very interesting actually. And I'll also comment that your tax rate is your aggregate tax rate across all of your old bond measures is projected to decline um pretty significantly especially after 2030 and 2032.
051Um so there there would be a good opportunity to go to voters for a new measure um without having to increase tax rates significantly and that could be done even before those those years and we would just structure the tax rates accordingly. So something something to look at in the future. >> Thank you. Okay. All right. Any other questions from any other board members? Okay. All right. Do I have an approval of the resolution? >> I'll make a motion to approve the resolution. >> I'll second. >> All right. All in favor say I. >> I. >> All right. So moved. All right. Moving on to 6B to accept the revised Mland California School employee association's initial bargaining proposal with the Mland School District. >> Um this is our bargaining proposal to MCSEA. So this is
052the one that kind of fell off the agenda last time when we were switching to Diligent. Um this is we are opening um we propose that we open these four areas to sunshine. There is number eight leaves. So section 8 on leaves um safety section uh the and then obviously comps and benefits the four areas that the district would like to open to discuss. I know CSCA might make um amendment to theirs. So you might see it come back again. Right. With MTA what um Michelle was talking about theirs isn't the whole contract open. Theirs is just an agreement that we're going to talk about compensation. But with MCSDA it's the whole contract open. That's why we're sunshining. So, we just ask that you approve those four areas for the district to open. >> Any
053questions from the board? >> There's some overlap of what they're interested in discussing as well as right on the list. That's >> correct. But um they've they've opened almost all the um sections. Um their union rep from CTA saying they didn't follow the correct procedure. So, he might have them correct it, but I don't know how it will change since most of them are open. But I will get back to you if we have to do it again for just theirs. Um, and there is overlap and it might be that we want to talk about the same area within that section or you might have different interests within the same section. So, there's um it's like a broad area and there's lots of sections that you could talk about within that area. >> Okay. Um
054>> and in g and generally for this level of approval, it's just we just list the highest line item to say this is the >> Yeah, it's kind of like the chapter. Yeah. Like the bulk of it. And then our first day of negotiations, we'll kind of run through what exactly we want to talk about in each of those sections so each side has a better understanding of like exactly where we're going and then we agree on which ones to start with. >> Okay, makes sense. Okay. >> Great. >> And having said that, is um do I have a motion to accept school district's initial bargaining proposal? >> So move. >> Have a second. >> I'll second. >> All right. All in favor say I. >> I. >> All right. Moving [snorts] on to the
055approval of up to four candidates for representation to the CSBA delegate assembly region 20. Yes. So um we have provided information in your board Friday packet uh that there are four vacancies. The candidates running are um listed here. William Derek Gratzy from Mount Pleasant Elementary School District. Elizabeth Holidayiday Campbell Union High School District. Isabelle Jubes Flamurich from Sunnyville School District. Uh Jod Mirhead from Santa Clara Union School District. Jessica Spicer from Santa Clara County Office of Ed. And I will note that Isabelle, Jod, and Jessica are incumbents. And you are um you can vote for up to four uh because there are four vacancies. >> Got it. Okay. So, um I'll just open that up for discussion and then um have somebody make a motion. >> I'll just start. Um I believe um another [clears
056throat] incumbent that we could write in would be Carol Presump with >> she Oh, Union >> no Cambrian. Crian, >> is that right? Am I ready for that? >> [laughter] >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, uh are we proposing just one writing or are we I'd like any other points of view from the rest of the board. >> In fact, the only one I know is Carol. So, I would I would actually submit that I would like to see Carol support for Carol, but other than that, I don't know the other candidates. Okay. >> All right. Then should uh I think where we're landing is that we do a write in uh for Carol. Okay. >> Do we have do I have a motion to approve that? >> Do we approve the whole slate? >> Like
057do we approve our entire do? >> It's up to four. And so if we're just if we're just doing the one >> Yeah. >> it would it would just be >> I'm hearing the one is that the right end that we're doing for Carol. >> It's always hard. I just want to acknowledge because there's a tremendous amount of work that these folks do and I think it's just really hard because we we don't necessarily see it. >> Yeah. And so that makes it a little bit of a challenge and um and so I think that's why it's a little bit it is >> hard to >> it is hard. We do this once a year. It's always >> a tough one. Okay. So, do I um do I have a motion to approve the writing
058of Carol for >> I'll offer a motion to approve Carol. >> I'll second it. >> All right. All in favor say I. >> I. So move. >> Moving on to reports and action items. Uh the 2025 2026 second interim report. >> All right. I [clears throat] will make this shorter than the superintendent's report. [laughter] Um, this is the uh, first I want to thank Efron. He's my right-hand man. Without him, we wouldn't get this done. So, I appreciate all his hard work and he sticks around and he sticks around board meetings. So, I have an audience. Um, all right. So, as you know, the uh second interimm report is just a comparison of our general fund budget that we adopted back in June um with the most current budget projections and it reflects our revenues
059and expenditures from July 1st through January 31st. [cough] [clears throat] All right, so an overview is just going to include some operational budget changes. [clears throat] uh we include those in the attendance ratios, our multi-year assumptions and our unrestricted general fund. Um so first taking a look at our actual attendance um up through January 9th. Um so current ADA for the first five months was about 95.58% slightly lower than what we are projecting but you can see like the November December um that's when you get more absences just with the winter months and illnesses. So, um, we're still pretty confident that we'll hopefully meet our target. So, >> how does this stand compared to last year? Just a broad year. >> It's about the same. >> It's about it's Yeah. Looking back at historical, it's,
060you know, you always start off high in those beginning months. You kind of dip in um kind of the winter months, variety of reasons, illnesses, vacations, kind of have those qualities. Okay. >> And then, you know, come springtime. >> [snorts] >> But for the purposes of funding is it uh ADA is calculated at the end of the year >> P2 >> and then they adjust for annual year. >> All right. All right. So, looking at our multi-year assumptions, um so looking at our enroll enrollment projections, uh we are predicting still a decline in enrollment um attendance ratio, our projected P2 P2 ADA. Um and then compared to our funded ADA, as you know, it's a three-year average for funded. Um with declining enrollment though, every year we progress, that high number falls off. So, it's
061the same thing we talk about at budget time and first interim. So, um, we're looking at the three-year average. Um, we make our [clears throat] assumptions, uh, reducing general fund expenditures by adjusting staffing levels to be consistent with enrollment projections. So, you know, obviously as our enrollment drops, you don't need as many teachers. And so, we make those adjustments. Uh, we're utilizing one-time discretionary grants. And then um I give you the percentage of the things that kind of the biggest impacts cola impacts our revenue and then our stirs and purs are one of the top percentages of those extra benefits that change on a yearly basis and then our special ed contribution as well. So sideby-side comparison of 26 27 you can see you know funded ADA is dropping because of declining enrollment. Um we're
062kind of keeping things consistent. All right. So looking at the calculations, our assumptions, um our overall uh ADA current year that includes our Morland ADA, so that's like the butts and seats in the schools. Our NPS um was the nonpublic schools and any county placements. So it gives us our total of our total ADA adding that up. And then we have a funded ADA below which we looked at at the multi-year ADA to enrollment ratio. It's always kind of an estimate to you know how many you know percentage of kids showing up right and then you can kind of see the statutory cola is [clears throat] at a 2.3 based on the governor's budget in January and then projected out 2.41 and 3.06 and then our funding for ADA which includes the increase of cola
063getting applied to us questions. All right, looking at the um unrestricted general fund revenues, we get most of our funds through LCFF sources, the state. Um in unrestricted, we don't have any federal revenues. Um there's a few other state revenues, which would be um discretionary grants and so forth that they kind of tack on our local revenues, which gives us a total for 2526 of 49,247,135. And you can see the progression in 26 27 and 2728. So we're applying that cola throughout. So you see our revenue increasing slightly. >> So is the increase in cola primarily driving up even though the projections for ADA are declining? >> Cola is the one that's >> Yeah, it kind of off offsets a little bit, but it's still it's still >> okay. >> The cola is still giving
064us a little bit more. >> Uh looking at our expenditures, [clears throat] um so are you know broken down based on categories. Um total expenditures for 2526 is sitting at about 48,15,417. And then looking out as we're looking at adjusting our staffing to with our enrollment, you can see our expenditures um are decreasing. Chris, I guess I'm you know I don't know spending a lot of time on thirdyear is always a question to me but >> so you have you're going to have revenues of $50 million 2728 so an increase because of cola y >> in essence even though we have fewer students >> we're projecting $45 million in expenses um and most of that is coming from uh savings in services and other operations >> which is But >> um contracts, a lot of
065lot of like contracts, um various what's it our it's our 5,000s. >> Yeah. >> So is that like special ed placements, stuff like that? >> Yeah, there's a variety of things. So like you have your NPS contracts fall off, but that's more when you're restricted, so your contribution. >> Um we have different contracts that we were able to utilize using onetime funds that we need that fall off. >> Okay. Um, so it's we're making assumptions that hopefully we can make those reductions as we go forward >> because if I were listening to this at home or if I were a teacher and I'm very concerned around like, well, I see, you know, staffing is coming down. >> Yep. >> The actual staffing salaries are slight increases. >> Mhm. [clears throat] >> Um, and now that's
066cola means more money spread across maybe fewer people conceptually, but like the savings that we're talking about isn't staffing in a traditional sense. In this case, we're talking about changing for contracts that are >> that's that's most of this yeah savings when we're looking based on the assumptions. There is some staffing with teachers and productions based on enrollment. Um but when you look at if you look at the next slide you can see there's the other financing sources. So [clears throat] the the savings doesn't you know when you look at these other finances like extended care you can see their contribution is is a positive right money um but that contribution is going down. we have lease revenue, but then you look at you look at your special ed contribution, we were able to reduce
067it a little bit, but it's still, you know, out the out years is still 3.9. And so when you look at the total, routine repair is a percentage. Um, when you look at the total, if you look at the next slide, it gives you our actual net increase or decrease. And we're sticking up as suspended um in our >> rights. So we've got it down. It was like 3.8 I think in the first and so it's about 3.7 um currently what we're projected to um deficit spend um and so you can see our beginning balance 8.5 ending is 4.8 with all our set aides um and then projected out you see we're we're you know as we make those assumptions and adjustments to our staffing um we're we're reducing that deficit spending >> but the
068deficit spending in this year is because we're using onetime monies. >> Yes. Right. [snorts] So, I mean, that's just commitments we money we collected last year, we're paying this year. >> Yeah. >> In essence, >> so we're not actually on a systemic $3.7 million. >> No, we're aware, like we said before, it was planned deficit spending. Um, and so now we're we're looking at making those adjustments because those one-time funds, discretionary grants fall off. Um there are some assumptions based on the January budget of discretionary grants coming to us that we've included and that helps with the deficit spending but again it's onetime money. It's not >> and it doesn't include anything for negotiations obviously >> not including negotiations. >> Can you talk a little bit about the 2.2 for enrollment decline mitigation? So, um,
069a couple years back, we set that aside, um, for just that enrollment decline. We brought it over in 2627 in the general fund. That's why it's not set aside anymore. So, that's included. The money is brought back into the general fund. Um, which helped reduce the deficit [clears throat] spending part because it's one time >> set aside. It wasn't ongoing money. Okay. just had it set aside because we did see the decline in the moment. So, we wanted to kind of prepare moving forward and with some onetime funds that we got from the state, we were able to kind of keep [laughter] as long as possible, but now it's time to bring it back over. >> Any other questions? >> Yes. Okay, that was it. So, um, we asked to approve the second interim budget
070report. >> All right. Um, any other questions that haven't been asked? All right. Do I have a motion to approve the 2526 second interim report? >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> I have a second. >> I'll second it. >> All in favor say I. >> I. [clears throat] >> Thank you. So, move. Um, moving on to the consent items. Any questions? or comments about the consent items. [snorts] Hearing none, do I have a motion to approve the consent items? >> Submit a motion to approve the consent items in aggregate. >> I'll second it. >> All right, so move. Um, wait, hang on. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Thank you. All right, so move. Uh, future meeting dates. I know we have any questions on that. from folks for the future
071meeting dates. >> I am in the midst of a season of like increased travel. I may come back to you to say I've got conflicts that are coming. I'm trying to clear them, but we'll see. Between now and June is going to be a tough for the heads up. Anybody? Okay. announcements, reminders, requests, anything from folks. All right. All right. I The meeting is a journ. Thank you everybody.