001Okay, I'm going to call the meeting to order at 5:00 pm. Sam, roll call. >> Trusty Wagan >> here. >> Trusty Soil >> here. >> Trusty Murphy >> here. >> Trusty Pearson >> here. >> Trusty Anderson >> here. >> Trustee Mroy >> here. >> Trusty Crane >> here. >> Dr. Smith >> here. Do I have adoption of the agenda? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved by Trustee Crane. Seconded by Trustee Pearson. Roll call vote. >> Trusty Wagan here. Or yes. Sorry. Trust new new answer. New answer. Yes. >> Trusty. >> Yes. >> Trusty Murphy. >> Yes. >> Trusty Pearson. >> Yes. >> Trusty Anderson. >> Yes. >> Trust Trusty Maroy. >> Yes. >> Trusty Crane. >> Yes. Do we have any community input on close session item? All right, seeing none, um we will
002now move into close session. The items are conference with legal counsel, workers compensation claim number 576158, number 601104 and number 522219. And then B, conference with legal counsel council work workers compensation claim number 127-03-0155. C conference with labor negotiator and D um public employee discipline dismissal release and we will uh return to open session at 6 p.m. All right, I'm going to call the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. opening ceremonies and moments of reflection and pledge of allegiance led by um Leah >> Ersoi. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands nationy and justice for all. Okay, we're going to move on to the adoption of the minutes as amended. Item 17C was missing from the first motion. Um, so do I have a
003motion to adopt the minutes from 62424. >> So moved by second. >> So it was moved by trustee and seconded by Murphy. >> Okay. Roll call vote. >> Trusty Wagan, >> yes. >> Trusty Soyos, >> yes. >> Trusty Murphy, >> yes. >> Trusty Pearson, >> yes. >> Trusty Anderson, >> yes. >> Trusty Mroy, >> yes. >> Trusty Crane, >> yes. >> All right. And this is a an exciting um day. We have introduction to new staff. Um, Superintendent Smith. >> Yeah, very very exciting for us. And I I would be remiss to not once again state that a compliment to the board of education for leading in a manner that this district is more than desirable. People want to be here. People are willing to take lateral moves to be a part of this great
004work that we're doing. Um and so thank you for your leadership. Really excited tonight uh in the first instance to introduce Jeff or Jeffrey Dixon as the assistant superintendent chief business official. Jeffrey um has had 15 years of educational leadership experience, including recently serving as acting superintendent and assistant superintendent business services at Laguna Beach Unified. From facilities to financial planning, he's known for sound judgment, integrity, and building trusting relationships. A lot of experience again in other districts doing this work, especially the facilities part was something um that we we really excited about in this district. We know that um safety is task one, responsibility one for us. And so making sure that our facilities are are safe. It's what our students and employees deserve, but also in good repair because people do better when they're
005working in appropriate environments. So really excited that Jeff has this experience. And then coming from a community funded district, uh he speaks our language, which we really appreciate. and one of his former bosses said, uh, if I were to go and start my own district, he's the first person I would call to go with me. I thought that was a great compliment to him. So, welcome, Jeff. If you want to come up and say a few words, introduce your family. >> Well, thank you, Dr. Smith, for that incredibly kind introduction. Uh, and you know, I just like to get the work done. I don't like to get the attention on me. Um, but uh I am very excited to take on the work uh and be part of the Newport Mesa family. Um, this is
006a great place to work as Dr. Smith mentioned and I am incredibly grateful and so that'll be reflective in the work I put forward for you. Um, on that note, in addition to um, just being excited about today as my first board meeting, this is also my 19th wedding anniversary. So, [Applause] Happy anniversary, honey. So, if you wouldn't mind standing up, this is my wife, Kelly. Hi. >> And then my oldest daughter, Stella Dixon, and her younger brother, Mitchell Dixon. [Applause] We have a lot of great things happening. I already know just two weeks in. And again, I'm excited and um really passionate about the facilities, but also the transparency and the financial acumen that this job takes. So, thank you again. >> Thank you. >> It's also my great pleasure to introduce Tracy Nib
007as our new assistant superintendent, chief human resource officer. Tracy brings more than 23 years of public education leadership experience, most recently serving as assistant superintendent of human resources at Orange Unified. Known for building strong teams and aligning strategies with student needs, Tracy is a trusted leader in recruitment, negotiations, compliance, and professional growth. We really look forward to her leadership. Besides all of that, she's been a teacher, a coordinator, an assistant principal, a principal. Um, she teaches an educational law and policy class and a credentiing program. And this was a cool thing that someone said about her. Someone that works for one of our labor groups at the the area level when asked about her said she's a straight shooter and she's honest. I think that's a heck of a compliment for anyone in our work.
008So, welcome Tracy. [Applause] I want to thank you all for the kind welcome. Um, it's truly an honor to serve in this role because I get to support the tremendous employees of our district. Uh, the first two weeks that I've been here have been incredibly positive and inspiring and I'm so very excited to be part of this community and contribute to the amazing work that I know we have to do together. So, I have my family here with me this evening as well. No anniversary to celebrate, so Jeff showed us all up with that, but that's okay. Um, I do have my husband, um, high school sweetheart, uh, Mike. [Applause] I have my older my oldest daughter, Zoe. Her husband and my son-in-law, Zon, and my perfect grandson, Xander. Notice the Z's, right? It's a
009theme. It's a theme. And my youngest daughter, Jocelyn. I really do look forward to working with all of you. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> It's great. Welcome to Newport Mesa. We're super um excited to have you. So, can't wait to get down to work. Um now, we're going to go to a Harbor Council PTA report. Martha Floor. >> So exciting to be back here. Uh, good evening, President Wagan, Vice President Su, uh, Clerk Murphy, new trustee Mroy, board, Dr. Smith, cabinet, and community members. My name is Martha Flor, and I am the current president of the Harbor Council PTA. Our council is gearing up for another fabulous year of service to our students, families, and schools. Each of our 28 units have their executive boards in place and are planning for this year. Thank
010you again um board and uh staff for your commitment to fund outdoor science camp, field trips, dedicated visual and performing arts programs throughout our district and schools through Prop 28 and more. This relieves the pressure of fundraising at our local PTAs and we can do much more exciting things with the funds that we we do raise. all are looking forward to the expansion of the extracurricular activities at our elementary schools and we look forward to to seeing what's coming of that. Our 55 members, 5,500 members are ready and willing to assist you. Just say the word and we'll be there. Speaking of assisting, I would like to give a shout out to Lisa Bowler and her involvement in several of our Westside schools. Mary Kapalini reached out um as well as Carol Crane for assistance
011to get a phone bank up and running for our soy families to keep them informed and deliver free and reduced meals. Um through Lisa's network of PTA volunteers from Pomona, Wilson, Whittier, and more. They were able to personalize make personalized calls and assist them in securing the meals and needed assistance from the soy family. I'm encouraging each and every one of the board members, cabinet, and community members to join at least one PTA in your respective areas. I'll be passing on to Samantha and Rosie a listing of our unit's QR codes. It'll just make it really easy for you. Uh Jeff, there is a gold sequined jacket in the closet waiting for you. It's nice that you have the same name and you want to stay in the background. That ain't happening in this. I'm
012going to tell you, Tracy, welcome. Know a lot of your board members from yours your uh yours district. I was a former board member. There are 34 days until August 18th, the opening of school. And it isn't coming soon enough for us grandparents. Trust me on this parents. Yes. And kids, a definite no. Teachers and staff, I know that you're anxious and you haven't had a day off. So, thank you again and we looking forward to working with all of you. >> Thank you. Next up, we have a report from CSEA President uh Amy Chen. >> Hey, good morning. Good evening board pres uh President Wagant, trustees, superintendent Smith, cabinet, and guests. I'd like to begin by congratulating Trustee Maroy and welcoming her to the board. We are excited to have her with us. I'd
013also like to extend a warm welcome to Assistant Superintendent Tracy Nip and Assistant Superintendent Jeff Dixon. We had the opportunity to spend some time together earlier this last week and I'm truly enjoying getting to know them both. The experience, their experience and leadership will be an asset to our district. A big thank you also to our summer staff. I continue to hear good things about the programs that have been taking place from our members. So, they've been working hard and their dedication has not gone unnoticed to the success of the students in the programs we offered. I'd also like to acknowledge all the staff who work year round. Thank you for their continued commitment to students and community. Thanks to the board's continued leadership and direction, we ended last school year by launching the think
014tank, an initiative focused on supporting professional development for our classified staff. With Tracy and Jeff now on board, we are eager to continue the this important work and expand opportunities for growth and recognition across all levels. We look forward to the CSEA state conference next week in Reno. So, we'll be packed in there. But, um, luckily I think we have 10 going 10 of us going this year. So, it's going to be great for our our members and really the support at the state level for um resolutions that we can vote on for statewide um CSEA. And then um also we look forward to as Martha said 34 days I believe 34 days to the school year. and I will be joining back Bay again this year. So, yes, you're welcome. And as always, we
015look forward to continuing to do the good work for students, staff, and the community. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, now it's the time for community input on non-aggendaized items. Do we have any comments? None. All right, moving on. Um, seeing no uh community input on non-aggendaized items, we'll move on to superintendent's comments. >> None. Great. Now, let's move on to community input on agendaized items. Um, Clerk Murphy, this is an opportunity for the public to address the board regarding items on the regular meeting agenda. Comments on agenda items are limited to three minutes per comment, up to 20 minutes per topic. A speaker may not relinquish his or her time to another person. Speaker cards for items on the discussion action calendar may be held until that item is considered by the board if the
016speaker prefers. >> Thank you. Uh we have one um speaker and name is Michael Moy. I think that's an R. Mroy. >> Yes. >> Right here. >> Yes. Thank you. Uh, thank you for working with Robins Nest over the last few years and considering a new no cost to the district as part of your agenda this evening. As a brief introduction, my name is Michael Malroy and I'm a proud parent of a CDM high school graduate and a current student at CDM. I'm also a member of the board of directors of Robin's Nest, a 501c3 charity whose mission is to provide at risk and homeless students who have little to no parental support with the resources to complete high school and pursue a path to self-sufficiency. We work closely with the district which refers students
017to Robin's Nest for entry into our program. These students lack adequate support from their parents to meet their emotional and other basic needs. Robin's Nest supports these students by providing various services including lodging, food, clothing, tutoring, mental wellness support, and life skills training to help drive school attendance, as well as engagement and academic progress at school. Every child we work with has his or his or her own story, which is typically full of complicated details tied to their being born into a family that has largely failed them. While we may while we provide many services in many different ways tailored to each of these kids, on some level, our goal is rather simple. I could talk about reducing levels of chronic absenteeism or suspension rates for homeless students, but I like to think about it
018from a teacher's perspective. Here's a fictitious quote from a fictitious teacher. It's completely made up, but I think it's helpful. If my most atrisisk students could come to class better rested, better fed, having made some progress in processing whatever trauma they've experienced in the past, and especially if they are building some degree or of belief in their own futures, that would really help my classroom, my ability to get through the day's curriculum and all of my students ability to learn. While I can only guess that is what teachers want, I know that is what Robin's Nest does. Again, thank you to the district, its board, and all its staff. Thank you. >> Thank you. Next up, we have uh Mike Vargas, and you're speaking on um 16 A9. Have you you can speak now or
019if you want to speak at that time, but >> uh Okay, let's speak now. Perfect. [Applause] You got quite the crowd, quite the support. >> Call it the peanut gallery. >> Good evening board members, Mr. Superintendent U, all the stakeholders. My name is Mike Bars. I'm the head football coach at Estaceia High School. Uh my 19th year at the school. I'm the dinosaur of probably the coaching staffs in Newport Mesa. Previous to that, uh I was at Newport New Harbor High School. I was assistant coach for 15 years. I'm a Newport Harbor alumni. My wife is as well. U I currently have one student. Uh my son's going to be a junior and uh my daughter graduated last year and my other son graduated in 2012. So, uh former student, coach, uh teacher, I've kind
020of done it all. And so, I'm speaking on behalf of a small portion of our of our young men today. Um, we have a agenda item of uh getting some support, some much needed uh breath of fresh air for equipment and building for our campus. Um, we have on our football program, as you very well know, we're one of the smallest high schools in Orange County or the smallest orange uh high school in Orange County, but we have approximately 10% of the males and a female on the football team of our student body. And uh I want to thank you for strongly considering this. Um, as I've learned as I'm getting closer to my retirement in a few years, uh, we are, uh, I've learned number one, I got to do a better job of
021practicing grace, and number two is that we're we're stays of everything that's here. And I've learned that even in my classroom, it's like, don't be territorial. Wherever they put you is where they put you. But what you have the opportunity to do tonight, as well as these young men and the parents that are here, is leave a legacy for something that's going to outlive. I told Miss Anderson, I said, "This is going to outlive us." And uh I hope that when you make your decision, you consider that. Um as well as you know, our Westside kids are just as great and awesome as our kids from the other schools and school districts and it be awesome for them to get something to look forward to. I know it's a little late for our seniors, but
022like I told them, as long as I'm there, they're going to have cart blanch to go on there and use the facility that they help build. But I hope that you will uh strongly consider it and like I said be good stewards of this uh money that we're we're so blessed to have in our school district and uh share a little bit of that with the the kids from the west side. But uh we just came off the football field. Sorry for stinking up the place, but uh we just came off the field. Uh uh we go all the time and uh again like I said, I want to thank you for u what you do for us already. Uh but we'd be also eternally grateful too if uh you know we could make this
023thing happen. So again, thank you so much on behalf of the football program and uh come on down and watch us play. You know, our guys aren't very big, but they they play their butts off. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Okay, moving on to 16 is the consent calendar. Uh do I have a motion? >> So moved. Second. Moved by Trusty Crane. Seconded by Trustee um Ursulu. A roll call vote. >> Trusty Wagan. >> Yes. >> Trusty. >> Yes. >> Trusty Murphy. >> Yes. >> Trusty Pearson. >> Yes. >> Trusty Anderson. >> Yes. >> Trusty Mroy. >> Yes. >> Trusty Crane. >> Yes. >> All right. 7 no. The motion carries. Moving on to 17. Discussion action calendar. 17A. Approve fourth a fourth amendment to employment agreement for Superintendent Smith. Superintendent Smith. As
024a function of my contract, I have an opportunity with a positive evaluation to ask for contract enhancements. The only one I ask for is that you keep letting me serve. So, it's a one-year extension to my existing contract. >> Do I have a motion? >> So, moved. >> Second. Moved by Trustee Pearson, seconded by Trustee Murphy. Roll call vote. >> Trusty Wagan, >> yes. >> Trusty, >> yes. >> Trusty Murphy, >> yes. >> Trusty Pearson, >> yes. >> Trusty Anderson, >> yes. >> Trusty Mroy, >> yes. >> Trusty Crane, >> yes. >> Motion carries 70. >> Congratulations. >> We're happy to have you. >> All right. 17B, approve secondary textbook adoption, Dr. Torres. >> Yes. This evening in front of you tonight you have uh the approval of two textbooks. Um we have human anatomy
025and physiology and we have pre-calculus. Um these are new editions of existing textbooks. They have been on display for 30 days and we have had no viewers and no comments. Do I have a motion to approve the adoption of secondary textbook? >> So moved. Second. >> Moved by trustee Murphy. Seconded by trustee. [Music] Roll call vote. >> Trusty Wagan, >> yes. >> Trusty, >> yes. >> Trusty Murphy, >> yes. >> Trusty Pearson, >> yes. >> Trusty Anderson, >> yes. >> Trusty Mroy, >> yes. >> Trusty Crane, >> yes. >> Right. Motion carries 70. 17C, approve addition of high school and middle school course of study. Dr. Torres. >> Yes. Tonight in front of you, the board has the um exciting opportunity to approve a new course within our CTE pathway. And so we have in
026front of you tonight baking and pastries for our culinary program. That's wonderful. Let's get more of those. Okay. Do I have a motion? >> So move. >> Second. >> Moved by Trusty Pearson, seconded by Trusty Crane. Roll call vote. >> I wanted to make a comment. >> Oh, we have a comment. >> Yes, >> Trusty Crane. >> Yes. I I think this is fantastic because I know that Newport Harbor has a a top culinary school on campus and this just adds another level and another opportunity for kids who are because there's a difference between a baker and a chef that is a a kitchen chef and so or whatever that's called. So, I think I love the fact that we're adding this next level because um we are meeting the needs of kids who have
027different um a different focus within the same um uh career. So, thank you for doing that. And I can't wait for them to open a cafe and invite us to come over for some croissants. >> Right. >> Roll call vote. >> Trusty Wagan. >> Yes. >> Trusty Soilu. >> Yes. >> Trusty Murphy. >> Yes. Trusty Pearson, >> yes. >> Trusty Anderson, >> yes. >> Trusty Mroy, >> yes. >> Trusty Crane, >> we >> Okay, moving on to 18. 18 is resolution adoption uh calendar 18A adopt resolution 25-07-25 authorizing the removal of district representative signatory and approval of naming district representative for the state eligibility determination school facility program form SAB50-03 >> Assistant Superintendent Dixon. >> Thank you. So as we all know uh Mr. trader has retired and to be an authorized signer for the
028state allocation board where we process our applications for state matching funds from for our facilities projects. This just swaps his name and puts my name there so we can keep that program going and submit all of our forms to the office of public school construction. >> Great. Um, do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved by Trusty Anderson, seconded by Trustee Murphy. Roll call vote. Trusty Wagan, >> yes. >> Trusty Sylu, >> yes. >> Trusty Murphy, >> yep. >> Trusty Pearson, >> yes. >> Trusty Anderson, >> yes. >> Trusty Mroy, >> yes. >> Trusty Crane, >> yes. >> Motion carry 70 18B, adopt resolution 26-07-25, Newport Mesa Unified School District, authorization of signatures for the Orange County Department of Education. Assistant Superintendent Dixon. >> Yes, thank you. Similar to that first
029resolution, this swaps uh Jeffrey Trader with Jeffrey Dixon for the Orange County Department of Education as an authorized signer. >> Okay, great. Uh do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Moved by Trusty Crane, seconded by Trusty Pearson. Roll call vote. >> Trusty Wagan, >> yes. >> Trusty, >> yes. >> Trusty Murphy, >> yes. >> Trusty Pearson, >> yes. >> Trusty Anderson, >> yes. >> Trusty Mroy, >> yes. Trusty Crane. >> Yes. >> Motion carries 70. Wow. >> Very impressed with everyone. Heads. That was 25 minutes. Let's see if we can get Mr. Dixon to his anniversary in time. >> Dinner. >> All right. Number 19, informal reports. Superintendent Smith. >> As we mentioned before, um we don't take summers off and this summer we've been doing a lot of great activities.
030One of the things uh we've done with some teachers and district leaders under SRO Shield's leadership is we've been a part of the redesign institute for superintendents and educators a new state sponsored pilot to look at how we rethink schools especially in light of artificial intelligence. What what can that do? How can that help us? Um and we appreciate that work. Part of their process though is to work on a strategic plan. We had to kind of let them know that uh that's what our district is doing. In fact, they just hired a consultant recently to take us through a year-long process of reimagining Newport Mesa Unified for 2030 and beyond. Uh, a portrait of a graduate. What do we want our students to know and be able to do uh when they leave our
031schools? Uh, what do we value? What is our vision for the future? And how do we use our resources, all of them, people, facilities, dollars, how do we use them to achieve that portrait for our students, all 18,000 of them. It's going to be exciting. Uh, our community is going to be involved. A lot of community outreach, um, employees, staff, students alike. So, it's it's going to be a great process. And so we started with RISE and we had to tell them we're going to do our own strategic planning, but when we're done, we'll bring it back and and share it with you. Um, another thing that's gone on this summer is uh our summer collective. We've had quite a few projects this summer. It was um quite an endeavor that we had the courage
032to say we have to make our campuses as safe as we can this summer. Um, we have to repair them where needed. Um the board was kind enough to authorize those resources and we had to put together a plan to do it. Uh a plan we hadn't tried before. We called the collective bring in multiple agencies to oversee these projects. Happy to report that you know while there will be some small delays here and there, there won't be any delays to classroom instruction as it currently sits today. Okay. And that's a big one because in one instance to keep the campus safe we had to redesign the entire interior of the campus uh all the walls are up. Almost all the skins are on the walls. Uh the rough had just been pulled. I mean
033we are we're looking good. Uh in other schools again we don't anticipate any disruptions to learning although we might have to tweak some things here and there to to start the year. We're excited about the work that our team has done, um the work that our consultants have done. Our kids and our employees are going to benefit greatly from this summer collective. And so, thank you board for authorizing that activity. And that's it. >> Great. Um before we get started, I'm going to start Carol down there and we'll move all this way. But I just wanted to welcome our new trustee, Andrea Mroy. We're so happy to have you. Um, and now we're full as a seven old board and we can't wait to do all the great work for our students um, that I
034know that they deserve. So, with that, I'm gonna have Carol start and we'll move on down. >> All right. And Ditto as well. Welcome. And now we are whole and I'm very excited because a a six a six person governing team is vulnerable and seven is solid. So, welcome. And uh so had the pleasure today of visiting uh along with Trusty Pearson the Harborview summer learning academy. Uh thank you Christy Flores and and also the principal there or the administrative intern who led us through the tour of the school. It was amazing to see the kids just vibrantly learning and just happy and not on a screen, not on a phone, but being interactive and um just, you know, developing their social skills and their also educational skills and and creative skills. So, thank you
035so much. That was wonderful. Um I also looking forward to attending the East Bluff Community Summer School Community Theater Play Oklahoma. Uh it's there's a 80 about 80 of our kids that are involved in that summer program. So very excited to go and and see creativity once again, you know, being used over summer. And uh I attended a governor's workshop today on a on Zoom and um I'm always learning more about how we can better run the district. And um so that's it for now. Do I need to push anything? No. No. Just get close to the thing. >> Um, hello everyone. I'm very happy to be here. Um, I'm very honored to have been elected and I'm committed to serving our students and our community with integrity. I don't take this privilege lightly. I
036commit to this board to work with you, each of you, to be successful and demonstrate effective and wise decision making. I had the opportunity to meet with Principal Bolton yesterday to talk and tour Newport Harbor. I was thoroughly impressed with what I saw. We toured the entire school. The new culinary classroom >> buildout, it's going to be outstanding. The upgrades to the theater were amazing. The TAR TV program and studio were exciting to see. The pool should be finished within a month. The classrooms looked great. Principal Bolton explained to me the >> centig sentic system to me. >> Wow. Is all I can say. It's incredible. Um it's the security for the school. It's amazing. >> Uh very impressive. Um, there are so many other things that I saw, but I won't list them all
037tonight. I also met with Superintendent Smith um, right away and that was very helpful for someone that is new to the job. Thank you for that. I also had a chance to meet with three assistant superintendent yesterday um, to answer questions I had and thank you for your time. it was very valuable and I um took in all the info and received and I was able to make decisions. So, thank you for that. Um and thank you all that has assisted me this week. There's been a lot of people helping me out. I'm just learning the ropes. Um, so overall I had a wonderful for first week and I really look forward to a very successful year for our children and for our community and for all of us in general. >> That's right. >>
038Thank you. >> Um, I just wanted to say thank you to um several of our staff members who summer is their busiest season. I want to say thank you to Christy Flores for all of the work that you've done with summer school um particularly in providing resources for families um providing bus transportation and rearranging that so it's safest for families. Thank you so much for going above and beyond um Miss Shields as well for making sure that that happens in our community and for getting food and other resources. Um and I just wanted to also say thank you to um our new Jeff for jumping right in feet first. um and being willing to go out on and visit school sites immediately, I think your first week. Um and just really having a heart for
039hearing from our teachers and from our staff who will be impacted by the facilities. Um I think it was really great to have that happen for our Sansia football coach um before an item comes to the agenda. So, thank you so much for asking great questions and being willing to be present. Thank you. >> Yes. Welcome Jeff, Tracy, and Andrea. Welcome to the team. Um you've joined a wonderful team. Um I was able to Wes mentioned Wes and Jeff both um met with met yesterday and we were able to walk the construction site at Anderson. It's amazing. I mean, we're very fortunate to have the team that's working there. Um thank you for putting walls up for our students. Not only will they be safe, but they're also going to be able to focus while
040they learn. um which is huge. So, thank you. Thank you to our facilities team. Thank you Jeff for jumping right into that. Um I was able to visit the summer school program which is always fun. Um we always get so many wonderful comments from the teachers about the summer school program and Christy I there's just I just looked at her and said there's just so much going on. I don't know how you do this. Um so thank you. Thank you for everything you do for our kids >> and go to Oklahoma. I joined us here. Um, yes. So, welcome uh Tracy and Jeff. I do hope that you put that gold uh jacket on because it is amazing and uh we all appreciate it very much. So, just know you're probably going to have to.
041And um uh and also thank you so much for summer school. We've been hearing really great things. All of my neighbors are in love with summer school uh for so many reasons. and um and uh um it's just great to see that we've been able to maintain the attendance levels in our student in our summer school. So, I really can't thank everyone enough for making sure that um our kids are safe and that they're feeling like they can attend uh summer school and get all of the benefits that summer school has to offer and um you know, not just you know, not just you know, reading and writing, but all of the fun stuff. So, um the only other thing I have to um mention is that Costa Mesa Middle and High School is having
042their um principal new principal sort of thought exchange slash community um member involvement engagement meeting tomorrow night at six o'clock in the Coast Mesa Library. So, for anyone out there listening and um for all of you who might be interested in the new principal or having some input in the new principal over at Costa Mesa, um we welcome you to come. It's going to be um I think a an engaged conversation, engaging conversation, and we're just really looking forward to seeing what happens, what what we can do next with Mesa. So, thank you everyone. Um, yes. Triple ditto to Oklahoma. Farm farm girl number seven does not disappoint. She loves a big crowd. So, please go from 7 to 9 tomorrow, Thursday or Friday. >> Well, that's great. Um, I want to mention two things
043and then you know how I like to get us out there early. But uh one um I was at with um Trustee Anderson actually um the and and Christy Flores the Ben Carlson Foundation. And I want uh they had a foundation dinner um this past weekend and they have been such a amazing partners for our swim safety and and you know Trusty Anderson really spearheaded um the idea of that and you know Ben Carlson um getting that Ben Carlson Foundation to provide you know um all of the different swim and swim um bathing suits, towels, transportation, all that kind of good stuff. and they're going to expand that even more um next year to eight SKU schools. Um and so they're just in a phenomenal um organization that's doing great work. And so thank you
044um Ashley and Christie for for all the the hard work that you guys are doing on that program. It's phenomenal. It's great to be a part of. Um, also I was at the Coastline ROP uh meeting earlier today um with Lisa Snowden and we were working on our strategic goals um for Coastline ROOP and partnering, you know, with all of our CTE um courses here. But I just wanted to uh a big uh an interesting thing on cosign roo is that they not only serve four of our districts but they also um service our access students um as as well as now they won the OC probations contract where they are going to be providing for um incarcerated youth um providing um uh medical billing and culinary classes. So when they come out they will
045have a career pathway which I think is is amazing. Um, and then just wanted to echo the amazing things on summer school. A couple of my um, constituents said that their kids didn't learn weren't really clued into school in the during the year, but summertime there it's where it's at. So, I don't know what we're doing there, but the engagement in summer program seems to be very it seems to be very high. So everyone, thank you so much for doing all the hard work um for our students and by the time we meet next year or next uh month, we will be back in school. So that's exciting and um nervous nerve-wracking too. So, but it'll be great. And welcome to everyone that's new and thank you for a lovely meeting. And I'm going to
046close the meeting at 6:38 p.m.