001all right uh calling the meeting to order at 3:31 uh roll call please trusty wean here trusty soyu here trusty Murphy trusty Pearson here trusty Walsh here trusty Anderson here trusty crane Dr Smith here do I have a motion to adopt the agenda move second mov by trusty Pearson second in by trusty [Music] ursulo roll call vote trusty wean yes trusty oyu yes trusty Murphy trusty Pearson yes trusty Walsh yes trusty Anderson yes trusty crane here yes all right the vote was uh 60 okay um are there any Community input on close session items no seeing none okay we will move into close session um the uh the items are a conference with legal counsel uh Council workers uh B conference with real uh property negotiator c conference with legal counsel D student discipline e
002conference with labor negotiator F Public Employee discipline dismissal release G Public Employee discipline dismissal release um 20247 HR and H Public Employee appointment uh we will return to open session at 6 pm all right I'm going to call to order the meeting at 6 o'clock um Opening Ceremonies and Pledge of Allegiance led by um student board member Briana Garcia place your right hand over your heart ready begin Al to of the United States of America the for it stands Nation indivisible with liy and justice for all all right now uh number nine adoption of minutes from um for 11:25 do I moved oh moved by second moved by trusty crane second in by uh trusty Murphy roll call vote trusty wean yes trusty Oru yes trusty Murphy yes trusty Pearson yes trusty Walsh yes trusty
003Anderson yes trusty crane yes all right roll call vote 7 uh Zer um I'm going to come back up sorry uh to um number uh readout from our closed session and there are three readouts from our closed session um the first one um which is 4f um a report uh inclosed session the board took action to issue a notice pursuant to Education Code section 4495 1 that coordinator special education employees CA 2025 d01 ca20 25-2 ca20 25-3 ca 20254 ca 20255 and CA 20256 shall be reassigned effective July 1st 2025 from management salary schedule range 6017 to management salary schedule range 6018 and direct and directed the superintendent or design to send out appropriate legal notices the roll call vote was as f as follows seven eyes uh Zer NOS okay item 4 G um
004inclose session session the Board of Education took action to approve the resignation agreement and general release um number 20247 HR the r call vote was as follows seven eyes Zer Nos and then um item 4H inclosed session the Board of Education took action to approve the employment agreement of krie Tores as Deputy superintendent secondary education effective July 1st 2025 the roll call vote was seven eyes zero NOS all right now we can get on with the rest of the meeting uh number 10 let's go on to recognition um Annette Franco good evening president Wan members of the board superintendent Smith cabinet and guests my name is Annette Franco I'm public relations officer for our school district and I am very excited today we're going to recognize five outstanding Newport Mesa employees as part of our
005employee excellence awards program this program recognizes employees who go above and beyond to create positive learning environments that enhance Student Success the winners exemplify many of the qualities that we value here in our district student centered collaborative leadership professional integrity and Innovation so to begin it is my pleasure to introduce Corona Delmar principal Dr Jay kayy who will share first a few words about about our first award winner thank you Miss Franco uh good evening uh president Wan members of the board Dr Smith executive cabinet uh distinguished guests Sandy solden social studies class I was like giving you a shout out thanks for being here Ganon good win today 6 nothing nice job at s Juan Hills um now to business uh it is a pleasure to be a part of this group and be
006able to talk about the wonderful staff members that I've been able to watch as we come in uh and we have an absolute Allstar with us tonight as with the other ones you'll hear about so I want to call up at this time Jenna Buick Jenna come on up good cheering section here stand next to me Jenna as we brag on you so uh staff members right about Jenna bucka speech language pathologist at Corona doar middle and high school Jenna is known for being a strong support system for students and staff and krono doar special education programs she understands the import of communication and how it affects her students social needs behaviors and academic performance she develops thoughtful goals that help students identify their interests and explore ways to connect with others this school year
007she assisted several students with autism and navigating Club rush so they could participate with like-minded neurotypical peers to ensure students understand the lessons she presents Buick consistently engages them with visual supports apps games and other creative resources she frequently shares ideas and resources with colleagues in ways that benefit all students she also trains classroom staff on the use of assist of technology and works closely with school psychologists case workers and classified aids to recognize student needs as an active participant in individualized education program IEP meetings Buck helps students understand the team's recommendations and facilitates collaboration to maintains a calm respectful demeanor that makes parents feel comfortable and heard and I can tell you I've personally witnessed and a lesson she was giving I had left two different classrooms walked by her office space she had
008five kids and I'm like I'm joining I'm doing this I'm doing this activity and event and everything you just heard I couldn't have been more impressed with her patience her ability to connect the kids her ability to be calm during the entire meeting and get them to participate Jenna you're fabulous I love what you do for our kids thank you so much this is for you yes [Applause] Miss Ruth are you here you all right good evening uh Wesley Smith board members um we have an absolute Superstar here tonight that I want to introduce you to it's my Administrative Assistant Ruth cartmill so if you're looking for excellence in Newport Mesa you have found it right here in our Administrative Assistant Ruth cartmill Ruth started with us at campus and made the transition to mon
009Vista and our staff quickly noticed her professional way of getting things done and navigating the complexities of our organization during the transition from Cloud to mon Vista she was there every step of the way from submitting work orders for our new site attending to the needs of teachers working with nutrition services that was not one aspect of the transition that she was not involved with she knows all of our students by name greets them with a smile and always has a spinner game a candy jar or a pole ready for them when they sign in to make our office warm and welcoming so our culture and climate um is in largely part due to Ruth's dedication through her warm and welcoming demeanor never has an email been UNR returned a project not completed or a
010phone call not answered if you're looking for excellence you found it here and we're keeping her as long as she'll have us Ruth we appre appreciate you and honor you tonight congratulations on being recognized as a classified employee of Excellence [Applause] good evening I'm Kim Maxwell the principal at Woodland Elementary and I'm here tonight to honor our reading support teacher Melissa Garen come on [Applause] up under the leadership of our reading support teacher Melissa Garen the literacy proficiency of Woodland Elementary students continues to grow she prioritizes the needs and well-being of students becoming their champion and cheerleader she takes Innovative approaches that transform the Intervention Program into a schoolwide system of blocked time small groups and individual support as one of Woodland's student council advisers Garen draws on her creativity and resourcefulness to empower students
011to teach their peers about Behavior expectations and encourages them to recognize positive behavior at recess by awarding Dragon dollars these can be redeemed for fun Hands-On experiences like dance parties or slime making with Miss Garen she assists students with monthly service projects such as food drives and organizing let's beind activities which this year included a video that she directed that featured students sharing their favorite kind words students and staff can count on Melissa to provide uplifting support during academic challenges and celebrate successes alongside them her ability to inspire everyone around her to strive for excellence makes her a Cornerstone of the nmusd community and I want to go off script and just share a little brag she just LED our midyear staff development data check-in and over 90% of our students are at or above
012Proficiency in reading that less than 10% She Knows by name and by need and is taking care of them so I'm not a crier and I tear up when I talk about Melissa but I won't because then she'll cry so I just want to say congratulations Melissa it's very welld deserved [Applause] good evening uh Mark Hopkins I just have to say it's it's a great honor to be standing here with Mark Hopkins uh when students approached the theater technician Mark about managing the lighting for the 2004 state of the school's breakfast one of our biggest events of the year uh Mark excitedly worked to fulfill the students request and provided guidance while letting the students mostly take the lead with the show uh Mark is regarded as a collaborative leader who brings high expectations and
013a positive attitude to everything that he does for Productions and events throughout the district he is responsible for maintaining all the electrical equipment uh ensuring that we have a safe functioning an operating theater um brings a professional attitude uh again always positive uh Mark always comes overcomes several obstacles to make sure that there's nothing that hinders the students uh ability to be seen and heard in our theaters Mark does a great job managing our our theater that he is uh assigned to he comes prepared and always has a solution to any snafu that might pop up no matter when or where uh while managing sound video presentation lighting more during the events he's reliably creative and resourceful and he's fiercely dedicated to sharing his industry knowledge and focusing to help students grow and just as
014a side note whenever I go to visit Mark at his site uh currently Newport Harbor High School he's like a celebrity to all the kids are there when he walks into the room people perk up and they they they know Mark they love him and it's been a pleasure working for him because he really is so passionate about theater and Theater Arts and he's so student- minded and wants to to to share that passion with the students and see them develop so I am very honored to give this to Mark Hopkins our theater technici thank you very much [Applause] good evening everyone I'm very excited tonight to share in the success of Mr Randy lbert a it is my great pleasure to recognize a truly outman outstanding leader at Harbor viw Elementary School with more
015than four years of administrative experience here in the district and 12 in his career I believe those numbers are right is is he has not only earned the employee Excellence award but also the admiration of student staff parents alike he as an outstanding Elementary principal his positive outlook shines through every day as he remains a visible and approachable presence in our school Community he invests in relationship with staff students and parents and believes strongly in excellence in education ry's commitment to fostering an inclusive environment and his collaborative Spirit have made his school a space where every student feels supported and empowered to succeed through his ongoing efforts he has inspired a community of Educators and families to work together ensuring that our students have the tools they need to thrive please join me in congratulating
016him and his family I'm so H happy that all the families could join the people being recognized it really is a wonderful event in his aie remarkable achievements an unwavering dedication to Newport Mesa and to Harbor View families thank you so much and we're pause if we can have the other four recipients come up [Music] [Applause] quickly congratulations job behind me but everybody's eyes are on me right [Music] now okay I'm gonna step aside for the families [Applause] at this time I'd like to welcome Dr Shaka up to introduce uh our counselor of the Year president wgon members of the board Dr Smith executive cabinet each year the Orange County Department of Education selects a handful of counselors to recognize this year they've selected one of our Newport Mesa counselors as a top 10 counselor
017in Orange County I'd like to invite up Dr Dave Martinez our principal from Early College High School to tell us a little bit more well good evening board president wean board trustees superintendent Dr Smith cabinet and guests I'd like to bring up Miss Jamie [Applause] galini I am beyond thrilled anytime we have anyone from the echs family who is being recognized for their hard work and commitment in their pursuit of Excellence I have had the Great Fortune to have known Jamie galini for 22 years first in a three-year stent in new haror High School from 2003 to 2006 where she was then recommended to become Early College High School's First and still only high school counselor since the school opened in 2006 nine years later I was named to become early College's next principal in
0182015 and I only hope I haven't been too loud when conducting business in my office as it's right next to hers over the last decade allthough the traditional three hours of Reading Writing arithmetic are important EC's three Rs of rigor relevance and relationships serve as our pillars for which Jamie is a master builder of that anchor R relationships for Jamie counseling is a calling where she does more than counsel she guides she mentors she leads she is both selfless and Relentless when it comes to serving our students and families the best way possible in navigating high school college and the multitude of resources available her commitment to connecting our students and families with Mental Health Service services and social emotional supports over the years that's been so critical in building the ECS family culture especially
019during an after the pandemic to make sure our top priority was our students mental well-being was being met she serves as our 504 coordinator testing coordinator and Future Ready coordinator for our big schoolwide event we hold annually in November she is a big Avid Advocate where she is always welcomed into our Avid classes to assist support and encourage our college-bound Scholars her in is a major reason why we have a rising number of students completing all their general education college courses and even associate degrees while in high school when graduates hearken back on Miss galini's valuable advice given that is indicative she has made more than a touch point in that person's life she has left a lasting impression and there are way too many to count Jam's vision for our students is to aim
020high and to let their grit and persistence take them as far as they can go ladies and gentlemen I present to you 2025 Orange County Department of Education High School Council of the Year Jamie galini congratulations [Applause] right well congratulations to all those um recipients of recognition we really appreciate all the work that you guys do for our district and for our kids um next up we have student board member reports trusty ursulo great this month's question was what do you and your fellow students need most to support you in your educational journey and provide two campus highlights and we will start with um Brianna Garcia from Newport Harbor hello and good evening superintendent Smith president Wan and esteem board members for this meeting's topic I gathered a large range of students answers and a
021very consistent answer to this question was that in order for the for the most support a solid and strong teacher to student relationship ship is necessary this means that the teacher is flexible and understanding of a student's situation and for the student it means being honest and diligent another key component of this is having a good communication and teachers being vocal about what times they are available for office hours such as after school school or once a week at lunch to accommodate all the students who may be busy after school with their own extra activities another popular answer the students feel they need to be supported by a family is um is is a family whether that be your own or the people who have stepped in for you overall surrounding yourself with supportive people
022is what most students need for their education and now for two campus highlights I would like to start by talking about last week's boys volleyball home opener game although the game's results weren't in our favor our student section the tarpet was extremely energetic this past Friday night our student section was overflowing basically in the into the court which I don't think the refs were the biggest fans up but it was a great display of Sailor supporting sailors this was volleyball's first home game and one of their hardest games of the season so the support was very essential and after the game a senior player on the team even texted the AC group chat saying thanks for the hype it was the best tarpet I've ever seen for a volleyball game this was a great way
023to start their home season and we are excited to see all spring Sports this year as they are just starting to begin newport's second campus highlight is our grade wordss rally on Friday next week this rally is a great way to get a wide student involvement as the whole school goes out to The Stadium to watch their classmates play and fun games like tug of war catcher the flag and dodgeball grade Wars is one of the most look forward to rallies at Harbor as the competition between grades becomes a fun and friendly rivalry this first half of the second semester has been filled with many fun events and we are excited to take this energy into the rest of the school year thank you great thank you next up we have Devan buos from Estonia
024okay good afternoon superintendent Smith president Wan and vice pres president oryu and other steam board members it was awesome seeing you guys yesterday at soy like in a different setting not that I don't like being here but it was really nice um before I move into the main topic of this evening I would like to talk about the two campus highl today we had our art of kindness event during lunch which was a crossover between the let's be kind program and our acts of random kindness club or Ark and um where we painted um what kindness means to us while enjoying some free Kona Ice and I have my shirt on there's some paint on it but I don't know if you can see it I have some on my arms too but they're covered
025um or was I and um an upcoming event is actually tomorrow is our special education basketball game called and the stands that we have annually students get free pizza while watching a basketball game hosted by our best buddies club which I am Secretary of and now on to what uh the students need for better support so actually I went around to I think 30 students and asked what um their top reasons were and the most popular one that I got was having more electives like Pathways for future careers such as like um like law or um I mean we already have medical ones but like more for engineering and things like that and then another one was early dismissal I don't really know how that like fits into support but um kids would rather have
026early dismissal than starting late and another big one was um having tutoring especially like within school hours like for whichever subject and um yeah that those were the most popular ones that I received today so thank you great thank you so much um we'd all like early dismissals the next person is Ganon Overfelt from Corona delar good evening board members my name is Gan norel and I'm the ASB president at Corona Delmar high school at CDM one of the main things that make our students so successful uccessful is our teachers to reach academic and personal success students need teachers who demonstrate care and empathy Beyond curriculum Educators who take interest in the whole in in the whole student understanding their Challen challenges strengths and aspirations creating a supportive learning environment that Fosters growth and confidence
027when students feel valued and supported they are more likely to engage in educations take risks in their learning and develop resilience in the face of obstacles ultimately the most effective teachers are those who not only give out knowledge but also Inspire mentor and nurture students in becoming well-rounded individuals in my personal experience I learned so much more when the class is doing activities such as like competitions and challenges rather than just getting handed a packet and being told to like complete it by the end of class um another way students need to uh need support is adequate facilities that promote a positive learning environment with the necessary appli supplies to achieve this classrooms equipped with essential resources such as up-to-date technology Comfort comfortable SE seating and sufficient supplies allow students to focus on learning without
028unnecessary obstacles when schools invest in well around well-maintained spaces and necessary materials they enhance student motivation productivity and overall academic performance cdm's first campus highlight was our inclusion week first off CDM has a new Wellness space named The King's Cove where students can go to relax to get away for a second if they need in order to bring awareness to this new King's Cove well space our Wellness committee partnered with a local business Yoga 6 to come onto our campus um and teach yoga to a selected group of CDM students cdm's Wellness committee participated had snacks and refreshments and made a video to help with future Pro promotion they are looking to connect students and the community with well with the well space more often in the future another campus highlights is our school's clash
029of the classes rally that's coming up this rally consists of each grade competing against each other for points and the winner to be announced at the rally actually I was just asked by like our Activities Committee that I think we're going to include a boy Sports dance now so that's pretty fun um but this year's theme is Jumanji where we have our incredible Tech committee making videos surrounding that theme asb's Tech Commissioners named Nolan Crane and some of the videos he makes for these rallies could literally put be put in a movie it's unreal um I'm so excited to see what he has in store for this rally it's always fun to see the different competitions that our ASB has planned for this rally week thank you thank you those were great reports next up
030we have Harbor Council PTA report uh Martha Flor good evening president wean vice president oryo clerk Murphy trustee uh trustees Dr Smith Deputy superintendent Carri Torres uh cabinet and community members my name is Martha Flor and I'm president of the harbor Council of ptas yesterday our Harbor Council elected the 2526 executive board and the officers as as follows nobody would take it so I'm it president president Martha Flur executive pres uh Executive Vice President Kirsten Walsh first vice president programs Julie link second vice president membership Megan Richards third vice president legislation and advocacy Vicky Waldo fourth vice president Communications Andrew McGary a treasur Nathan levit a secretary maren denian Financial reviewer Lisa bowler and historian Lauren mme we are rapidly approaching our goal of 5875 PTA members which will be a 5 a 5% increase
031over last year 24 of our 28 units our 27 units are in The 100 Club I would like to thank the families and staffs of our Title One elementary schools all are over 100 members with California and Whittier over 200 each that's amazing it's the first time and I think a long time that we've had that a three of our schools are a family or four away from the magic 100 Back Bay High School needs 17 more PTA members Lincoln needs four and Newport Heights needs 12 these schools would welcome anyone into their PTA family you can go on to their website QR coded and join for1 to $20 thank you um we want to thank uh Jeff Trader who walked us through the master plan and I should say the2 billion master plan um
032and the much needed res Renovations at our elementary um at our schools the mprs the new word that I now know shade and play the TK bathrooms this summer which are going to cost approximately $45 million wow thank you board for for doing that um he also walked us through on on the computer that every which is phenomenal we all were like really impressed that you can go on the master plan Click on each school and then identify all of the components there and the priority of what's happening when and where it was just amazing and they're just thrilled our families at Pomona are excited and nervous about the new configurations of at Ray and Pomona but Jeff has assured us that all will be done for the incoming team come ters coming in Lori
033and Mike we want to thank you for continuing to promote the Arts both Visual and Performing Arts uh to ensure that our students know that there are much needed skills and employment opportunities After High School Mike also said that he was hoping that because this kid's getting a tattoo and he's worried but he knows that if he was in Newport Mesa you'd get a tattoo artist we are we are grateful to the board for continuing the the legacy of PPS in Newport mesa's commitment to the Arts we are encouraging our families um at this point in time to also participate in the lcap because we know that that's a driving force in you making decisions thank you trustee crane for attending Sacramento Safari on February 24th and 25th we heard from several elected officials including
034assemblyman uh member maruchi uh Senator Choy Senator Sasha Perez who is the Senate education committee chair uh Kim kappen uh from from the lao's office Carol kapar from Ed 100 and Lee Lee Angela Reid from Capital advisers I've provided a Samantha I leave behind we are again stressing all the thank yous for the the prop 28 funds but also we want the continued stable funding um it's not looking good next year it's going to be tough but we're all happy um you should have received your invitation for our HSA luncheon on May 12th for Harbor council's honorary service luncheon we are recognizing our PTA volunteers and community members for their above and beyond service to the students of Newport Harbor um Newport Mesa we hope that you can attend congratulations Carrie again Dr Smith cabinet
035and staff thank you again for all you do for our students and families we know you strive to ensure our students and staff have the tools resources and support they need to be successful every day they are in our Newport Mesa schools and offices thank you again 34 more days till spring break see you next month thank you and congratulations on being president again haral Council PTA um uh now we are moving on to um csca president Amy chin hi everyone um good evening president weant trustees superintendent Smith uh Deputy super tendent Carrie Tores congratulations cabinet and guests um I had a whole list of congratulations but Carrie was first on my list so um we look forward to your continued leadership and support with um the the district and the employees and also congratulations
036to all the employees classified and certificated um really just shows what a great group of U employees we have here to support students at the district and also um to HR and the hiring process proc you know that we go through to select great employees so it really just um accentuates uh the importance of hiring and having great staff so thank you to everyone that participates in that and um all the things I know yesterday Monday yes yesterday was Monday sorry um I had the privilege along with Leona and Kristen Clark and Wes to head out to Adams Elementary where we had a classified employee Yia Rosales who is already won um classified employee of the year for the district and she also won for um Orange County so that was a great recognition for
037her Christy Flores had was her supervisor and um I wanted to thank chrisy because supervisors are very busy and sometimes they have a hard time finding time to write the paperwork up to acknowledge um employees and just thank you for taking the time and um having Yia you might remember as the one who started the pen pal program at her site so that was a really great thing so congratulations to Yia and good luck at State um and also um you know there's been a lot going on with the potential Ser program so um there was a lot of people what's going on and a lot of talk on the town and then I went on vacation for two weeks and now I come back and I'm hearing good things so that's a positive um
038for classified and hope you know getting hopefully that will work out for the district and for employees um finally we had uh not finally sorry then also um seap was uh closed as of March 1st I believe the applications for that for the employees and I've heard um that we've had a pretty good turnout I don't know the exact numbers but I know that there's something that the district had or the classified employees had worked for for a long time and along with the district's help we um have been able to implement that program to benefit employees and finally at our chapter meeting this Thursday night um we will have a vote to approve the initial Proposal with the members and then we will be sharing that with the district assuming that it's going to
039be approved so that's what I have oh and Martha I'm gonna join Back Bay PPA so yes um so that's all I have for tonight we look forward to continuing to do the good work for students staff in the community thank you so much thank you next up for nmft we've got Tamar Fairbanks good evening Dr Smith's um Deputy superintendent Taurus um president wagan esteem board and honored guests um I speak on behalf of Ronda Reed who at the moment is helping our district teachers of the year with their County applications and trying to make sure that we push them and and build them up and celebrate all of the hard work that they're doing and matter of fact all a shout out to all of our certificated staff for just working just working a
040ton throughout this school year and right now we're in the moment of full steam ahead as we're going into parent teacher conference week we are going there are recruitment events from all of our secondary schools to their feeder programs so we're we're running and thank you to the certificated staff who are all involved advisors whatever they're doing just thank you for all of your hard work um during this part of the school year also I will be remiss if I didn't mention arts in our schools month um and where we have many of our musical Zone concerts we have musical tours throughout all of our theater zones and we have theater performances so definitely pay each of our Arts um performances a visit um we would like to see your faces there and thank you
041great thank you next up uh Community input on non- agendized items um trusty uru or sorry it's trusty Murphy um this is an opportunity for the public to address the board regarding items non on the regular meeting agenda comments on non-agenda topics are limited to three minutes per comment of 20 minutes per topic a speaker may not relinquish his or her time to another person by order of the brown act section 54 954 d.2 the board will take no action nor have any discussion on non- agendized items the superintendent May provide clarification during superintendent's comments great we have uh two public comments uh first up is Brett Lesman a good evening everyone and thank you for your time tonight my name is Brett Lesman and I'm a commercial real estate broker at savil and Newport
042Beach born and raised in Orange County I have spent the past 20 years as a resident of Newport and I currently have a daughter at Anderson my son will be attending in the fall and earlier this year when our daughters started kindergarten it was brought to our attention that the campus was routinely being sprayed with both chemical herbicides and pesticides uh as you may know peer-reviewed Studies have shown that these chemicals can be carcinogenic cause endoc endocrine disruption immune system suppression respiratory issues fertility issues and neurotoxicity my family and the people here supporting me tonight are very conscious of the chemical exposures facing facing our kids and we try to mitigate those as best as we can after learning about the spring at Anderson all of us were disappointed as we look to schools like
043Anderson as safe havens for our kids since then I've taken a deeper dive into the world of these chemicals and how we so freely apply them in such close proximity to our kids especially the one place they spend the most time at school this is a place that should promote growth education health and safety a place where parents shouldn't have to choose between sending their kids to school or exposing them to the latest pesticide or herb side as you may have seen one of the pesticides that was sprayed and considered safe for over 50 years called Roundup uh just settled a lawsuit in 2020 to the tune of10 billion in my opinion that was an emission of guilt and I feel like the items that we're spraying now will take the same path down the
044road I urge all of you to not only look into the toxicity of the chemicals that were spraying but the frequency in which we're spraying weeded notifications from Lance bidnick uh saying the spraying has happened almost every 45 days and the district is only allowing 72 hours of drying time when most of these synthetic pesticides have a halflife of at least seven days some of them up to six months to Lance's credit my wife reached out to him and he has agreed to Halt all spring until we can find a solution uh in closing it's time we prioritize the safety of our kids first to see aesthetic gain of our lawns grasses and playgrounds let's eror on the side of giving these kids the best chance of Health and Longevity in the future by eliminating
045these pesticides and resorting to manual elimination with the help of the district community and parents alike we're confident we can compose a plan that suits all parties thank you again for your time thank you next up we have Jillian Norton this down good evening board members and community members my name is Jillian Norton and I also have kids who attend Anderson Elementary School um I have two kids currently there a first grader and a tker and I have one that will be attending in another year like Brett Lesman I too am disappointed with the chemicals that are being sprayed on our kids campus but for me this is personal I have a son who has all of the markers for type 1 diabetes and for anyone who knows anything about type 1 diabetes it is
046an autoimmune disease and what that means is that any endocrine disruptors could potentially set off this lifelong illness for my son so I urge you to please consider using safer alternatives for our children they deserve better we can do better for them we are one of the only school districts around here still using these chemicals and uh school should be a safe place for these kids it should not be a place where we worry that our kids are going to get sick or they're going to bring home diseases um we love our school we love our community we are big Public School Champions and we are just begging you to um consider making alternative choices and we are here to support how ever we can thank you thank you all right next up superintendent's comments
047want to again thank parents for coming in and and sharing their concerns there's no more important topic than student safety and the safety of the adults serving those students um in fact this board talks about this topic in each of the years I've been in the district so it's one that's shared by the board um just some of the clarifications and they were actually mentioned by the parents I want to make sure that the public hears this as well um our our first approach our primary approach is a non-toxic approach we use mulch mechanical remove Etc um when those don't work we do spray but we don't use Roundup or any other glyphosate period and haven't for years um we look at the EPA guidelines and we don't use that as a you know the
048line we can go to we stay well below it we try to be more cautious uh in the district and we know that some of the organic herbicides are more toxic than the synthetics that we use uh We Don't Spray when students are around um and the most important part is we're here to work with parents community members to provide the safest environment we can and so I thank Lance for reaching out meeting with folks he does this uh annually uh for us and we'll continue to have those conversations and look for ways to make our schools as safe as our students and staff deserve all right thank you uh next up we've got uh Community input on ENT agendized items and we have one um trusty Murphy do you want to read the statement
049this 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 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 speaker prefers all right uh we have uh Dina lewallen sorry if I butchered your name it's Dena no worries Dina okay okay guys um well thank you for letting me be here good evening all you public servants I really appreciate all of you guys um I came to speak at during the regular like the general comment section but I actually have a Yonder pouch with me and so the
050timing is really really good to talk about this um so basically you guys know them from Mothers Against media addiction um and we're advocating for b tobell um bands across the country so basically what we know is that the original goal was to you know focus on attention during classroom time um but after these bands have been implemented and we've been able to nationally gather a lot of you know information what we found is that um we've been taught our organization is that um these bell-to-bell bands drastically um improve socialization and times outside of classroom um so what we have learned is that with possibility being recorded all day in locker rooms Courtyards at lunch and hallways students are constantly on guard stifling creativity and risk-taking um we know that phones increase bullying and violence
051so and almost all of this feedback back we are hearing the same thing I just want to share that with you what what we're hearing um so there there's about a twoe transition period um with much less much less student complaints and parent complaints than expected principles around the country are saying it was easy like too easy um there's immediate and drastic uh reductions in fighting bowling and conflict and that happened over at CDM um Dr Haley and I talked about it um and we're seeing really potent increases in eye contact that's what everybody says we see eyes again um I contact um kids are eating lunch more lunch now because they're not so worried about someone taking you know a photo of them eating lunch and getting bullied or whatever and then there's laughter
052and basically just the return of the pre um phone childhood back on campus so um one of the ways that we are doing this and school districts are choosing to do this is through yonder I don't know the what you guys are going to talk about today but I happen to have a pouch with me um it's really scary to put your phone in it for the first time cuz you think it's never going to come out but it does um because of these magnets that turn it on and off so I'm going to stay afterwards so anybody wants to get their hands on it I don't know if it's been presented to you already um anyways um basically I spoke with Yonder this week and the main thing that I want to communicate in
053my last few seconds here is that um it is most effective in high school that that is really where they see the power of the pouch um and so it's really rough because the students are older and they they don't want their to be taken away but Bell to Bell is essential don't please don't you know opt out during lunch it needs to be all day long um so basically Yonder has is really um you know committed to uh supporting the district so if you guys are interested in Yonder pouch you will have what Dr Haley had which is great support basically I'm not a representative for Yonder I'm not I don't get any money um but I just am here to say that um I hope you guys will consider it thank you thank
054thank you that's great and a and a great segue into number 17 achievement um report on the Yonder cell phone policy Dr Torres yes can we have our amazing team come up I have um our esteem Dr Haley we have Dr Pia and we have Christen kch revas our newest assistant principal to uh CDM oops wrong one hold done Yonder sorry about that open the wrong one okay no it doesn't the 10 minute starts right now president wean Dr Smith trustees and uh distinguished guests in the audience we are here today to share with you how appoo um our presentation on our Yonder pilot which was authorized at the beginning of the year and so we have um our c M team who is going to be presenting um with us tonight um remember that
055our purpose when we came to the um board and we talked about this was to make sure that we find ways to improve learning and really increase engagement and decrease the disruptions on campus that cell phones can cause this board um decided to take action early on and in 2023 we restricted our cell phone use through the policy and we rewrote that K12 um really emphasizing the fact that we want to make sure devices are turned off and placed out of sight during the day so now we're looking for ways to ensure that that happens uh the state of California has also supported us we were ahead of the game I will say but assembly Bill 3216 the uh phone-free School Act is requiring every school district to restrict cell phone use and so that's
056left up to every um District um and again we have started that with the pilot with Yonder and the board policy that you established so with your support of your decision to make sure cell phones are absent from campus like any good process and a principal who's leading a school our School site Council composed of students of multiple grade levels classified employees certificated employees as well as parents start to have discussions of best ways to implement this what does this look like for our campus how can we be successful how do we migrate away from what we have been doing with just phone Pockets to ensure success and that's where our conversations around Yonder started to develop all the way starting when this was p in October into our spring session Arrow this I got
057a timeout yeah there we go okay I got it yeah so so with that we decide we're going to Yonder and through uh you'll see in later slides uh the Pacific Northwest which I still call home in some ways and some colleagues back there start talking about their implementation how they've been successful and what that's looked like in their schools and so really start having discussions and we decide hey we're going to Yonder and so you'll hear a little bit from Kristen and I say Kristen as a first uh time assistant principal for coron dear here you go make this CDM colors makes this look uh to the Yonder kind of language and let's make it CDM and that's what you're seeing through the outlines of how you Yonder which is pretty simple and you
058already heard violations like any good thing right we make sure we have Progressive discipline so students with multiple uh instances of violation uh they will have uh consequences all the way up to where they can't bring their phones I can say that we have a fairly low at this time second semester uh cell phone violation with that uh infractions kind of tracking the beginning of the year about uh 20% total of our middle school students had a single infractions all the way down to one student who has seven infractions who no longer through Progressive discipline has allowed to have their phone so we look at it we take it seriously we monitor track and so like any good uh program and I again appreciate the support from you as well as from Deputy superintendent Torres
059we want to try this and so she said yes go for it but we of course want some data and so you can see here the power of what we're starting to see uh from our parents as we start to speak with them about notices they're seeing within uh their their their kids as they're coming home from school after a first semester so you're seeing close to a 70% like approval of hey I support what's happening you know at the school site with Yonder again uh in a first year pilot that's extraordinary data for just a semester of kind of what the changes have been when you look to the right of that with close to 200 responses the great things that you're seeing are reduced distractions but more importantly improved overall well-being as well
060as uh improved social interactions and I can tell you from my 30,000 foot view as a principal that is the aster the number one thing I've seen uh and it's spend in my 28 years of education the biggest game Cher I've seen in student behaviors are those social interactions that I'm seeing get back to when I started my career I'm dating myself before cell phones and I'm starting to see this again and it's just really powerful to watch and you see the parents are also seeing that and hearing that uh with that also again how are you feeling connected to school again you're looking at uh close to 85% are saying that hey I'm connected or it's about the same but still again an increase and that's a great level of making sure that again
061I'm feeling like I belong at my school um again it's encouraging discussions at home around technology technology use again you can see that close to half of the parents are having more vibrant discussions with their child regarding appropriate use of technology which is outstanding engagement uh again you you're looking here at 84% of our students are engaged this are according to parents um seeing a 34% uptick from what they have normally seen and then yes what is this done um for a stress level am I more stress has it reduced uh stress and again we're seeing that with that social emotional already talked about you're seeing that decline um of student stress of having to be connected to their phone and now being able to engage with their peers would you like the Yonder program
062to continue in high school uh we already heard uh from our our uh Community member um the effects there again you're looking at close to a 70% uh saying yes but we'd consider that we'd like to look at that through I want you also to know that at the school site Council level of course we're talking about that we talked about it last spring we talked about piloting all grade levels last year and again a good site council is going to listen to All of the members take the voice and then bring that forward in our pilot again was decided for Middle School this year and you're going to see some outstanding uh data next from our teachers as well as our um staff so here here we go I give it over to Kristen
063right yes one yeah all right and we'll let you take a look at our parent feedback right here um and just some statements that have been made all right and as we move into the teacher feedback we had the opportunity to survey our Middle School teachers on our Yonder pilot program and our cell phone policy and looking at the important teacher data points uh a strong majority almost 88% of teachers surveyed reported improved student engagement in classrooms and 94% of teachers agreed that the cell phone policy contributed to a better school environment overall Arrow okay all right um when asked um did you notice a difference in the quality of seventh and eighth grade student work since the cell phone policy implementation a majority of teachers about 63.6% noticed an improvement in the quality of
064student work since the cell phone policy and 94% of teachers believe to some extent ENT that the cell phone policy has contributed to students um staying focused during lessons during class time almost 88% excuse me there all right almost 88% of teachers reported that classroom behaviors have improved and 69% of teachers reported yes there's been a decrease in the frequency of disciplinary issues um related to cell phones all right and then moving on to some feedback and some input on peer interactions um 89 87.9 rather uh percent of teachers reported that Middle School interactions are more positive with the cell cell phone policy so that is a very big data point for us and the majority almost 76% of teachers feel that cell phone policy has had a positive impact overall on Middle School academic
065performance and looking at the teacher feedback um we had some input from teachers they had the chance to respond so we'll let you look through but in summary Middle School uh teacher feedback highlights improve social interactions and increase student performance or participation rather in ASB and campus activities during breaks and lunch you'll see words and bold like laughter way more interactive um teachers shared that some students bypass the pouch but do keep their phones put away during class and throughout the day um and then eliminating the time it takes for teachers and students to put cell phones away as we did in the past in our parking lots our phone hotels um seems to prevent phone related incidents and allows for more instructional time in student engagement in their learning all right passing it over
066thank you the student feedback uh the surveys were administer during their PE classes with a parent optout option we did get 53 8 responses so pretty good sample size you can see that most students reported that they have either used the pouch or they leave their phone at home you can see also there are students who report not using the pouch at all from the student feedback you can see the benefits that that were highlighted were the better connections with friends at break and at lunch when asked about engagement in class really a majority said they're really was N A change in their engagement in class based on the Yonder pouches however you do see that They said that the Yonder pouches help them to resist the urg to check their phones during the school
067day when asked should we continue this into ninth grade or even in Middle School a ponderin said no this wasn't very shocking to us um and we did see that also in the student feedback teenagers like their cell phones when we did roll this out um into the middle school we did see a slight EP tick and some physical altercations and some squirl at lunch and um break and so in September there was a little bit of uptake so student services came out to Administration we came up with a positive behavior intervention um of this fun fridays and so the administration went into into classrooms did a behavior talk talked about expectations and rolled out fun fridays as you can see it's been super successful in helping with that time um in that we have
068definitely decreased those um numbers even from last year fun fridays are lunchtime activities um partially funded through ASB as well as our Tay funds at the district office that is also available for for all secondary sites almost uh next up so we're here to talk with you tonight and share this feedback with the board and thank you to this amazing team who made sure that we had good data good end numbers we talked to all students um had great teacher feedback and um it's a you know we're in March and we're going to continue the pilot as we move through the remainder of the year and continue to take additional data but we have some questions and some things to think about we know that as a district want to restrict cell phone use we
069know from the data that you've seen tonight it is important that we know engagement goes up we know Mischief goes down they are middle school students uh this is painful for them um and so we're working with them but we need to think through how we evaluate the data do we take this districtwide and then how do we do that if we want to we have lots of questions um and then you know is this something exclusively for our middle school students who have issues regulating at times or does this go to middle and high school is this a phase in so we just have lots of different kind of conversations we're going to be having but we thought it was really appropriate to have the board get that midyear feedback um it's been a
070big investment that we made um with the program at CDM um we ensured that they um had a plan so one of the things we didn't want to do is just give pouches out and be like there's no plan and so CDM has done a tremendous job um under the leadership to be able to execute um um the program questions all right questions but first I want to say thank you so much for this this has been um eye openening of what we can do on our campuses and I know parents and teachers definitely um have appreciated this and I think that's one of the number one questions I get from a lot of parents is what's your cell phone policy or your um you know device policy on campus so thank you for being
071so proactive with this and I opening up to some questions so we have one from trusty Murphy um well you know me how fast can we get this at Mesa I could have bet five dollars on that one for um and I think that's the conversation we want to have and again um I'll work with Dr Smith to gather you know feedback this evening but also individual feedback from our trustees we'll be talking with our principles which we've already kind of started that discussion at the secondary principal level talking about who wants it who's you know who's in who's out um and our Middle School principles are very supportive of this um High School we're still we're working through that we're talking about implementation what that could look like but um I have spoken to
072all of the Middle School principles and they are understanding of that and um i' we've actually made a couple of them Believers so um when you say how fast it's we always have a process we want to be thoughtful in our approach um tomorrow is out of the question tomorrow maybe Friday maybe uh truste crane uh yeah I was going to defer to um student board member if if okay yes student board member Brian Garcia we want to hear the student voice yeah so obviously I think this is be really hard for like high schoolers to like get used to this idea but in two of my classes I have to put my phone in the pouch for physiology and apgb and our teacher like if he counts how many phones there are in and
073if there's like less in the amount of students he like nags us and the person will eventually like go up and put it and so definitely like at the senior level I feel it's like okay like why are you making me like put my phone away I have like self-control but honestly like I think some students really just like they get a notification and they have to check it whether like the teacher's talking or not but when I went to ensen um I feel like there was a rule that we couldn't have our phones out and I listened because I was always scared of getting caught and so I feel like this is good and I was never at my phone at because I was like always scared of getting caught but I don't know
074about other students but I feel like Middle School would be like better but it's definitely going to be hard for like high schoolers to get used to the idea I Brianna thank you for that comment and um ensen actually has probably the most effective middle school policy and kids following it out of all of our district minus this year with Yonder but you're absolutely correct I remember being super sh um I was at aonia high school not too long ago when the students referred to those pockets as the cell phone coffins for the day so I know how people feel at the 12th grade level um what you're sharing is is a real emotion that our students have so I don't know if you have any coms oh yeah you have another thing yeah also
075like it helps with like I know this is my time about like cheating like some students use their phone at cheats and so like like I've seen students like use their phone to cheat and like in physiology if we have to put our phone in there it like prevents that too yeah yeah yeah the only comment I'll make and and I agree with your your comments having uh high school students as as a dad as well as you know being uh in education for 28 years in the high school I agree with what you're saying I hear that we we don't want this what what I would say is Food For Thought is if you haven't had the experience of actually doing this and we kind of did this with our staff when we kicked
076this off in August it it really is uplifting as far as a sense of Freedom that you haven't felt in a while like it it really is kind of a strange sensation because you just know I have to be completely present and that would be the challenge that I would give back where I see it in the classroom like when I walk through in the high school right there pretty good the phones are away uh we use the pockets a lot where I'm disappointed at times um is oftentimes after class I see just this yeah and I want to see the what I'm noticing in the Middle School of those interactions so that would be the challenge thought of like how can we get there how can we get there so there is an expectation
077that hey I'm going to connect um because that has been the most valuable part besides of course an educational bump those social emotional connections that we're starting to see uh in our Middle School I'd love to see that uh rise up percolate up to our high school level so that'd be the question how we could do that uh truste urulu yeah thank you so much um this is really great to see um honestly the feedback from the teachers is the most critical in my as an evaluator it's like yes you get data points from parents you get data points from students and you get data points from teachers and sometimes all three of those data points are equally weighed and sometimes some of them just matter more than others and the fact that teachers are
078saying kids are more engaged and they're wasting less of their time enforcing a policy that is just really really exciting to see that that it's just useful and it's working and even the kids are noticing they're not going to tell you the efficacy of like yes I'm engaged but they're going to tell you I'm not distracted which is basically the same thing so the fact that they themselves are realizing that they're not distracted too is also really exciting and um having a a eighth grader at CDM with the Yonder pouch situation um I can say like for sure that the social emotional is really incredible because she went there she just came there in January after the new year and she didn't know anybody and I can't imagine if she had landed in a school
079where all the kids were on their phones all the time that would have been a hundred times harder for her to meet anybody being a newcomer in the January than so I think the fact that the phones are away it is really key to how that all went so smoothly um so I just want to thank you and um let us try to figure out how to keep continuing it because even adults have problems checking their phone so how are we going to expect a nth grade to magically now now I'm in ninth grade now I'm never going to check if doing classes so I just think that it's a natural progression and just an easy way for us to implement and enforce a policy with minimal teacher stress and administrative stress um having to
080like watch out for it and take valuable time away from learning so it's really exciting so thank you for doing that trusty crane yes uh first thank you so much for dedicating your time in providing us qualitative and qu quantifi Quantified data this is I mean you should take that on the road really um I because it's it's it's proving um a lot of why we did this and we had let's say we we took a chance but this this completely proves our point in the sense that yes it is affecting um student output yes it is affecting um the emotional um health of our students um and teacher teacher management classroom management becomes easier you know there's a lot of uh parts of this that are that is right and I certainly certainly appreciate
081the voice of the students because that's going to help us decide what we want to do next because I noticed you know I here it says District Implement implementation middle school high schools the board has to make this decision to have a good dialogue Based on data and I really think that we need to listen to our student voices in regards to do we keep going um there is something to say to self-regulation as they move on to college um and but there's also a lot to say to a um a generation that we are we are helping understand the fact that you don't have to rely phones shouldn't be your default so we've got TK to eighth graders learning that and so by the time they grow into being high schoolers they do have
082some sort of of understanding that they can live life without cell phones during the day so this is good as we progress as a district and a culture and a mindset um superintendent Smith and I were at soy last night and one of my questions to the students there are about 50 students there Dr Smith and and we talked about cell phones because they they want they need to we're discussing our role um and what we do and all that and we're and I give an example of cell phone policy and then that led to a question that I asked the students what do you think about high school um us doing it in high school and it matches the survey it matches the survey so even not at CDM but throughout the district it's
083like um High School not so much and many of them I mean it was unanimous yeah so so a comment on that of of what I've kind of noticed again we've only been doing this a semester just of that is even after school hours there was a function at our school uh was middle school students trying out for a place so they're getting ready and I can tell you years pass there's the I'm going to isolate myself I'm going to be anxious I'm G to look I don't want to uh be with a larger group I want to kind of be away as I'm getting ready to go do something and I was out uh just kind of watching students exit talking to parents and so now it's 15 to 30 minutes after uh the
084school day and I walk around the corner and there's probably 50 to 60 middle school students waiting for their turn and I can honestly say not one was on their phone they were engaging with each other they were having conversations and so my my my point to that would be I I think you could be right none of them want to see is don't take this away from me but I would hope that After experiencing this and hearing some comments of an eighth grader after the first day doing this telling his parents school is so much more fun without our cell phones like I feels like I'm connecting with my friends who experienced a seventh grade where we weren't as strict right and so now knowing that I need to be make this a priority
085to connect with others so maybe we don't have to go that far and that's for your discussion and they just remember what it felt like at lunch right during uh nutrition time to be able to connect with each other like I observed they you know didn't have to not be on their phones but again they chose not to and that was the power of like wow look at them connect and support each other yeah and um what also resonated was a comment from a student saying I'm in charge of my younger siblings and so throughout the day my mom if I need to cover for her so there is an interesting perspective that we may not see in surveys and this is why it's really great to be able to you know be aware of
086that as well thank you this was fantastic I mean we you know very proud of the work yes thank you I uh I have a question on oh did you want to say something I was going to invite any truste who hasn't already experienced the lunch time at CDM to come and observe so the team would be happy to host you um I was going to say that uh this is so awesome and I've noticed even um parent buyin um at say the elementary school level they're more likely to tell on other um kids I would say or their own child if they're using their Apple watch or whatever in class and I think that there's still some you know um enforcement issues I think we need to make sure that that happens um elementary
087school wise but as as a parent of elementary school kids I'm looking at it what does my kid look like in seventh and eighth grade and and high school and right now they've got this free time play and interaction with with kids and to think that one day they're just going to be lost in their phone and that goes away is really hard to to to uh swallow so it'll be really great as you know our younger kids matriculate to middle school and high school if they could have that um still that un you know that freeness um that they have and interaction with their with their um with their peers um so I really like this um going forward and as as I think more parents are getting more used to not having tabs
088on their little you know tags on their little children all the time uh but it it is a scary thing to not know what your kid is and where your kid is um but I think as this policy rolls out more and as parents get used to the fact that this is this is the way of the future and as we see the government's going that way as well California government um it'll get we'll get used to it you know parents will get used to it kids will get used to it and we can maybe get back to that interaction level that they have when they're they're they're young and innocent and you know maybe have more you know mature um interactions as they get older but I think it's great any other question oh
089we got one more from trusty or oh just one more to follow up from a a previous comment about um sort of exceptions to the rule like I know my daughter has made friends with a a girl who's diabetic so she has her phone because she needs it to access her app and so as long as she's not abusing it that's fine but I think to trusty karan's Point yes some kids are responsible for younger siblings and they need maybe more enhanced communication during the day with their family at home but again you want that to be the exception not the norm so to the student quote that was up there about like I don't use the Yonder pouch but I leave it in my bag like that's what you want and that's what pouches
090continuing into high school will allow it will allow it to stay yeah we expect it locked away but yeah if you don't have it if you need to check in with your mom about babysitting at noon yeah you discreetly look at it and you put it away but I think we don't want to ever design a policy to these exceptions we want to design them to the norm and then there will be exceptions so that's it good point Thank you thank you awes more to come all right um now we have um 18 report uh from the citizens oversight committee regarding measure F expenditures um Mr Trader so in accordance to board uh resolution the the board of education is established a Citizens oversight committee and that committee is charged with ensuring the expenditures of
091bond monies authorized by the voters is consistent with approved purposes of measure F and tonight we have the committee's chairperson Despina CA who is here to report on the committee's activities please hi gosh I always feel so short when I stand here um good morning uh good evening members of the nmusd board and uh superintendent Dr Smith it's nice to see all the returning members and welcome to the new ones my name is desp NASA I am the chair of the citizens recite committee current resident of Costa Mesa newort beach with three small kids and this is my second year as chairperson so tonight I'm here to present on behalf of the CC committee the following report to the Board of Education as required by resolution 14106 but before I get into that I just
092want to publicly a acknowledge and recognize the exceptional job that Jeff Trader ARA Lori and haime have done along with Swinton at every meeting that we attend progress is clearly visible and there's never a compromise to Quality or the objective and I just feel like it's a beast of a job and you guys do it so well and you keep all of us informed that truly thank you you've made being chairperson a joy like so thank you but the COC is charged with ensuring to the community that the expenditure of bond monies authorized by the voters is consistent with the purposes approved by the voters in November of 2005 so oversight means just that reviewing what the district is doing with the measure F Bond proceeds to make sure what is being done is what
093the voters authorized and specifically the COC is charged by law with the following ensure expenditures are consistent with a voter approved authorization review the annual independent Financial audit review the annual performance audit review the planning scheduling and budgeting of the projects funded by the bond proceeds and to represent the interests of the community Through participation advice no wonder we have no fun at our meetings so over the past year the committee has met quarterly to review expenditures associated with the Estonia theater project our next one is scheduled in May and we'll be reviewing the 2023 24 measure F Financial and performance audits with Christy white the district's independent auditor so the associated audit documents are attached to the board agenda items as of June 30th 2024 total measure F General Bond obligation assets total 19,24
0943,6 the auditor expressed an unmodified opinion of the financial statements and issued no findings in addition internal controls over financial reporting and compliance with laws were tested the auditor determined through inquiry of management and evaluation of District processes that no significant deficiencies were noted the auditor also conducted a performance audit to determine the district's compliance with Proposition 39 the audit included the testing of facility project expenditures Personnel expenditures contract bidding procedures and contract change order procedures there were no findings or recommendations related to this audit so in summary I'm happy to report the measure F audits were without any findings and or recommendations the committee will be meeting again at Estancia theater in in May and we express our our appreciation to serve the board and the community in this oversight capacity and we look
095forward to informing the Board of our activities in the future thank you thank you any questions thank you for serving on this committee we really um respect everything you guys done and and thank you for being good Steward of our of our of our of our money and our and our tax thank you guys yes thank you um okay number 19 is now the consent calendar um do I have a motion so moved second moved by trusty crane seconded by trusty URS roll call vote trusty wean yes trusty Oru yes trusty Murphy yes trusty Pearson yes trusty Walsh yes trusty Anderson yes trusty crane yes all right the motion carries uh 70 now on to 20 discussion action calendar um 20a is approved csba delicate Assembly election for 2025 and I was just going to
096um before we get a motion just uh reiterate that uh there are seven seats um we can vote for no more than seven candidates we don't have to vote for seven candidates but we can vote for no more than seven candidates um do I have a motion and when the motion is um when you state the Motion state the the candidate names that you would like to U put forward yes um I would like to make a motion to adopt um and vote for the ne this the following delegates Beverly barryman from feron uh District Bonnie castry from Huntington Beach Union Jessica Guerrero from Anaheim Union rodia Shed from wi Park Angela Hernandez from Centralia and Susie Schwarz from Saddleback Valley okay do I have a second second all right we've got a uh motion
097by truste crane seconded by trusty Anderson Roll Call vote student board member Banna Garcia yes trusty wean yes trusty Oru yes trusty Murphy yes trusty Pearson yes trusty Walsh yes trusty Anderson yes trusty crane yes great motion carries 70 okay next up 20b approve schedule for board meetings July uh 2025 through June 2026 uh Dr Smith yeah each year at this time we put that calendar in front of you we take great care to avoid uh certain holidays uh events going on it's not an easy task but we put it together we did have a staff error the calendar self with the colored coded is accurate but March 9th is a Monday uh that date is Actually March 10th for the Tuesday board meeting and that would need to be reflected in the motion apologies
098for that mistake okay do I have a motion um do you want us to move it with an amendment yes okay what's your Amendment move I moveed to do it with the amendment of March 10th or yes yes all right do I have a second second okay good um roll call vote student board member bana Garcia yes trusty wean yes trusty Oru yes trusty Murphy yes trusty Pearson yes trusty Walsh yes trusty Anderson yes trusty crane yes all right 70 motion carries with the amendment um okay 20 c um approve the agreement for employment of kri Torres as Deputy superintendent um let's get a Dr Smith will speak um but let's get um ask for a motion before we go through discussion do I have a motion so moved I second uh moved by trusty
099crane second in by truste Pearson roll call Vote or uh discussion excuse me yeah the following is required by law effective January 1 2017 pursuant to government code section 54953 three subdivision C3 before taking final action of an employment agreement for a local agency executive or a salary or benefit increase for a current local agency executive the board must provide an oral summary of the salary and or fringe benefits for local agency Executives local agency executive is defined by government code section 3511.50 off or an assistant chief executive officer of the local agency in our district we consider the superintendent assistant superintendent and any other administrators and managers who are department heads Andor employed by an individual contract for consideration of the board tonight is a contract for Deputy superintendent which is a local agency
100executive position within the meaning of the law accordingly we will read the following information into the record the position of the local local agency executive is Deputy superintendent the new term of the employment contract is July 1 2025 through June 30 2028 the salary to be paid is $325,900 and all other elements of compensation listed in the contract such as TSA contributions Health and Welfare benefits car mileage dipen cell phone allowance and their District paid benefits and those remain unchanged changed for the record I would just say this and this isn't required by law but there's a lot of research and data demonstrating that leadership continuity improves student outcomes I think it's beholden upon great systems to build their bench and develop talent and to have consistent leadership when I look around this room I'm
101so honored to work with the amazing leaders out here um this is exactly what our students need leadership like the folks in front of me and I can think of no more highly regarded educator in Southern California or Beyond than K Tes we're lucky to have her in the district and we're lucky to have her continued service and the luckiest group amongst all of us are our students so it's an honor to bring this item forward tonight thank you and I don't often speak for the board and I guess I'm speaking for me but I will speak for the board because I think we all feel this way we are so excited to have you as our Deputy superintendent uh Dr Torres your leadership um um Grace and respect throughout our district is unmatched so
102thank you so much for all the work you've been doing for our students and we're happy to have you here all right with that um roll call vote student board member bana Garcia yes trusty wean yes trusty Oru yes trusty Murphy yes trusty Pearson yes trusty Walsh yes trusty Anderson yes Trust cran yes right motion carries 70 congratulations Deputy superintendent Carrie Torres all right after that we're moving on to something even more exciting um 20D approved the 20242 second uh period interim report of District's financial status Dr Trader I'm gonna take that more exciting that's let's get on to more exciting here so here we are we're going to talk about the U uh second interim and it is required by law and it includes revisions uh between adopted budget and I'm sorry between first
103interim and second interim accounts for uh Financial activity between November 1st and uh January 31st and it includes multi-year forecast updates and it certifies the district's ability to meet its final Financial Obligations two years out and so it's take a look at where we're at in the reporting cycle we can see in July we have the state budget September we have un audited actuals December first interim January is the U uh Governor's proposal that he's made it looks uh somewhat favorable for us and March is our second room room here's here's where we're at and then we look at May Revis in May and then uh the adopted budget in June and so let's go ahead and take a look at some revisions here and these are um these are really uh plain vanilla Garden
104variety uh not a whole lot here to write home about so we're going to go quickly through this so we can get to the uh as president wean would say the long pole in the tent slide that the take-home message for for everyone so Revenue here we are June adoption first interim and then second interim very little Revenue uh Revenue slightly increased about 800,000 uh mostly due to federal revenue uh coming a little bit we had a a uh increase in uh a little bit increase in state aid but then we also lowered uh interest Revenue uh interest is not coming in as we had expected that to and so then let's take a look here um at expenditures expenditures also increased and so we are looking there we are June adoption first interim second
105interim uh very minor increase of about $900,000 mostly all in Staffing non- Staffing and so uh and then also when we look at uh other finances and sources uh they are completely unchanged nothing to write home about here at all and so then getting to where we want to do is look at our uh ending fund balance it slightly decreased uh by about 100,000 and uh that's uh that's to be expected uh with the U uh slight imbalance that we have between revenues and expenditures but then look at our multi-year Outlook and when we look at this here's our Revenue line that's a nice line up and to the right you can see there in 2223 we get a little bit of a stall uh going on and that's because of the um onetime money
106going away and so we see a little flattening out on that line for a little while and then here's our expenditure line and so the red line should always be below the green line but uh this is to be expected you know we're coming off and uh a historic period where we had a a tremendous amounts of onetime money coming in and and so we're going to see that red line is going to be above the green line for a little bit of of time here that means that we're going to be doing some work um there there may be some things that won't continue and other things that that are going to stay that we found effective and so um but that here's the key now this is the long poll in the tth
107slide I hope this is what you want to go home and tell your family about tonight and here's here's that ending fund balance now if you look at that you think oh my goodness what in the world is happening here this is a d I think we got a a question from truste crane like the other day about what is going on our en need fund balance is dramatically going down well we should expect that because we are again spending off a lot of that onetime money that has come our way which has been very helpful and um really uh helped our students now here here's that's a picture that is our unrestricted ending fund balance and so when you look at that that is a picture of a soft Landing many of our sister
108districts are not experiencing a soft Landing we're hearing about them in the paper about layoffs those kinds of things this does not happen by accident and and I I just want to be emphatic and and tell you how much I am grateful for you Dr Smith for engineering this a soft Landing you've been ENC uh you have been supportive of a prudent approach to the use of our one-time money and so as a result we're experiencing a soft landing on this now yes our our uh ending fund balance on the unrestricted side you see that it kind of dips down a little bit um but that's that's by Design and you'll note that um when we started in 2021 if you look at that we had about a $60 million ending fund balance unrestricted ending
109fund balance that was about 26.4% of our unrestricted expenditures guess where that's going to be in 25 26 26 27 that percentage is going to be 26.6% so we're very stable in that regard slightly even slightly better so um this is the the one slide you want to go home and tell your uh friends about your family and of course that bottom line there that is the restricted uh ending fund balance and you see that and that is to be expected because all that M onetime money was restricted and so in a sense you see what we're doing is we're turning back to normal we're getting back to normal so that's what's happening here with the the uh the numbers and so uh Dr Smith has been uh very supportive in having us uh establish
110some Financial activators these are I say proforma they they're looking ahead um to make sure that uh if we do see something U that's going AR ride that we can get a uh get well ahead of that and take care of it before uh things happen and this means that we have a a stable environment for our students our community and our staff and so with that then we recommend approval of the second interim with a positive of certification all right questions sure we'll have questions but I love your analogies just a spot on thank you yeah um there might be some questions hold on you're not getting away that easy um but I will praise you um this is I mean you you are praising us but we'd like to praise you because you
111did such a great job in managing this over the last you know four years as we've been getting all these one this huge influx of money and you know our eyes are wide open and what can we do and how can we spend it and yet you know everyone has has made a good statement um to use it wisely and know that it's ending so you know let's plan for that ending um and that has been huge and that's why we are in such a great position right now so thank you for your leadership and every and with everything on on this front um I do have one quick question before we have I have another question um on the uh number one on these Financial activators routine restricted maintenance as a percentage of total
112expenditures so we're talking about you know praising you for not spending money but then this one is green if we spend money so on the um so it looks like we've got room to get up to that green and spend more money on our maintenance um and why is that blue do we not need that much I mean I don't think that's the case but just wondering so uh yeah so when we're talking about routine restricted expenditures um uh that blue is an acceptable range and the state requires that we spend at least 3% we're spending five and yes it would be uh we as you know we will spend some time in um the budget study session talking some a little bit about this we do we we drive a a 1965 uh you
113know for Thunderbird or or station wagon and and we drive it with pride but let me tell you that our facilities don't pass a repair shop very often and they they require a lot whole lot of Maintenance and we do have a backlog of Maintenance but we're tipping away at that and um and and your support to spend a little bit more 2% more to help us uh to maintain that because let me tell you that uh I just I want I'm gonna go over the 10 minutes um that but you're entertaining it's this is really important though Jeff it's totally fine keep going this this is this is so important when we're talking about routine restricted maintenance we're talking about systems that if they fail are going to cause a disruption at the site
114so our Roofing um our you know the the electrical those kinds of things those are the kinds of things that that we have to maintain otherwise we are going to have a serious disruption at our sites and and we've kind of flirted with that with roofs those kinds of things but we're catching up on that now and so I feel really good about that now and that's because of your support by being able to spend 5% five a little bit more you know that on our routine restriced maintenance awesome all right uh trusty Anderson you had a question thank you um yes on the same slide um similarly also on I'll start with number one um I had a question because I know um part of the transfers out are going to the Estonia theater
115and we you know that is not completed yet when that is when that has ended and the restricted onetime money comes to a close and we have a really a a better sense of how much we should be allocating every year for the routine restricted maintenance do you anticipate that is maybe 2026 27 or um when when do you think it would be ideal for us to get to that 6% um so interestingly um oh sorry did I do something uh interestingly uh the um the money going to the theater is not routine restricted uh funds no is a transfer out right it it is it is a it's coming from a uh what's called fund 40 it's a a a facilities fund and so we have been contributing to that fund over the course
116of a number of years uh to accomplish uh a lot of that and so yes the stonia theater um will um require some transfers out to complete from that fund and um but to your point that will uh that will provide perhaps less uh how I say more opportunities to spend on routine restricted maintenance rather than on uh say other facility kinds of things that would come from that facility fund yeah because I think as we're finishing measure f as we heard tonight um I just think it'd be interesting I know Lance has a very amazing spreadsheet or 400 of them but at least one that has the the routine restricted maintenance would just be great to Think Through what that can look like I know as we've been doing the facilities master plan and
117all of those budgeting numbers and how it could be a wide variance right we we could spend two billion dollar we all we also could spend less but so just I think it would be interesting um to see what just like that slight bump up since we're already at 5% what that could look like routinely um and then I was also wondering so I was looking at the the other two that are both blue all the way across and the other one was um seven the general fund for economic uncertainty and we H I know we've made the commitment it's in all in our recent budgets that we have been spending the 4.5 and I was like well should we change it to 4. sick so it's because we you know we've made the commitment
118that we're going to be spending that much um or we're going to save that much do we want to change that is that something that makes sense or you know just to make the whole section green I think it would be a good idea to perhaps I love green yes yes we have we've um um tried to align to the um gfoa uh or or actually the the legislative analyst office which has come out and said 177% is the the the percentage that you should have in reserve and so we've really tried to align to that and um we we have we are there at at 177% and and I can update you I usually update you on that percentage at the U uh un audited actuals um so you can see that but yeah
119if we we would love to take Direction from the board on on where you want us to be I okay I just something that stood out to me as something yeah I think that's great and I think it's also something we can bring up in our budget study session I think that would be put that down yeah thank you anything else any other questions comments um well again thank you so much for this and it's you know I it's great to see us in it's such a great financial standing so appreciate it all right I think we are um on to number 21 and foral Report oh so we have one more oh the vote let's vote on that how about that so do I have a motion so moved second second oh okay moved
120by um trusty crane second in by um truste Anderson I'm just gonna one okay um it uh R call vote student board member bana Garcia yes trusty wean yes trusty oryu yes trusty Murphy yes trusty Pearson yes trusty Walsh yes trusty Anderson yes trusty crane yes right motion carry 70 um now we can move on to number 21 uh informal reports superintendent Smith yeah I just want to mention two things in the same theme um student voice had a chance since our last board meeting to attend two different meetings one was my um student advisory superintendent advisory for students and it's always uh enlightening um Vanessa gayy was there with me taking some feedback from the students and once again they lifted up the importance of relationships and that was mentioned earlier tonight so I
121just want to double down on that and and continue to um challenge us to improve those relations to continue to build with our students the relationships they need to be challenged um to meet our rigorous expectations for them and to exceed even their expectations for themselves and so I want to thank my students for coming to these meetings I'm sure they're really excited to come hang out with the superintendent um but I appreciate their honesty I would also like to say we went to the soy meeting and um got to listen to students it was kind of funny when trusty crane mentioned that question I'm like you know you never ask a question you don't really want to hear the answer to uh and and their answers really did align with with the data as
122trusty or so pointed out no big shocker there I think one of the things they mentioned though that um you know I know we want to keep in front of us as we talk about the budget is you know are there uh more economical ways to protect that time maybe there isn't maybe Yonder is the answer but that was their feedback was uh there are so many things we need in my school um could that money be used for something else and we do something similar but less expensive and I said I'll share that with the board because I think that's insightful feedback from the students they also pointed out that the light at aonia uh is poorly designed and it makes it hard to get into the school and I said well that's great
123because you have a city council member right here in the room with us and so Manny that's yours um it's always great to be in a student forum and give the work to somebody else but I want to thank soy for hosting these leadership trainings for our students for the great work that Mary her team do and again I just want to thank students for being honest keep all students in the room keep speaking up tell us what you need demand what you need because you've got an audience here that truly cares and listens so thank you thank you okay I'm going to uh start this time at um trusty Anderson make our way back I I started sorry dis prise you started at uh trusty crane last time um and so if you guys
124can provide us also anything from your committee reports since that's one thing that we I think we all want to know um and then you know a couple highlights from the last couple weeks all right sure um well I was able to attend the um Community Schools district advisory um that was hosted at Ray Elementary and it was just wonderful to um have an interactive EXP experience where um parents were able to be there staff was able to be there and hear um from each other and also just really give authentic feedback as to what their schools might need and some of the overlap that's common um but also just really proactive Solutions and um thinking of the schools as a neighborhood Hub of resources is really a GameChanger and bringing resources to the schools
125rather than asking parents to constantly try and find new locations for things so um I was happy to be there and I am excited about that Advisory Group that is newer um I was able to attend the um California water safety Coalition this earlier today with Christy Flores um we got to speak on a panel about um our swim lesson efforts um and it was just really incredible to hear um I mean it's surprising surprising actually to hear how um drowning PR ion has been just kind of ignored at the state level so much so that people at the state level were like I don't know if that falls under the Department of Public Health like some people were like oh I think that's our department um and so just to be in a state
126we're not Nebraska we're in California coal um and so it was really it was staggering but it was also this group was so passionate and motivated and I think there are so many connections and Partnerships that already had taken place um and just to see that continue to grow unfortunately there have been multiple people that are advocates for this work because their child has drowned and so we I think there's a lot that we can do proactively to stop that from happening and so um there are just a lot of people that wanted ideas about how they could um kind of gain some ideas and insights from what has been done um from our staff and so I'm just I'm looking forward to that continuing to take ground across the state I think it's really
127hugely important um and then this is read Across America week and so I'll be reading across a few of the schools in my zone um and then on um Thursday night Wilson is having its um Family Wy night for the springtime and so I'm excited to be there so that's all trusty Walsh um I had the privilege of participating in the superintendent super student advisory meeting and I have to say I was really Blown Away um having kids at Harbor and being very involved in volunteering there's no greater reward than being on the campus with the students and seeing where how it all comes about and ends it's amazing and these students articulate articulate themselves so well Brianna you do an amazing job up here um I just I can't say enough about how proud
128I am to be part of this board and to be part of this community and it only is shouts Miles when you get into a conversation with the students throughout our community they are just on it they're smart they're they're appreciative they're kind and I encourage any parents or anybody that ever has an opportunity to volunteer on a campus any of the campuses to do so because it's extremely enriching and it's humbling um I also want to say that I participated in many many water polo events this month at the harbor girls level um they shined and my heart goes out to them they came in a second at CIF open Division and for a group of students that don't have a home pool and had to navigate the entire Community uh Estonia um uh
129coost of Mesa they came in second too in my opinion of winning CIF because they gave their school water time to the girls too and we're willing to share all of that um on one note the game before the final the CIF they played Orange Lutheran which went into it four time overtime and our girls pulled it out so kudos to them um and that's about it right now right I too probably enjoy the superintendent advisory committee um student advisory committee um it's probably one of my favorite events also just being able to listen to um listening to Brianna Pi give her her opinion and her advice it's pretty it's it's powerful it's very powerful we listen um and being able to listen to the kids from all the schools in one spot I mean
130I wouldn't miss that meeting I would move anything to to be at that meeting what I what I loved what I noticed was from the beginning of the year these kids came in excited fun wanted to share how they were including everybody on campus all the fun events and activities at this point in the year they came in very serious and they were all testing was on their mind testing and academics was on their mind so kudos to Newport Mesa our teachers our schools because that is what our goal is was to get them serious about testing and academics and I felt that in the room and I left feeling very good about it um their their eyes did light up when they were telling us the only time they smiled was when they were
131telling us how their parents and teachers and administ trors were getting them through the testing and that was through this it's was the same motivation my kids were at school was food the donuts and the TK Burger um trucks um so thank you again because I I it was I left that meeting extremely excited um and feeling like we were doing our job um the other meeting that I really enjoyed was quarterly we get together with the officials um of Newport Beach and it was great to it's always great to check in um make sure everyone's doing what they did and and cooperate and work together um right after that meeting um councilwoman Lauren kimman had reached out and wanted to come visit our um CDM and visit our SRO and um our our police
132program on campus um and I love that she took the initiative to do that um and if you we share SRO we share finances we split the s SRO officers with the city um the district and the city split that so was great for her to come out see what um the SRO officers are doing on our campuses um and I love that we're going to work together with the city to continue with our um keeping our schools safe um I uh I don't have any committee meeting um updates but um I know well my committee meeting got cancelled because it was raining in the in the ROP you know the open house right um but uh I did get to go to stem night at Killy Brook so uh thank you to uh Girls
133Inc I think it was Girls Inc or it was Boys and Girls Club one of them um both of them they were they did a great job uh with stem Knight a kill Brook and just uh it was fabulous to see so many families come out and enjoy that night it was a lot of great um there's a lot of great activities some good food um and it was just wonderful to see the whole Killy Brook Community come out and really enjoy that night so that was quite uplifting um I also got to go to read cross America this morning at Wilson um I got to read a book about um about how the Macy's um Thanksgiving Day Parade was like started with like puppets and marinett so that was a learning opportunity for me
134as well um I think the the kids and I were both like how is this going to end exactly um so that was fun Wilson uh is always a delight kids were happy and engaged and um it's a great campus um I mean it was fun it was fun to be there today I did uh bizarrely get asked to throw out first pitches twice on Saturday which might be um as most of my friends could tell you the probably only the two times I've ever a baseball in my whole life so that was cool um did you make it no yeah they did oh so many people took video so many um so Coast coost Mesa little league is open uh opening day was on Saturday it was super fun uh Coast Mesa fire coast
135of Mesa PD was there thanks to all of them for showing up and uh we get to do like a little um you know little tunnel for them with the firemen and the policemen and um so they really go out of their way to make the kids feel special um a three-year-old threw out the first pitch to like the oldest kid so that was also super awesome and as um my my husband and a friend of his who' been coaches told me if I threw the ball into the ground I would not be like allowed home and that's because that was like throwing it into the dirt was like the worst thing I could possibly do um and I didn't and it was just it was was amazing uh then I got to throw out
136the first one of the first or it wasn't the first pitch for the opening season of Costa Mesa High School's baseball team but they asked us asked me to come to represent the foundation and the kids were great um so that was two pitches sore um and then um and just a quick shout out to Davis um Elementary they Davis Magnet they had a great production of SpongeBob Square Pants on Saturday night and so congratulations to the whole team that put that together it was beautiful it was amazing SpongeBob sounds fun I know um so yeah I've been hearing a lot of the songs from the what is it princess in the PE I guess that's the one that's going to be in CDM Middle School in May 1st through 5th so get your tickets
137um my daughter's just been going around the house singing all the songs good times um so aside from that um I spent my time at a couple different meetings this month one at aania with the the elac parents and one at the deac meeting this past week or last week or I don't know what day it is so so thank you so much to sakuro Shields and to um Carrie Torres for um organizing that along with our Community Partners to get um the residents especially in my zone trustee area um there's just a lot of fear and a lot of uncertainty and um a lot of attention needs to be paid to making sure that all of our families feel safe and understand their rights in these trying times um so I think um thank
138you so much to the staff for working with the community organizations that have come in and done these trainings for free for our resident parents um to help put them at ease to understand um what to do um with the situation with I and immigration and all all these things so thank you great truste crane yes hi um U Vanessa I filled out the lcap survey you got one more and then um Martha became linoln Lincoln PTA member just now on totem took it took 10 seconds um all right attended the Newport Beach leison as trusty Pon mentioned you know it's it's it's really important to articulate with our with our leaders um at the Civic level because because we we use a lot of we have a lot of the same objectives and so
139ultimately we always end up on the subject of ebikes and that's always a nice conversation um but I do know that um Newport is looking into building a a community pool and and one of the things is like hey would you make it available for our kids if we ever need it in case our pools are down so you know it's just a lot of good conversation and dialogue and it's just relational is very important and out of it did come the conversation of uh councilwoman kimman wanting to come visit CDM to look at the effectiveness of our SRO program sure enough come to our campus uh welcome and uh Dr Haley um and assistant super Tes was there as well and trusty Pearson again welcoming our Civic leaders to come and see what we
140do and and uh I have to say she's quite impressed with the campus and also just the kids and just learning and also speaking to U officer well I don't know his last name but was it's Bryce um and we had some really deep conversations about safety and community and how parents are very uh very much interested in our safety protocols and so she learned a lot about how much we do in fact she was very impressed I thought I thought so don't you think yes um read Across America it was the cutest thing to witness on um Monday I went to eastw Elementary and I sat through a a a TK a third grade assembly where they were revealing a book vending machine you thought they were rolling out goaga Gaga balls or whatever
141it was the cutest thing where they when they took down the little blanket and showed the book vending machine they were all cheering for this book vending machine and one one kid said I knew it it's was like how cute they're so excited about reading and books and my thought is if they're doing doing this we are definitely doing something right in Newport Mesa when kids are cheering literacy and books how cool is that in this date of digital right so excellent job for our district um we try Pearson and I and uh um super assistant superintendent Deputy superintendant taures went and visited our uh ethnic study pilot program that's being ruled out at of our high schools but specifically at CDM we it was a zero period class we went in there because we
142wanted the feedback on um ethnic studies and the piloting of it it was just an amazing experience to hear what the kids had to say and we got some good insight and some good feedback once because that's what a pilot is we're trying it out and some of the comments were were they like the fact that it's m multi-grade they like the fact that um that it's not as rigorous as an AP course because it shouldn't be if we're going to add it to their SCH schedule and such we got some really great insight and um again they were very much in engaged in the curriculum and we're um happy to be there it was a class of like 35 kids um then next uh coming up trustees as csba legislative action week this is
143a great uh opportunity for us to get in front of our legislators at the state level so um you should be getting some sort of um schedule and sign up so we can get in front of our legislators and talk some of those um assembly bills that are important to education um specifically of course the unfunded liabilities that we usually have for TK be nice to let them know that we'd like to be funded for that ab218 which is always you know something to discuss and um anyway a lot more but let's make sure we sign up and get in front of our legislators thank you and um congratulations to our Excellence uh awardees tonight um they are a reflection of our district which is top n much and always appreciate the work thank you
144thank you um I'm on the uh Coastline um Roop board and I was wanted to give you just a little update about what they're doing over there um and how it integrates here with Newport Mesa um Coastline Ro tomorrow they've been doing um there's an exhibit day um at enson and they've been doing these exhibit days where they really um talk to our middle schools about what kind of programs CTE programs that that we offer in the high schools and um they've done that I think from uh last week on and this week is enen um or tomorrow is ensen so I'm going to walk there with the um superintendent for cosign um Brian Dozer um to just see uh what's going on there and get students excited about the CTE classes offered at whatever
145high school they choose to go to whether that be um Harbor or anywhere else in our district um and then also there's classes that are after the Bell which is our classes that might be at a different high school or different school school district but in that Coastline Roop District that they that they can take um on that same um breath for Coastline Roop um something that is you guys want to be aware of is that now at the um Access program for ocde um Coastline ROP has four um instructors now that we are um that uh are teaching CTE classes there which is great because before they had CTE classes there they weren't exactly CTE classes for instance but now we're putting a lot more um initiative towards all of those um the teachers
146the outcomes of those students um within with regards to CTE classes so I think that's a really good benefit um the other thing about Coastline R I wanted to recognize Lisa Snowden for the AA um administrator uh uh getting nominated for region 17 as an outstanding um administrator she does so much great work with Coastline Ro and with our CTE classes so congratulation Lisa Snowden um and then I was able to attend a water safety Coalition meeting our our Newport Mesa one that was um a week ago just wanted to say kudos to everyone that's working on our water safety initiatives with our district it's been um it it's an amazing project um we're just finishing up um one uh class with with Whittier and happy to report and hopefully they can report out a
147little bit more about that but they are U more comfortable and more water safe and some are they believe will even be able to take the um Junior guard uh test and pass I think there's about three to five students that they believe can pass the junior guard um test so that is amazing and then um then there's also scholarships for those students um to participate in the Newport Beach Junior Lifeguards so um it's it's just so heartwarming to see the different Community um uh you know community members and Community uh groups that are helping us with that as well as um the city of cost Mesa and Newport Beach so very heartwarming and um I think we're doing some great work so on that happy note um let's end the meeting at 8:06