001us in at 5:30 p.m. for the PGUSD regular meeting on November 6th. And we're going to start off with our normal land acknowledgement. Good evening. As we begin this meeting, it's important to pay respect to and acknowledge that we are on the traditional land of the Aloney, Costan, and Eselin people. And additionally, pay respect to elders both past and present. With that, could I get a roll call vote? Dr. Adamson. >> Absolutely. President Dr. Hazen, >> I'm here. >> L McNary here. Trusty Utmar here, Trusty Shamans here, and Trusty Wax >> here. Great. And now we're on to the adoption of the agenda. I think we had a fun 506 pages to read. Were there any concerns from the public about anything on the agenda online or in the room? Not seeing any. I look
002to the board. Any concerns? >> We do have >> And we have two walk-on items, I think. Yes, Dr. Adamson, thank you for reminding us. >> Walk on. Absolutely. I'm proposing that we add both of them to consent. Uh the first is a walk-on specific to uh Pacific Grove Middle School. Uh it's an ASB fundraising event. Uh and the sec I'm proposing that would be item M under consent. The second walk-on is specific to uh al to middle school. It is a contract for services uh with Montterrey DJ. Both of these events are occurring uh really you know close in in time. If we don't approve them now, we would it would have to be a ratification. I'm proposing that that one would be item N on under consent. >> Okay. I think when you
003say close in time, I think it's tomorrow night, right? >> It's tomorrow. Correct. School dance. Um so, back to the board. Any questions about the agenda? >> I have a question about the walk-on items. Is there a reason why they're coming so late? I think it's really just reminders to our staff that these events have to be approved. I think sometimes uh it's just you know they're busy getting their events and planning for it and just miss that deadline to get it in on time. So it really is just a reminder for us trusty that you know get back to our staff and remind them of you know the timelines right and the the protocols and requirements. We do not like to have ruons uh in it when it's circumstances when it is you know
004such as these that it's events you know for students we want to try to accommodate as I said I mean we could you know we could have not brought them forward and had them come forward with ratifications but you know I know the the board is not like that I'm not in favor of those we always want to try to get that approval in advance but it's definitely against our our practice and >> I'm all for that it's just it's not new that we need them in advance so this is um If we could not see it again like this, it would be really great. I think we should move forward with it, but just a reminder that walk-ons aren't unless it's an emergency. Probably something we should avoid in the future, >> right? >>
005And I think there might have been a cancellation involved as well, but um so they have to fill in the Okay. So with that, any motion on the agenda as presented with the two walk-on items consent? >> I'll make the motion. >> Okay. Um can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Okay. Motion made by clerk McNary and seconded by trustee Wax. All in favor, please say I. I. >> I. >> Any opposed? If not, it passes unanimously. 5-0. I can say that. And now we have our close session items. So, I'm going to read them out. Um, there's three items here. Negotiations, collective bargaining session, planning, and prep. PGTA 2526, government code 3549.1. negotiations, collective bargaining session, planning and prep with the CSEA for 2526, same government code, and then a public employee
006discipline, dismissal, release, leave, complaint updates under government code 54957. So, is there any public comment on closed session items? If not, I will adjourn us to close session at 5:34. See you guys back here at 6:30. 6:30 p.m. and we're back from close session. I'll dabble us back in and I think if I remember correctly, I will be reporting out on our close session items, we had nothing on item A or B on negotiations, but for item C, there were two items. Information was received and direction given and information was received on the second. So, we're now on to part B, the pledge of allegiance. that I think we have Chief Rogan in the back of the room who's going to lead us in the pledge to the flag of the United States of America
007and to the republic for which it stands one nation for all. >> Perfect. >> Thank you so much, Chief Fergman. And now we have a really exciting moment. We have a EGHS presentation who's going to be led by our assistant principal, Mr. >> All right. Good evening, trustes. I am Sean Keller, the assistant principal at Pacific Grove High School. And it's a little misnomer that I'm leading this presentation because we have some awesome people behind me who are definitely going to do that for you. Um, but I do want to introduce two members of our awesome world language department, Desma Johnson and Sarah Buzzman. And they hosted two teachers and 23 students from Via de Gon who are English teachers or they're from the English department uh in Spain. And I just have to say
008as an administrator, this is the first time I am aware that we've done this at PG High. It was exciting. It was exciting to have that group on campus. Um, it was exciting to see the kids from Spain on our campus learning our culture and it was great for me to get some tips whenever I want to visit Spain and they give me some great advice. So to no further ado, here's our awesome Spanish teachers. >> Um, thank you for having us first and foremost. uh the Spanish American high school exchange program uh just finished and ultimately like was stated via deon um the English department and the Spanish department we collaborated with uh promature to create a travel experience allowing uh two cultures to combine. So that allowed students um it was carefully designed
009the itinerary uh where students can enhance their knowledge of language and culture in a two-part series. So, we just completed the first uh excursion with Spain uh Spanish students joining us here. Promeator uh is a company that we've used before. Our French students traveled uh to Canada just last year with Promeour and in 2018 I traveled with Promeour um to Peru and that trip included a home state which was really successful. The kids love that. So when promator I got an email saying there's these schools in Spain that want to you know they're looking for a host and I thought oh my goodness this is great and I just knew PG would be the perfect community for this program and it it was so uh I won't go through all the process you don't want
010to hear all that but um basically after we got our admin approval um I met the Spanish teacher we met on Zoom we kind of put together a little program and then Promeour formalized our itinerary Aries and then our students signed up and then we matched them as best we could according to their interest and then they started communicating over the summer via what I'm told Snapchat and Instagram and um and then yeah we we were really putting the final touches uh on the trip up up until fall break and then we hit the ground running right after fall break. Um so to describe what occurred, they stayed with arranged host families. Um so all of our uh we created spaces on campus uh with a host student and arranged for the 23 students that
011were visiting uh to participate in the daily activities routines as if they were students on campus at PG High School. Um, with that said, after school they've, uh, navigated Pacific Grove, the local areas, uh, surrounding areas, and it was such an unique experience to see them, uh, in our classes as teachers. Um, and then whether it was at lunch, um, they were able to interact with a lot of different, uh, people within our community. So, uh, teachers, staff, parents, um, and then friends outside of just the students that are participating in the exchange group. Um, but we want to pass the mic to our students who joined us tonight. So, the next slides will uh have way more pictures and then uh points of view from our students. >> Hi, my name is Emma Vonruden.
012I'm a sophomore at PG High. Um, my exchange student's name was Lucy and she's 15, so she's my age. And my favorite activities I did with her were going to the pumpkin patch and carving the pumpkins, which she'd never done before, which is super exciting. Um, my favorite thing to show her on campus was definitely my leadership and art class. I feel like she really got a firsthand look at like school spirit and she also got to make pieces in my art class which was really fun for her. Um I'm most excited and looking forward to um immersing myself in the culture in Spain and seeing my friends that I've made cuz I made a lot of really great friends on this trip. And I think my biggest takeaway was realizing all the cultural differences
013because I think that she made me aware of many of differences between how life is in Spain and how life is here. For example, she takes public transport everywhere and I am not very cultured in that. But yeah, that's it. Um, I'm Jonah Deleon. I'm a junior. Well, yeah, I'm a junior. um 17. My exchange student was dubbed. He was also 17. Um and my favorite activities with him were we went to a lot of like local restaurants. Like I took him like American barbecue for the first time. He he thought it was pretty like fattening. Couldn't finish it, but it's okay. Um he liked it though. I took him to In-N-Out too. Uh he really liked In-N-Out. We went there like three like two times in one day once. >> Um and also I
014took him like on the beach like along the beach like on drives. um which he thought was really cool like the seeing the waves and stuff. He said they weren't they don't usually get that big um on like the coaster usually goes. Um and my favorite things to show him were the gym because I mean they in Green they don't really have like a big like new gym like we have um in PG. Um and also just like all my classes. It was interesting to like compare the two like in chemistry. He actually helped me out a little bit because the thing we were learning at like the time they already learned like a couple weeks before. So I got Yeah, that was that was pretty nice. Um, but I'm looking when we go to
015Spain in April, I'm looking forward to learn more about Spanish culture, you know, try Spanish food. Um, you know, go go go on public transit and stuff, learn about like the history um that learn about how his life is there. Um, and then my biggest takeaway was just like the importance of like the cultural exchange. Like there's a lot of things like he taught me about Spain, a lot of things I taught him about the United States. Um, and also just that like even though we're in different countries, like we're both still teenagers. We both shared a lot of interests. Um, we both it's almost like he was like already living here and for him probably it was almost like I was already living in Spain. So yeah, I thought it was a really good
016experience. Hi, I'm Milo Nthneaggel. I'm a senior at Pacific Grove High School and my partner was Jorge. Um, my favorite activities that we went on were uh like visiting the Baker River Gorge. We went to the aquarium. Uh, we tried a lot of American food like Denny's. Um, and also pumpkin carving, as you can see, was a big hit. There's three exchange students there with me and my friend Connor. Um, my favorite thing to show him on campus was the engineering lab. We actually CNC machined something for him to take home on the router. And, um, I'm most excited to see the big cities in Spain and experience the culture there when we go there in spring. And, um, my biggest takeaway from this exchange is that the world is a lot smaller than I
017thought. Like, similar to Jonah's experience, they're not like life is not actually that much different than it is here. Um, my name is Batino Zenuzi. My, um, partner was Esteban um, who was the same age as me. And, um, I really enjoyed taking him to like famous places around here like Henry Row, the aquarium, and even the pumpkin patch, carving pumpkins with him. Um, and as you can see, we dressed up as Burton Ernie for Halloween, which was uh, which was very fun. Um, and my favorite thing to do, I think, with him was just take him to our family dinner, which we have every single weekend. It was it was fun just to um include him in that. Um, and then, um, he seemed to like really enjoy my art class. Like he made
018a couple pieces and was like excited to make even more the next day he went. So, that was really fun. Um, and then he was also very impressed by our stadium because he he said that the stadiums over there are a lot smaller than like what we have just at the high school. Um, I'm really excited to see the sites and culture in Spain. And this experience um like helped me understand what it's like to have a brother because um I'm an only child and I've never really had like anyone like that because I have all like female cousins. So that was really fun. >> Okay. Um we're going to talk about some of these pictures about the trip. >> Well, the first one. Oh, just real quick. Greg and Linda just happened to be
019Were you in his office when the bus rolled up? It was It was perfect. Anyway, sorry. That was great. >> Yeah, you can go pretty quick, too. Okay. Um, these are the students meeting their families and none of them well at least here tonight, but yeah, these are some pictures from that. And this is them um experiencing being in multimedia. So, it's the video bulletin that shows in our school every other day. >> Um, yeah, you got it. >> All right. All right. Yeah, this was in my um Spanish 3 class. Um, you know, definitely helped me a lot in uh that one. But um yeah, so it was really fun to u Miss Johnson did a good job incorporating them in the class activities. Um and I felt Yeah, they got a pretty warm
020welcome that class. >> They were very helpful. >> Yeah, >> I don't know. We >> Okay. Okay. Okay. Um yeah, so this is again more things shoe week this week. Um but yeah, we I guess I guess they put them to work on on that stuff. >> Um Yeah. Well, you can talk about what? >> Um, so yeah, we have a couple clubs on campus and they were able to participate in that. Here you can see like it was the biggest gathering that we've ever had at that club. Um, and they definitely made a big impact there. >> Um, this was our bonfire. Um, the day after they got here, uh, we played some football on the beach, which was really fun. They they had never played that. Um, and honestly, they had some good
021arms. It was it was pretty impressive. We also had a goodbye potluck at St. Carlos Beach on the last day that they were staying here. >> Yeah. >> Other activities. >> Yeah. >> Lot of pumpkin parties. >> Yeah. >> And Halloween. >> Oh, yes. >> Halloween was big hit. >> Yeah. >> And out. >> So, yes. And that's the end of our presentation. We travel to Spain in um April. That will be a couple days before spring break. Our whole spring break, we'll go um as we said, the school is outside of Madrid. We have some excursions. So, we'll see Madrid, we'll see Toledo, um we'll go to school with them, and then we will take a high-speed train to Barcelona for a few days before we come back here. So, it's quite an experience.
022Thank you so much for all your support. Our parents, I have to put a plug in. Our parents, PG parents are the best. They made an incredible experience for these exchange students. You just they went above and beyond. It was amazing. Thank you. >> Well, I'm going to ask you all to stay up for a second. So, thank you to the four students of all of you being here this evening to just speak personally to the experience. Um from what I understand that goodbye was there wasn't a dry eye in in the room or or amongst the crowd from uh you know Dr. Hazen who was also one of our hosting parents. Um, I feel how appropriate that the certificates I'll be presenting to you are our culture of we certificates that really identify and
023allow us to give to students and staff who are embodying our three core values of belonging, safety and prosperity because those truly the cultural the cross-cultural understanding uh the friendships that you've developed through this everything that the four of you shared and you know what were hits from our Spanish excha ex exchange students that's all about learning about one another's cultures and I loved hearing that personally from each of you. So, thank you for embodying that and for making sure that each of them felt welcomed and that they belonged and were a part of our school district for a short period of time. And how wonderful that you're going to get to now experience that right in April. That's going to be so great to hear once you have that trip. Um, so please help
024me just uh congratulate and acknowledge our four students, Betinos, and Goosey. Thank you Milo Nenegel Jonah Deleon and Emma Fonruden. I'd also like to recognize our two teachers who really bear responsibility for taking this on. It's hard to believe as you were going through that timeline that this was, you know, an idea that was officially approved in December of 2024. I still remember principal coming forward with it and having those discussions and really that was this was your vision. Uh and how exciting that we get to do this for the first time and what a wonderful tradition that we're creating for future years. So Miss Johnson and Miss Bzman, thank you to both of you. I'm going to ask for our trustees, our student board, assistant s John to come to the front and join
025uh our students and teachers at the front for a group photo, please. So after that, we're now on to our communications portion of the meeting where we have our student rep comments from our student rep, Miss Syla. Good evening everyone. So for Pacific Grove, we had our Spanish exchange student program. It was a huge success. So many students enjoyed having them and it went so far outside of just the Spanish class. And this week we had Shoe Week still going on. And we have spirit days every day alongside lunchtime games and hall decorating this morning at 5:00 a.m. and we really love to show our spirit. And then coming up on Friday, we have the shoe rally. And then that this following Saturday, we have the shoe game against Carmel. JV is at 5 and
026varsity is at 7:30. And fall sports are coming to an end. We've seen our girls volleyball team go to CCS playoffs and winter sports are now starting. and we've had a huge success with our college fairs. It's giving students the opportunity to explore their options and talk with representatives. And at community high school this week on Tuesday, former students visited forming an alumni panel showing their successes after high school. There's an upcoming annual field trip to the Pebble Beach community on Friday, December 5th. This includes a tour of the expansive underground facilities that support the above ground campuses in and around Pebble Beach. The garden construction with new earth is going great. We recently planted more colorful plants and installed irrigation systems. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Um we're now on to the
027board member comments and I'm going to start us off with the emails and also with I'll do a very quick uh comment myself and we got at least I got 12 shout outs this past two weeks for Forest Grove and district staff. Uh, one shout out for Miss Serpa's classroom, particularly the way they supported the other kids in the class, which was amazing to hear about, an invitation to a fundraiser coming up, and an email concerning um with concerns about the high school. Um, I'll jump quickly into my comments and just say in front of this, but I just want to acknowledge the strong federal workforce we have here in Pacific Grove with, you know, air traffic control, DLI, and NPS among others. and just mention the concerns that this ongoing government furlow and the
028lack of SNAP benefits are going to have on our local community and have already had on our local community. But it's important also to recognize the strength of our community in supporting others. As was mentioned, Pacific Grove is particularly unique in how well we do that. So, it's important to acknowledge those challenges and recognize that capability for resilience, compassion of our community, um which again just comes together to support each other in times of uncertainty. a little bit on the positive side. Personally, I've been able to spend some time, not as much as I would like, uh, volunteering at rubber down in the PG middle school, which will, including a few touchdowns at lunchtime. I want that in the record book. Uh, principal Roach. And then last, I'll just make a quick comment about the
029presentation because I can do so as a parent here a bit is, you know, we heard about this amazing opportunity that we had to host them and watching, as Dr. Adamson hinted at the kids from Greenon and PGS tear up at the end when they were leaving just underscores you know a short nine days how close these kids became and how meaningful it was to both students both sides of the oceans's lives and it was just so amazing again was also mentioned but how much the PGS PGHs families took the time to make the experience as amazing as possible for the students I mean there was activities planned by parents that were shared so they take other people's students And you know they the mentioned of the gorge, the pumpkin party, all these things that
030just really made it such a cool experience. And you know, I hope there's opportunity to collect and discuss information about how it went well and make it even better for next year because these kind of programs remind us that education isn't just about what happens in the classroom, as important as that is, but it's about building these bridges, fostering empathy, and helping our students see this wider world and their place in it. So, thank you to Miss Britzman and Miss Jones in particular, as well as all the families and staff that made that happen. So, end of my comments and I'll go down the line if that's okay. >> Yeah, thank you for those. Um, I will not be repetitive, but um, ditto on a couple of the things you said and also to note
031that the district has put together a community support initiative um, to help out families in need and also provide resources in our local community to to those who need them may need them. So, thank you for sharing that information. Um, I just wanted to give a shout out again to Forest Grove for their California Honorable Award. Um, only one in five schools, uh, one of five schools in the county, and it wasn't based on a nomination. It was based on solely on data, which is a really great way to earn something. Um, and the award honored schools that close opportunity gaps and support our most vulnerable learners. So, go Falcons and Principal Arin and staff. Um, another highlight as a middle school parent that I got to see was Miss Hawthorne's history class. Um, my
032child is an eighth grade history student and on Halloween in costumes. The middle school students went to Canterbury Woods to interview the residents about early forms of protest that they experienced and also about what they've experienced in more modern events. And there were some awesome stories, awesome conversations. Um, I really enjoyed hearing the residents feedback about the costumes. >> So, but just a really great connection and you know with the community. Um, and the last thing I was going to mention is, um, we're approaching Dr. Adamson's 2-year anniversary with the district, which is super exciting. So, thank you for your passion and commitment and dedication to our students and families and employees, and looking forward to more. That's all for tonight. Thanks, I don't think I have anything else to add, but um, congrats on
033your two years. Thank you for presenting and um how fun that must be. I mean I don't remember us either having um an an exact like international thing. The only thing was that in uh I think it was 98 my son on the basketball team we went to um Australia. So that was and that was the same type of thing. of the hosted families and then the next year they came over here. So, um yes and and you know that was a long time ago now and and my son still talks about it. So, it's very impactful and and you know you you'll probably want to visit Spain as an adult later on because you'll feel connected to it and they'll come here. So, it's really nice. Um it's a great opportunity. Thank you for
034all the teachers for making that happen and the administration. Um, and that's all I have to say too. Thank you. >> Um, I don't have too many extra communications. I received a email about the possibility of doing a CTE dance uh program and then also um excellence in education through the MCSBA which we'll be deciding. Uh and then in terms of just going goings on uh I would also I know it's gotten shouted out but as a Falcon parent uh props to Forest Grove for making the California honor role. Um it was super exciting and very proud of everyone. But uh on top of that it's conference I think it's still yeah it's conference week this week and um just meeting with my son's teacher. This is anecdotal, but it's applicable to our district in
035general. Uh, wraparound support from MissWendill and and the teachers are just working so hard uh for our students and really invested and it's uh it's wonderful to live in a district where where the teachers and staff care so much. Um, so thank you as always. Um and then also the honorable breakfast this morning uh was bumping uh at the middle school and uh Mr. Ro it was the it was the Kowanas clip or >> major thanks to the Kuanas Club and the PTSA for making a bunch of pancakes uh and sausages. Um, and also thanks to all the various PTAs and uh families that participated in a trunk or treat and it was a good Halloween. Uh, yeah. So, thanks. >> Thank you guys so much. A lot of lot of good happenings as usual
036in our district. So, we're now on to the superintendent report. Dr. Adamson. >> Thank you. Well, good evening everyone. moment poem tonight will be framed around our three core values of belonging, safety, and prosperity. Always reflecting how the culture of we continues to thrive and guide our work. It's my pleasure to highlight first the many ways our schools prioritized the fostering of belonging this past month. With Halloween last Friday, it feels appropriate to start there. Just a joy to see so many of our students and staff joining in the fun, reinforcing our culture of we across the district. I loved seeing our middle school students choose to use their extra time during conference week to return to the elementary classrooms. It was about two weeks ago, leading lessons and projects and so proud of their
037leadership and generosity. You've all by now heard about the exciting news that Forest Grove was selected as a California honor roll school for academic excellence and their commitment to closing opportunity gaps. I was thrilled to join staff uh two weeks ago to celebrate this achievement and again congratulations to Principal Arun and her amazing staff. Definitely go Falcons. We all heard earlier how PG High School students and staff warmly welcomed our exchange students. I think we've talked a lot about that but again that belongs in belonging. Uh and again just so proud of the fact we were able to host that so successfully. Then last week, Forest Grove and Robert Downstaff came together to engage in professional learning focused on inclusive practices, learning about the 10 dimensions of belonging. And then PGMS followed suit. This afternoon,
038I was able to actually pop in on their tides and welcoming schools training on intersectionality. All of this intended to make our students feel recognized and supported. And finally, what other better way to foster belonging than engaging in multiple multiple cultural observances? I'm proud of the many creative ways that our sites are choosing to honor Native American Heritage Month and last month dear delos muertos helping students learn and connect across cultures in the area of safety. I'm proud of the many partnerships and pra and and proactive initiatives that continue to foster safe learning environments. Our site leaders continue to host drug awareness assemblies and family safety chats in collaboration with Chief Day, keeping that focus on ebike safety and safe routes to school. And I do want to give special shout out and thanks to
039uh Director Martinez for her integral role in planning and coordination of those. Congratulations to Principal Brownfield and the RHD team for an excellent Williams visit last month, successfully meeting all of the compliance areas. I was truly I continue to be impressed with the many creative ways that they are using to reduce chronic absenteeism at their site which is the reason they were identified for that Williams visit. So the break was the perfect opportunity for facility updates across all of our sites. Thank you to Director Anderson and the MOT team for their hard work, additional fencing and new elementary playgrounds being just two of those examples. And then closing out the area of safety, I was honored to attend the NAACP freedom fund banquet a little over a month ago with Trusty McNary to celebrate their
040work in adv advancing civil rights, equality, and social justice. We remain grateful for NAACP's guidance and collaboration as we continue our journey in cultural proficiency. Finally, in the area of prosperity, uh the results of last year's state assessments show our continued commitment to academic growth. You'll hear more from Dr. Hagquis later on this evening. I'm pleased to report that for the first time in many years, PG High School hosted PSAT testing. Thank you to Principal Omira and career and college advisor Mr. Kent Letham for their work in making that happen. We had a whopping 61 students attend and participate. I'm also pleased to report that community high school has been selected for consideration as a model continuation school. Uh it is a process. The official visit takes place next week. More on that to come.
041We're making great strides in the area of technology and generative AI thanks to directors Alghazi and uh Binder who are revising the district tech plan and exploring responsible AI use in teaching and learning. Input from staff, students, and the community is ongoing. We're excited to be able to bring that forward in the coming months. A lot happening with athletics as our student board rep reported earlier. Some highlights include the expansion of high school athletics programs across multiple sports including girls basketball, cross country, and track. And then a major milestone I hear from our middle school soccer team whose championship game against Buenov Vista was today. Uh first in the team's history. So again, go to exciting for our our goals there. And of course, the shoe game this coming Saturday, right? Go breakers. Uh we
042had the CHS CHS alumni uh visiting our community high school students yesterday sharing their experience about finance careers and life after high school. This was a powerful visit and what a wonderful chance for our students to hear from those who've come gone before them. Uh really helping them connect with the greater community outside of the school. You'll notice Principal Amola is missing tonight but for good reason. He's at the AXA Every Student Succeeding Conference in San Francisco where our very own student Tony Garcia Trinidad is being recognized for this his resilience, determination, and grit. We're really proud of Tony. And finally, I rounded off this month's activities by also attending the middle school honoral breakfast this morning. 283 students were recognized. Thank you to Principal Roach and the many parent volunteers who made this inclusive
043celebration possible. That wraps it up. I just want to say a final thank you to our staff, families, students, and community partners for helping us keep belonging, safety, and prosperity at the heart of our daily work because it's these values that guide our decision-m and partnership, reminding us that it's together we get to create the schools uh that we're so proud of. And with that, we turn to you, Dr. Hazen. >> Excellent. Thank you so much. So many again, so much good news to go around. Um we have now our assistant superintendent joining with the safety report. Thank you, President Dr. Hazen. Uh, can we pull up the slides, Liz? So, tonight I'm excited to report the progress of our safety committee, our district-wide safety committee. Uh, the district committee met on September 30th. Just
044a couple slides to share uh takeaway from that meeting. Uh what we did with this uh in September is we did a poll for all of our safety committee members to gather feedback on concerns and develop goals for 2627. You can see up on the screen there. Uh I'll highlight all of them. Robert Down main concerns are lack of school resource officer, the request for advanced uh camera analytics, securing of student devices, improving uh proper pickup areas, and expanding public address coverage to our field areas. Forest Grove Elementary. The key concerns are also the lack of the PGPD SRO, the need for radio training and usage, securing the rear campus gate, and expanding camera and PA coverage and ADA accessibility up to the upper field at Forest Grove Elementary. Middle school had concerns around fencing
045on Fountain Avenue, the need for more supervision during non-instructional time such as breaks, and ensuring emergency backpacks and classroom supplies are properly stocked for the school year. PG High School and Community High School. The main concerns are again the need for uh additional PGPD presence at events, securing public entry points around campuses and ensuring classroom emergency supplies are fully stocked for the school year. You can also down there at the bottom we asked the uh the uh committee to give us survey on the strengths. You can see some of the top strengths are expansion of our surveillance systems districtwide, the visitor management and control system that was uh implemented on all school sites and u the continued communication and transparency from the district related to events that are occurring in the district. Next slide. Uh
046this slide here covers recent safety uh initiatives and activities within the district. Most of this actually all of this is in the past. I'm reporting that out tonight. We had successful uh collaboration with PGPD at the butterfly par parade bazaar where we distributed narcan and discussed safety protocols leading to a lot of positive communication and interaction with our community. Uh we've seen increased wildlife wildlife activities on our campus including a mountain lion sighting. So reminding everyone to take precautions and be ready to implement our shelter in place procedures if needed. We're working with the district uh district site administrators as well as our facilities team to identify and prioritize campus safety improvements which will be addressed through our upcoming bond. Many of which were approved by the board on the uh for the 2526 quick
047start list. A lot of those projects you will see starting to kick off this year. Some of the fencing projects will start long before summer. But we are in design with the state architects on many of those projects which uh prioritize safety and accessible paths of travel on our campuses. Finally, Director Martinez and I uh attended the countywide safety symposium on October 24th at the Steinbeck Center. We had an opportunity to collaborate with educators throughout the county, EMS, and the Office of Emergency Services to strengthen student wellness, safety, and preparedness. That's it for my update tonight. Thank you. >> Awesome. Thank you very much. And I assume that's on the website as well, the update. >> Perfect. Good to remind folks to see. That's awesome. I'm going to give us just a quick two-minute break.
048Um, no, we wouldn't go too far, but just if folks need to go home and do homework, for example, and then we can come back at 7:08 and we'll do the public comment from there. Thanks. >> Um, comment section where we have time. It's item five, individuals desire to address the board. And again, the goal is for anything that's not on the agenda. So, public comment on any item of interest to the public, this within the board's jurisdiction will be heard. The board will also take public comment on each specific item prior to board action. So, please comment on those items before that item is being discussed or when that item is being discussed. The board will allow a reasonable amount of time for public comment, not to exceed 3 minutes per speaker and no
049more than 20 minutes per agenda item pursuant to board policy 9323. Speakers will be called sequentially online and in the room until there's no one coming forward on the agenda item or the amount of time allocated is elapsed. This is a meeting of the board of education. a business meeting conducted in public. So note the Brown Act limits our ability as a board to respond to public comment. And just a reminder again that we're have a shared commitment to fostering a safe, respectful and inclusive space both online here in the boardroom. So please refrain from applause, finger clicking or any form of acknowledgement in response to particularly um speakers viewpoints that may be charged. This ensures all individuals feel comfortable sharing their perspectives without fear of judgment or retaliation. So, thank you for helping us
050create a space where all voices are respected. So, with that, do we have any community members that would like to comment on non-aggenda items? Okay, not seeing anyone rush up. We'll go to the PGUSD staff comments on non-aggenda items. Looks like we might have Okay, perfect. Looks like we have some director Anthony, please. And >> good evening everyone. Um, I just wanted to give a quick shout out to our school psychologists. It is uh school psychologist, National School Psychologist Week, and we have a group of three, but they do an amazing job at our school sites. And they're not just testing and assessing students and evaluating, they're supporting all staff, students, um, everyone on campus, parents, families included. And, um, I just wanted to recognize the amazing work they do to support students overall well-being.
051Emily Tai Brownfield, principal at Robert Down Elementary. I just wanted to echo director Corkony's sentiments. I'm so grateful for our school psychologist, Miss Tia Jones. Um, she has been so instrumental in providing us with strategies. She's really handson. She really cares about our students and she creates a really safe space for our students um and supports our teachers in so many different ways. >> Thank you both so much for those comments. Anyone else in the room or online? Seeing none, we'll move on now to our consent agenda. And these are items that either may have been discussed previously or are actually things that uh routine. And so they're not going to be discussed individually unless a board member requests specific items be discussed or removed from the consent agenda. So with that, we have items
052again. It's going to be A through N now with two walk-on items that came about at the beginning. And I now will move to public comment on our consent agenda agenda under number six. Okay, I'm not seeing anyone in the room or online. Is there any board discussion on the consent agenda items? Okay, it looks like we have one potential item to be pulled. >> Oh, no. I don't want to pull anything. I just want to make a comment about uh what Laura was talking about uh regarding um walk-on or late um out of county um mostly they're the the out of county ones that happen and and it just occurred to me because I've been thinking about this for a while like is there a way to craft some kind of overall um board
053approved uh outofcount thing that we can cover ourselves because all of these the ones that are already in here already happened. I mean they were you know September October. So, is there something that we can figure out where we have um some kind of a an approval process that's already there? So, it kind of so we catch it without um worrying so much about that we're after the fact that we cover ourselves somehow. That's I'm just throwing that out there. I don't have an idea, but maybe some other districts do. I don't know because it's got to be common then you know um not every principal or >> athletic director gets these things in you know on a certain time. So anyway just some food for thought. >> Yep. Let's put that in our parking
054lot to have a future discussion on. That would be >> good point. If not seeing anything else, can I get a motion on our consent agenda? >> I'll move to approve the consent agenda. >> Excellent. And I'll go ahead and second it. So motion made by Trusty Schma, seconded by myself. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? If not, it passes. 5-0. And now we're on to our public hearings. We have two of them tonight on the Sunshine List. So, we have Dr. Adamson, I think, leading both. >> Absolutely. We're holding a public hearing this evening on the initial proposals submitted by the California School >> opened at 7:14. Go ahead. Sorry to interrupt. >> Let's take two. We're holding a public hearing on the initial proposal submitted by the California
055School Employees Association, that's CSEA, chapter 229, for the 2526 school year negotiations. The hearing is part of the annual process required under government code 3547 to ensure transparency before negotiations begin. CSEA's proposed topics for negotiation this year include article 2 wages, article 3, health and welfare benefits, article 12 disciplinary procedures, and then CSA COCA is also interested in revising any appendices to the collective bargaining agreement that may be impacted by these negotiations or by changes in law. The purpose of tonight's hearing is to inform the public and allow for comment on those on these proposed topics. Following the hearing, the board will consider action item A, which requests approval to open negotiations with CSEA on the items presented. So with that, we will take public comment as part of this hearing and there will be
056another opportunity when we approve it, but hopefully the same comments do not need to be made twice. So any public comment on the CSEA Sunshine initial proposal? If not, I will close the public hearing at 7:15. And now we're on to the public hearing number two, which is now opened at 7:15. >> Right. Very good. Our second public hearing relates to the initial proposal submitted by the Pacific Grove Teachers Association, PGTA, for the 2526 school year negotiations. This annual hearing is conducted under government code 3547 to ensure transparency and public awareness prior to entering formal negotiations. PGTA's proposed topics for negotiations this year include article 2 wages, article 3 unit member benefits, article six transfers and assignments, article 8 hours of employment, and article 12 class size. Also a proposal to add an exhibit addressing
057emergency medical prop protocols. The purpose of tonight's hearing is to inform the public and allow for comment on these proposed topics. Following the hearing, the board will consider action item B, which requests approval to open negotiations with PGTA on the items presented. >> Do we have any public comment on the initial Sunshine proposals for PGTA? >> Seeing none, I will go ahead and close the public hearing at 7:16. And now we are on to action discussion item A. So, we're going back to the CSEA sunshine list. So, again, nothing more to present, but we have public comment opportunity if you didn't get a chance earlier. And then we will go to the board. Any discussion on these sunshine items? They seem familiar from past years a bit. Okay, seeing none, and I'm sorry I've been
058skipping our student trustee yet again, so I've written it down on my notes. Um, we need a motion on this and then I'll go to vote if the motion is met passed. >> I'll make a motion to approve the CSEA proposal uh to PGSD for sunshine topics list for 2526. >> I'll second. >> Okay. Motion was made by clerk Mary and seconded by um trusteem. And so with that, student representative vote >> I, >> yes or I, and all in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? If not, it passes 5 + 1 to zero. Now we're on to item B, the also the public hearing for the PGTA. And again, nothing more to present, but if there's another public comment that wasn't mentioned during the hearing, now's that chance looking online or
059in the room. Not seeing any. I'll go back to the board and the student rep if there's any comments on this negotiation sunshine list. Not I will go ahead and make a motion to approve if I can get a second. >> I second. A motion was made by myself and seconded by Trusty Wax. Um student representative >> I uh all in favor please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? If not, it passes 5-0. So, we're on to resolution 1171. More money. Um, assistant s Jordan, I think that's you. >> All right. Thank you, President Dr. Hazen. Um, tonight I'm bringing forward resolution 1171, and this is a refunding resolution uh based on prior bond issuance. Uh, this is for the 2015 series A and series Bonds. Um, moving forward tonight with the refunding, capturing
060the ability to uh garner low interest rates with the u rates that are available in the market right now will um essentially allow for large sizable reduction of cost to our taxpayers who are paying for the for the general obligation bonds in our district. Um so I'm bringing this forward to the board tonight for approval and I'll entertain any questions. And so we first go out again to the public if there's any questions about this. If not, I'll just kick off a quick quest quick question. This is basically like a refinancing of your mortgage for your home, right? That's exactly right. Okay. So, it's going to help us out. And with that, I have no other questions if anyone else does. >> Seeing none, we go ahead and get a motion on this issuance of
0612025 with the new rates. >> I move to accept a resolution number 11. >> Okay. I'll go ahead and second that. So, student rep >> I. All in favor, the rest of the board, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Not. It passes. 50-0 again. Um, we're now on to 1172, which is the similar topic, just separate home mortgage. >> That's correct. Uh, these this is another refunding for 2016 bonds. Uh, which is callable May 2026. Uh, this is for $13.5 million. Again, with uh the market being uh as stable as it as it is right now, we feel that bringing this forward at this point in time ahead of the May call date uh is good for the district, good for the community to lock in those rates. And uh between these
062two resolutions, we are projecting an overall reduction of uh just under $900,000 to our taxpayers for the refinancing of both uh sets of general obligation bonds. So, with that, I bring it forward for action tonight and approval, and we'll entertain any questions. and we go back out to the public if there's anyone online or in the room. Seeing none, we'll go back to the board if anyone has any comments on this item. >> If not, would love to get a motion. >> I'll move to approve resolution number authorizing the issuance of the 2026 general obligation refunding bonds. >> Can I get a second? >> Second. Motion made by trusty outlinear and seconded by trusty wax. Um student rep student trustee >> I. >> Okay. All in favor for the rest of the board we say
063I. >> I. Any opposed? It passes 50. And on to resolution 1173. >> Thank you very much. Uh President Dr. Naen. Uh this is the certification by the board of supervisors of our 2024 measure B general obligation bonduh election. uh there there is a requirement that the board certify the election prior to the issuance of any series related to that election. Uh we felt like this was an opportune time to bring this forward to the board considering that measure D series D uh was finally released and all those projects are now encumbered which means that the very next thing that the district will do in the fall will uh bring we will be bringing forward series A of measure B. So tonight I'm bringing forward the um resolution to certify the election of 2024 and
064I'll open it for any questions. Excellent. Anyone from the public would like to make a comment on this item? Resolution 1173, item E. Seeing none, I look back to our student trustee and the board if there's any comments. Okay. If not, I'll go ahead and make a motion to approve resolution 11 or adopt resolution 1173 certifying the votes. Um, can I get a second? >> I'll second. tr that motion was made by myself and seconded by trustee schwas student trustee >> I >> okay rest of the board all in favor say I >> I >> any opposed not it passes 5 so we're on to our exciting school calendarman coming to the podium it's always nice to walk up uh with the word exciting to describe the item um the trustes on Buck Ro the
065chief human resources officer serve for the district and I bring to you um the hard work of the calendar committee and um the results of the vote that we took uh with regard to um calendars for the 2627 and 2728 school years. Um the uh process that we use is outlined in the CSEA collective bargaining agreement and the committee is made up of two members of CSEA, two members of PGTTA and two representatives from the admin team. Um and then we also uh well and to recognize the members who did did the work. I'd just like to compliment the work of Jill Houston, uh Leslie Tnelloo, who represented CSEA, Mary Quindmill, and John Martin who represented PGTA, and Abby Arin um who represented the admin team along with myself. But really um the result of
066what we did couldn't have been done without of the support of Angela Liippard who um put together the documents for our meeting and we had probably one of the most efficient meetings that we've ever had with the calendar committee to come up with the options that we put out to uh vote. You're going to see that option one uh the calendar that you had before you won the vote 147 to 46 and the percentage of participation or excuse me the um percentage of the votes represented is broken down under underneath that in the board packet. I think that the reason um option one was appealing to folks is that it was very similar um in construct to the previous year's calendar with some improvements. one in including moving the start date from Tuesday to Wednesday
067so that that first week of school is a little bit shorter for both the students and uh staff. Then we also um uh made the day before the Thanksgiving break um a day off. So uh that uh Wednesday if families need to travel, they're going to have the opportunity to be able to do that, which meant that we moved the minimum day that typically is before Thanks Thanksgiving to the day before the October break. Um, also, um, you know, uh, notable items on that is that, uh, February break is now going to be one full week. Um, rather than being a week with an extra day, recognizing the Lincoln holiday on the Friday before, we thought being able to contain that in one week would be an improvement as well. I think that those are
068kind of the highlights of the two calendars that you see before you. Um and uh again just the um work that the committee did um you would be very very proud of the way that uh we have a partnership with our groups and we work to come together with uh calendar options for our employees to vote on. >> As with everything else when I don't forget this goes out to public comment next. Thank you so much Chief Edwin for the And just to note, if you are following along, this is on page 207 and eight of our packet. Um, seeing no public comment, go to the board. >> I have one quick question. >> Oh, it's okay. Why don't you go first, Trusty Shaw? I'll go second. Um, so Buck when uh on here it
069says uh PGTA represented 49.7% um I guess of of voting for this option. Um do you know out of that 49.7% what the percentage was of high school versus elementary? And and the reason I'm asking is I'm I mean I'm assuming everybody's cool with it because like you said it was similar to last year, >> but if you remember in past years like um there was kind of uh tension between elementary and high school because they saw differences in how the the calendar worked for them. So, we had to I remember, you know, working that out. And I'm just wondering if if uh the high school is equally represented in in their approval. >> I think that one of the things that we were able to uh do to um address those concerns that maybe
070have surfaced in the past is that PGTA did an excellent job of having a member represent them that was from the elementary school and then also have a member represent them from the high school. So the input of the elementary and high school staff members was taken into consideration in the crafting of the calendars. One thing I will say trustee Shamas in that every group that voted that breakdown was pretty similar in terms of the percentage meaning that about 75% of PGTA members and about 75% of CSEA members um all pre prefer that option one. >> Okay. Thank you. My question, and I apologize for not asking this in advance, but is just do we know what other nearby districts have they've set calendars? The reason I ask is I know in past years camps,
071particularly for those that need child care for the off if we overlap with at least one other school, there's usually more camp options for the younger kids. So, I don't know if that's something we know at this point. >> So, another shout out to the HR staff. Um Angela Liippard uh gathered the um calendars from the other districts. So, we had that and our calendar um is going to align quite nicely with the Carmel Unified calendar. When we looked at the Monterey Peninsula, just the length of the breaks and the placement of the brakes is um quite a bit different than what would work for our calendar. So, um we're going to align with one of our neighboring districts and not quite so much with the other. >> That tends to be the way it
072goes. >> But I appreciate again that effort because I think it's important for our families to have those break options. So, thank you. If there's nothing else, um I will go ahead and make a motion to approve the day calendar. Um option one that was presented. >> Second. >> Motion made by myself and then seconded by trusteem. Um student trustee >> I um rest of the board. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Not that passes 5-0. And it seems like this res the next resolution will also apply to the calendar of that as well. So we'll also you chief. Yes, it will. So, in order for us to move the recognition of Lincoln Day into um that conolidated week off where Washington Day falls, um the district needs to pass a resolution
073to uh move that day into the break um for the um following two years for the calendar. Um we uh have decided to do do this so that uh we don't have kind of an odd extra day off leading into the break. And we are able to do that because ED code uh 37220E allows for us to adopt a resolution to move any of the holidays that are on the calendar with the exception of a V veterans day which is always recognized on 1111. Um unless it falls on a weekend and then it's recognized on either the Friday or the Monday depending on if it falls on a Saturday or Sunday. Um so by passing this res resolution um those uh that um Lincoln day is going to be able to uh exist within the
074week off and you will see that we have the statutory date and the proposed observance date listed uh on the front page of the board cover sheet. With that, back out to public comment for folks in the room or those online. Seeing none, I'll bring back to our board. Again, I'm looking for a motion. Then we're a very approving bunch tonight. I like it. >> I'll move that we approve resolution number 1174, revised Lincoln Day observation dates. I'll second. >> Motion is made by trustee Schwas and seconded by clerk McMary. Student trustee >> I. >> The rest of the vote. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? If not, we have another unanimous 5-0. And so now on to ourou item H, which is again Chief Rogamman who's going to be with us for
075a few more items. >> Thank you very much, President Hazen. Um we bring before you uh today an uh memorandum of understanding between the Pacific Grove Teachers Association and PGU USDA which would establish uh an early retirement notification incentive for the 2526 school year. Um, what this uh early retirement notification incentive would do is it would uh provide PGTA members with a payment of $1,500 if they notify the district by the end of the workday on January 16th, 2026 of their intention to retire uh with a retirement date of June 1st to June 30th, 2026. Um the the benefit that this has for the district is that when we go through our budget development process, if there are employees that are going to retire, then it allows the district to look at our staffing and
076see if our staffing needs can be adjusted based on the retirements that um are there be before us. And um then the other thing that it allows the district to do is to start the recruitment process sooner um so that we have the widest pool possible to uh choose teachers that can live up to the talent level that already exists in this district so that we can can continue to pro provide the incredible educational system that we've built here at PGUSD. With that, we'll go out to the public. Anyone online or in the room? Seeing none, I will again go back to the board. See if there's any questions or comments on this. Trust Wax. Yeah. Has a similar incentive been used in the previous years? >> Um, no. What we did was we um
077took some information from other districts that have used this kind of incentive. And um because it hasn't been used in previous years, at times we don't find out um until later in the year that an employee, you know, intends to retire. And so one of the things that we wanted to try this year was to offer that incentive to see if we do get some earlier notification from our PGTA members. This is also a one-year arrangement so we can see how it how it works and then we can decide if it's something that we want to do in the future as well. So, it's kind of a trial uh memorandum of under understanding. >> Not seeing any other comments from the board. Um I will go ahead and make a motion. I'm excited for the
078opportunity again to get more information and um it seems like it's a benefit to both parties. So, um I'll make a motion to approve theou as presented. If I can get a second. I'll second. >> A motion was made by myself and seconded by trustee locks. Student trustee >> I. >> And the rest of the board. >> I. Any opposed? Not. It passes. 5-0. So we're on to item I. SLA. This is the CSCA chapter 229 and PGUSD permanency rights. >> Right. This is a side letter of agreement with uh the California School Employee Association chapter 229 and PGU USD um that is going to give permanency rights to paraprofessionals that are assigned to the before and after school recreation program. One of the things that we realized um in the Monarch Club that was
079needed was some paraprofessional support for um some of our students with special needs um that were attending the before and after school program. And so what we did last year was establish two P positions that would be for three three hours that would cover the shift from 3:00 in the afternoon until 6:00 in the afternoon to um help our students. We had two of our employees that were able to work the shift from 3:30 to 6:00 because they also work in the adult transition pro program. So when that program ended, they were able to come and work at the Mup Monarch Club. So what this does is it establishes the permanency rights for uh these hours worked to be added to their current assignment and it also establishes a seniority date for them based on
080when they um started the position uh in the role that they hold now. >> Go out to the public if there's any comment on this. Again the cover sheet has the fiscal impact of this if anyone's interested. No one online and no one in the room. I will look back to the board again if there's anyone that has a question. I just like to do a little bird walk for your so that you get off your you're check you're checking off your list because when I see the initials like okay how many initials we've got going on all these things when I see SLA you know what I think of symbion Liberation Army that's what I thought of which tells my age but anyway Trust Shamas will be happy to spell that out so we
081don't use the acronym in future site. >> If you don't know what that is, you should look it up. See mine is mine is sea level anomaly which is referring to the mean sea level height. So subversive. >> Okay. But otherwise I'm good. >> Good to know. Um any other concerns about the the liberation? I mean the this item. Okay. Seeing none, um Trustation Ross, would you like to make a motion on this with that clarification? Um okay. I'd like to move that we approve um the side letter agreement with CSEA chapter 229 and BGUSD on the permanency rights for the paraprofessionals assigned to the before and after school recreation program. >> I will be happy to second that as well. So motion made by trustee and seconded by myself. Student Trustee >> I. >>
082The rest of the board, all in favor? >> I >> opposed. If not, we passes 5-0. And now we're on to item J, the contract services for Angelus and Caroline Haskell, which we have Dr. Hyquist. Um, so I suppose this could be a consent agenda item, but uh, we thought it would be a good opportunity to make an action item um, just so we could announce the work that we are doing with Angelis and Caroline Haskell. Um, as you know, we goal four of our LCAP is cultural proficiency and in the past we have contracted with experts in that area. um going way back five or six years um uh we started our cultural proficiency work with the practice organization that was about four actually about four or five years ago um we've worked with
083the restorative justice partnership uh Dana Nicole we work with solution tree last year to develop our PLC work that uh uh also helps to uh with that goal of creating equitable classrooms which is part of our umbrella cultural proficiency work. Um, and this year we uh are planning to work with Angelis and Caroline Haskell, their expertise in counseling and social work uh and their um work that they've already done uh in in our district uh through the adult school um really makes them perfect um candidates to help carry us forward with our cultural proficiency work. specifically they will be working um to help us develop our restorative practices and um to uh help us gain practice in addressing the bias incident response uh protocol. So that's what they'll the work they'll be doing. We have
084a cultural proficiency meeting coming up uh next week on November 12th and so we're really really excited to meet with our team right here in this room. >> Okay. And anyone from the public have questions about this consultancy agreement? Any none online or none in the room? I'll look back to the board and see if there's anything. >> Yes, trust. I have one too. So, I'll let you go and get first. Um, I'm glad to that you decided to pull this because um, the one thing I want to say is it's it's good to know that you're satisfied with these two individuals of note and and it's really important, I think, to continue uh, with them because that is giving you, you know, solidarity and and um, you know, a credible background. Um, and it's
085like this is kind of like program evaluation. >> Um, and but I wanted to ask you when you say district leadership team, who is that? And you don't have to tell me names. I'm just want to know what are their titles and who's the cultural proficiency team? >> Uh, cultural proficiency team is a combination of district leaders as well as members of the cultural proficiency team. I was as a teacher a member of the cultural proficiency team. It um is a group of teachers at every site. Uh not just teachers um we have support staff as well at every site that um have volunteered to be part of this team. So in total there's about 30 uh >> oh about 30 people. >> Okay. >> And your leadership team is the all the principles and
086assistants. Okay. Thank you. And the my question is actually a little just on the funding. I saw fund 11 is being targeted for this. So there's it sounds like there's particular engagement from the adult school in this process which is exciting as well. >> So I wanted to shout out Barb Martinez for um bringing Ann and Caroline on board. Um they did some work with their book Combined Destinies in the past and that's right. >> Um and so uh she's going to be helping support this endeavor. >> Yep. That's perfect. This just goes back to some of our budgeting decisions. It's not a general fund cost. Yeah, it's not a general fund expense. >> Yeah, but important for us to maintain what we've agreed to and move forward in the right direction. So, thank you
087for the presentation. Um, with that, can I get a motion on this item? If not, I will go ahead and move the contract for services with Angelis and Carolyn Haskell to exceed 5,000. Motion made by myself and then seconded by Trustee Schmas. I'm student trustee vote. Hi. the rest of the board. All in favor? I. >> None oppose. And it passes 5-0. So now we have our proposed board meeting calendar. >> Well, you see the dates presented before you and no changes at this time, but whether you just wanted the board's input um and approval of what we see before us. >> Public comment on the calendar or do we need to if it's not changing again or this is what I always have issues with. I guess we should still public comment on the
088calendar as being presented. >> Just a point of order like if there's public comment, we don't have to change it, but if we're going to make any changes to the calendar, we would have to approve whatever that new version is. So, I think no motion, but public comment. >> Yeah, that sounds great. We'll do public comment, board comment, and see if we need to make a motion. And then from that, thank you for the point of order. Seeing none from the public online or in the room, I'll go back to our board. any concerns or questions about the calendar? Not we let it let it ride. So, thank you so much for the presentation and we're now on to our info discussion items and that is going to start off with our 2425 state testing
089results by Dr. Hagquist. Really excited to see these presented. Thank you. >> Good evening trustees. Larry Hagquist, executive director of educational services, and I am here to uh proudly present the state testing results for the 2024 2025 school year for Pacific Grove Unified School District. And uh start starting with a little bit of a background on the assessments. Um we're going to be um reviewing four different assessments tonight. the ESPback or Smarter Balance Assessment in ELA, English Language Arts, uh as well as mathematics, the CAST test or the California Science Test, and the ELPAC. Um the ESPback in math and English, um tests grades students in grades 3 through 8 as well as 11. The CAST is grades 5, 8, and 11, and the ELPAC is all of our English learners. Um these tests, the
090CAST as well as the um uh Smarter Balance tests are computer adaptive test which basically means that when students submit a response uh the computers adapt the test to make the questions harder or easier based on the response and um that helps to establish um their uh levels um their progress toward the standards. Uh there are also performance tasks which are critical thinking tasks involving reading or involving writing and computation in math. Um so they are uh students are asked to solve more complex problems. In math it's including graphs and data and things like that. Um the CAST test is uh it tests the next generation science standards. It is also a computer adaptive test uh along with performance tasks. And then finally the LPAC test. It's the test that all of our English learners
091take and it tests those students in four domains. You see here uh listening, reading, writing and speaking. And you see the times that students are given to take those assessments. And then my first uh slide of analysis here is just a bar graph, simple bar graph. Uh, I think it's probably the easiest way to see our results compared to last year on math, ELA, and science. And you see that we're generally making progress. We made significant progress uh in science uh in math as well. Um, and a slight decline in uh English language arts. And if you remember my presentation uh from last year um I pointed out a a particularly uh outlier group of 11th graders that uh took the assessment last year. Um and I said um in this very presentation I'm like
092I don't know if we can do that again but um that was a uh really an extraordinary group. So uh kind of makes sense there and there are possibly other contributing factors to that slight decline. Um but in general uh we are staying the course and making some good progress. Uh ELA and math you see the scores right here. Uh you also see the three prior year scores down below. And uh we had as I mentioned a very slight decrease in ELA uh and a 2% bump in math. Uh it's important to note that uh it's the highest math scores that we've seen in four years. Also in this presentation last year, uh you may recall that uh math was a focus area uh for our district and um so it's really good to see
093that uh we've had four years the highest scores in four years. Um and uh yeah, we had that outlier group in ELA uh that um where over 88% met or exceeded the standard. Uh and then you'll see several of these slides throughout the presentation. It's just going to showcase uh Monterey County and California. And you're going to see a theme that um on all of these slides that Monterey County except for one slide where Monterey County generally lags behind the state of California. And in all cases, Pacific Grove is uh well ahead of both. And the next slide is the cast scores. Uh this is where we saw the biggest gain, 7.28 uh percent gain uh in science. Again, this is another instance where we've seen the highest scores that we've seen in four years.
094Uh and also um nice to note that we are at the top of the county uh in these scores. And you have the county and state right here. Um you know, we are doubling the state scores, more than doubling the state scores. and Monterey County lagging a little bit behind the state of California. Uh now on to our focus group student populations. Um the first one is students with disabilities. Uh generally the students with disabilities, these are students with IEPs uh are scoring lower than the general population um for understandable reasons. And uh we saw um in terms of their ELA and math scores, we saw a 2% drop in ELA and a 1% gain in math. Um the four-year comparison shows that our students with disability scores are the strongest in four years again
095for math and only slightly behind our strongest year, which was last year in ELA. Um and uh they their their results um mirror kind of the general population uh growth and slight decline uh from the prior year. Uh this is the same demographic for the state of California and Monterey County. Again, the same pattern. Um the next focus group population is our Hispanic Latino population. And again, we saw advances in math and again the strongest math scores in four years. Uh we saw a 2.5% drop in ELA for this population. Uh this mirrors that uh overall decline in ELA, but once again recall that we had significant outlier group um last year. Same demographic for Monterey County and the state of California. Once again, the same theme. Monterey County lagging slightly behind uh the state
096of California and Pacific Grove uh well ahead. Uh our next focus group demographic is black African-American. Uh we saw a significant increase in this group, an impressive increase that um uh saw us at 61.54% meeting or exceeding the standard. This is a 4.39% increase in English language arts and a 2.2% increase in math. Um, please note that increases and decreases are more extreme when the number of students tested is low. You'll see over here in the top left hand box uh we have third 13 students tested. So that's going to increase the variability and um so you'll see a lot more um uh change in the scores with uh smaller what they call n values. Uh also it's it might be important to note if you want to dig a little bit deeper. These are
097public scores. They were released to anybody who wants to see them on on the CASP Elpac website on October 15th. And you can drill down school by school if you want to drill down and get a little bit more granular with the data. Unfortunately, you will not see this demographic uh show up in our schools because uh we do not meet the 11 uh student uh end value that is required for the data to populate the system. And here's uh a little change in the theme. um we have Monterey County well ahead of the state of California uh with respect to this demographic. So that's a a a a good positive for uh Monterey County right here. And um again, our next focus group demographic is our EEL population, our English learners. Once again, please
098note uh the low N value, only 21 students. um and that's going to explain significant increases and decreases. Also note the scores with the EL population are extremely variable because students who qualify for testing can vary widely in their language skills, right? So um it all that directly affects their performance in ELA and math um and on uh these assessments. Also, uh it's important to note the highest performing EEL students um when they score a four on the ELPAC get reclassified um as fluent English proficient, also known as RFET. So, the highest scorers are basically moving out of this demographic. Um so, that might explain why you see uh in ELA a change from 27.03% 03% down to 14.28% to 8% uh in this demographic still we are well ahead of the state of California
099and Monterey County that theme continues uh our RFP students these are reclassified students reclassified fluent English proficient and I'm always impressed at um you know these are students are just coming out of EL and they are performing almost at the same level as the general population um they're very close. Uh remember our ELA overall general population scores were 71.78 and so these students are at 64.18 and our math overall general population score was 60.22. And here are the state and county scores. Again, Pacific Grove doing quite well. Monterey lagging behind the state of California. And uh our last focus group demographic SED youth uh this is socioeconomically disadvantaged youth. Uh there was a significant decrease in the number of SED students uh tested last year from 230 to 176. Although uh the numbers are down
100across the board. The decrease of 54 students is considerable. We're not sure if that plays into the decreases in scores here, but it's something to consider. Uh this metric will be something to consider as we make revisions to LCAP this year. It's going to show up as a growth area on one of the final slides. Um we are looking uh at um the remember this we are looking here at the data districtwide. Um that concludes the the first part of the analysis. I wanted to uh take a moment to shout out to principal Arun uh and her team also. um they were awarded, we heard earlier tonight that they were um given an award for uh basically making a difference in closing the opportunity gap based on strictly on the data. So it's very cool
101that we have a school that where we have these outside agencies that are looking at the data and recognizing the work that we are doing for some of these focus groups that we are addressing here tonight. Um and state of cal state of California, Monterey County, same pattern. Uh the next three slides have a lot of numbers and it can be quite confusing and you could spend a lot of time looking for patterns and analyzing these numbers. Um so all I'm going to do tonight is just highlight a few ways that uh we can look at some of these patterns. And um and and uh this first slide right here um please um note that I kept the 2018 and 19 numbers in the table to enable comparison to precoid numbers. um you will see
102general pattern of lower scores in um meaning that we're not quite back to COVID numbers and that's a pattern that exists across the state uh for ELA and math. I used green to highlight how to track a cohort. For example, the eighth graders in 2425 right here are basically the seventh graders in 23 24 and the sixth graders in uh 2223. So that's essentially the same group of students. You had 149 here, you have 151 here, and you have 138 right here. So there's a a slight slight decrease in the numbers um uh but generally the same uh group of students and um generally similar scores right there in that cohort. The blue boxes indicate the 11th grade cohort that tested exceptionally high in 23 24. And lastly the orange boxes track a cohort of
103students who were relatively high in the did not meet uh category. um 13% which can feel a little bit alarming, right? We had 13% of the students that did not meet. But when you track the cohort um this same group of students in fifth grade, you had 16% that did not meet. And then in fourth grade, 22% did not meet. So we're making progress with that group of students. And it's important also to note that these are students that are were in fourth grade just a few years uh coming out of COVID, right? So, uh, just an interesting way to to look at the data there. Next slide. Um, be reminded, this one is the math slide. That was the ELA that we were just looking at. Um, be reminded that as a district, our
104overall math scores are the highest we've seen in four years. It's another area where students in the state of California are still scoring below prepandemic levels. I've highlighted a few bright spots here where you see grade levels five and eight as examples um where you not only see the highest scores in four years, but you also see students matching or exceeding preandemic scores. So here's 2018 and 19 um in the gray row. And then here's this year or 2425 and you see that slight increase. So ahead of pre- pandemic which is not something that we're seeing. uh at the state level and then right here the eighth graders uh matching prepandemic levels which it's um that's lots of bright spots in terms of math which again was a growth area for last year cast scores
105the science test scores um this is the first year that the cast scores will be officially part of the state dashboard uh with a new science indicator and we are setting the bar high for ourselves um with this new science indicator. As you heard, you know, we're at the top of the county. We had a huge increase in the science scores. Uh we're exceeding preandemic level scores um the top scores in four years. Um so what I've done here is I've highlighted a few cells to illustrate um the comparison at all three grade levels of student scores. Uh remember the cast is given at grade 5, 8, and 11. Um the yellow boxes indicate 2018-19 scores and the green boxes indicate 24 25 scores. So we went from you know pre- pandemic 55% to 65
106uh in fifth grade in 8th grade 61% to 64% uh and in 11th grade 48% to 63%. So um uh that's another big bright spot. Moving on to the summitive LPAC results. Here's a slide that depicts something I alluded to earlier when I discussed the RFP de designation reclassified fluent English proficient. One of the requirements for becoming reclassified is scoring a level four on the summitive LPAC. 40.98% of our EL students in 2425 are that number th is those students are eligible for reclassification. Um, and you might see a really big jump right here, um, compared to last year, but again, this is a our most, um, uh, kind of variable population. Um, and another low end value. Uh, these are the numbers for the state of California and Monterey County. And then finally, the
107takeaways right here. Um, some of the strengths that we reviewed. Uh, there have been increases across the board in math, science, and ELPAC. The highest ma highest math scores in four years. CAST scores increased 7.28% and remain at the highest in the county. Uh, 40.98% of our EELS are eligible for reclassification. uh some growth areas um focus group population remained um a focus for all sites as indicated by LCAP goals uh goal three in particular um our socioeconomically disadvantaged student group uh that's what I highlighted earlier and I mentioned we'd be uh looking at that as a growth area and then also just continuing to focus on our restorative justice uh pillar of maintaining equitable learning environments. That's one of the three pillars of restorative justice, equitable learning environments. And the way we do that
108is we use professional learning communities to look at data. So we look at data from the sites more granularly um and we discuss them in PLC's and we develop interventions and try to continually uh find ways that we can improve. Um re remember that this is just a snapshot in time. Um these numbers represent an aerial perspective. The data that that is most important to our students happens in the classrooms uh through our common assessments that help to inform those instructional decisions and help us to develop some of those intervention steps. Uh it's important to note that this data reinforces the hard work that's happening in the classrooms. We've heard it many times tonight. We've we've we've seen it in the presentations from our students. We have just an outstandingly committed staff, a dedicated staff
109that truly truly cares. Um and that's what helps to enable these results. So I want to end with some gratitude. Uh just thank you to the teachers, to all of the support staff, the the site administrators. Um this this data truly is just kind of a snapshot of the culture of we coming together um and um just evidence that our three core values of belonging, safety, and prosperity um are doing good things in this district. >> Thank you very much, Dr. Heckquist. and we will again go out to the public for comment on this item. Okay, seeing none, we'll come back to the board and I'll just start off continuing on your message of gratitude there. It I I'll be very frank. I did not think we'd see this level of recovery postcoid in math
110scores. I mean that again shows that dedication as you mentioned particularly to our teachers but obviously the support staff and everyone else that's helped and can always want us to be better. I'm sure there's more growth we can do but that's really heartening to see. So again thanks for putting numbers together and thanks again to um everyone that's helped us get here. >> Yep. Trusty Wax. >> Um yeah I echo Dr. Hen sentiments and and appreciate the presentation. uh concerning science, was there a new curriculum or batch of teachers or conversely was it staple teachers like >> uh you know it's it's it's not so much that I think one thing that um possibly contributed and it's always it's impossible to know right um but uh it's a we used to test 11th and 12th
111graders and so there was a shift to make sure that students students were in at least at the high school level to make sure that the students were ready um to to take the test in 11th grade and that that um goes back a few years. So um we now have just 11th grade uh students taking the science test. And then one more question. Uh what constitutes a student being eligible for reclassification? >> Uh if they score a four on the uh summit of LPAC? >> Thanks. >> Mhm. >> Okay. Yeah. Trust. >> Um how do you how do you define the socioeconomically disadvantaged? What's the criteria you use? Uh so the criteria for SED is that they appear on the free and reduced lunch program list >> but now it's free. So is that
112>> Yeah. So um that's kind of a tricky thing. um uh they're um they're not >> you look at is that well the first thing that comes to my mind is you know um homeless or foster child um they probably automatically go into that category. Um but other than that, >> yeah, it's free. It's so it's part of the registration when they go into their registration packet um that they you know are asked about free and reduced lunch and um they either and I know yeah, director SA also keeps a pretty good handle on that. >> Yeah. I mean part of the problem is this this funding could go away, right? we're always really grateful and hopefully lobbying for it. So I think it's important they they have to you know the registration protects them
113in that case. So that's why there's still an incentive to register even though the lunches are free I think is what I would >> it is it is a selfidentification piece right that is families have to identify themselves as meeting those criteria. So we rely on the most accurate data that we have that is reported at the beginning of each year. >> Okay. Um, also on the COVID impacts, um, h have you decidedly put together, um, an assessment of the impacts over the years of COVID as far as the testing or or are you just, you know, keeping track and then saying, oh, compared to 2019? Um, is there a >> That's a really good question. Um uh that was one of the things that I actually did keep track of when I was hired
114as a to to teacher on special assignment in the district >> and I presented um a few times to the board during that time about the impacts of COVID with data and and all sorts of things. So I do have some reports that were happening um you know several years ago. The whole idea was to try to reduce or mitigate that um >> you know learning gap as much as possible. >> Yeah. I just I just wondered my granddaughter said said something. She's in eighth grade and she she says, "Oh, my spelling is terrible, but that's because of co." I said, "What?" She goes, "Yeah, but I missed that in co." Like, okay. But who knows? Maybe she's right, you know, but I mean she was already >> reading by that time, but um so
115it just made me think like, oh, you know, >> do we know like there there might be these little things that we never really associated with COVID like spelling or you know just certain that that somehow students have been able to kind of maneuver around and um we didn't we don't really realize like hey that was a impact from >> Yeah. We do know that the, you know, focus group populations that we were tracking Yeah. >> were the most affected. >> Yes. >> By co. >> And so that was something that we did pretty meticulously, you know, during the pandemic and and after. >> Okay. Good report. Thank you. Oh, and by the way, um the uh Symbian Liberation Army was a small American militant far-left organization active between 1973 and 1975. It claimed to
116be a vanguard movement. Uh they were widely regarded by American law enforcement to be the first terrorist organization to rise from the American left. So, >> thank you for helping me learn tonight. Yes, they kidnapped Patricia Hurst from from Berkeley and then they and then the FBI accused her of being one of them. It's a good story. >> Yes, >> it's a good story. >> Good local history. >> Thank you so much. >> Okay, thank you all. And with that there's no um nothing to vote on but we just the direction I think is keep on again keep on keeping on in terms of making the progress and look forward to hearing all about the focus areas. So we now have our CSBA board policy updates uh the first reading Dr. Adamson and the board
117policy committee. >> Thank you. Well I'd first like to just acknowledge and thank uh trust for your invaluable input uh through the discussions we had as an entire policy committee. uh there were this was a good amount you know that we brought forward not as many as the last time uh but just it makes for just some really deep discussion so what all I want to point out before I you know ask trustee Shamas to add you know anything additional she'd like the board to look at um is you know just some of the in addition to the CSBA their identified policies that they brought forward in this batch we also had selfidentified some additional policies that we wanted to look at as a committee so I'll just call attention to those uh our brilliant
118ing policy. You know, we had discussion around the board policy. What we're proposing tonight is changes to the actual AR. So that's 5 5131.2. And you'll see, you know, in the actual document, we've added language to incorporate the uh district discipline matrix uh and the process by which we review our bullying practices um and curriculum each year. Again, you know, that was really as a direct result of questions and input from Trusty Shamas. um AR6170.1 specific to class size. We've really just added language to reflect the class sizes. Um uh through our PGTA uh contract uh right now the language previously only indicates TK and K. So we really wanted to added it to affect all the other grades. Um we also uh indicated um we offered a progress report um on the on our
119AR for student use of technology. We're not bringing forward a finalized uh policy for that, but it was wonderful because director uh Dina was able to provide just a really nice overview of where they are in that process and very likely we'll be bringing that forward to the next meeting. Uh let's see AR5121 specific to uh the use of grades and evaluation of students who are currently on home hospital. there was a proposal to really change the language there to add the option of pass and fail for students who are receiving their instruction um when on home hospital and then really the others we had you know discussion I felt it was just prudent to bring forward some of the most recent guidance from the state related to our response as a district to immigration
120enforcement no policy related to that but really just wanted to bring it to the attention and that'll be something we'll be bringing uh and making sure all of our site administrators are aware of um tentative new policy forthcoming is um well that that's how we presented it uh related to program or contract evaluation but as a result of our discussion that day we really had and implemented a new process by which already um used to say superintendent John has added to uh the form that uh anyone fills out for the renewal of a contract in moving forward essentially asking that critical question again thank you to you trusty shamas you know have we been happy with the performance, right? And have we looked at, you know, the data? Are we pleased with that? And for
121that reason, you know, we're bringing it forward for renewal. Um, and then maybe the others uh that you'll see there are just um the last one is mobile communication devices. That is a bull policy that we're bringing forward to update really just to add the language uh computing devices to really be able to cover all forms um of technology that's used in the classroom. Trusty Shamas, I'm going to turn it over to you to add anything. >> Yes. So, yeah, the some of these interesting things like the one um international balorate program which Dr. Hequist told us well we don't have one so we don't have to adopt anything there and we've never had one. So um and then the we have one on governance standards which were very much uh falling in line with
122what we've already talked about for our own um handbook. And so we were just talking about well that we'll just be adding that to the handbook. Okay. Um and you can see that it's already those are already um norms that we've already agreed to. Um, and then the bullying thing. Yes. Um, oh, and then I just want to comment on um, director Binder um, gave us an overview of what they're doing for the um, the technology on the technology and it it's really going to be an important piece because they're going to be talking about, you know, appropriate screen times for different levels of ages and many different things like that are coming up and have come up. And so I was I was really impressed by the the format that he put together and
123that he has um a lot of different um references that he's pulling from to to, you know, showcase kind of where he's getting the ideas from. And they'll that'll come to us, but um it's not quite ready yet. But that's going to be important. Um, yeah. And then I think that's about it. You mentioned the the other one that Josh said he was working on. Good job. Excellent. And we will go out to public comment on the first reading of the policy. And I'll just say while we're waiting for people to raise their hands, there is an amazing summary. Again, if you don't read through all the policies like we've had to do, um you can go through just those summary sheets on page I think 268 to 273 that highlight what the changes were.
124It's just a really quick guide. So, thanks again for that. Uh, >> one more thing >> definitely >> um for student board rep um that that um technology piece that I was just talking about that's something that you would really be um interested to take to back to your fellow students to look at because it it's going to impact students you know in terms of what policies we would approve of as far as classroom use of of all the different technologies. And so it'd be good for you, especially high school students, to to give input onto, you know, like, oh, that's way off way off base or no, we agree with that. You know, it so those are some ways that you can really help us out. Thank you. >> So, not seeing any public
125comment while we're waiting there. So, we will go to the board. I don't know if student rep you'd like to comment on that now or bring us back at a later date. Either one is fine. >> Can definitely discuss that with my like peers. I'm really interested to talk about that. I do have thoughts. Yeah. >> Awesome. >> Not we're back to the rest of the board as well. Um Trusty Wax, you want to go first? I'll go after you. >> Yeah. um on the mobile communication or computing devices um it's a little bit different I guess but in the future or not the future I guess but smart glasses I don't think are addressed in this and so >> more watches just to mention that >> well it says smartwatch students may use cell
126phones smart watches >> okay I missed that >> um but I think there's obviously we don't want smart glasses or whatever to be in the classroom but also they might be prescription. So um I don't know it's just like a case that we have to Oh yes um we we did our best to write that to include any uh communication or computing device which would include smart glasses which would include um what else did you mention? uh smart watches. Um so we know technologies are going to come out like that. So we wanted to cover all those bases without mentioning too many individually. I mean we took out the word pager. So um and we we put laptop in but we didn't want to mention too many individually but that's why it's a communication or
127computing device. >> Yeah. I I think like just a a bit of difference with the glasses is if they are prescription too. So like does a student need to have a backup pair? I I don't know. It's like a >> So the the ideal world in an ideal world is the administration if the student comes with a prescription glasses, the administration should talk to the parents and say they should come they should come to school with with a regular pair of prescription glasses, not with a smart glasses. So I don't know if we can take it away that day and I'm just kind of talking out of turn here. Um but it should definitely be enforced with the with the parent. I think director Alazi, you make a good point along the lines there are
128going to be some exceptions and I would point to you know some smartphones where we have some students who utilize those if they have a a health uh condition right such as diabetes they have explicit permission you know in that case probably with a doctor's note that would be allowed and then you know we would work with that family and that student and the staff involved to identify the parameters around which you know that's utilized. So there'll always be those, you know, exceptions. Um, but yeah, you make the point of using more generalized language as much as possible. >> I had a similar question about the same policy and um, you know, one was just a comment on kind of the sight specific nature. I mean, we have different rules at our sites. So, and
129I know that would be better for the A and AR that deals with this. Um, but it just seems like, you know, it's they're not smartphones aren't permitted at all sites to the same degree. Right. Correct. At this time, they are allowed at the high school only during passing periods and break times and then, you know, unless otherwise explicitly directed by teachers that they're utilizing those or other, you know, optional devices during instructional time if it's related to the lesson that they have. >> Sorry, the student handbooks give more detail about spec specific use cases. So, this is just the general policy while it references the handbook where we can update it more quickly. >> Sure. I I guess I would still I would love there to be a little more specificity to this because
130I think it just could help us maybe even if it's as simple as saying sites may have more constraining rules based on, you know, something that basically makes a point that I don't want I don't want a parent to look at this and say, "Oh, well, this says we can use these. We want the elementary school now to have them." So I want to make sure our policy represents the will of the sites as well. If that makes sense. So that's my one >> that's in the handbook of each site, >> right? But I would like it actually in the policy because I want the pol again to read this policy and say this says I should be allowed to have my kid have a smartwatch in rat rubber down because that's our policy. You're
131saying that the policy should say into in the policy refer to >> either refer to the handbook or there's recognition that sites might have again because I think it needs to be in the policy because that's the legal I mean I agree I understand your point about the handbook being different but I want this to >> tie into mention yeah >> okay good >> if that's possible I don't know >> yeah we'll absolutely look at that yeah I think it could be an easy change yeah >> the other one quickly I know there was an update potentially about from the state there was a at least a governor argument that there's going to be a statewide ban on phones. I mean, we haven't had any more update on that from CSBA or anything. >> No.
132And really at this point, it is, you know, I think it is the requirement that came down from the state was that every district had to look at and develop policy around the usage of cell phones, giving the flexibility to each LEA. Um, and so we're in compliance. we were already, you know, in compliance with that, but you know, we came back and reviewed that language and that policy, you know, I think it was around this time last year, but nothing beyond that. >> Thank you. >> No other comments. I think hopefully that gives a bit of direction. Thank you again so much for the detailed edits here from everyone, including Lewis. This is really appreciated. So, and now we're on to our last our future agenda items. Dr. Adamson. >> Oh, this is where
133we request from the board any future agenda items to be requested. >> Yes. Um, thank you. I have two which I ran by Dr. Adamson during our one-on-one. Um, one of them is and just a status update, a review on the safety audit. Um, just compliance, where we're at, how's it going, because that's something we paid for. I want to keep it just alive and in use. And the same with regard to um the communications review we did with National Association of School PR professionals. >> Yes. NESA. >> I hate the too many acronyms. But anyways, if we could review that and just see where we're at progress and check in, I would appreciate it. >> Yes, absolutely. And you'll actually see I think I've added that to the either January or February um calendar
134so they're noted so that way we don't lose sight of it. But thank you for bringing that forward. It will be the perfect timing, I think, for updates on both. >> And I'll just mention trust's what she brought up. I don't think falls to a future agenda item in terms of the reviewing consent item for overnight, but I think that's something hopefully we can do through cabinet just to come up with a suggestion. >> I've made note of that. Sure. >> Right. Seeing nothing else, a public comment. Did I give public comment for this? There's any future agendas? If not, I will go ahead and adjourn our meeting at 8:25. Thank you all so much. It was