PVPUSD BOE Regular Meeting 8-27-25 4:00 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.

001We will now convene our board of education regular meeting. Today is August 27th, 2025 and the time is 4:00. Board member Hamill has accepted a position as a civil rights assistant United States Attorney and subsequently resigned her school board position effective August 22nd. Tonight at 7 o'clock, we will have a special meeting to determine the next steps and timeline in selecting someone to fill the board vacancy. Public comment on close session items. Miss Wescott, do we have any public comments? >> We have no public comments. >> Thank you. We will now recess to close session to talk about conference with labor negotiator, public employee performance evaluation, employment, public employee appointment, public employment, public employee discipline dismissal release, two conferences with legal counsel on existing litigation, and three conferences with legal counsel on anticipated litigation. We

002expect to reconvene at 5:30. Thank you. I'd like to reconvene our meeting and thank you for your patience. Our close session went a little long tonight and again I appreciate you waiting for us. Um, we'd like to start with the pledge of allegiance. And if I could ask all of the students that are here tonight in order to um as part of the advanced leadership program, if you wouldn't mind coming forward and um helping us lead us in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Next, we'll have a report of the board action taken and closed. The board approved the settlement agreements for OAH case

003number 202560453 and student number 2025801 by a roll call vote as follows. Saradine, yes. Ami Gandhi, yes. Linda Kerr, yes. Eric Aliggria, yes. The district will provide student related services and the students waved all claims against the district. Okay, moving on. Approval of the agenda. Can I get a motion? >> So moved. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Motion passes 40. Next, we'll have our first PVPUSD highlight of the year, the advanced internship program and lead summit. And Dr. Shrona, please. >> All right. So, this summer, 32 of our high school students participated in the district's advanced internship program designed and delivered in partnership with Nova School. Students immerse themselves in cutting edge projects across industries, gaining confidence, career clarity, and future ready skills while making an impact for the organizations

004they served. The program culminated in the lead summit, a NOVA school event showcasing Gen Z leadership. Hosted by PVPUSD at the UCLA South Bay campus, the summit featured students presenting their projects in a professional setting, demonstrating growth in public speaking, teamwork, critical thinking, and creativity. Following a successful inaugural year, the program aims to expand by involving more employers, community partners, and mentors. And it was just a delight to be there uh at the lead summit. And tonight, we have Miss Egan and Dr. Corwin to kick this off for us. >> Good evening. Thank you for having us. I'm Becky Egan, coordinator of the summer advanced internship program. Sorry. And I'm Regina Corwin. Um before our students are highlighted um on their incredible experience, I would first like to share with the audience that nationally only

0052% of US high school students complete an internship before graduation. despite the clear benefits of early career exploration. Um, through our grant-f funed advanced internship program, PVPUSD is the only district in the South Bay that ensures students not only gain valuable workplace experience, but also receive formal academic recognition. Students who completed our PVP USD advanced internship program this summer earned five units of UC approved elective credit recorded directly on their high school transcripts. This innovative opportunity enables our students to explore potential career paths, enhance their college applications, and develop professional skills that prepare them for success after high school. And I am so proud of the students that participated this summer. Becky Egan. Okay. Thank you for inviting us tonight to talk about our advanced internship program that PVPUSD offers to rising high school juniors

006and seniors. I recently attended a workshop this past Friday. It was hosted by LEO in the Golden State Pathway Program. the GSP and that's one of the grants that we have and the Los Angeles Economic Development Center and they're responsible for predicting LA's economic growth and trends in the job market presented to a large group in the room about high indust high growth industries as well as the four skills in demand that the current labor market is looking for. So the four growth industries are advanced manufacturing. So that's robotics and aerospace, technology and IT, green economy or we're calling it climate studies and sports industries. And I say that because a lot of our internships were focused in those areas. And so we now have more of a we're going to tackle internships very specifically

007and target in a different way. That being said, there are four skills that our employers are looking for. And that would be technical skills, digital literacy skills, bilingual skills, and last are soft skills. And we like to call those our lead skills. And that's what the foundation of our program is about. So we are on the right track. So I want to introduce Shubert Cathery, CEO and founder of Nova School to share why our partnership and curriculum are essential to our students future in the workforce. Nova School has connections and networks to potential employers. Has a very strong reputation which builds trust with the employers. Has practical knowledge of industry, knows current employer trends and can create opportunities usually not found in our educational setting. And last but not least has a very comprehensive curriculum

008around these soft skills or the 24 lead skills which all of our students got this summer. And without further ado, Shoubra. Thank you, Miss Egan. Good evening everyone. I'm Shubra Curiel like Becky mentioned, founder and CEO of Nova School. I've had the privilege of working for over 20 years in corporate industry and as part of that I've worked with over a 100 different Fortune 500 firms, startups, WC firms anywhere from companies like Toyota, Kelloggs, General Mills, JP Morgan, Chase and many other corporates that we have heard of. My key goal in my career has been innovation which is helping these companies look at the future trends and innovate for the next which has been a very delightful experience. As I was doing that, one of the key gaps we started to see in the market

009was that the world is changing rapidly, really fast, and we all see that. And at the same time, it is so critical to empower our next generation with all the key skills that are needed not just for the jobs of today and tomorrow, but also the courage to shape their own future and the future of this world with confidence. And that's the foundation that we set at Nova School. And I'm so glad that through this first cohort, we had 12 participating employers who gave these students some amazing opportunities anywhere from business innovation, marketing, healthcare research, policy writing to AI. AI agents are going to disrupt most of the workplaces of tomorrow. And some of our students even had the opportunity to build those. So it's not just the opportunities, it's the amazing work the students

010did to step up to that experience and the employers were really amazed by what these students did. So I will now let the students go ahead and speak. I just wanted to add one last thing that as part of this program every single student felt that they left with way more confidence than what they started with at the start of this program and that's a big win in itself. So with that with that I will hand it to our first student Kokon. Hi everyone, my name is Kokia and I am a junior at Palisbury's high school. Um this summer I had this really incredible opportunity to participate in this internship program and I worked as a research intern at Nova School. And to start off this internship program, we participated in a series of lead

011workshops online. And I think my greatest takeaway from these workshops was just that we learned so many skills that we normally wouldn't really have the opportunity to learn in our schools, just in our academic classes. Whether that's skills like entrepreneurship, communication, business, digital design, and we learned about things like the trust equation, how to build strong relationships with people in the a professional setting. And after that I got to participate in my internship where I worked with a team um a team of three to research about the future of work and what that looks like with the rise of AI and all these changes that are happening in the workplace. And we just really got to um participate in all these activities that really helped grow our skills in a professional manner such as interviewing

012all these professionals whether those were the tech founders, tech CEOs, um school administrators from our own district that we got to talk with and learn about how to speak to this pe these people and ask meaningful questions. We surveyed a lot of working professionals and students and we analyzed a lot of sources and reports and we compiled everything. Learned how to synthesize all of those findings into this big research report about the future of work and AI. And I think that this entire process just gave me the opportunity to um really develop so many skills that normally we don't have the opportunity to really hone in on during our high school years. And I think that um in a way we were able to not just get new skills but build on the skills that

013we were already learning in our classroom. So it kind of connected and built upon what we are already doing in high school. So I think that this in experience was really incredible. And of course I got to work with my wonderful mentor Schubra who is just so accomplished and so experienced and so supportive. So thank you so much for giving me this opportunity to speak and I'll hand it over to Ryan. Hi everyone, my name is Ryan Chang. I am a senior at Palace Veries Peninsula High School. This past summer I did my internship at AltaC which is a company that is centered around the blue economy and environmental sustainability. So in my internship I studied aquaculture and environmental sustain sustainability through lectures from experts such as one professor from USC, graduate students in the

014research field and companies uh that are working to prevent climate change by doing carbon sequestration which is removing carbon from the atmosphere or from like the ocean. So, I really like this um internship because I learned so much from professionals and got to see the different job markets of what someone in environmental science could pursue. And also I got to uh lead a public educational activity towards u younger students to educate like the future on the kelp forest and how those kelp forests lead to they contribute to preventing climate change and helping environmental sustainability. There's also a robotics program at Altac for people more interested in the STEM field and they're doing stuff using technology to also further reduce the uh carbon and the climate. So Al to see is a great uh experience just

015to get volunteer hours and really learn from mentors and just understand this new uh area of envir environmental science where in the past we weren't really like looking at but in the future going forward this is really important for our world. So thank you so much and next we got Amy. Hi everyone, my name is Amy Wen and I'm a junior at Palace Birdies High School. This summer, I had the opportunity to intern in the superintendent's office. Leading up to my internship, I gained collaboration and communication skills through weekly workshops with Nova School AI. And during my internship, I learned all about policy and how things run behind the scenes within PVPUSD. I had the opportunity to redline board policies and administrative regulations and even to create powerpoints to update administrators at their meeting. But

016overall, I gained real world experience in leadership, education, and public service, which I'm really grateful for. Next, I'm going to introduce Ryan. Hello, my name is Ryan Low, a senior at Palis Peninsula High School. And this summer, I was able to intern at SDE, which is an automobile software marketplace backed by the likes of General Motor, Magna, etc. And this internship really revved me up to high gear, shifted me into high gear. Sorry, those are some automobile puns for you. But besides bad puns, what I think was most impactful for me in this internship was the real contributions I made toward this company. For instance, I was able to look at the budgeting of the company, make product training videos for the company, make LinkedIn posts, do award timeline research, all projects which the company

017could use to contribute to their sort of dayto-day success. In addition, I was able to cultivate a professional skill set through the Noah school workshop, helping me feel really prepared for any sort of work in the future. And overall, this sort of professional internship experience, which a lot of students aren't exposed to, but still is important for our future, is why I think the district should continue to further this program for our future PBPUSD students. Thank you guys so much. >> Thank you. And that's a wrap. We just wanted to really thank the amazing leadership of PBPUSD for rolling out this forwardinking internship program. This really helped set a very high bar for our district. Thank you. >> I would say thank you all. I am so impressed by your public speaking ability. You just

018stood there and talked, right? You didn't have notes or anything and you just went off your experience and I'm very impressed. Um I don't know if other Mr. Algria >> Oh, I'm I'm very impressed and I'm very revved up. So, I appreciate that. I appreciate the pun. It's a it's an amazing program. I is someone who spent um a career uh sort of in the corporate environment and and with nonprofits and I I love that the diversity of experiences that you all had. Um my message to you is to just keep trying new things. That's always going to inform you in your lives. Uh so continue on that path. Um each experience even the difficult experiences are growth experiences. So um continue the great work. Love the program. My hats off um Dr. Egan, Dr.

019Corwin and and um or the CEO um I forgive me I forgot your first name but I'm very very impressed with with the program and certainly these are the kinds of things that make this school district particularly special and unique. So uh thanks for thanks for representing us so well to the students. >> Dr. De uh I was lucky enough to attend the lead summit and I was completely I mean you guys did get a taste of it today which was fantastic. The students just blew us away. the how many total were there because today we heard from four. It was how many? >> 32. So imagine this times another eight, right? It was amazing and incredible. And I had not paid attention to the lead values um that Becky shared with us, but I

020totally saw those in the presentations. Um my only hope is that more of our students are able to benefit from this uh program next year. So I want to commend and thank Shra Couturia uh for engaging with our school district and entrusting us as your partner. of course want to thank uh Becky and uh Dr. Corin also for this great work and all the business partners because all of these uh businesses including our our school district took the time to mentor students in a very meaningful way and I'm very appreciative and like I said at the summit um I hope our students will take these skills and set ever audacious goals for themselves uh moving forward. So congratulations and thank you again to all of our partners. Miss Gandhi. >> Um I just wanted to

021start by saying thank you so much for being here today. Unfortunately, I had to meet miss the lead summit. So I do appreciate you guys being here tonight and kind of sharing um a little bit what was presented. Um the work you all do is so important and I'm so glad you were here to share it from you know you guys talked about AI, environmental science, um education and policy and even software automobile software. I think it's um it's very exciting and I look forward to hearing more about what you guys do with this in the future. >> Yeah. And particularly impressive that this was your first year, right? Your first year and you found placements for 32 students who apparently all learned an incredible amount. So, thank you very much. Miss Wescott would like

022to take our picture. Come on. >> You're coming. >> Regina, you're coming. >> Yeah. Good. Thank you. Miss Wescott, do we have any public comments on non-aggenda items? >> We have no public comment. >> Thank you. Okay. Presuming we might have public comment on open session agenda items, the public will be given the opportunity to address the board during each agenda item. Remarks shall be limited to three minutes per person. If there are more than 20 speakers, individual comments will be limited to one minute. Requests must be submitted prior to the agenda item you wish to address. Directions on how to submit a comment are available at www.pvpusd.net/feedback. Okay, moving onward. Approval of the minutes. If I could get a motion and a second. >> I'll move approval. >> Second. >> Thank you. All in

023favor? >> I. Any opposed? Motion passes 40. Okay, on to the reports. The first report is my report. Tonight's board of education meeting is being recorded and livereamed via a link on the district website. We are seeking new members for two important district committees, the operations advisory committee and the education advisory committee. The OAC advises on budget and facilities related matters. OAC applications are due September 3rd. The EAC reviews and advises on instructional programs, curriculum processes, instructional technology priorities, and other educational topics as requested by the board. EAC applications are due September 17th. Please see our website for additional information and applications. Board member Hamill has accepted the position of civil rights assistant United States Attorney and has accordingly resigned her seat on the school board effective August 22nd. The board will convene a special

024meeting later this evening at 7 p.m. to discuss the process and timeline for filling the vacancy. This meeting will also be livereamed. Miss Hamill's service will be honored at a future meeting. Back to school night for grades TK through 5th is next week. Please check your school's website for more information. Elementary schools will have a minimum day schedule on Friday, September 6th. Back to school night for grades 6 through 8 is Thursday, September 11th, followed by a minimum day Friday for intermediate schools. Palace Verdies High School and Peninsula High School have back to school night Thursday, September 18th, followed by a minimum day Friday for PVHS and Penn. Rancho Delmor's back to school night is Thursday, September 25th, also followed by a minimum day. The district is pleased to continue to offer free meals to

025all TK through 12 students for the 2025 2026 school year. There are many exciting updates underway for the school nutrition program, and we invite students, parents, family members, and the community to check the food services website frequently for the menu and new announcements. Tickets for Peninsula Education Foundation's Toast on the Coast are officially on sale, and you do not want to miss this. Join us for PEF's Party with a Purpose on Saturday, September 27th as we kick off the school year in style. Get ready to donate, celebrate, and dance at Palace Verdis' largest food and music festival, all while raising critical funds for our PV schools. Tickets are available now at toast onthe coastpv.com. All PVPUSD sites and district offices will be closed Monday, September 1st, in honor of the Labor Day holiday. And now,

026please join me in welcoming our new student school board members, Mason Kim from Peninsula High School and Malia Tamilan from Peavey High School. And I hope you'll each take a few minutes to introduce yourself, tell us a little bit about yourself and tell us what your school is doing. And Mason, would you like to start? >> Oh, good evening everyone. Uh, my name is Mason Kim and I'm entering my final year at Peninsula. Like my predecessor, Brandon, I'm part of our team, our school's speech and debate team. Um, I'm also the vice president of our mock trial team, an editor for our school newspaper, The Pen, which I hope you all read. Um, and I enjoy watching horror movies. Um, I have to thank this community for in putting me on the path that uh

027sort of inspired me to run for board. Up until 8th grade, I thought I'd be uh pursuing STEM. Uh, but then I joined a small debate class at Rididgerest and it literally changed my life. uh I developed a passion for political advocacy and from then I uh joined a bunch of other extracurriculars in that similar vein. Uh most recently I was part of capital convoy which many of you hopefully remember was organized by our PTA. Um, and that was really what sort of inspired me to run for board because um, that was really the first time I actually got to talk with politicians and engage on issues that like actually affected me and like my surrounding community and that I felt like I had an actual say in affecting um, I'm really hoping on working

028for uh, working with all of you this year and hope I can make an impact. Uh, as for my report, uh, would you like me to proceed with my report? >> Please. Peninsula did an amazing job wel welcoming our incoming freshmen. Uh as usual, our link crew program organized freshman orientation day complete with some really heartwarming activities. I really always appreciate the tunnel of upper classmen that cheer for the freshmen as they run through into the auditorium. Uh shout out to Dr. Gity who has done a stellar job as principal so far. I see him walking around school like every day, stopping into classrooms, uh, greeting students on their way into the cafeteria and, uh, watching our performances in the amphitheater. Uh, the presence and kindness of the faculty at Peninsula is always one of

029my favorite aspects of its environment. Uh, we ended off our first week back with a drive-in movie night featuring high school musical. In addition to perfect summer weather, students had uh, a great opportunity to meet new people, get a 60s style experience, and uh, sneak in a few games of volleyball. Uh, athletics are starting to ramp up this year with volleyball, water polo, flag football, tennis, and cross country all starting their seasons this week. And congratulations to our water polo team, seniors August Madano and Benson Webster, who won fourth and fifth team NISCA All-American Honors, respectively, as well as recent graduate Eric Nishimura, who won third. The NI NISCA All-American Honor requires nationwide nominations from coaches recognizing the very best water pose in the country. and we can't wait to see August and Benson dominate

030in their season senior season. And we're wishing our alumnist Eric the best of luck as he continues his education at UCLA. Peninsula's first home football game is this Friday against Santa Monica where Panthers will have the opportunity to run home for the theme of Rush Week. Uh starting September 3rd and going through October, our college and career center will be hosting college rep visits for juniors and seniors. Representatives from USC, University of San Francisco, Chapman, ASU, UCSD, and the University of Chicago are just a few of those who will be attending. The CCC will also be hosting college uh college night on September 10th, as well as practice SAT and ACT exams for juniors and seniors to help them get a better feel for their testing environment. Uh, that concludes my report. And as always,

031go Panthers. >> Thank you very much, Malia. >> Thank you, Mason. I loved hearing what was going on at Peninsula. Good evening. My name is Malia Tamlin and I am a junior at Palis High School. I am honored to be the school board representative for PV High and I would like to thank thank Dr. Serrano, the entire executive cabinet as well as board president Linda Kurt and the rest of the school board for the honor to be part of this experience at PV High. I am a part of be the change link crew varsity soccer and many other things on campus and I'm honored to represent PV High. I was excited to apply for the schoolboard position as I love Pey High School and fostering a positive school environment is very important to me. I

032want to use this opportunity to represent as many of our student body members as possible. With more than 460 new freshmen, we are excited to keep growing our activities on campus. On behalf of the students, here are some of the things that we have done in our first week of school. Starting with academics, we are proud to announce and welcome seven new great teachers as well as a school psychologist to Pales High School. We are also pleased to welcome Bryce principal Mr. Takayyama to our school. Our counseling department and college and career center are busy helping our seniors prepare for the college admissions admission season. Our senior parents attended a counseling presentation that reviewed building a college list, letter of recommendations, and important upcoming senior events. The College and Career Center has a wonderful college

033night planned for Monday, September 8th, with guest speakers discussing the 25 biggest myths of college admissions, followed by an outofstate college fair where our seeking families can meet college reps from across the country. Additionally, we will be hosting a Stanford's admissions rep who is coming to speak to Pey High School students about applying to selective private universities as well as Caltech is hosting an application case study to help students understand the process for applying to highly selective engineering programs. We are also hosting an involvement fair which highlights our academic clubs and signature programs on campus such as mun mock trial science olympiad pivot as well as our academic honor societies. Continuing with athletics, we are proud to announce that our girls flag football team has won six of their seven last games and are off

034to a great six in one start. Additionally, Coach Sudama was nominated for coach of the week by the LA Chargers. Make sure to visit the Pave High School girls flag football page to vote. We would love to have our girls coach honored the same way coach Gardner was honored last year. Additionally, our football, water polo, tennis, cross country, and volleyball teams are off to a great start this season, and we can't wait to see how great they will do. And lastly, we are proud to announce that we have a new our color guard team is rejoining the marching band, and we are very excited to see where that leads us. Lastly, talking about school culture, Be the Change hosted new student lunches for out of district students, new freshmen, or anyone that needed someone to

035come and eat lunch with. and we hosted those last week and this week and are planning on whether to continue hosting those in the upcoming weeks. We are also starting to plan for yellow ribbon week. Link crew started with a great freshman orientation and I loved getting to know the freshman and helped introduce them to the school. As always, thank you to everyone who helped put this on. I it was a great experience for the freshman as well as for the upper classmen to kind of foster that seeking family pride. Lastly, ASB is holding a great welcome week this week with fun activities such as grade level dodgeball, class comp, pilot tide, etc. to help welcome freshmen to the school as well as preparing to plan homecoming. We also have upcom upcoming football game this

036Friday. Make sure you wear red and come to the drive-in um movie where we will be watching Teen Beach movie that night. Lastly, P um PVHS PTSA held a welcome back coffee for all new and returning families. This was an opportunity for everyone to learn more about the people and activities that make PV High so special. In the future, we are excited to continue making PV High a welcoming and loving place and constantly improve to make PV High the best place it can be. Thank you again to the school board for helping facilitate all these amazing activities and accomplishments. I love sharing everything going on with you at PV High and here's to another proud day as a seeking. >> Wow, you both did an amazing job, especially since this was your first time. So,

037it's so nice to hear about all the things that are going on at your school. Miss Wescott may have told you, but we know you are very, very busy. And so, if you need to leave now, anytime, you are allowed to disappear, perfectly fine. And in the future, if you have things to comment on, please kind of wave at me or text Miss Wescott because we get so busy conversing that sometimes we forget that you have things to share. So, please feel free to let us know. Wait, wait, wait. I have something to share. So, love to hear from you. >> Goodbye. Goodbye. Our next report is the report of the Palace for Faculty Association leadership and we welcome their new PVA president, Miss Samantha Weiss. >> Thank you. Hit the button. Start my video.

038Got it. Okay. Good evening. Um, wow. Let's see. Year 30 for me. Uh, all started after Cal State Long Beach. My first job was a long-term sub at Herbert Hoover Middle School in Long Beach. That takes me back. But anyhow, then by way of Mayfair, the home of the monsoon in Lakewood for 11 years. And now year 20 in PV, so I guess year 31, I think I cuz I lost one year cuz I only got 11 or 12 of my years because of the way the contract's written. Anyhow, I wanted to tell you guys a story because that's what I do. I'm a sixth grade teacher. We love stories. So my dad was mad at me when I was growing up one time because I didn't take my sister's um her newspaper route. she

039was sick and I'd promised her and I didn't. And he was furious with me. And so he started out by saying, "Samantha, if you ever want to rob a bank, you don't have to go in two guns smoking. You don't need a teller note. You don't need a getaway car. All you need to do is take out a loan and don't pay it back." And I was like, "Dad, what are you really trying to tell me about?" Because I knew he wasn't telling me to go rob a bank. Um, so then he proceeded to spend about an hour talking about contract law. My dad was the last Weiss at Paul Weiss, Paul Weiss, Rifken, Wharton, and Garrison. Um, fun fact about Paul Weiss, it's in the news a lot lately because they bent the knee.

040Um, they had a lot of pressure from the federal government to do some of their bidding. But, um, fun fact is they were the first Jew and Gentile law firm in New York City. So Lewis Paul and William Weiss joined forces and showed that could all just get along. So I love that about my family legacy. Anyhow, I did not want to be a lawyer and I wanted nothing to do with contracts. Somehow contracts have found me. I wanted to be a teacher and I ran from my opening convocation ceremony at Whittier Law School before I went to sign over my life to them. I decided, nope, I want to go be a teacher. and I went down to Cal State Long Beach and I signed up to be a teacher and I've never looked

041back, never regretted it. But here I am this year facing my first year really having to look very closely at contracts. And I guess what I'd like to impart on you all is that I think we can have a great year. Let's just really follow that contract. Let's have it be our guide to action. It is our promisory note to one another, not to rob the bank. Let's be really good to each other. I have members that come to me, can they really make me do this? And I have to say, yeah, there's nothing in the contract that says they can't. And sometimes I will point things out that maybe are not being adhered to. So, let's work together. And it's a living document. If we don't like something, we can revisit it. But we

042do need to uphold it together. So, let's have a great year. Thanks. >> Thank you very much. Our next report should be the report of the California Chapter 123 California Schools Employee Association with Miss Elaine Jary, but she unfortunately has another commitment tonight. So we'll join us next time. Following that, we have our report of superintendent and Dr. Serrano. >> All right. Good evening board members, staff, community. We had a smooth and positive start to the school year last week. I had the opportunity to visit several schools during the first few days of school and more this week. It was heartwarming to see the excitement on our students faces as they returned from summer break, ready to learn, grow, and connect. During my visits, some teachers asked their students if they knew who I was.

043The responses ranged from vice president to assistant principal and my personal favorite, a dietician. Moments like these remind me of the joy and energy that our students bring to our schools each and every day and the creativity and passion our teachers bring to their classrooms. As I begin my third year as superintendent of PVPUSD, I'm excited to continue the important work ahead guided by our district goals and our strategic plan. Our district motto, one team, one goal, one PVPUSD, is more than just a slogan. It's a commitment, a reminder that when we come together as one unified team, we can achieve great things for our students and families. So, as we launch this new year, I want to remind all staff, families, and community members that student success is a shared responsibility with students at

044the center of every decision. And by working in partnership across all roles, board members, district leaders, site administrators, teachers, classified staff, and families, we can create the very best educational environment for every learner. Uh we're excited to welcome our new student board members for the 2526 school year. Mason Kim from Peninsula High School. He had to jam out of here. He must have a lot of homework already. Okay. And Malia Tamlin from Palis High School. Mason and Malia. um thank you for stepping up into this leadership role. I look forward to your insights and working with you throughout the year. And um with that, I'd like to share just a quick update on district enrollment and attendance. Our current enrollment is sitting with 10,293 students. Last year's enrollment at this time was 10,260 students. So,

045this is a slight increase and it is largely due to the growth of our transitional kindergarten or TK program which now includes 20 TK classrooms across the district. We're proud to welcome our youngest learners, the four-year-olds, to PVPUSD campuses. And while enrollment is important, daily attendance plays an even more critical role in student learning and in support of district funding. So, as of today, of the 10,293 students we have enrolled, we had 10,147 students present in school, which is a difference of 146 students from the total enrollment. Um, of course, if as if our if your child or student is ill, we ask that they stay home to recover, but otherwise, we encourage families to ensure students are present every day. Regular attendance helps students stay engaged in their learning and contributes directly to district

046revenue as funding is tied to average daily attendance. We'll continue to closely monitor these numbers throughout the fall and appreciate your partnership in promoting strong strong attendance. It could also be that some of these students have yet to disenroll from our system. So, it doesn't mean that we have that many students absent today necessarily. Um, with that, I'm pleased to introduce two outstanding educators who have recently joined our PVPUSD leadership team. First, I'd like to introduce you to Ingredlair. She is our elementary assistant principal. Ingred supports Dappel Grey, Point Vicente, and Rancho Vista elementary schools. She brings over 19 years of experience in education, most recently as assistant principal at Culver City Middle School. Prior to that, she taught and served as a grade level coordinator in Tibberon, California since 2013. Ingred holds a master's

047degree in reading from National University and a bachelor in liberal studies from Calpali, Humbult up where I was born. She is bilingual and biiterate in English and Spanish. And she lives in Herosa Beach with her family. I like to give a fun fact. So fun fact about Ingred is that she has visited Yusede every year since childhood and she even rock climbed El Capitan, one of the most iconic clims in the world. Ingred, do you want to come up and just say a few words? Welcome. Thank you everyone. Good evening. Thank you for having me here. Thank you everyone who is here to participate. And I just want to just say it is an honor and a pleasure to be part of the Palace Verde's Peninsula Unified School District. I look forward to meeting all

048of you personally and to working with all of you and making this just a lasting and professional career here where where I'll be able to um grow and um meet all the needs of our students. So just thank you very much for having me. >> Thank you. Next, I'd like to introduce you to Kirk Takayyama, associate principal, Palace Veries High School. Kirk brings more than 15 years in education, including nine years as a school administrator. He most recently served as assistant principal at Da Vinci Design Academy in Weisburn District. Before that, he was an assistant principal at Burke Corona Charter School and also taught there for several years. He holds a master's in education from National University and a bachelor's in chinesiology. Kurt lives locally with his wife and they are expecting their first child

049this fall. That's not the fun fact, though. That is a fun fact. The fun fact about Kirk, he is a self-described foodie who enjoys trying new restaurants and traveling. So, if you need tips on places to eat, talk to Kirk. He recently returned from a two-week trip to Japan. Kirk, come on up. First and foremost, thank you for this opportunity to speak up here. And Dr. Serrano, members of the board, and everybody that's here. Um, thank you very much for this opportunity. It's it's it's been a it's a huge honor um to to serve the the students and the community of the of the of PVPUSD. Um I I just want to say that everybody that I've met has been super welcoming, super warm. Leah, thank you very much for everything. um meeting me and

050talking to me. But um I wanted just everybody to know that uh the last two weeks of school has been amazing um working alongside Dr. Ramirez and um Mr. Hill. I look forward to um many years of of supporting this community and the and the district for many years to come. Thank you. >> Wonderful. Welcome Ingred and Kirk. We're thrilled to have you on the PVPUSD team. And in closing, I would like to acknowledge and thank Julie Hamill for her dedicated service to the board and to our community. I know we'll have a more formal opportunity at a future date. I wish her all the best in her future endeavors and I'm grateful for her contributions to the district. Thank you all for your continued support of PVPUSD. Here's to a strong, successful school year

051ahead together as one team, one goal, one PVPUSD. >> Thank you so much. and a special welcome to both of our new people. Um, and our last report is the report of the Southern California Regional Occupational Center board member, Dr. Dean. >> I actually don't have a report today. >> Well, then thank you. Okay, discussion action items. Our first action item is the approval of the tentative collective bargaining agreement between PVPUSD and the Palace Verdies Faculty Association. We'll have an introduction and then board discussion and vote. Dr. Richard. >> Thank you, board president Kurt. Uh, this item comes before you tonight hopefully for approval. Uh, the agreement with Palace Freddy's faculty association as well as the district represents a collaborative collaborative effort to reach an agreement on negotiated proposals that benefit our employees and our

052district. So, take questions, >> questions, comments. Uh I was at the Peninsula High PTA meeting last night um giving folks a little overview of how to engage in board meetings and what was coming up on the agenda. And I shared that one of our items was um approving the uh tentative collective bargaining agreement and there was a palpable reaction in the crowd and parents came up to me afterwards and they said we had no idea that we were in negotiations. We didn't hear any there was no drama. There was no bad feelings. There was no and I just want to commend both all actually because it's three bargaining teams. I want to commend all three of the bargaining teams for a job well done uh for a very collaborative spirit and that is what helps

053our students the most and I got a lot of positive feedback from very grateful parents yesterday. So thank you Dr. Lardello and to our entire teams that worked both from CSA and PVFA. Thank you so much. It's a great way to kick off the school year. >> Thank you. Yes, it was a collaborative process like I said with with our bargaining partners. Um, we were able to finish an agreement really before we started the new year, which is something we hadn't been able to do in a little while. And the spirit of negotiations was it was it was great. At times it was I mean it's not always a great experience, but this past round of negotiations that we had, I think there really was a lot of both sides working together to to come

054to agreement. I was going to say what you said, but you said it even. >> Eric, did you want to say something? >> It's a little bit of ditto, but I just wanted to comment that um I think the way we go about things and how we work and the culture we establish as a community and in celebration of our partners, our faculty, uh friends and um members of our community is is critical. And just as Dr. Dean alluded to, I'm proud to be a part of it. proud that we uh were able to have a successful outcome and in collective bargaining and very pleased with the fact that we can do the great work for our kids in this community. Um and that we're at the beginning of this school year. So well said.

055>> Did you want to say something? >> I agree with both of you. Very well said. Thank you. >> Okay. If there's no other questions, can I get a motion? I move that the board of education approve the tentative collective bargaining agreement and related budget revisions between PVPUSD and PVFA. >> Second. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? >> Motion passes 40. >> Okay. K2 is the approval of the tentative collective bargaining agreement between PVPUSD and chapter 123 of the California Schools Employee Association. I don't want to ruin the surprise, but it's very similar to item discussion aim action item number one. Um we, you know, reached an agreement before the start of the new school year, which was great. That also represents a collaborative effort between the district and CSEA, uh

056where our negotiated proposals, we worked together on them, and we we were putting forward proposals and a CBA that benefits employees as well as the district. Thank you. Comments. >> No comments. >> Comments. >> Okay. Can I get a motion? >> I'll go ahead and move approval. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes 40. >> Thank you. K3, the Mural Intermediate swimming pool. We'll have an introduction and then board discussion and vote. Um, Mr. I have a lot of friends with us this evening joining us as our partners. So at the board of education meeting in June um just to kind of take us back a little bit because we did have to take a pause on this project. Staff pulled item K3M because we sent notice rejecting all

057bids at that time. defects identified in all four bids at that time um that we received were material and could not be easily remedied without the potential for a series of protests or counterprotests. That's timely and costly. So when we did reject that, we again want to emphasize this was never a rejection of the project and we did promise at that time in June that we would be back here in August. So here we are. On July 3rd and July 9th, the district published an advertisement um to pre-qualify contracts for the M Marilles intermediate swimming pool improvement project um because it is estimated to be over a million dollars. Qualified contractors were required to pre-qualify by July 14th and we did have three that successfully completed that process by the deadline. Following this on July

05817th, we issued a notice to biders for the project again publicly including um different trade journals and this is marking our first project under the measure SOS bond. On August 12th, the district received bids from two contractors and publicly o opened them um thereafter with three staff present. Uh the new bids came in much closer to our engineered estimate two years ago. So we were very excited to see that. After careful evaluation of the submitted bids, it is recommended to approve California Commercial Pools, Inc. um which is le listed in the agenda item. Our district staff, dedicated uh parent volunteers, DLR architect and Balfurbat are ready to start planning a groundbreaking celebration upon approval for the pool renovation and celebrate our first bond project, breaking ground. the estimated timeline for this project because there are

059many curious about that also is pending finalizing our contract documents if this is approved by the board this evening. We're hoping for about a week week and a half to complete that. We're looking at hopefully um the second week of September starting um groundbreaking and then we're looking at a midFebruary completion. Um, so we have been updating the PE staff um, you know, to kind of help out with some of their planning and um, their programs there, but we're very excited um, to present this to the board this evening for consideration. >> Thank you. Any questions? >> No questions. Sorry. >> Um, I didn't think to ask this beforehand, just I was just too excited about the project. Um, how will this will the work I'm guessing some of the work will happen while school

060is in session or how does this impact students and and staff? >> Great question. So, it will be phased. Um, ideally, we would have maybe have had part of the summer. So, what we're doing is looking at our path of travel because that is one of the components in our improvements for ADA on this particular project for the pool. So, we have a little bit of the locker room. We have a path of travel in between the locker room and the pool area and then we have the pool. So, we're going to be primarily focused probably on doing that work within the locker room during our breaks and when we can do some work um on weekends and things like that. So, we're going to be coordinating that with the contractor to define how we

061can kind of um phase in some of those pieces of it. The path of travel, we're not so concerned because we do have um alternate routes. And then the area with which the pool is again it's already fenced in. We will be replacing the fencing um towards the end of the project but um the fencing and everything that project area is defined. Uh we will be working with um Mr. Leehalt and the PE staff to identify where we want to have our staging. So we will have um some different materials that will be coming on campus. So again, similar to unfortunately when we had the generator there, there will be a portion of the blacktop that will be restricted um with again fencing and materials and things like that. So again, a lot of those

062considerations, we've talked a little bit about it, but we will be having a meeting with the PE staff um just to kind of see what some of their preferences. Obviously, it has to be logistically, you know, feasible to the project. >> So will the students lose access to the locker room at any point, you think? No, we're going to be trying to concurrently work and like I said on those bigger breaks working during that time on that portion. It's going to probably eventually fold into some seismic on another piece. But >> thank you. Thank you, Brena, so much. You know, you run into a little impediment, but you saw us through even better than where we were. So, thank you, >> Eric. >> Just I very excited. So, um, two quick stories. One, I have

063the pleasure of being a YMCA board member for the San Pedro Peninsula. Why? And you can imagine last week at that board meeting there was a lot of excitement knowing that the Marilles pool is going to have its repairs. And so I just wanted to I guess make the point that it's not just our own kids in our community. It's our surrounding communities that have for decades and generations uh enjoyed the mirrorless pool. And similarly I've had calls from old friends who were mirrorless high school graduates back um in the you know the 80s and earlier and uh they expressed you know an excitement as well. So, you know, words getting around our community is excited as they should be. It is nice, especially knowing that some of these projects that we're going to be

064working on are going to take, you know, in some cases some time to to implement fully to just start to show the progress of the uh of the bond. Um, so really excited about it. Appreciate all the hard work and excited to uh move forward with this first step. >> Thank you. Um, Mr. you said a lot of information and you said we save some money but will you please tell us how much money we save by going out to bid again >> so sometimes this happens but I think when we further defined some of the assumptions um and you kind of do that through Q&A but it happened during the first portion the difference between the first sets of bids and the second resulting portion here is about a half a million dollars less

065>> which given all the things we could spend the money on is huge. >> So, >> we're very pleased. And again, this is closer to our engineered estimate that we were looking at again two years ago. So, it it's very in line with what we and where we thought we would be closer to. Thank you. Can I get a motion to approve California commercial pools? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes 40. Okay. Moving on to board policies and administrative regulations. Give me just a second because I don't have them open here. Um, Miss Wescott tried really really hard because I don't know why the AR doesn't I mean why the policy doesn't come before the AR and it comes in whatever order Simy wants to

066spit them out. So sometimes policy is first and sometime AR is first and we will just have to to go with it. Um, but I'd like to start with policy and regulation 450. the comprehensive safety plan. Um the regulation is on page three and the policy is on page eight. And if anybody has a question or a comment, Sarah, just jump right on in. >> Um so this is the regulation. Sorry, >> I I'm on either. I'm on either. >> And what page are you on? Um so in the packet I have regulation 450 page 4 bottom um where item 11 and then it's item 11 bottom of page four um I received an email from deputy clotworthy from the sheriff's department and um he just his comments were and and I think obviously everybody's

067busy and I appreciate him reaching out so he just sent this to me right before the board meeting. I haven't had time to loop back to him, but his comment here is, "My only concern was the clarity of the verbiage at the bottom of page four, top of page five." And then he uh included a screenshot of that section. So, um I just wanted to flag that as and I'll reach out to him and I could or staff can just to see what his specific concerns are or if there's a way to make it clearer from his perspective. That's it from me. Okay. Anybody else on 450? Okay. Then let's look at policy and regulations 6141.2, the recognition of religious beliefs and customs. The policy starts on page 10 and the reggg is on page

068nine. We're okay please. I guess I'll ask the question here. It was a question from um a parent. The question was who is processing the optouts? >> We are still working on kind of finalizing what the whole form and the whole process looks like. So, we've been talking to our principles about it, but the process that we're looking at going through will be to notifying the teacher because the teacher is the one who will be making that change, but the principal will be informed of this as well. >> My question is I'm on the bottom of page nine and there's three sample optout questions. The first one is the specific instructional content of which the student should be opted out. The second and third questions to me sound overly personal and I thought they were

069optional. So if they're optional, I would like to discuss removing them. The second um is the specific religious beliefs, customs, and/or practices with which the specific instructional content substantially interferes. I'm on the very bottom of page nine looking at number two. And right below that, how the specific instructional content substantially interferes with the specific religious beliefs, customs, and/or practices, including any grade level or individual student car characteristics relevant to the opt- out request. Um, I don't think it's my place to judge someone's statement about what it is they're objecting to. And if we get hundreds or thousands of these, then I think absolutely we'll need to go back and say, I don't know how we can operate in this system. But to me starting it would be sufficient to say I as a parent would

070like my child not to have instruction in X Y and Z based on religious preferences. >> I agree 100%. I I don't feel comfortable demanding people explain their religious beliefs in this way. >> I agree as well and it was something I had marked and I also marked the bullet right before then as necessary the superintendent or design may work with legal counsel to evaluate. Um I >> I'm sorry I listened to you but I'm not finding you. You said the bullet before. >> Yeah, it's right the very bottom. >> Um I was just I'm just reflecting back to that point. I did mark that as well because um I think if you make it so specific, there's more um there's probably going to be more of a need for legal counsel whereas if you

071leave abroad, we're trusting our parents to make the right decisions for their students. I think go ahead. >> So because right now it says as necessary the superintendent or designate may work with district legal counsel to evaluate each opt out request and determine whether it shall be granted. I think it's too strict. Like if if there's a way to leave room that it's possible, but I don't think we need to even articulate that, right? >> I think it's fine even to leave um that section out. You wouldn't need to necessarily include that. This is the CSBA recommended language from their policy packet. But remember CSBA represents a broad constituency across the state in every unified every school district including not unified districts. So um as we looked at this in consulted um with with legal

072there is flexibility here at the local level to determine how how broad or narrow we want um these opt outs to be. And I think we've developed two different forms um with this in mind. one that's more similar to what you see here and one that's kind of like you're talking about right now just what is it that you want us to opt out and um indicating that it's due to sincerely religiously held beliefs. >> I heard at least three of us say we'd like to remove two and three and then I think I agree on the as necessary. So Eric, are you >> I wholeheartedly agree with the discussion. I don't think we need to >> get into it. >> So two three on the paragraph below. Um, anything else on 6141.2? Okay, next

073we're on policy and regulation 6142.1, sexual health and HIV AIDS prevention instruction. The policy starts on page 11 and the regulation starts on page 13. >> I don't have anything marked on that one. >> Why Dr. Dean checks her pages? >> No. >> Okay. Then I did decide to split policy 6142.8 from the regulation because I thought we might have more conversation on that. And I'd like to do the policy first which starts on page 19 and then come back to the the regulation. And while people are looking I only have one um in the very middle of the page I want to the fourth paragraph down. Um, it used to say kindergarten through 12th, then it's been changed to K through 12. And my question is, why isn't it TK through 12? Because I'm

074sure you talk about toothbrushing and other forms of health, you know, handwashing, all of those good things. Yes, I think we could put TK in. Okay. Anything else on policy? Okay, I should have lumped them together. Okay, going back to page 17. Regulation. >> I don't have anything. >> Okay, I think we're good. Okay. And you don't need anything else from us and we'll see it again at our next meeting. >> Should we go through them all over again just for fun? Make sure we caught everything. >> So, as clarification or just a reminder of process, this was a first reading. So the sec these are going to come back as a second reading only or are we and only then when we finalize them will they be implemented technically. >> That's a question for

075Dr. Serrano. Ye >> yes in so far as that um the the law supersedes board policy. So if there's law in place in this case the opt out is law we are implementing that ahead of board policy. So, we're catching up to the law with board policy, >> but we're required to follow the law. >> So, parents could opt out tomorrow. Yes. >> I just wanted to offer um I don't have a comment specifically on the drafts as is, but just to contextualize it for the community, um because it is a, you know, touchy subject. Um, yes, these changes to our policies and regulations are due to the recent Supreme Court decision, Mahmood versus Taylor. Um, and I think it kind of came up a little bit today, too. No one is entirely clear on

076how this court decision will be implemented across the country. Um, there is gray area. There is room for interpretation. Um, I think I hope we are demonstrating that we're doing the very best we can. These drafts that we started with today are the CSBA recommendations. They offer a good starting place for most districts in the state of California. Um I don't think anyone can say with shity how this decision, the Supreme Court decision and these revisions are going to impact student learning. And I'm going to repeat a story I shared earlier, I think a year ago or two years ago when we were talking about optouts. Um my my parents are immigrants to the country. I was the first kid that was born and raised here in my family and went through public schools. When

077I started kindergarten, my parents were very concerned when the Christmas uh it was a whole week of uh lesson plans around uh the celebration of Christmas. And so my mom approached the teacher and said, "Hey, this is we know we are from a minority faith tradition and this is not reflective of our beliefs. We would like to opt our daughter out." And at that time optouts weren't so political and the teacher said no problem and handed me a water cycle uh packet and so I worked on my water cycle packet that year and then the following year came around and my mom came up to the other teacher the the next year's first grade teacher and said hey you know I'd like to opt my daughter out and guess what I ended up doing that

078water cycle packet again when the third Christmas season came around my mom didn't file for an opt out by then she now had a better understanding of what public education looks like, what it looks like to live in a diverse community, um, with people of all backgrounds. She felt safer. She didn't feel like anyone was pushing anything on her or her family. So, she didn't apply for an opt out. I never got opted out. Again, my younger siblings never got opted out. So, I just want to ask everyone again, none of us know what this is going to look like in implementation this year. I'm going to ask all of us to not make assumptions whether you are the one making an opt- out request or you're processing one or you hear about it. Let's

079not make assumptions about anyone else's intentions um and who they are as a person. Let's please give everybody room for making mistakes. We are not going to get it right every single time. That's why there's a process. Let your teacher your teach your students teacher know if you're not happy or something didn't quite work out. That doesn't work out, you can go to the principal. There is a process. And I just want to flag for and I can't give direction as one board member, but I'm just going to throw this out there. This sort of a decision where now we're looking into and I'm glad we picked language where we're not digging into people's religious practices. But I think one of the challenges is that we live in a society with very low religious literacy.

080Most people don't understand other groups and their um value frameworks. And so there are programs professional development out there for teachers and staff and administrators on religious literacy and uh for specifically in the education public education space. So I would just like to express that I think it is something we're looking into um as our communities continue to diversify and the range of practices and preferences continues to evolve. Um so I just wanted to share that and thank you so much for staff um for working on this. I know it's tough when there's lots of eyeballs looking on you and and things are politically hot. So, I really appreciate the good work and the desire to keep student learning at the center of everything we do. >> Thank you. Okay, I think we'll move on

081to K5 and then we'll probably recess for our special meeting and then resume later. Um, K5 is the board assignment of operations advisory committee and education advisory committee board representatives and we started this conversation at our last meeting and then tabled it until tonight. Once again, OAC advises on budget and facilities matters. EAC will advise on instructional programs, curriculum processes, and instructional technology priorities. Um, I'd like to ask you all for your first choice. And if you don't have a first choice, it's perfectly okay to say that you don't have a first choice. So priority will probably go to the people who do have a first choice. And in considering it, Sara, I think that because we don't know the Scrock meeting schedule for the second half of the year, we only know through December.

082At this point, you would only be missing one meeting. So if your preference would be education, I don't think missing one meeting should keep you from putting your hat in that ring. Um, but that's just my thought. So I'm going to start over here this time. Um if on me if you had a first choice what would it be? >> Um if I had a first pick it would be EAC and that's because I've worked on the OAC um for many years. I worked on the uh BAC the technology advisory committee. So I think this would be something new and I'm really excited about it. So that would be my first pick. >> Thank you. My first choice would also be the EAC. Um, I spent 40 years in the classroom teaching and so I

083feel like I bring that to the table. And I've also been on the TAC and I've also been on the FAC and the OAC. So this would also be new >> on the FAC. That was the one I forgot. >> Sorry. >> I really also wanted to be on the EAC, but I'm out of town for the first two dates, so I don't feel right signing up for something where I can't attend 50%. So I think I'm out of the running for that one. So you would happily be on the OAC? Of course, >> Eric, >> I guess I'm continuing a trend and I can't compete with 40 years of experience, President Kurt. However, um I I I was I think I mentioned the last meeting uh I felt like the good fortune of having

084discussions with Dr. Toronto this spring and sort of conceptualizing this committee structure going forward for the district. And I think a big piece of that new structure is this EAC. Um so I think there's a unique opportunity to continue to contribute and then just as a personal aside which isn't the primary reason but OAC um OA meetings conflict with other meetings that I have that are standing unfortunately. So that's my that's my challenge. >> Okay. So if we're selling that SAR is not able to be on the EAC because of prior commitments. You're saying you cannot be on the OAC due to prior commitments. >> The dates that I saw. Yes. >> Gotcha. So, you need to be on the EAC list. So, board member Gandhi has her very pretty spinner. >> Okay. Well, here

085we go. So, everybody can see it. The spinner is out, ready to go. >> Okay. First, >> we're turtles. I got blue. >> And while it is not rigged, >> I am the first name >> and confetti. >> Okay. And the spin again >> and the second name selected >> is Eric and so Sara and I will do OAC. Okay. So can I get a motion please to nominate Ammy and Eric for EAC and Sara and myself for OAC? >> So moved. >> Second. All in favor? I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes 40. >> Um, we will now recess our regular meeting and at 7:00 begin our special meeting. We will resume our regular meeting after the conclusion of our special meeting. For those of you who are watching our meeting from home, the special

086meeting will be shown on this same YouTube channel and will resume in approximately five minutes. Thank resume our regularly scheduled board member board meeting and we are starting on K6. K6 is the board assignment of board representatives for the Palisford High School and Peninsula High School school site councils. And because those are both working with the high schools and because Sara and I both have high school PTAs, I would very much like to encourage Eric and Ammy to take a school site position again so you have the experience on the high school campus. And Eric, if I remember correctly, you started at Penn last year and >> yes, I only had the pleasure of doing a couple. I'd be happy to continue. >> That would be great. >> Unless Unless Ammy fills >> Unfortunately, I

087would not be able to do the PV high hours. Um, you you're welcome to take PEN, but I I wouldn't be I wouldn't be able to commit to that. >> Amir, are you able to do PEN? >> Yes. >> But I don't want to take it away from you. I just I apologize. I have a conflict with the timing for PV high. >> Eric, are you able to do PV? >> I I think I should be able to do most of those dates. So, go ahead and put me down. And something changes, of course, I'll I'll work. >> You can you can find a sub. >> Yep. >> Okay. So, can I get a motion to appoint Mr. Aliggria for PV and Miss Gandhi for Peninsula? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor?

088I. >> Any opposed? >> Motion passes. Four zero. Okay, on to the consent calendar. Sorry, give me a second. I'm not on that piece of paper. Um, I would like to pull L1A and L3A. I was going to pull L1A as well. Thank you. We would like to pull L3G. L3G. Anybody else? Okay. Can I get a motion to approve L1B through 2C 3B through 3F 3H through 4 A? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes 4. Let's start with L1A and um Dr. Waldy, go ahead. I have a concern too, but please start. >> Yes, thank you. Um so I am pulling up because I would like to approve the consultant that we have listed for Patricia Gil, but I'd like there to be an

089amendment for the funding source to be site discretionary. Any discussion? >> Okay. And I pulled it because I would like Dr. Waldy to explain the not to exceed amount of $45,000 for NOVA school. Um they did a wonderful presentation today. I strongly support the summer internship program, but I'm curious about the $45,000 being spent in September and October. >> Yes. So that work is actually part of phase two, the scope of work with our NOVA school, and as you could tell, they were amazing. Scope one we approved at the end of last year and that was really gearing up for the start of the internship program and leading student nights and getting the involvement. And then phase two was really the bulk of that summer work that we did. And with no board meetings in

090July, we weren't able to take a consultant approval forward to get this on the agenda. So the work the 45,000 isn't really just for the next two months. It is to make sure we're compensating for all of the time for the summer internship. And as we were building this kind of for the first time ever, we didn't know if we were going to have five kids sign up for it or what it entailed. And so 32 definitely surpassed our expectations and they all involved one-on-one meetings with our consultant um helping them find internships and then putting together that full day that we saw at the UCLA. So that was really phase two that we're paying for that has already happened. And then we will be bringing forward phase three and phase four as we continue

091our partnership with Nova School and continue to grow the opportunities for our students. >> Thank you. That's very helpful. Any other questions or comments on L1A? Okay. Then if I could make a motion to approve L1A. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. As amended. Thank you. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes 40. Um L3A I just pulled. It's our um recognition or acceptance of gifts. And I know that Miss Wescott puts them all in the board highlights that are sent out on the following Monday. But I wanted to pull it just to recognize Peninsula Education Foundation for their $2,73,000 pledge from last year which has been received and deposited. And that's the result of the hard work of many, many people who work in that office and many, many people in

092our community who support the Ed Foundation. So, I just wanted to take a minute and highlight that because again, $2 million is a lot of money. So, um, with that, I would like to make a motion to approve L3A. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes 40. And Mr. Terronis, you wanted 3G. >> Yes. We need to bring to the board's attention a ministerial error in the estimated project budget and the total estimated fee for Monty Malaga project as stated in the agenda item for TBP architecture. The correct estimated figures and again emphasis on estimated um are 5.437834 and then for the project budget uh for the project budget and then 552526.22 for the estimated fee. It is important to note that the design service fees will need to

093be adjusted once the complete scope of work is finalized and the project costs are determined. So everything you see before you this evening, specifically this one is an estimate. Um the process of finalizing the estimated fees and the scale that will be utilized for fees will be supported by Alan Rising and our legal council. Allan did share the architect and engineering contract with the architect firms to seek their support and acceptance of the contract that legal provided us. And we will be finalizing the terms of compet compensation using the sliding scale uh with savings to the district at some point kind of a little bit more in the future meaning months um as we work on the scopes of work. You will see these again as we make amendments to these contracts um once they

094are finalized. you'll see the amendments coming forward. Um it's also important to note that, you know, we're delving into all of the project phase one with Balffor Batty um to be able to get to that point and um using the sliding scale, we will see savings to the district as we continue to negotiate the final terms um that you have before you. >> Thank you. Questions or comments? >> Hey, on Mr. Terronis's behalf. I would like to make a motion that we approve L3G. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes 40. >> Future agenda items. Dr. Dean. Um, extracurricular program fee burdens on our students and their families at our high schools. >> Okay. So, we need a thumbs up or a thumbs down to investigate. I see four

095yeses. Um >> I have one as well. >> Sure. >> And um before I mention mine, I did want to take say that um personally I've had a chance to talk to Susie Wildy about my agenda item. Um I'm still bringing it for a vote here because um rather than it being communicated to just us, I think that it should be communicated to the entire community. So my item is math pathways with a middle school focus. um number of students in acceleration by school site recommended versus parent opt-ins and student denied placement despite despite scores of 90% or higher or having 504b plans >> Miss Wescott's going to ask you to repeat that or send it >> okay thumbs up thumbs down >> you have four yeses >> and thank you for all the work

096you're doing on this I just wanted to make sure it was a public discussion >> I One small one based on a comment. Um the board spent a significant amount of time on the publications policy last spring, but since then the comment was made that in the disclaimer the word staff was omitted. So I would like to propose bringing publications policy back just to look at that one sentence. Thumbs up, thumbs down. I see all yeses. Any others? Okay. reports of board members. Dr. Dean, would you like to go first? >> Sure. Um, again, I want to thank our community for their great interest and enthusiasm in the governance of our school district and their willingness to serve our students. I want to thank everyone who has written in their thoughts about how the board

097should pursue filling this important seat. It is a really big decision. Um, and so I do appreciate it. Um, I'm very excited to serve as the PTA rep to Monty Malaga, Point Vic, and Peninsula High. I've actually never gotten to serve in this way both at Penn High and Point Vic. So, it's new for me and I'm really looking forward to getting to know those two communities in that way. Um, I did miss the start of the school year last week. I had a lot of uh FOMO. Um, I now have two kids at El Camino College and that was the only week off between >> I'm sorry. Excuse me. One second. Okay. Thank you. In that case, Dr. Dean, I'm sorry for the interruption. Would you like to start over? >> That's okay. I

098was just saying that um I felt uh out of sorts not being here with the community when schools opened last week. Um but it was only because that was the only week in between uh summer semester and fall semester at El Camino College. So the our family had to take some time to reconnect with one another. Um but I was really heartened to see everyone's uh back to school photos and videos. And it's always really fun and exciting um to see the enthusiasm and excitement stepping into a new school year. Um so I'm looking forward to excuses to visit our for excuses to visit our schools. Um so I hope folks will invite us. I know a lot of our principles reach out to us. Some of our teachers reach out to us. I'm looking

099forward to visiting and getting to know um all our students and and families again this year. So I think that's it for me today. Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Gandhi. >> Yeah. Um, I hope all of our students are settling in well and begin um this new school year with excitement. Um, although it's just the start, I'm truly excited about the months ahead and all the opportunities awaiting our students. Uh, reflecting on my own journey um, as my kids were starting school. Um, I I was thinking back to why I chose to move to Palace Verdees and it was really to give my kids an opportunity to be a part of this exceptional school district. Um when I was at USC, I met so many students that came from PV. Um and it was

100so clear that um that they came with a very very strong foundation and I knew that was the kind of educational experience I wanted for my own kids. So, as we step into this new school year, I want to sincerely thank our superintendent and um all of our assistant superintendents for all the hard work that you guys all do um for all our staff really because um it's really the work that you do that um defines the legacy of excellence that defines our district. Um and I look forward to a great year ahead and wish you all the same. Um lastly, I just wanted to take a quick moment to thank Julie Hamill for her service on the PVP USD board. um balancing work life, motherhood and board service is no small task and each

101of us bring our own um you know we have our challenges, we have our load, but we all make it here every week. Um and with that, I just wanted to say thank you all and here's to a successful and inspiring school year. >> Thank you, Mr. Aliger. >> Thank you, President Kurt. Just a few highlights. Um, since our last meeting, I had the good fortune along with President Kurt of participating in the all staff meeting that that occurred on August 18th. And just wanted to highlight that Dr. Serrano represented us well, as did our president Kurt. Uh, Dr. Srono, somehow you managed to pull off talking about Hulk Hogan and Aussie Osborne and connecting that to public education. And that was uh that was quite a nominal feat. But the the message was powerful

102as it relates to the you know legacy that we're setting up in the work that we do in this community. And I'll sort of pivot that to the opening day uh sorry first day of school rather. Um I had the pleasure of dropping off two of my kids at Ridgerest and seeing our wonderful principal Mancia in full regalia in his um in fully in his Raider outfit. So um it was really neat to see. It's just so cool to see the pride uh that our teachers, principles, administrators, and all staff have in the work they do. My kids come home, you know, I have two kids at elementary school and two kids in middle school, and they're always full of energy and life, and I owe that to all the teachers and all the folks

103that touch them uh and impact them in a meaningful way. So, big thanks for that. This last Saturday, I had the fun of um sort of helping kick off um Mavericks football. So, uh, if you notice the cars at Peninsula High School, there was hundreds of people and it was a really big opening day and lots of families and just really a lot of fun, uh, to see the community out there and get excited for fall season, my favorite sport, football. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um, board member Dean, Monty Malaga, PTA might be mine. So, um, we'll have to look at that. >> I meant to say I have Solato and Point Vic. >> There we go. >> Yeah. Sorry. and board member Gandhi, I appreciate your USC story. It's really nice to know

104that our graduates go out and are among the top at the universities. Um, it sounds like the first few weeks of school are off to a great start. Um, I attended the new staff orientation. Thank you PVFA for sponsoring the breakfast and the all staff welcome back, which I'd been there for 40 years and this is the most energy I've ever seen in an all staff welcome back. Um, on the first day of school, I visited Mira Catalina and Mirales with um, Brena. And we saw many excited families and engaged teachers and assembled step stools so the TK kids could reach the toilets and we saw brand new kitchen equipment at Mirror Lest, brand new walk-in freezers and brand new ovens and very exciting. Um, I went to the PTA council executive board meeting also

105with Miss Terronis where she highlighted a lot of the work that's been done over the summer to get our schools ready. I went to Palis High School's PTA welcome. It was very well attended and they highlighted so many programs that they have both athletics and academics to connect with students and families. And I realized again how much work goes into the opening of our schools and how much administrative, teacher, staff, and volunteer time have been spent getting us to this point and setting us up for success. So, thank you all for all you do. And with that, meeting adjourned.