PUHSD Regular Board Meeting April 16, 2025

001Uh 2.1 call to order. I will call the Paris Union High School District School Board meeting to order at 202. I'm going to ask for a roll call to determine a quorum. Trusty Annayia here. Thank you. Trusty Stafford here. Thank you. Trusty Hall here. Thank you. Trusty Garcia present. Thank you. And Trusty Compost, I am here as well. We have established a quorum. A quorum, sorry. 3.1 Invitation to address the board of trustees on close session items only. Are there any public comments on close session items? Yes, we have two. Okay, I'm going to read just something briefly for those of you guys who have comments. Um, individual speakers shall be allowed three minutes to address the board on each agenda or non-aggenda item. The board shall limit the total time for public input on

002each item to 20 minutes. With board consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public presentation depending on the topic and the number of persons wishing to be heard. In addition, the president may take a poll of speakers for or against a particular issue and may ask that the additional person speak only if they have something new to add. So, thank you, Vanessa. Hello. Good afternoon, board of trustees and Dr. Rouse. I would first like to thank Trusty Annayia and Trusty Hall for being the only ones to give me your feedback. On March 12th, I spoke up at the board meeting and I had invited you all to visit our campus and to engage with the students and staff and to reconsider the decision on the removal of Sunny Ramos and Alfred.

003After the meeting, I emailed you all and not from Trusty Annayia and Trusty Hall. That following Friday, March 14th, only Trusty Annayia, Trusty Stanford, and Dr. Rouse had attended. Again, I thank Trusty and I for her feedback. I noticed that Dr. Rouse and Trusty Stanford didn't really engage with students. You had showed up, went to Mr. Bryan's class, and spoke to the students, but didn't speak with the students. Dr. Rouse, you all you really did was speak about yourself and didn't bother to have conversation with none of the students. And Trusty Stanford, you're pretty quiet. Didn't really talk much. After you guys had left Mr. Bryan's class, you went to talk with Mr. Lumba and the left again. Not once did I see you guys engaged with the students. On April 9th, Paris Lake posted

004the open house and Trusty Annayia, Trusty Hall had showed up and engaged with their staff. The rest of you were nowhere to be seen. That's the second invitation to our campus. We as a community vote for those who will serve our community, especially if it has to do with the board of education. And I feel as if Paris Lake is being neglected, and I'm pretty sure we are not the one who feel this way. This quarter, Ferris Lake has had 60 new students and 40 new graduates. And I would want those 60 new students to have the same experience I did with Miss Ramos and Mr. Alfred. So, I invite you all again for a third time to visit our campus and to actually engage with your school and please reconsider your decision on the

005removal of Miss Ramos and Mr. Alfred. Thank you. Thank you, Amanda Alvarez. Good afternoon, board of trustees, the cabinet, and Dr. Alex. I would first like to thank Trusty Naya, Trusty Hall, Trusty Stafford, Superintendent, Superintendent Dr. Ads, and Superintendent Dr. Eans for visiting our campus and sometimes interacting with students. I feel very devastated to have to speak for Paris Lake High School students about the removal of principal Alfred and assistant principal Ramos again. Aside from those who visit our campus, you know that you guys have been serving as board members and you guys have never stepped foot on our Paris Lake campus. So, it's very devastating to hear that you guys came to the decision to remove our administration without stating a reason why. I as I as a student who completed school last week

006couldn't have done it without them vote. The community voted for you to expect you to do what is right and care about how we feel and take action especially when it comes to education. How will the students feel who are just like me that they wouldn't be able to experience what I did and never be able to get the opportunities as I did? Today was my early graduation ceremony. Instead of celebrating, I'm here fighting and being the voice to help prevent this decision. So, please, please rethink your decision on the removal of principal Alfred, assistant principal Ramos, please. Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations. No, just two. Oh, okay. Thank you. Um, so now we're going to move on to 4.1 and we're going to adjourn to close session. Do I have a motion to adjurnn

007to close session? Second. Thank you, Trusty Stafford. Trusty Hall the second. Please vote. Upon the vote being taken, the vote was five in favor, zero opposed. We are journeying to close session at Japan. and welcome in good evening. Uh 5.1 the regular board meeting of the Paris Union High School District is reconvening at 5:14. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. Face the flag. Put your right hand over your heart. We're ready. Begin. I pledge algiance 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. And the invocation, if you could remain standing, invocation for Trusty Stafford. Sorry. Just a moment of silence for those who are suffering from any physical or mental injury and

008hopefully they speak out and get help if they need to. And there's always someone there or something to help them. So, anyone that needs the help, please ask for it. Okay, thank you. Thank you, Trusty Stafford. 7.1 Recess. The board president will recess the meeting to conduct the regular meeting of the California Military Institute Charter School. We are recessing the meeting at 5:15 p.m. to conduct a regular board meeting of the California Military Institute. The regular board meeting of the Paris Union High School District is reconvening at 658 658 8.1 revision adoption ordering of agenda April 16th 2025. Do I have a motion? Second. Thank you, Trustee Stafford. And the second at Trusty Garcia. Thank you. Please see no discussion. Please vote. On a vote being taken. Uh the vote was five in favor, zero

009opposed. Oral reports. 9.1 a report out of close session. Dr. Rouse. Thank you, President Campus. In close session, the board took action to appoint Miss Lindy Chavez as director of learning support services effective April 17, 2025 by the following poll. JBa, yes. Steve Campos, yes. Ed Garcia, yes. Charles Hulk, yes. And Anthony Stafford, yes. Congratulations, Miss [Applause] Also in close session, the board took action to appoint Dr. Jesse Mariam as director of curriculum and instruction effective to be determined by the following vote. Miss Jamie Annaya, yes. Steve Campus, yes. Edward Garcia, yes. Charles Hall, yes. And Anthony Stafford, yes. Congratulations, Dr. [Applause] Dr. Brown dismiss her. She don't have to say. So at this time Dr. Marion and you don't you are welcome to stay to join us for the rest of the meeting but

010you are also if you decide to to leave at this time it's your decision but thank you and congratulations again. Yes, thank you and welcome aboard uh 9.2 district update by the superintendent. Thank you. Thank you. That's the campus. First of all, I would like to invite our director of human resources, Miss Marvel Escobar, who will introduce the RA award recipients. Good evening board and can you hear me? Yes. Tonight we're honored to recognize two exceptional members of our attendance team. Individuals who have consistently gone above and beyond in their efforts to support student success. These dedicated team members have stepped up in remarkable ways taking initiative to lead our attendance intervention team with a deep sense of ownership and purpose. Through their commitment, they've not only ensured that our systems are accurate and efficient,

011but they've also become true champions for our students and families. They've taken the time to deeply understand the tennis data, learning how to report and analyze it with precision. But their impact goes far beyond numbers, with care and compassion, especially for our Spanish speaking community. They've offered direct, personalized support that has made a real difference in helping families feel informed, empowered, and connected. Their attention to detail, their drive, and their heart-c centered approach embody the very best of our school's values. We are sincerely grateful for all they do to improve attendance, build trust, and strengthen student engagement. Please join me in recognizing and celebrating these two outstanding individuals. Thank you for your incredible work. You are truly making a difference. And that would be Christina Dwarte and Britney Diaz. They are not here, but I

012still wanted to read out so that way if they hear this, they can um hear it for themselves. Okay. And next we have Ben Washburn, counselor, and Renee Garcia deo, the teacher. If I can call them up. Okay, I'm just going to read this out. Tonight, we are proud to recognize two remarkable educators. Renee Garcia deo, who unfortunately is not able to be here, teacher and Ben Washburn counselor for their outstanding leadership of our freshman transition team through the lean crew program. Renee and Ben have shown an unwavering commitment to creating a welcoming and supportive environment for our 9th grade students and their efforts have made a lasting and meaningful impact on our school community. Through thoughtfully planned events and consistent intentional outreach, they ensure that every freshman feels connected, confident, and prepared as they

013begin their high school journey. Just as importantly, they empower our junior and senior students to step into leadership roles, mentoring, guiding, and modeling the values we hold dear at Heritage High School. Their work not only supports students, it strengthens the entire fabric of our campus by fostering belonging and cult cultivating leadership. Renee and Ben are helping to shape a culture that is inclusive, supportive, and inspiring. We are deeply grateful for the passion, care, and dedication they bring to heritage each and every day. Please join me in celebrating Renee Garcia and Ben Washburn. Two leaders who exemplify what it means to invest in school. Come take a picture. Whatever you want. What do you want us to do? Um, if you could sit down, that'd be great. Yes, we do. Congratulations. [Music] Look pretty best. Hey,

014you guys got Can I say one thing? Sure. Can I say one thing? Thank you again. I really am I feel very honored right now. And uh when I came into this district 15 years ago, I was pink slip from Redlands Unified School District. I worked as a night janitor because I just bought a home and I got hired at Colton High School. I got pink slipped and my heart goes out to Martha Venuela and I dedicate this award to her wherever she goes. I know she's going to be fine, but that does hurt and I know you guys have have to make decisions, but uh it just in my soul I know she's going to be just fine, but I just want you guys to reconsider that decision. Thank you. [Applause] And on that

015note, you know, I just always kind of like to take the position of let's stay positive and, you know, we'll see. We still got got some time. So, thank you for that. Okay. Uh, moving right along. 9 point Oh, I'm sorry. Okay. Sorry. Okay. The number two of the update. I attended the P Academy Middle School attendance art contest award. Today we have here on the dis the winners of the art contest in front of us. First place Diana Avitia Flores, second place Sophie Gonzalez, and third place Elizabeth Baron. [Applause] Also on the boards we can appreciate the display of more artwork that will be showcased and here for everyone who helped bring this incredible vision to life. We are excited to keep the moment going and we we cannot wait for see what is

016next. We have started our laser focus campaign on attendance and there are wonderful results that they are going to have in effect for this year. I hope next during the next board meeting we can give a brief presentation of the wonderful things that are happening at the sites in support of the attendance for our students. So we can say we need our students to be in school in order to learn right and also we have the other component about the ADA. I want to share with you. We're very excited that Heritage High School's FTC team 7832, the Gear Roose recently competed at a world level world level competitions in Massachusetts and deliver outstanding performance. This event brought together 54 top teams from 23 states along with teams from Canada and Kazakhstan. The great groups from

017Heritage High School were not only representing Heritage High School but the whole state at an international level. They earned first place overall taking home the prestigious inspire award. Congratulations [Applause] We are very proud of the professionalism and innovation of the students to that they continue to demonstrate. And now we are recognizing the whole team. But I would like to specifically congratulate Riley Man Bay from the who is the business lead software lead Ray Mona the bill lead as well as Abigail Gabbora and Diaz Katherine Gordon and Prana Rema Laudi. Congratulations to our students. We're very proud of them. and included in the team Ian Malva and James Adma. I wanted to add Ian and James also to recognize them and congratulate them. Let's give [Applause] them another element that we are very proud to share

018with you is Liberty High School ASB received the outstanding leadership program award for this year 2025. and junior student Jaden Jaden Mrage has been selected for the CSM board, the first student ever in our district to get this recognition and this election. Congratulations to the ASB team high school and the last item that I wanted to share with you is about we started a relation focus campaign on attendance and more information. I'm really proud to tell you that this is the beginning and uh once we have specific results we are going to be sharing that with you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Rouse. We appreciate that. Always love the enthusiasm. 9.3 student representatives to the board of trustees. My name is I'm Taylor. We are here to talk about the events

019activities that have been going around the school for the past couple of months. At the beginning of the month, we had our S Hawkins day. We tried something different in which we DJed our own dance. With our new DJ equipment, we could have fully scooted and run DJ, which allowed us to put funds towards more activities at the dance. We had a teacup ride and laser tag as well as our freshman selling snacks and a food truck. Huge thank you to Mr. Estrada and Miss Hinosa from the district office for helping us to secure those teacups and laser tech more games. Our big annual dance showcase this year was once again a huge success. Our dancers never seem to disappoint as they sold out of theater to once again perform over 30 different dances from

020solos to group routines. Shout out to heritage dance team and coach Burns for their insane dedication. Throughout the year, we had our annual Mr. Heritage event where 10 guys came together and learned choreographed dances, performed with talent and showed off their cool styles in casual wear and formal wear. It was a fun night with the theater being sold out once again. Our Mr. Legacy was crowned Devon Saunders. Our Mr. The Patriot was crowned to Sebastian Huarez and our Mr. Heritage went to Jericho Jerome. Thank you guys who stepped out of their comfort zone and participated. Our ASB team put on a leadership workshop on our campus with five schools who came to help present. We had six different workshops with our school, teaching all ASB representatives some powerful skills to take back to their school.

021A special thank you to Anise Darius Borggoza and Taylor Grinder for presenting the rally workshop and the merch workshop. And a huge shout out to the ASB director Hero Heritage who put the whole event together. This month we also had another fully student ran rally in the theme of Wild West. It was a great time as our MC's played the part of being in character and our rally teams got to show off all the decorations they have been creating for months. Huge thank you to our rally team and our students for participating in our rally. The same day, our mini arts club hosted the annual pitch Olympics where we had 12 teams face off head-to-head to be crowned the Olympians. Over six food events were performed in order to determine our winner. In third place,

022we had the girls soccer team. In second place, we had the low squapos. And in first place, we had the ASB team winning two years in a row. A huge thank you to Mr. Kartar and the media arts club team for putting everything together. Such a cool event. Can't wait for next year. This month's student of the month was Alex Roar. Alex has been deeply involved in our FFA department his past four years. This past month at the state a conference, he brought home a $3,500 scholarship to continue his education at the Universal Technical Institute. Congratulations to Alex. Here are a couple upcoming events. Bridge Frenzy, April 17th. Junior class presentation April 30th. Freshman game night, April 30th. Pip May 1st, prom May 3rd, musical starts May 9th. This concludes our presentation. Thank you so

023much for the continued support of what we do here at Heritage. and thank you for your time. [Applause] And from heritage, that was uh Anderson and Taylor Ginger. Hope I said that right. Um I have the honor to introduce Liberty High School student representatives Philip Chow, uh Jeremy Malabo, and Alina Zavala. Good evening, members of the board, Dr. Ralph, and the cabinet. I'm Alina. I'm Jeremy. I'm Phil. And this is our bison recap. For our March student of the month, we have Alina Zavala. She's one of our ASD president and she's actively participating in Puerto Rico Asian dance, CSF, and a bunch more. She's a dedicated and hardworking student that exemplify what it means to be a she's truly deserving of this. On March 7th, Liberty hosted its annual spring stampede, a vibrant event showcasing

024our spring student athletes, cheerleaders, and band, which highlighted their school spirit and talents. Spring athletes were cheered on by the student body. We'd like to congratulate our Liberty DECA for placing first in sports marketing and entertainment team decision-m and earning a bid to ICG in Orlando. We are extremely proud of their hard work and dedication and we wish him luck in the next phase. Congrats to our ASB class for receiving the OPA award from California Association of Student Leaders. They will be recognized at the student conference in April in honor of their dedication and hard work. Liberty Counselor and students had their middle school visit on March 4th and 5th. They visited Belman Middle School and Harvest Steam Academy 8th graders to give them an introduction of their transition to high school at Liberty. Students

025got to get involved with clubs and pathways offer at Liberty. We would like to congratulate our dance team for having a strong finish to the competition season. They won first place for their palm category, second place for contemporary, and fourth place for the pip category. Great job to the dance team. For upcoming events, we have open house on March 26th. LHS will be hosting a community event for incoming new students. The pick rally will be on April 17th. We're going to host an Avatar themed rally to boost school spirit and morale through cheers, performances, and activities. We will have our dance teams, sport recognition, ASB election candidates, and important announcements for prom. And hosted by our sophomore class, our spring extravaganza on April 4th. This will be a fun community event, and that will have

026games, food, and night. And as always, have a great day. Go B. [Applause] I'd like to introduce student from Paloma Valley High School, student representative Niha Sto. Hello Paris Union School Board. I'm Naoto back again with Wildcat highlights for March through April. Let's get started with a huge congratulations to our April student of the month, senior Marcel Hayes. Great job, Marcel. Next up, for the first time ever, our girls lacrosse team are league champions. They won with the victory over Heritage just last week. Awesome job, Lady Wildcats. Speaking of awesome, how does getting published and being for sale on Amazon? That's what a collaboration between creative writing and ASL did with Willie Wildat Learns to Roar. The book of life lessons is on sale on Amazon right now. Let's switch gears to campus activities starting

027with spring neon rally on March 21st. The rally was fun games covering two lunches focusing on our spring sports teams. And sports wouldn't be complete without our amazing unified teams. This collaboration between our special and general education classes featured flag football against visiting schools. The following week was our open house on March 27th. Wildcat country welcomed the community to meet staff at class booths and watch club performances. Here's a scrumptious event. Our second food frenzy on April 4th featured food trucks, club boots, and music. The special event served as a way for ASB to help raise valuable funds for their ongoing club activities. Well, let the music play, Wildcats, and they did. Our talented musicians received excellent and superior ratings at festivals in March. Great job, Wildcat musicians and director Tyler Richardson. And finally, Columbus

028Valley was honored to collaborate with local media and the VFW to host their annual Welcome Home Vietnam veterans event March 28th. It was an emotional time as Wildcats gave our Vietnam War veterans the honor many have never received when they came home after fighting for our country. NJRO Tishi led the effort with other spirit clubs and digital films to make the event truly spectacular. That's all for this month for Pro Valley. I'm Naoto and I'll see you next month when we wrap up the 2425 school year. [Applause] And I would love to introduce Paris High School student representatives Caesar Caesar um Caseres and Allison Mesuma. I hope I said this right. Good evening esteemed school board members and cabinet. I'm Alison Mesuma and I'm Caesar Caseres and we're going to be we're proud to present

029this month's highlight reel from Paris High School. From academics to the arts, field trips to fashion shows, March and April have been packed with Panther Pride. We started with a big academic celebration, honor world. Panthers were recognized for their hard work and top performance in their classes. [Music] We welcomed families back during our open house. It was a great night to showcase student work, meet teachers, and celebrate our campus community. [Music] Our theater program totally slaves that stage with their performance of Mean Girls. Three nights of sold out performances, bomb acting and unforgettable sets. [Music] to be at a film festival showcasing original student work across different genres, creativity and storytelling at its finest. [Music] On March 27th, students and staff rolled up their sleeves for our third blood drive of the year. Thank you

030to everyone who helped save the life. [Music] This spring spirit week was full of fun themes and campuswide participation. Here's how it went down. Students dressed as doctors, engineers, and rep their dream colleges. On Tuesday, from basketball jerseys to beach vibes, we saw it all. Preppy, sporty, RCA, you name it. Students had a blast showing their tide. On Thursday, think pigtails, overalls, and childhood memories. Friday, everyone rocked all black and brought serious energy to close off our week. We finished spirit week with an epic pep rally and annual prom passenger shows. The gym was electric. Our student model were runway [Music] ready. Average students got rewarded with an in-n-out for all their dedication and college prep hustle. You've earned it. Each month we celebrate students who go above and beyond. These panthers led with kindness,

031effort, and school spirit. And finally, AVID students tooured CSU campuses to explore college life and future goals. A big step forward in their academic journey. [Music] As you can see, it's been a powerful spring at Harris High School. We're proud of all our Panthers for shining bright in and out of classrooms. Thank you, and as always, go Panthers. [Music] [Applause] from Paris Lake High School, student represent representative Alvisazaga. I hope I got that right. Greetings and a warm welcome to Paris Lake. I'm Alvis Zaga, an aspiring voice over actor and proud Paris link senior here to present our exciting April board presentation. To kick things off, let's shine the spotlight on our April student of the month, Franklin Tupu, for his incredible dedication and hard work. Way to go, Franklin. Now, I'm thrilled to introduce

032one of the newest and most exciting additions to the Paris, our career technical education classes. Third quarter marked the launch of our arts, media, and entertainment media arts program along with a workbased learn classes, both led by the talented Mr. Brian. Over 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry, Mr. Brian jumped in head first, guiding students in hands-on learning, video and audio production, visual art, podcasting, and so much more. Students are working together to create amazing projects like public service announcements and schoolwide media content. In our work-based learning classes, students are preparing for a life beyond high school by mastering teamwork, soft skills, smart goals, and building powerful career portfolios. They're even suiting up and sharpening their interview skills through mock interviews. Talk about dressing for success. [Music] [Applause] [Music] A very special thank

033you to our special guest presenters for taking time and sharing at the [Music] lake. That wraps up our highlights for this month. Signing off from the lake. But before I go, check out one of our student produced PSAs on domestic violence awareness. You won't want to miss it. One in 10 high school students has experienced physical violence from a dating partner in the past year. Most female and male victims of rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner have their first experience with intimate partner violence before the age of 25. Domestic abuse is more than just physical or sexual violence. It also includes emotional, psychological, financial, and verbal abuse, which can be just as harmful. Both women and men can be victims. Yes, that's true. [Music] [Applause] You're caught up in the moment. Okay.

0349.4 CSA President Cynthia Novaro. Thank you. So good evening president council board members superintendent Dr. Rel cabinet and guests. So things have been pretty busy as I involve myself more and more with membership concerns and problem solving with various sen administrators and district leadership and positive progress has been made. So I love that I've had the opportunity to work more closely with Mr. John Hannon, Audrey Mitchell, and Rick Lin Salado. And I truly appreciate the collaborative efforts that we're making, the relationships that are being built because I understand the importance of these relationships as we work out together through through the concerns, the problem solving. So that so now negotiations. So on the negotiations front, our recent sessions, although they have been productive, I have to share that we have not yet reached an agreement

035on the 2425 COLA. And that's because the district has expressed that the recent 0.67 increase to health and welfare benefits was intended to offset the COLA. But that was never the understanding or the agreement on CSEA's end. We've heard the argument that because certificated staff did not take the cola, then classified should not either. But respectfully, our salary structures are vastly different and our focus is on advocating for our classified unit members. Our work is essential and our members deserve equitable recognition. We remain committed to negotiating in good faith and are hopeful we can come to a fair agreement in our next sessions in May. We just asked the board and district leadership to show their support not just in words but in actions and this has been a comment like is 1% really going

036to break the bank for the district? If that's so show us give us a report let let us see it. So while all these negotiations are occurring you know members are about upset about a recent 7% raise for for management and I do want to acknowledge Dr. and Mr. They did give me an explanation. You know, they provided clarification regarding the recent adjustment of the salary schedule, but yet our members are still feeling that the timing was off like why now? And you know, we're still being told no cola for classified is possible. So, it just sends a conflicting message. So I'll just close by sharing that you know we have some CSC members here present and I believe one of them will speak tonight more on this and regarding just her personal perspectives and

037I just want to thank you for your time and everything you're doing and I'm not trying to preach here but I just wish you all a very a great Easter and that the light of Christ shine upon all of you and your families. Thank you. Amen. Thank you. [Applause] Oh, I'm sorry. 9.5 PSA President Jason Miller. [Applause] Thank you much. uh PSA does support the classified and CSA staff and we also recognize that our pay scales are very different and although we did not take a salary increase that doesn't mean that CSA should not uh I've heard a lot about deficit spending we have our own ideas that about that but we feel that ending balance is a real number and there is plenty of money according to your last interim report in ending balance.

038So CSA might want to look into that. Uh congratulations to Lindseay Chavez for becoming the new director. I believe it's of learning and support. Is that correct? And congratulations congratulations to our new um director of curriculum. I did not catch your name, but it is good to have somebody in that position. I'm very uh happy about the laser focus uh on attendance and I've we've seen that student attendance has been on everyone's mind as of late and we are hopeful for growth in the coming school year. The conversation seems to be revolving around declining enrollment and this seems to be occurring in many places. But we also believe an important aspect of attendance that goes handinhand with the enrollment is the capture rate which is the simple idea that students should be physically present in

039classes at schools. For PSEA the capture rate is a high priority that students are in the classes when they are at school. That should be a priority for everybody. I believe there's I believe there's been some big improvement at all sites in the capture rate within this area with the help of fivestar. Although the real reason there's been improvement is an intentional effort by cabinet site and all levels of management to make sure that students are in classes from the beginning of this year. So that's that's really good. We feel it. We see it. There's been talk of student transportation and safety for improving that capture rate, but the one area that does not seem to get enough play in this conversation is sleep. Uh it may seem like a silly thing at first, but

040we spend about onethird of our lives sleeping. Being in the classroom, most teachers can tell you that our students are not getting enough sleep. The 8:30 start time imposed by the state did very little to address this because while students do not have to be at school until later, parents still have to go to work at the same time. Make the child for the path, not the path for the child. That's exactly what the 8:30 start time did. By the way, that quote could apply to a lot of education and even society in 2025 America. Students are having a hard time waking up and coming to school. What a battle for every parent in the morning. While at school, they're exhausted and having a difficult time focusing. Visit any classroom for a week and you

041will see it. Students are up really late gaming or just engaging in social media. Sometimes until 2, 3, or 4 in the morning. Many just stay home that day and not get up or come to school until second or third period. I have been in parent teacher conferences where the issue is attendance and it is difficult to hear the parents simply say they the student just don't want to get up. As we look at the other sorry as we look at the other aspects of increasing student attendance can we also look at helping students and parents get kids on a reasonable sleep schedule? I'm sure there are strategies to help with this and the dividends are likely to help in almost every educational metric. Thank you for this time to [Applause] speak. Okay. 10.1 invitation

042to address the board of trustees non-aggendaized items. Are there any public comments on non-aggendaized items? Yes, we have five. Okay. I will read the statement once again. Individual speakers shall be allowed three minutes to address the board on each agenda or non-aggenda item. The board shall limit the total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes. With board consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public presentation depending on the topic and the number of persons wishing to be heard. In addition, the president may take a poll of speakers for or against a particular issue and may ask that the additional person speak only if they have something new to add. Michelle Pew before before the time starts, I just wanted to say that uh she wasn't able to sit

043here for long enough. So I'm going to read what she said. Okay. Thank you. Esteemed members of the board, I speak with heavy heart regarding the potential removal of our principal and vice principal. For countless students, including my son, an alumnest of Paris Lake who graduated in 2023, they are more than administrators. They are cornerstones of a supportive growth orientated high school experience where students feel valuable, valued, and empowered. In fact, the principal provided tremendous support to my son during his final year. My positive experience led me to return and volunteer every year since his graduation, witnessing their continued positive impact firsthand. Our principal's exceptional leadership, vision, and commitment to the students well-being have fostered trust and collaborations. Losing this leadership will be a significant blow to our school's stability and progress. Similarly, our vice

044principal is invaluable. Their fair and understanding of prone approach to discipline has cultivated a safe, respectful learning environment. They consistently offer crucial support and guidance enabling students to thrive. Removing these individuals transcends mere vacancies in it strikes at the core of Paris High School's unique character. their decision risk disrupting our positive momentum and negatively impacting student student morale and academic performance. While I understand difficult choices arise, I implore you to carefully consider the profound positive impact of our principal and vice principal on our students, both past and present. Their dedication and leadership are irreplaceable, as evidenced by my continued commitment as a volunteer. Before any final decision, I urge you to directly engage with students and staff who have witnessed their exceptional contributions firsthand. Understand the farreaching consequences their removal would have on our children's

045lives and future of Perth High School. Let us not dismantle this the very foundation that nurtures our students. Please reconsider this decision. Thank you for your time and earnest consideration. Thank [Applause] you. Oh, can we get your name please for the record? Were you Vanessa or Amanda? Amanda. Okay, thank you. Alvarez. Cindy Ramos. Good evening, superintendent, assistant superintendent, and board of trustees. My name is Cindy Ramos. I'm the assistant principal at Paris Lake High School. And it has been brought to my attention that u there was a narrative going around that it was my choice to leave administration and to return to the classroom. And I wanted to come here today to set that record straight. And the answer to that is no. Absolutely not. I love Paris Lake High School and I love what

046I'm doing there. My role as administrator helping my students today. These three students, they graduated. They graduated today. Today, instead of celebrating at home, they're here because they believe in in in what is best for their school. And so, I just wanted to set the record straight that no, it is not my choice to leave Paris State High School. I believe in what we are doing. Paris State High School is thriving. We have a high graduation rate. Our suspensions are are low. You can look at all the data in the California dashboard and it'll show you the the leaps, you know, the growth that we have made. Um, this year we have approximately three 300 students who will be graduating and under the leadership of Mr. Alfred, we're looking at about one 1,600 students who

047have been these are the students who were not going to graduate at the comprehensive, but because they came to Paris Lake because we don't judge, we don't criticize them. We embrace them. We welcome them. We look at the human side before their students, before their grades. They are human and they have real fears and real desires and real goals. And that is what we address the human first. Everything else will follow. So I stand here before you to let you know that I have no desire to leave Paris State High School. All of this, you know, this these drastic decisions without being without being given an a reason or an explanation. I'm human. I'm human. And at the end of the day, yes, I've cried it out. There's been confusion, but I I stand strong

048because I see my students here and they are strong and I see my parents here and they're strong. And I know that I have to continue this mission. But I wanted to come here tonight so that you could hear my side and my voice and understand that no, my heart is at Paris Lake and that's where I would like to stay with my current team. Thank you. [Applause] Nathan. Hello board. Before going to Paris Lake, I was a student at Palmo Valley High School. The staff of the of my old school was unreliable and hard to reach and made many struggling students feel disregarded. I was labeled a danger to myself for suicidal action and was told I need to speak to a safety ranger officer for an evaluation. I was told to wait in

049the wellness center, but one never showed up. I waited for hours and hours until I had to go home, have my family figure it out themselves. I would never fail on medical leave, even though I was told I cannot return to school. This made me miss many classes, my finals, and failed because I missed two months of school. This was my sophomore year. In my junior year, because I was so behind, my counselor told me I need to do an academic plan full of things I need to do to graduate. After doing everything on that list, on the last week of school, I was told I will not be a returning student because there was nothing I could have done the whole year, and I shouldn't have even been a student at that point. And

050I wasn't told this until summertime. However, and I was told I was not going to graduate. I was two years behind. And the only way I could graduate if was to do online school or if I was to be adult school. However, today as Miss Ramos said, I graduated high school early with all A's with 40 other students that were academic behind from here. And two of them are with me today. Despite being a huge accomplishment for the school, students and staff for students, staff, and the board, none of the Despite being a huge accomplishment for the school, students, and staff, none of the board members were here to were present to celebrate with the students. Paris Lake is full of the student, the failure students who are told they'll never graduate. Yet, with the

051help of these staff members, we were able to graduate early and form a clear career path what we want for our futures. Students who struggle to swim are allowed to drown at the schools. Paris Lake is a life vest thrown to these students. School was never a safe place for me. But at Paris Lake, I look generally look forward to each day because of the hard work from the staff make us feel like we can achieve anything that that we belong. We feel it's very unfair for our future struggling students to not have these same people fighting for them fighting for us. Especially with Parish Lake being the last resort for its students. Instead of celebrating, we decided to come here to this meeting 30 minutes after we graduated. Even though we're no longer students,

052we want to come to this meeting and fight for our staff just like how they continue to fight for us each day. When I see the staff members at my school, I don't see them as just authorities. I see them as people who fight for for our futures each day and line up outside of school gates and say goodbye to us till safe day. These people are more than just staff. They're friendly and keen components to these students success. So, please reconsider the removal of Mr. Alfred and MRS. I know I had a lot to say, but 3 minutes only scratches the surface of what these staff members do for us each day. Thank you for Thank you. Thank you, [Applause] Good evening superintendent and all staff faculty and all parents grandparents here. My name

053is Kathleen Varel. I am a grandmother, parents/guardian of Peter Hacker. Peter Hacker was able to attend Paris Lakes High School. This school is full of love and integrity. They not only know every student's name, but they know the grandparents name and representation to my daughter that was taken by a drunk driver. Peter's life had changed drastically before attending Curtis Lakes. He had no motivation, no direction, no goals, no integrity until he came to Paris Lakes. It was until then I met Miss Cindy Ramos and the principal, Mr. Albert, that were able to uplift Peter and for myself, Peter. And with the team, we set great objective plans for Peter and his destination. Throughout the that duration, Peter started focusing more on his goals with great integrity, with great perseverance and great emotions. He is currently

054now serving the US Army in Fort Benning/Fortmo. He was supposed to graduate in June. Although with the direction and motivation and love and perseverance from Miss Ramos and Mr. Alfred, they were able to uplift him and he was able to graduate I believe in October early. He is currently serving the US Army as we speak and just finished finished boot camp. These two people here are great motivators full of great integrity. They have great surfacing. They are great pillars. They have open door policies. You can go with them with any kind of feeling and emotion or any kind of problem that you have regarding your student with them with myself and with Peter. We have been able to sit down in the past and figure out the best route for Peter. standing here before you

055as not only a proud grandmother slashguardian and parent since my daughter was not here to represent him due to the drunk driver that took her life. It bashed Peter into non-perseverance to a great soldier that is serving this country with these two great people sitting in this room. So, please keep in mind that without their integrity and professionalism, I would not be standing here a representation to one of the many testimonies that can happen in that school where eagles can soar. Thank you, [Applause] Everyone good evening. Uh good evening board um guests and [Music] Dr. Recently it has been said that there is no money for the classified staff to receive a cola. teachers had accepted nothing this year and so it was implied that classified staff should be good with that good with receiving

056no salary increase as well. There's no money for the classified school employee summer assistance program that would assist our lowest paid employees at a presumed under $44,000 a year. And yet leadership has given themselves and others at the top 7% raise over the next three years. Those already at the top who receive car stipens, free health insurance, free life insurance, etc. How how did they even get a 7% raise when the cola is only 1.67? It feels a little bit like you don't let them meet cake. Especially when your lowest lowest paid employees, the three-hour nutrition service assistants at step one, make less than $1,300 before taxes. Make this make sense to me. For many classified staff, often NSAs and PAR educators, this job requires us to take a second job outside of the district

057just to feed our families and pay bills. All while those already making the most receive raises. Teachers have a 2-year prob probationary period before becoming a permanent employee. For classified staff, there's a six-month probationary period. superintendent received a 7% raise in under six months based on what I ask. How many times have these top earners had to perform the Heimlick maneuver to save a life while on the job? How many student seizures have they had to watch happen while simultaneously following each and every step of a student's specialized healthcare plan protocol? How many times have they been in danger of being choked or punched in the face by a non-verbal student? I ask because it's pretty damn often for us classified staff. The boots on the ground doing the jobs that not only save lives

058but change lives for students and their families every single day. Either our jobs and the work that we do is important and it matters or it doesn't. Please make this make sense to me. Don't tell us that there's no money for us when the top has already taken it all. The farther you are from working directly with the students, the more money you receive. If we continue to take care of only our highest paid staff, who will work with the students. Again, make this make sense to me. I believe that the classified staff do matter to this district and community at large. We pour our hearts into creating appropriate learning spaces that are safe for all students. It is time to show us that the work we do matters. It is not the time for

059the top 1% to receive a raise. I wore your bracelet for weeks. Believing what you said at PD days regarding the importance of classified employees, I would like to return them to you now. Thank you. [Applause] Okay. 11.1 Consent calendar approval of consent calendar items. Do I have a motion? So move. Thank you, Trusty Garcia. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Trusty Hall. Seeing no discussion, please vote. There's no Oh, upon a vote being taken, the vote was five in favor, zero opposed. Oral reports continued. Uh, 12.1 Panther Park and Hector will be giving his presentation. Uh, good evening, board president Compos, board members, uh, superintendent Dr. Ao, cabinet members. Uh, I'm here today. and be uh presenting information on U Panther Park to you. Um so Panther Park, if you're not familiar

060with it, it's adjacent to Paris High School in the image you see there. Uh I put Paris High School in relation to Par Panther Park. Panther Park is to the south of the school along Ruby Drive. It's not connected to the school. It's separated by by Ruby Drive. So, uh, if you see there where Paris High School is up at the top, Panther Park is down down to the south, uh, on the left side if you're driving down Ruby Ruby Drive. So, um, park is located at 1022 Ruby Drive. It's not connected to the campus. Uh, the park is is bordered on two sides by houses and two sides by streets, Mildred and Ruby. Uh, Panther Park, uh, there's an image there of the park itself. It's made up of three softball fields. Uh they

061have back stops with some bleacher type seating. Uh the playfields are fenced. One of one of the fields is completely fenced. Uh the other two are fenced on first base and third base side. Uh it's got a small restroom building, men's and women's restroom. It's got a small storage room as part of that small building. Uh the front of the park has a small 4ft fence. Uh it's got gates, but they're frequently open. The park is not secure. It's got, you know, short fencing. uh we lock the gates but the gates are frequently opened you know on the weekends uh by by the community they use the park uh the park is 5.52 acres of property there's some images of the park uh the restroom building there uh the dedication plaque uh the park was

062a collaborative between the the uh city of Paris Paris Union High School District Rotary uh of Paris and the Chamber of Commerce of Paris uh so it was dedicated in 2004 uh there's an image one of the softball fields. Uh it's got full back stops. Uh some beacher type seating at all the fields. Uh the vehicle access gate to the park. That's the gate we use to go in and mow and and do maintenance on the park. But you see that fence in front of the park there. It's a 4ft fence. Very inadequate. Um not not it's pretty much open to the community. Uh the perimeter fencing there on the on the picture on the right. Uh same thing goes all the way around the park, but it's it's very short fencing. Uh, another image

063of one of the softball fields and a view along Ruby Drive on the perimeter of the park, perimeter fencing. So, as part of the overview, Panther Park uh use uh it is not used very very uh frequently by the school. Um, very little school use. It's not used for PE. There's there's an issue with having to, you know, get kids off campus. Cross Ruby Drive. They're off campus, you know. So, it's not used by PE. Not currently used for softball. In the past, uh, the school had two, uh, two levels of softball, a JV and and a varsity. Right now, there's only one level of softball at the campus, so it's not used for softball. Uh, so the soccer teams on the campus use it occasionally, a couple times a year, they'll go out there

064and they'll do practice during soccer season. Uh, it's mostly used by the community and outside athletic groups. Uh, there's some soccer goals on the fields, like I said, sometimes our our school does use it. Uh but it's mostly on the weekends. Uh the little little uh you know soccer team, softball teams, uh the community uh uses it more. Uh some issues with Panther Park. Uh it's open, not secured. Uh the fencing is is short. Uh the gates are frequently open. Even if we lock them by Monday morning, they're opened again. Uh graffiti is frequent at happens pretty frequently at Panther Park. Uh the city of Paris does remove the graffiti. There's frequent vandalism. Uh and then the maintenance. Uh we maintain this facility. It's not used by the campus, but we maintain it. Uh, you

065know, try to keep it in good shape and it's used, like I said, mostly by the community. Uh, there is a lot of homeless activity at the park. That's another reason our our school doesn't use it very often. You know, the security of our students is our top priority. So, frequently there there's broken bottles. Uh there's u, you know, there's there's syringes, there's, you know, lot of trash and stuff like that at the park. We do have a a maintenance maintenance and operations employee that goes there every morning and make sure he cleans up, make sure it's safe for anyone that uses the park, but it's a frequent activity there at the park. Um, so what does Park Panther Park cost us? So, water, electricity, landscape maintenance, our groundskeepers, uh, tree trimming about $109,000, about

066$110,000 a year. That's an average uh to maintain the park on a yearly basis. Um, we looked into, you know, I mean, if we were to uh secure Panther Park uh properly, chain and fencing would be about $140,000 to do the two sides on Mildred and Ruby. Uh, if we were to do rod iron fencing, if you've been my parasites, you site to see the new rod iron fencing we did as part of the campus renovation. If we were to go that route, it'd be about $315,000 uh to use that type of fencing. Um, with with that, I'll pass it to Dr. Arrow. If there's any questions on on the facility itself, uh I'm happy to answer questions. Thank you, Victor. Based on um the study session that we had couple of months ago, there

067were some comments about the facilities, taking analysis, identifying different facilities that we had. So we came uh with Panther Park and we are making this uh small presentation for you to think what is what you would like to do moving forward and to get direction so we can focus on on what you decide to do. Hector familiar with the park did know that um those restrooms are they usable? Uh they are usable. They're maintained. Uh the water's flowing and they're usable, but they're typical park restrooms. Would u So the custodian goes over every day? Uh yeah. When it when it's used, he checks it uh when the park is open and it's used. Uh we do check it every day. Okay. Um I mean, I don't want you to feel like you're under attack for

068Panther Park. No. But there's been some concerns with the with the homeless as you spoke of. They were taking over Panther Park. I didn't go there to see it so you could give us a better view. I spent my time in Panther Park and it it's a nice big area. Um I think we have to take in some ideas to see what we want to do with it. Um I I have some suggestions. I I'll keep them to myself until we have some we can sit down because you might cross them right off the list. Sure. So, uh, but I'm very familiar with it. I would just encourage, um, maintenance department to stay on the park so doesn't get out of hand. I when Grant was still the the, uh, uh, superintendent, it had some

069problems and I think he went over there and addressed those. But that's almost a daily thing. Yeah. So, the concern, I think, was who owns the park? Who owns it? Oh, it's it's been established. The Paris Union High School District owns it. Okay. Uh- which is, you know, all the years I've been here in the district, it was my understanding that it was owned by the city. It's actually owned by Paris Union High School. So, legally, I don't know. The district is always looking to raise funds and do things. Could we do party rentals or or rent uh like in other areas you go to the park and you go to the recreation and you rent a spot, you get a grill and tables and you can have a jumper delivered and have your party

070in the park. That would be one area for use. I don't know if that's legit for school districts. That's something I don't know the legal aspect of that. Well, we we uh we currently use our uh online civic permits or civic use uh platform uh Facilitron. We rent our fields at other sites. Uh Heritage High School, Liberty High School, Palomao Valley High School, baseball teams rent them. Uh other outside groups rent them. Uh Panther Park has an opportunity to do something like that, but it's just not secure. We can't keep people out there on the weekends. Uh the fencing is is inadequate. If we try to rent it out, people still use it. They they they go in, they don't have a permit, and they still use it because it's wide open to the community.

071So, I saw the cost for these fences. How big are the fences and what kind of quality for the iron fences? Uh 8 8 foot uh is what we looked at. You think that's efficient? Um well, here here we did 10 foot. Well, well, that's why I'm saying because that cost is a lot cheaper than what we paid for this property. Correct. Uh yes, it is. Uh this is just different type of fencings here with with the uh the way the fencing laid out is most of it was custom work to borrow those fence panels. So that's why the cost was more significant. Then we had two gate openers, two rolling gates. Uh so it was it was different. The Panther Park would have either the chain link or the rod iron like we have

072in front of Paris High School. Um but like I said, the that price is based on 8 foot, but we can get a price for 10 foot, you know. Well, I would think you know you have a issue with homeless and you know the higher the fence, the harder it is to climb, right? Yes. And that's just logic, but maybe I'm wrong. Maybe we have to have an expert analyze that. Uh, no. I mean, here with 10 foot, I've actually had conversations with uh people in this area uh uh homeless gentleman that used to walk through uh kind of chastise me for putting up the fencing. And he said, you know, you guys did the high fence and we can't climb it. Uh same thing what happened at Prince Park. I mean, this price that

073we developed was for 8 foot, uh but we can look at 10 foot. So, so in the past, uh, under the old superintendent, I've asked about cameras there as well. We've had incidences where we weren't able to document, you know. So, what about surveillance cameras as well if we're talking about securing that property? That's a different. Yeah, there's actually another board item on the agenda for tonight. Um, for Yeah, but that's something that's something else we talked about. Yeah, for for writing data to the park. There there's no data out there. At one point, I think there was maybe a wireless bridge or something there. There was a camera out there at one point, but it was very inadequate. Right. There's there's something on the agenda tonight to run uh data there uh to be

074able to install cameras. Well, you answered my question, but those are two separate. Okay. But thank you. Anybody else? I've got a couple, but I'll go ahead. Well, I was just going to say I don't want Hector to be on the spot. It's gone. That's all right. I'm gonna go over there and look. So, I'm just going to give you the warning. I'm going to look. So, uh, tell Jesse or whoever they got to get their butt over there and get that cleaned up if it ain't clean. It's clean. I've been especially this presentation preparing for this granola quite a bit. Okay. And I only put it that way because I've had experience with it. Yeah. It used to be under my And yours, too. Yeah. We're on speed dial with the neighbors around the

075park. you know, if there's water going over their fence or there's something happening with the park, they they know who to call. They call myself or Jesse. And matter of fact, this week, we got a call about a broken sprinkler, which we took care of. So, towed lawnmowers out of there. Yeah. Yeah. They get stuck in that back end. Y Okay. All right. Go ahead. Speak up. Well, so a couple things. Um little shock, little just kind of, you know, Wow. Um, number one, personally, I don't I don't think we should be spending any more money there. You know, when we hear the concerns, um, you know, about putting fencing to within a park that the community is not even using. Um, I think it's wasted money. You know, we we heard parents here talk

076about CMI and the need there. Um, I actually, while the presentation was going on, because I'm not completely aware of where it was at, um, it's 2.5 miles from CMI. I mean, the one thing if we were gonna temporarily invest in it, um, and I don't know if this is doable, um, and I know it's kind of on the CMI side, but you know, if if if we could use that temporarily, like if we if we're able to find funding for whatever on the park, I mean, I think this could be kind of a band-aid. Obviously, we'd probably have to provide, you know, transportation there, but if they have a field that the grass is flat and they can actually play and, you know, without injuries, um, then I think that's something that we're at

077least using that's productive, uh, for the community, for the students. Um, outside of that, um, I mean, it's kind of disheartening to to think that we've been spending money on a property we didn't even own or that we didn't know we owned, yet we were putting all this money into it without any return on the investment. Um I personally if you would um Dr. Rouse I would contact Warbach and Huff and Henderson tomorrow and and let's get a title search of all the properties within the district because when we had our our um our school workshop um here on Saturday that's one of the things that we talked about. We've been trying to find ways to um you know create revenue, do different things because we have some beautiful facilities and now we have property

078that we didn't even know we owned. Um, which for me it's kind of like how did that happen? You know what I mean? I mean that's it's 5.5 acres. When I was looking at that pictures I'm thinking we can develop 20 houses there. And I'm glad that you brought up the AB there you know. Um the good news is I think that with with the help of Warbach and Henderson and you know the the creativity within the community and obviously we probably have to serve and do different things but we've I mean we've been given actually kind of a blessing because now we have something that we can use productively you know and if that means you know partnering with the city um developing that land and that's why I say I think we need

079to get um because uh Orbach and Henderson talked we've talked to them about that um about taking a look at it but I think Now, we have to take it um outside of the staff's hands, have the attorneys, and it's going to be costly probably, but we want to make sure that we know exactly what we own. I think we've had this conversation in the past um over the past couple years, and to find this out now, um it's kind of mixed emotions. It's good news and bad news. I mean, the good news is, hey, we have 5.5 acres, you know what I mean? The bad news is like, damn, we've had 5.5 acres that we've been spending, you know, x amount of dollars with little return on our investment. Um, but you know, the

080past is the past and and now moving forward, um, I think we just need to be creative. You know, let's find out what other assets we have um to benefit the community. Um, you know, see if somehow, you know, we can work something out, you know, for CMI in in the meanwhile. Um, just because I mean it it does seem like there's it's usable. Um, but at the same time, you know, you know, hearing what what Tony has said and about, you know, the different homeless things, I mean, Thank you for building those relationships with the community and them being able to contact you. I think that's great. I think that the fact that we're doing that is awesome. Now, we just have to kind of um redirect this, take a look at, you know,

081how we can use it as as a benefit um and go from there. I mean, it is what it is, you know what I mean? Um I personally, you know, would would not want to invest really another dime um knowing that we have other needs. Um, at the same time, if it's going to benefit um our student population, then obviously that that money is probably worth it. Like I said, if it's, you know, CMI, if someone's going to get a benefit out of that property, I think that would be great. But, um, I mean, I I guess I'll just leave it at that. I just, you know, but if if we can get get on the phone and find out what we can do and then and then have them do a title search on

082every property that we have so that we know exactly what we have, no matter how small or how large, it's good to know what we have. That way we can then start to become creative and start thinking about how can we develop this and bring in, you know, community uh resources for our schools. So, but thank you for the presentation. I appreciate all the information that you provided for us. You're really doing and maintaining and at least doing that part. So because I'm sure the community appreciates that. So thank you. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Written reports 13.1 the William settlement quarterly uniform complaint report summary for January 2025 through March 13.2 discipline March 2025 monthly suspension report. And then moving on to action items. 14.1 general functions. Resolution number 23-2425 supporting title

0839 fairness in girls intercolastic sports. Do I have a motion? So move. Thank you, Trusty Garcia. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Trusty Annayia. Uh any discussion? And and so I will I will briefly bring up um why I brought this uh resolution up. You know, I think uh and it's my understanding that currently we don't have any um issues with the Title N um transgender boys or girls um playing in another sport. And one of the reasons why I I wanted to bring this up is because I I think that there's a lot of things going on in different school districts. I think that um you know title N at the heart of what it is it was to protect girls sports and to make sure that they have their opportunity to

084shine athletically um without you know having their own having their own leagues. Uh I know that um you know in recent years has been kind of been a pingpong as to what title N is. It's been changed and then now it's reverting back uh to its original intent. For me personally, I think, you know, um for the protection and safety of our female athletes, I think it's it's the right thing to do. It's a proactive thing to do, uh from this perspective. Um the other thing, too, is and we're kind of still finding out and wondering what the with any Trump administration, we don't know what the the federal funding and withholding. Um but I think bringing something forward because I know this is one of the things that is constantly talked about uh locally

085and nationally. Um, and one of the things that I think it's extremely important is that um, with this, we're not going to run into any I know that we might there might be some state battles, but we're not going to run into federal funding. And you know, I know for me, um, you know, when when I think about the federal funding that we could lose out, what what it what I don't know, and it's an unknown and when we fly out to Washington DC in a couple weeks, we're going to talk to legislators to to kind of find out, get a better idea, you know, that if you are not complying in one area um with the federal government, does that mean it wipes you out for all the funding? And these are the unknowns.

086Um, so, for example, right here, we're voting on a resolution for Title 9. um and let's just say we we didn't comply, right? Um then uh does that mean they're going to withhold Title N funding only or are they going to go into the other funding areas that they fund? It could be cyber security, it could be um title one, special ed funding, whatever they fund it. And so those are one of the unknowns and I think that this one to kind of avoid some of the things that are going on locally within the county. Um, I think it's it's a it's a proactive thing so that when you know well we don't have that issue arise and if we're complying with it then it's not going to exist. Um, when it does and I

087think we kind of take it from there and deal with it at that point. But I just wanted to be proactive to kind of move this forward to say, "Hey, okay, let's comply here. Let's make sure that in in women's sports, girls sports that they're competing against um their biological gender so that they're safe and their their opportunities are not taken by someone else who might have an advantage in that sense. So that was kind of the purpose for for bringing it forward. And that's it. So if anybody else would like to share any other discussion, feel free. I I think that the idea that it's to me this is just picking a fight. So this is when we could sit out and let it go a little further to see where we're at with

088this state and federal. Um, I just feel like we're jumping the gun from what I understand, and correct me if I'm wrong, that no one no other district has signed on to creating resolutions or we be the first district to do this. Is that correct or that that seems to be the case to my knowledge also? We we don't know anything. Dr. No. Yes. Right now, I haven't found any other district yet. Okay. Well, it's it's I know this is it's an issue. It's going to come up, but I think we're a little early. We've got one student we're concerned about, and I think that's a legitimate concern. I don't know that my solution was a one that would work because of u state regulations and rules, things like that. So, I don't have the

089solution. I just think we're a little ahead here. Well, well, and I think um to touch on that um that particular situation doesn't involve sports. Um it does involve the involvement of playing on a female athletic team. Is that a P? We have serious students in that sport. Sports. And nowhere else in the district do we have in sports? In sports. Any other category that would deny somebody for sports? I can't think of one. No. Okay. Um Okay. I I just opinion. It's just my opinion. No, thank you. Any other discussion? Okay. Please vote. Upon the vote being taken, we have four in favor and one opposed. Moving on to 14.2 two, general functions, request for support on AB 327, protecting schools from sweating incidents. Do I have a motion? So move. Have a second.

090Second. Thank you. So trusty Garcia on the first. Thank you, Trusty Hall on the second. Um, any discussion. Okay, seeing none, please vote. Upon vote being taken, uh, five in favor, zero opposed. Uh, moving on to 14.3 personnel certificated person personnel action items. And do I have a motion? [Music] Thank you, Trusty N. You know what? I'll second that. And seeing any further Oh, sorry. The resolution. I think we need to make a motion to approve the resolution. A recommendation. [Applause] Oh, let me go back. Okay. Recommendation. So, it was to review, discuss, and provide direction. So I think just wants to be clear what your motion was. Oh go. Yeah. Which one? 14.1. 14.1. So can someone make a motion to approve the resolution? Oh, sure. Is that what we're voting for? Yeah, I'll

091make it says review and discuss trusty council's recommendation resolution number and then it says and provide direction. So I think if you make a motion approve that they just make a motion if you would like to and then vote again. Okay. So so yeah then that way we understand. Okay. So, I'd like to make a motion going back to 14.1 on the resolution 23-23 24-25 supporting title line of the fairness and girls intercolast inner scholastic sports. Um, so I'd like to make a motion to approve and adopt the resolution and that would be it. I'll second it. Oh, uh, thank you. So, I got the first, trusty Garcia's got the second and then we'll move on for the vote. Okay, here we go. Okay, thank you. Sorry for the pressure. Please vote. Upon the vote

092being taken, uh there are four in favor and one opposed. And moving on to 14.4 personnel, classified personnel action items. 143. 143. Oh, can we skip it? We left out certificate. 14 14. Yeah. Oh, okay. So, we did the swatting. Oh, yeah. 14 certificate. 14.3 personnel certificated personnel action items. I think so. Do I have a motion? So, moved. Thank you, Trusty Garcia. Do you have a second? Second. Thank you, Trusty Hall. Seeing no discussion, please vote. Well, I think my mouse lost. Unplug. Oh, here we go. Got it. Okay. Upon the vote being taken, we have a five in favor, zero opposed. Moving on 14.4 personnel classified personnel action items. Do I have a motion? So moved. Thank you, Trusty Garcia. Do Garcia, do I have a second? I'll second that. Um, trusty compost

093and please vote. And upon the vote being taken, we have the vote was five in favor, zero opposed. Moving on to 14.5, personnel recommendation to revise the school social worker job description. Do I have a motion? So move. Thank you, Trusty Stafford. Thank you, Trusty Ann. The second. Any discussion? Seeing none, please vote. Upon the vote being taken, the vote was five in favor, zero opposed, 14.6 personnel. The Paris Secondary Educators Association is submitting its initial proposal to negotiate with the Paris Union High School District for the 2025 2026 successor negotiations. Do I have a motion? So moved. So moved. Thank you, Trusty Garcia. On the motion second. Second. Thank you, Trusty Hall. So now we'll have a public hearing to receive comments regarding the initial proposal to negotiate from from the Paris Secondary Educators

094Association for the 2025 2026 successor negotiations. Are there any public comments? There are no public comments. Okay, thank you. [Music] Um, open 618. So, or 818. Okay. So, we are opening up at 8:18. Thank you. 819. seconds. Steve number 14 14.6 14.6 Okay. Okay. Go ahead. Okay. The public hearing is now closed at 8:19. I mean trusty. Yes, there's a motion by trusty Garcia and a second by Trusty Compost to accept the Paris Secondary Educators Association initial proposal to negotiate with the Paris Indian High School District for the 2025 2026 successor negotiations. Please vote. Upon the vote being taken, the vote was five in favor, zero opposed. 14.7 personnel, the Paris Union High School District hereby submits its initial proposal to the Paris Secondary Educator Association for Successor Contract Negotiations for the 2025 2026 school

095year. Do I have a motion? So move. Thank you, Trusty Garcia. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Trusty Annayia. So now, do I want the public hearing the public hearing to reach to receive comments regarding the parish union High School District's initial proposal to negotiate with the Paris Secondary Educator Association for 20256 2026 school year is now open at 8:20. Are there any public comments? There are no public comments. There are no public comments. Thank you. changed. Oh, the public hearing is now closed at 8:21 p.m. And there is a motion. Was it Garcia and a second by Trusty Na? Yes. Okay. To accept the Paris Union High School District's proposal to negotiate with the Paris Secondary Educator Association for the 2025 2026 school year. Please vote. mine jam. Yep. Oh, there we

096go. No, but it's a ser. Oh, no. We got it. We're good. Just thank you. Okay. Vote being taken. The vote was five in favor, zero opposed. 14.8 8 personnel resolution number 21-24-25 proclamation of May 18th through 24. Never mind. It did. It came back. 2025 as classified school employee week. Do I have a motion? So moved. Thank you. Trusty Garcia, do you have a second? Second. Thank you, Trusty Hall. Please vote. I'm still nothing. 148. Yeah, my vote hasn't come up yet. Yeah, Steve's just been down. It's not consistent. Steve, Charles, and Jamie. Oh, all right. Thank you, sir. Oh, here we go. Capture yours. Yeah. Upon a vote being taken, the vote was five in favor, zero opposed. 14.9 personnel, resolution number 22-24-25, proclamation of May 5th through the 9th, 2025 as National

097Teacher Appreciation Week and May 6th, 2025 as National Teacher Appreciation Day. Do I have a motion? So moved. Thank you, Trusty Garcia. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Trustee Stafford. Please vote. Seeing no discussion, It's I'm down. I don't know. [Music] I got this like crazy. There we go. Okay. Okay. Upon the vote being taken, the vote was five in favor, zero opposed. We are moving into 14.10 10 curriculum new supplemental English novel adoption. Um, do I have a motion? I'll I'll make the motion someone to table. Oh, yeah. To table it just like we did at the other board meeting. No problem. So, while Trusty Garcia, we have him um tableabling this as as the motion. Do we have a second? Thank you, Trusty Stafford. Thank you, Dr. Come on, baby. There

098we go. English. I don't have anything. What? I don't have anything. I was saying it up. There it is. Can we vote? Yeah. And I think it went through. We're voting to table it, correct? Yes. table just like at the last meeting, right? And upon the vote being taken, the vote was I'm pressing it, but nothing's happening. It's up there. I voted. Oh, can we all do? Yeah, we all vote. It's just There it goes. Yay. Five. Five in favor. Zero post. 14.11 business authorization for purchase orders above 50,000 for April 2025. Do I have a motion? So move. Thank you, Trusty Garcia. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Trusty Annayia. Seeing no discussion, please vote. It's playing with our emotions today with their patience. On the vote being taken, the vote was

099five in favor, zero opposed. 14.12 business authorization for purchase of capital equipment about $10,000 April 2025. Do I have a motion? So moved. Thank you, Trusty Garcia. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Trusty Stafford. Seeing no discussion, please vote. on the boat being taken. You guys got the Mhm. Can I follow you again? Oh, there. Time to upgrade on the vote being taken. The vote just got kicked off. There we go. 5 in favor, zero opposed. 14.3 technology award of bid for -ate category 2 purchase of network switches funded through the general fund in the amount of $13,2925. Do I have a motion? So moved. Thank you, Trusty Garcia. Trusty Stafford, thank you. Um, you know what? On the the computer's lagging. Oh, cuz you're on 1413. Yeah, I'm still on 1412. Oh,

100just hit the same thing. Yeah, it'll it'll come up soon. Yeah, there's got one more. There you go. How is it glitching on a technology one? It started. It's ironic, huh? Nope. Just thought we're on 1413. Yeah, there it goes. It just changed. We could vote, right? It's like update our system so we can vote, right? Maybe we need software. Maybe we increase the budget. Where's Joe? Wasn't me. And upon the vote being taken, the vote was going down. Let's say Tony J. There we go. Starting over long drum roll. There we go. That air should go in. Vote was five in favor, zero opposed. Moving on to information items 15.1 curriculum revised science courses science 5 science 6 science 7 science 8 science 9 biology environmental science chemistry physics and astronomy and space science

10115.2 2 curriculum new and revised science essential courses. Science 5 essentials, science 6 essentials, science 7 essentials, science 8 essentials, biology essentials, formerly basic science, astronomy essentials, and environmental science essentials. And then moving on to 15.3, curriculum multi-year legal services agreement with Hatch and Cesario, Attorneys of Law, funed through the general fund in the amount of $185 to 340 per hour. Who who did you want to share? Oh yes. Um so Hatcha Cesaro is a law firm that I had uh worked with prior. They specialize only in special education and um Orbach as we know is our primary and so I wanted to be able to have at least one other as a secondary. I believe I I found the contract with FF FF. Oh, 3F3. I knew it was one, but I think that's

102ending um soon. And uh it's always nice. I know we have the primary, but to also have just in case we have multiple cases have um and so and because you just brought something up. So in your research did so 3F3 was doing our special ed before because that was one thing I didn't know who was handling I just know when I look at our um fiscal there there was a contract available uh for consultation uh through the special education market did you expand a little bit about it there was an attorney confirm and he moved here and that's the one the expert on special ed that's what I was the the trigger. So, um, in March, early March, I I recognized an attorney that, uh, I dealt with in Ventura County and, um, some

103of the actions and I thought, you know, I probably would should need to reach out and have, you know, that that second that's familiar with some of the uh, practices that that I've seen and saw a little different. You know, every county has their own way of handling legal and so there were some things that I caught and I thought, "Oh, he wouldn't have got away with this. I made sure, oh, Dr. is here, you know, in this district now." But, uh, having a special education um, law firm that focuses just on special education is a good secondary. Yeah. No, and I did the research um when when this came up, you know, for our agenda review and I did notice that they were one of the few it was kind of like their specialty.

104I took a look at the the staff and and the different attorneys and kind of they saw that there was kind of a niche that they it was their kind of forte and what they did. And so I just wanted to make sure that um before it was an action item that you had that opportunity to to share that information with the board because I know I I did look into that and you know I was open to it. I just didn't want to put um you know the the board on on kind of you know notice without knowing what was going on. But I you know obviously we'll bring this back as an as an action item. Um uh that way everybody else can do some further research and and we'll move on from

105there. Any other discussion or questions? Oh no it's just information. Okay. Yeah. So next under the recommendation it states for you to provide clear and specific instructions. So do you are you okay with them bringing it back? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Bring it back as an action item. Yeah. Because then that gives kind of there was a couple things I just didn't want us to take an action on without having more. I just didn't think we had enough information to move forward. But now that we have that, everybody can do kind of their own um research the research on that and and we'll move on. Thank you for that Dr. Ian. Appreciate that. Thank you. I would like to highlight though for that uh law firm the particular lawyer is Melissa Hatch. So lawyers shift and

106so I'm very particular. I know like that law firm and the Hatch and Cesara the Hatch is the person that we would be directly to. Okay. Thank you. and and my assumption she's a 340 usually the the top biller um 14 but sometimes obviously you got to you got to get paid more for what you get uh 15.4 4 business revolving cash report for March 2025. And moving on 15.5 technology review and discuss the RFP number 020725 - category uh onewide area network one for Panther Park funded through the general fund in the amount of $48,000 and $248,240. And this one Mr. campus is the one that was spending based on what use you would like to give to Dan Park, right? Because uh with we have a program the installation of the network will

107cost like $200,000 but with we pay 20%. So it would be a little bit more than 200,000% almost 250. That's total cost. But now we have the opportunity to pay 48 and we have through the a rate program. But is it the question is do we want to spend $48,000 now to put the infrastructure there for potentially internet and cameras that you were mentioning if you decide to give another use or you give us different direction and and so that's basically that that was also um something that I moved informational because you know finding out um you know the panther park information um then going on and spending this now I guess and I don't know who would be able to answer this So, um, my understanding is so if we were to to fund

108this, it just means the area is wired for the future or, um, because, you know, so, so this would connect the site to Paris High School with a fiber optic can cable, which would make networking possible. We would put network switches in the the attached to the bathrooms is a storage room that we originally had network equipment back in the day. uh we would put a new switch in there and then we would be able to drive cameras as well as access points so students would be supervised as well as having access to our network facilities while on our campus. But now obviously this is off campus and we I think the discussion was we don't have too many students using or accessing that. So I I mean I guess for me um I hear

109you. It's a great it's a deal if you're using it and if there's I mean I'm just trying to figure out what's the return on the investment. So, you know, the the people that are there, the homeless guys, you know, who are hanging out, you know, and and doing mischief, they have access, you know, to internet and all that other stuff. I don't have access to secure the network for only our students and staff. Okay. We brought this forward so that way you guys they go to Starbucks or something. It's a free Wi-Fi. Okay. So, anyways, um that's, you know, something to discuss and think about down the road. 15.6 Six board policies, business and non-instructional operations series 3000. So you're not bringing it back, correct? Are we bring? Yeah. Oh, I think we are.

110I'm sorry. Okay. Yeah, please. No. Uh, so question. Um, is there a deadline like is this something that the deadline has passed and if we do not approve we will lose the funding for this? What? uh if we don't award today then that would be we would have one more chance to award at the next board meeting but the -ig funds dry up at the end of the school year okay and we can no longer apply them to other projects this was earmarked for this and that window has expired so we would not be able to update the use for it so why can information then so just to clarify can the board make a decision June June 16th let's say is the next May or may I believe would be possible I need to

111consult with our consultants but I believe that would be possible may will Okay. Yeah. I mean that would be ideal. Ideal. Yes. Um just because knowing the circumstances, you know, um I recognize that we don't know what we want to do with it yet. So this is kind of a big ask on, you know, gambling on what we plan to do with it. So I agree. Any recommendations? I have a hard time justifying network all the way out there for a seldom used facility like that. But at the same time, uh if we did plan to invest more and use it more, putting in fences, using it more for our facilities, uh I would recommend something like that so we could at least have cameras uh so that way we could monitor the facilities. But

112otherwise, uh if it's going to remain as used or changed to something else, I would suggest passing on. Okay. And and so that this this amount is it one year or is it multi-year? So that total amount covers the installation which is not 48,000 it's roughly uh 38,000 and then it covers the three-year subscription to the internet service as well. So uh that connection would be charged on a monthly basis at a low cost uh a few hundred and then that connection would stay up uh until we turned it off. Okay, great. Thank you so much. And then moving on 15.6 Six board policies business and non-instructional operations seriously doesn't um and 16.1 close session. Yes, President session. Okay, we will need close session. So 17 Oh, so we have to vote. Hold on. So

113close session. So do I have a motion? So moved to convene. So, first we've got Trusty Garcia and Stafford and Stafford. Trust Trusty Stafford on the second. Please vote. Being a close session. Now, um if if you guys would like to leave because there's we do have some stuff to some stuff to cover. Um you are more than welcome to have the night off. It's been a long night. We appreciate all you. Thank you for Yeah, it's 501 session at 641. Okay. So, would love to see you all stay there. Okay. The vote was 50. Five in favor, zero oppos. So, we are going into close session at 8:41. We're reconvening the Paris High School District meeting um at 9:58. And then action items. We are moving on to 18.1 discipline board review of discipline

114matters. And do I have a motion? So move. Second. Thank you. Trustee Stafford on the first and trusty Garcia on the second. Um, seeing no discussion, please vote and upon the vote being taken the vote with five in favor, zero opposed. Moving on to 19.1. Other items by the superintendent, Dr. Roth. No, thank you sir. Um 20.1 other items by the board of trustees. Um no not the same. Thank you. Trusty Stard. Um there was something I just wanted to say. Welcome Soshi. You've been here with us before but here all the time now. Mhm. Okay. And we wanted to say so long to Sarah and she's just over across the road with you know we we miss her. I mean she's with us for a long time. And um the other things let me

115just see if there's anything here real quick that I need to say this. Um I I this is more for Dr. Rob. I'm going to work on another video with Col Dolly High School. Oh, okay. We're going to do two to three days of filming and I'm doing a another kind of life story thing. Not not a black history thing, but and they're going to use it for a um project for the kids to produce me. I talked to Julie Bice about it and got her permission and she's very excited about it. So, I just wanted to let everybody know, yeah, I'll be over there a few days when he calls for me. And thank you for sharing. Mr. Gold is going to help me. So, so it's uh exciting and I'll get to spend

116some time on the campus before graduation. And that's it. I think we talked about it. All right. Thank you, Trusty Staff. Trusty Hall. Um you know, uh since I've been here, been going to quite a few events. Uh, so it's it's it's nice to see students on the screen that I've met, uh, or they know who I, you know, kind of recognize who I am now. Oh, sorry. Uh, so it just finding my place here and enjoying what I'm doing and and just making sure that we're all on the same page of making students first and that's what it's all about. um and making sure that all of our students in all of our schools are recognized as you know who they are and what we're trying to do here. Thank you, Trusty Hall. Trusty

117Garcia, I just want to thank everybody for everything they've been doing for us, uh going through all the changes together. I know we all talk about being family and everything, but I'm learning the difference between family and teams. We'll go into that later because we're trying to end. I want to special shout out to our deputy. Thank you for your service and everything you do for us. I know it's late. I apologize, but you guys have a good night and get home safely, please. Thank you, Trusty Garcia. Um, a couple things on on the I I know we're going to be out um for at least I think not I think the employee gayla and there was I think another event. I know it was the staff the parent recognition or the parent recognition. Well,

118I know there's two events. Um some of us will be gone. Uh we'll be in DC while while one of this is taking place. So, we just want to make sure if you guys could just share that, you know, we would have wanted to be there. Um, unfortunately, we'll be, you know, out of out of out of the state. And so, um, and I know for me, I most likely I think the other ones on the second, I will not I might be in Wisconsin with my daughter helping her move into her new home. So, um, the the other thing, you know, thank you to Pinnacotti Middle School and actually for the the campaign, you know, when I'm looking around and I see all this stuff and that's kind of one of my things about

119the arts. I think we need to do that more. I think kids need art more. You know, they can express themselves. It's, you know, some people look at as it's not very academic or and it's like, no, you know what? It really is. It brings out their creativity, different sides of their brain, uh, that are working. And so, I think, you know, doing that sitewide at every grade level, you know what I mean? I think it's important to always infuse the arts, um, because you get some great products, you know what I mean? And, um, you know, not all of them are great, but I think everybody having that opportunity to do that is a benefit to student learning. Um, I do think we need to look into that that sleep thing that um, Jason

120Miller mentioned at PSEA. That's that's extremely important. You know, kids when they're developing, that's when they're growing is when they're sleeping. When they're lacking sleep, it could affect growth and obviously academic different things. So, definitely at some point need to look into that and and try to encourage, you know, kids to go to sleep. Um, it's really important. And finally, you know, kind of Jamie had mentioned it earlier, I hope you all have a blessed Easter. I know for some of us it's a it's a very you know resurrection Sunday is you know we look forward to it all year and so I know that you know for me and my family it'll be a special day to celebrate um and so I hope that you celebrate however you celebrate on any given Sunday um

121but just you know for me for this particular one you know have a happy Easter and so that's pretty much it 21.1 future board topics anything that you would like to information or topics that you would like to consider for the budget. I I know for me I just wanted um moving on the the the land and that kind of stuff and what to kind of do to start thinking about that stuff. That would be one of those things that I think we need to get on as soon as possible. And outside of that, if there's nothing else, we're going to go to 21. I just want to say, you know, as we talk about like the the photos here, these pictures uh recognizing our students uh for, you know, the uh robotics from Heritage,

122why aren't they here? Why aren't we not inviting, you know, our students here when they accomplish something like that to give them that award or just take recognition of them? I'd like I'd love to see a CFI football team all in here, you know, uh or something like that. You know what? Um I I think on on that note, um depending on where the kids are at, this is a kind of a far drive. And so some of them might drive, some of them might not. It could be a But I I I'm on the same page. And I think what we should do is we should go to them. Correct. And and we should, you know, celebrate them, you know, whether it's one board member, two board members, you know, Dr. Rouse, whoever can

123go. Uh because I I think you're exactly right. I think, you know, they're bringing um accolades to the school district and their their hard work is being rewarded with their accomplishments. So, I definitely think we should do something like that in acknowledgement and hopefully get them there because, you know, these kids are probably doing important stuff right now and they might be sleeping. So, our meetings are short enough as they are so we can have more time. So, 21 and nothing else. Thank you for that, Trusty Hall. And 21.2 to adjournment regular board meeting at the board of trustees for April 16th, 2025. Do I have a motion to move? Oh, trusty Hall. Quick. Well, actually beat you to that one. Trusty Garcia was right behind Chuck. So, please vote discussion. Any discussion? We had

124enough of that. And upon a vote being taken, the vote was five in favor, zero. how it starts and this meeting is adjourned at 10.