001the time is 2:3 p.m. I will call to the Paris Union High School District board meeting to order at 20:3 p.m. I going to ask for a roll call to DET tum Corum trusty Nelson here trusty Vio here trusty Stafford here trusty compos he's not here at the moment and myself I'm here we have established a quorum item 3.1 invitation to address the Board of Trustees on close session items only no cards this evening thank you Mr Bennett item 4.1 adjourn to close session do I have a motion moved was that Mr Stafford it was Dave oh Mr David I apologize sir second thank you Mr Stafford any questions comments no please vote all right awesome item 4.1 is a four in favor and one absent and we will adjourn to close session at 2:04
002p.m. all right item 5.1 the regular board meeting of Paris Union High School District is reconvening at 5:01 p.m. please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance hello uh I just have a quick few words to say um just wanted to let you all know that um in the span of me being here I learned so much about uh leadership leadership is uh a great trait to have uh we're always constantly learning more about our leadership styles and I always pledge to show you guys the type of uh the type of leadership that I have uh I I know I'm still growing and I'm still young but um I want to let you all know that we should always be very self-reflective when we're in our jobs especially in a role of a manager you guys
003have a lot on your plate but it's always good to know what type of leader you want to be and I want all of you guys to ask yourself am I a manager or am I a leader because that's a very important question that you all should be asking yourselves every day because being a good leader is very hard to find but the good thing is that we're here to always learn and to learn more um it's always great to have a mentor it's always great to be constantly self-reflecting and it's also great to always always be wanting to know more about leadership styles and I just want you all to know that I'm still learning from you all um even though I'm in I'm on this position but I'm still learning from how you
004guys handle things because then it then it also helps me from the role that I have so I just want to let you all know that you guys are doing like a very great job but but also continue to keep on learning continue to keep on learning continue to always say your values because as Leaders we all always need to show case what our values are so then people can know what type of people we are so if you guys can pledge with me and continue to keep on being the less or the best leader you can be because I am currently working at a job that that is an amazing place to work at I have leaders that really care about me and and about growing and I used to be that person where
005I'm just like man I don't think we're ever going to have some good leaders here because you know sometimes it's just we're in a different transition of of leadership back then many years before we we always focused on that old style of leadership now it is a new style of leadership where we have to be compassionate we have to have empathy because that's where the world's changing so I hope you guys all pledge with me to we have to be leaders we have to be the best leaders we can be we have to put people first we Cann all put our own ideologies or our own uh just the way that we think about others we have to be professional first and then we really have to care about others most of all because if
006there's no care in the world we can't get anything done so thank you all so much item 7.1 okay so I can item 7.1 the board president will recess a meeting to conduct the regular board meeting of the California Military Institute Charter School at 505 all right the regular board meeting of the Paris Union High School District is reconvening at 5:45 p.m. okay it's 546 down you want me to 546 all right item 8.1 revision adoption ordering of agenda May 15 2024 is there a motion so moved thank you second second that tell any discussion see none please vote item 8.1 passes 5 Z Item 9.1.1 report out of Clos session no report out of closed session thank you item 9.2 District update by the superintendent I do have a few things but what I'd
007like to do is get the students their Awards early so they don't have to stay the whole time and we have people outside they can come in then and have a seat so we're going to start out with the giving the certificates to the students so I think Mr compos is batting lead off all right thank you Mr compos stay right there there she the other ones didn't make it oh the other I know you're okay so next is Isabella dorte from pinotti middle school for for all that she's done thank you so much okay we're just going to stay down here so we can uh take pictures easily from Heritage High School we have Rashad Anderson and Isabella [Applause] Martin and Joshua Prado she's a mom so from from Palomo Valley High School certificate
008of appreciation I present this to Cassandra madal and appreciation for services rendered to the parachuting High School District for the betterment of the school district and community on behalf of the board of Justice we've got one more um Cate certificate of appreciation to a uh AA Valencia from Palomo valy High School conations l okay okay we'll move now to uh Paris Lake certificate of appreciation for Jo Joanna [Applause] Alvarez also from Paris Lake Alandra Leon arenas is she here Alandra come on up we from Paris Lake also we have Jose Ortiz Mahia also from Paris Lake we have Jasmine TR tril is Jasmine here today no okay all right we'll wait we have we have more we have more we have few more more to hand out okay so we get that to her when
009she comes in also from Paris Lake Joselyn Alvarez Paris Lake also Felix Madero also from Paris Lake Philip [Applause] caranza and you come in Jasmine is she here or no okay we'll give this to uh Mr Alfred all right I for Paris High School Jesus [Music] [Applause] Alvarado janelli Cortez M Estrada I didn't say okay hold on pleas Kayla Rosales Simone Smith and Mariana tazas e I'll go quickly through the rest of my items we had the Paris Unit School District 3D annual Gala on May 3rd over at the hotel in meny there I can't remember what it's called Fairfield in got it after a minute last Friday we had the rotary honors dinner we had five of our employees of the year were recognizing is there at the at Bob glass gym Monday night
010we had AXA Region 19 Awards night we had four administrators recognized there Erica Garcia special ed admin Lee Alfred alternative Ed admin Kirk for human resource manager of the year and then myself I was just there we've had senior Awards night at herriage last night senior Awards night in Penning for Paris Lake High School is tomorrow in the theater at Paris high so they're going to utilize the nice theater over there to do their pinning ceremony um Monday we have the F FFA banquet at Heritage High School five o'clock Tuesday FFA banquet at Paris High at six o'clock that same night CMI is having their Awards night at six o'clock in their gymnasium Paris High Senior Awards night is Wednesday May 22nd pcot award tonight is Thursday May 23rd Liberty senior Awards night May Tuesday
011May 28th and plma Valley Senior Awards night on May 30th at 6 PM that concludes my report for this evening thank you Mr Bennett before I move on to 9.3 for the people who are outside we have some vacancy seat or vacant seats you're more welcome to come inside any takers please thank you all right item 9.3 student representatives to the Board of Trustees uh trusty compos the board Mr Bennett and the cabinet I'm Morgan Tam I'm no and I'm Moses magal and this is our final Liberty recap Paris Union High School District student of the year was recently announced Liberty's first ever title holder being our very own president Morgan Tam Liberty hosted their first prom a night under floating lanterns themed after the movie Tangled we received amazing feedback regarding music refreshments and
012the venue the San Diego Safari Park ASB is very happy with the outcome of our first official prom and we're looking forward to what's in store for us next year our upcoming senior class president Morgan young was nominated for the Citizenship Award the Bison Theater true producer final performance of the school year The Lightning Thief of Percy Jackson musical Liberty High artists feature their newest creations at our first ever art show the community was welcomed to view various mediums of artwork displayed on campus current Liberty Juniors and their families were invited to attend our second annual pathway night to learn about the amazing opportunities seniors experience through a pathway System including internships and certifications our upcoming events are grad night the Bison business battle the pathway Celebration The Summer Spirit Week senior Sun onet and
013graduation and that completes our final recap and for One Last Time goison trusty Nelson thank you uh from Heritage High School student Representatives L excuse me Isabella Martin and Joshua preciado good evening members of the board Mr Bennett and members of the cabinet my name is Bella Martin and I'm Joshua brisel and we are excited to show you has been occurring here at Heritage for the past month our drama team had their final projection of the year with the Broadway show of Anastasia the musical they started their show May 9th and did shows every night until Saturday this was an outstanding performance by both the drama department and our dance team this was a big production and this was Mr Newman's very last show and we couldn't be more grateful for a teacher that has
014dedicated so much of his time to ensure the success of our drama Productions we will miss you so much Mr Newman and we wish you all of the best in your retirement in track and field we had two athletes reach say at finals Andre Ortiz and Terence Wy andrees is a winner Championship medalist at Arcadia she took the crown as a double champion in the sadle up Invitational setting a meat record for a phenomenal 137 ft and 4 in discus throw and another School record with a remarkable 39 ft and 2 in shotput throw Terence qualified for the 300 met hurdles in CIF and won league in 110 hurdles setting up for an amazing senior year congratulations to both of our athletes we have officially announced our valorian and salutatorian here at Heritage our 2024
015valid dictorian is Katherine doe and our salutatorian is Christopher Taylor congratulations on your accomplishments and we look forward to your speeches at graduation also we want to take a moment to recognize our Hest student of the year which is Mariah Rose Logan she's a definition of a student athlete starting player on the varsity basketball team involved in many clubs and extracurricular activities and taking multiple dual enrollment and AP classes congratulations Mariah on being the student of the year here are a few of our upcoming events robotics banquet May 16th Avid social May 17th bsaa pack Awards May 22nd Disney grad night May 23rd yearbook distribution May 28th Media Arts Festival May 28th and the Art Festival May 29th senior sunset May 31st and graduation June 6th this concludes our presentation thank you so much for
016the continued support of what we do here at Heritage and we hope everyone has a great summer trusty Stafford from Paloma Valley High School we have student Representatives Addison Garcia Cassandra madal and AA Valencia hello pis school board and superintendent Mr Bennet once again I'm Cassie M one of two of this year's ASB secretaries and I'm Addison Garcia one of this year's ASB Representatives and I'm AA Valencia one of this year's ASB Representatives congratulations to our Paloma Valley Citrus Bell area athletes of the Year Jaden EP and AA SS Franco congrats to our senior takeout winners Eddie Clarissa and Dominic congratulations to ploma Valley student of the year Elsie sisen Saturday April 27th at the Grove of Anaheim our Junior and senior Wildcat Dance All Night Long at midsummer's nightdream Prom May 11th our ASB
017hosted our first ever ASB Workshop where students from all over PSD were able to join us on our campus these students learn new skills and hone some of their own skills congrats to our coaches of the Year boys soccer is coach Lewis girls wrestling is coach roblas baseball coach Bernie football coach Marita girls waterf is coach ellot girls volleyball is coach Cass as well as coach Nelson for softball and Coach MC Nicholas for girls swim as for as spring Sports softball baseball girls and boy swim and girls lacrosse have made it through to CIA May 9th and 10th our ASL hosted their ASL show called lights cameras signing Cinema where ASL 3 and four were able to Showcase their signing knowledge April 19th our ner TC celebrated their fellow cadetes with several Awards and medals
018congratulations to our njrtc May 4th our njrtc hosted their military ball the event was a blast and we can't wait to see what they have in store next year some of our upcoming events are include our Food Truck Frenzy teacher Awards grad night senior Awards and graduation thank you once again Paris un School Board as well in superintendent Mr Bennett we hope you all have an amazing summer as well as we wish Mr Bennett an amazing retirement once again I'm Cassie madal and I will not be seeing you next year I'm AA Valencia and I will not be seeing you next year and I'm Addison Garcia and I will be seeing you next year bye bye at this time I would like to have student Representatives Jus Alvarado and janelli Cortez please good evening Schoolboard
019cabinet I'm Jus alado and I'm janelli Cortez and these are our announcements for the months of April and May um so first on April 19th we have our senior Sunset um the seniors got to enjoy music and in and out on the football field and we ended the night with the senior slideshow on May 10th we have our Spring Concert for B and I can't wait to see the turnout on May 11th we will be hosting our districtwide ASB Leadership Camp to gain and teach more knowledge about our school's leadership on May 2nd we hosted a community event M at night and we had a great turnout on May 4th we had our Twilight theme prom at ugle Glenn Golf Club um I feel like the venue really brought our theme to life students got
020to enjoy a free Italian dinner and also got to enjoy free caricature artists and a photoo on April 25th our baseball senior night was hosted where we celebrated our seniors by making the posters on their very last game it was a tough game on May 1st we attended the employee recognition to honor our senior class adviser and also our counselor Mr Rodriguez we also celebrated our principal Mr Santos who won principal leader also our Panther TV video media Club went to Universal Studios for our field trip that's all the announcements that we have for the months of April and May thank you guys for listening trusty V I would like to introduce pinut Middle School student reps Isabelle dorte and Isabelle Hernandez [Music] good evening members of the board and the superintendent Mr Grant Bennett
021my name is Isabella Hernandez and I am a ASB rep at kot middle school I am Isabella and I'm your ASB rep we here to report what been happening here K pinotti mdle school for the past few weeks last week was a very busy week we had really smooth testing days at PTI and students who were on time received a raffle ticket which they redeemed immediately at lunch students receive different prices including candy chips free dance tickets goody bags gift cards and more good job for ad admin for putting that together kids love that it was also teacher pration week and teachers received lots of treats all week followed by a delicious lunch for all staff thank you admin also students nominated my shots as our April teacher of the month thank you for all
022you do and fulfilling in this year and other news Club live brought popcorn and live music for all students last Friday to promote our first ever summer foral dance Friday May 31st we can't wait to see everyone all dressed up lastly we have sold out all of our Nots field trip tickets we can't wait to take the eighth graders who earned this Ro trip it will be a great way to end this year thank you thank you for watching and stay t right all right all right she gets a free dance ticket congr d [Music] item 9.4 psca president Jason Miller thank you happy Teacher Appreciation Week I um I don't I know about you but these student videos over the last few years these student presenters they've really upped their game they they have
023just been some of them have been quite moving uh I had the opportunity to spend some time at Paris Lake High School and they're right they knew my name one of the essential functions of any Union is to represent members and while this can come in many forms I wanted to take a moment to impart some of the perspectives of PSA on the topic of representation I'm talking about direct representation where there's some meeting between an employer and an employee and they literally ask for a representative the actual language from our collective bargaining agreement is if any conference between any District administrator and a unit member is called for the purpose of or becomes an investigative interview which the unit unit member reasonably believes may lead to discipline the unit member shall have the right
024upon request to have an association representative present the administrator shall either honor the request or discontinue the interview this is pretty standard language in keeping with represent representation criteria established by Wine Garden uh for those who don't know Wine Garden was a court case in the 1970s that established under what criteria a representative can be present at a meeting so then a few points that I wanted to share on pasa's behalf with this in mind a m when wanting a representative has to ask for a representative for a meeting although pH PSD is sometimes gracious enough to ask the member if they need a representative they don't have to do that also members have a right to representative for meetings that would reasonably be seen as disciplinary although occasionally Representatives have been in a attendance
025on non-disciplinary meetings but having a representative in a non-disciplinary meeting is not a right that employees necessarily have uh sometimes we have members request a specific representative and to the degree reasonable or feasible psca is in support of a member having the representative of their choice but we also recognize and it has been pretty well established by perb that employee does not necessarily neily have the right to representative of their choice We Believe also that only PSA elected representatives or CTA Representatives can represent PSA members in this District there's a lot of facets that go into representation uh I've been doing this since 2008 I have represented billions of people um that is hyperbole but the ones that I've spoken about today are some basic concept that I wanted to highlight for you since there
026have been some comments in previous board meetings about when and who can represent people I want to set the record straight on where we're at with with all those Concepts thank you for this time to speak item 9.5 CSA president Helen styck good evening president Garcia members of the board superintendent Mr Bennett and cabinet first I'd like to apologize for having left before the end of the board meeting last month I usually stated at the end but as it so happened what good information was shared after listening to the recording I was pleased to hear that Miss Martin is looking forward to having more positions added to the classified bargaining unit for workability and work-based learning opportunities even with the budget wos and with District Financial hard sh finding a light in the tunnel to
027bring services for our students through new positions is of great importance and should be looked at more closely to find the right fit and purpose Mr Stafford mentioned at the last meeting about cross training and providing equity and extra Duty for classified employees I take this message seriously and want to explore opportunities to work closely with Mr scor panage to bring to fruition we viable so that cross training and Equity is realized for all classified employees thank you for bringing this to light so that we can work collaborative collaboratively for Solutions on May 21st the CRC classified relationship Council will meet again based on the board's feedback from the last board meeting and recent concerns from some sites we plan to discuss in Greater detail the sub coverage mou that is now in effect we
028want to stay on top of this and we'll keep you informed of any future developments next week is classified employees week we will appreciate our members in a small way since we are well over 550 members during this week we will also collaborate with the district in the Ace appreciating classified employees program School administrators and board members are invited to job shadow our classified employees for a day when a principal superintendent or board member spends a day working alongside classified employees it helps helps them understand the essential work that we do every day administrators will roll up their sleeves to serve meals in the cafeteria go ground do ground workor on campus provide security to our students assist parent Educators in the classroom and much more it's a real life experience that promotes understanding and
029appreciation of classified employees as the secretary in Dei I was given the opportunity to attend my first rcoe Excellence to equity conference last year early conference registration is now being accepted for the 2024 conference to be held in Palm Springs on September 19th and 20th I recall that the board suggested after the last conference to include more classified employees to represent our district I would like to offer a suggestion that members of my executive committee my executive board negotiating team and current members of the equity team be considered to participate I'm not sure who or how the selection process works and if money is available but if possible this invaluable information would be beneficial to my team and we would appreciate any consideration given to us to attend finally I'd like to recognize Mr Bennett
030for his 31 years of service with Paris Union I know there will be many celebrations and recognition events but I'd like to take this opportunity to acknowledge grant for all the the wonderful things he has done for our classified employees Grant is always on the front lines if he sees a PE piece of paper on a campus ground he picks it up and doesn't wait for someone else to do it I've seen him on one knee helping a classified employee with a difficult math assignment that she needed for her school that night that employee has now gone on to become a teacher in another District his humor is infectious and his three trees Ma is a classic gr whip he is a superintendent for all so there's no wonder why super isn't part of his
031title there are so many good things to say about Grant we all don't want to be here all night in time will be on his side in the months to come Grant please accept this little pocket watch as a token of our appreciation it reads CA chapter 469 thanks you for 31 years of of leadership retirement 2024 thank you all for your continued support Direction and comments on how to make classified employees are represented in all areas in Paris Union thank [Applause] you item 9.6 comments by the Board of Trustees truste Nelson um thank you I just wanted to um kind of echo what I said during CMI I went to the Avid uh graduation in Ontario and it was great to see all the schools now that we're in the regular board meeting all
032the schools who were represented there uh the number of kids we we provided to that graduation was tremendous and it was really cool to see all that representation from our district and I think just have uh have a great end of the year and have happy graduation to all the uh to all the seniors who are graduating so that'll be it for me trusty V yes I just want to thank uh for everyone who came here to speak uh it's it's not easy to speak in front of all of us so I just want to say thank you so much for for doing that because we are a board where we will always listen to whatever you're feeling with any topic so I want to thank you all for just coming here and speaking your
033mind because that's how we create change you know we listen to other people's perspectives we listen and we reflect on other people's point of view so thank you so much for that um I did I also want to say that um I believe like with the wellness centers uh Dei is just as important it's something that is very necessary it's something that it is very needed uh but I feel like we haven't really been um just we haven't been informed on what's been going on with Dei I feel like the first step to talking about anything is just really talking about what Dei is and what they have accomplished and I just wanted to ask uh superintendent Bennett um is there a report of how the Dei or what the Dei department has accomplished within
034the past year cuz I feel like we we don't really talk about it and I think it's time that we should talk about it uh just so we can be more aware as a board like what's going on there because to be honest like regarding Dei I know it's so important but I feel like I don't know much about it and I want to know more I think the more we expose of what the de the Dei department is doing the more we can understand what is going on and and why it is important thank you trusty Stafford thank you by the way um I'd just like to thank the student Representatives that have been with us all year and I know there's staff and and other students involved behind them that help put the
035videos together together that uh they they spend their time and I agree agree with uh Mr Miller they really have improved and and I hope that we've given them the tools they need to continue to improve and um they really do a great job uh I'll save my congratulations for Mr Bennett at uh at his celebration so we we uh we don't want to rush him out the door we're going to hold on to him for a minute but um it's it's been a long year and I look forward to the graduations and I hope that we have a a a good summer and we we get some staff development this summer and and do the things that U what what represents a normal year for us you know and that we can continue to
036get things back to the basics and and care about each other and take care of each other so there there is um one issue it's not really an issue it's it's really a also a celebration along with Mr Bennett it's uh all our other retirees we have a lot of people that are retiring that I've known for many many years and I just want to congratulate all of them and and wish them well along their Journeys because uh I've worked with them for many years and I really will miss them so think about some of them because when uh I mean the first example comes to my mind is just uh the door lock is busted and it's 2: in the morning and who was there Manny you know he never let you let you
037down and Manny's been around many years uh I'm kind of attached to M because I was part of that division but uh all all of the workers throughout the district thank you so much for your service thank you trusty compos thank you you know and I'd like to kind of follow up uh with Tony and just thank you to the teachers the classified staff you know for all the work that they've done this year um thank you Jason for your leadership and and for uh your transparency and clarifying some of the messages that we we get up here because a lot of times we get a lot of information as much as I'd like to think we know a lot there's so much to learn and I think we all walk away with something new
038that we learn um at every board meeting um and to kind of touch on trusty vayo and I think it's very important that you guys do speak out and and you are heard um that we do appreciate um because we don't know what we don't know um Helen thank you for stepping up for your leadership and and what you've done to Advocate you know we'll have to see how many we can get you get over there um I know I definitely we'll step back so that you guys can take another employee because I think it's more valuable for you guys than it would be at least for me I went once and I got it so hopefully we can do that and then principles please go back and tell your staff uh or your your
039students um one of the highlights I think of these board meetings are those student presentations it's just it's amazing how you see them in the beginning of the year they're little gun shy some are more techy some are more articulate but at the end when you see them you see the growth and you kind of just see how they're they're ready they're ready to go out into the world and use the skills that uh their teachers have taught them to go out there and tackle the world and so some of it's entertainment some of them have you know personalities that are infectious um and it's great to see that so thank them for all their work I know it's not easy to get in front of a camera and then especially produce it and add
040all the information that they need to have um and I believe oh and last thank you to the retirees I'm usually not a jealous or envious person but if you are retiring I'm jealous and envious so uh we wish you the best thank you for your service and myself um I did participate in pinotti's open house I want to give a special thank you to Miss Brenda Harris I know you're not here today but she knows why I'm thinking well actually I'm just going to tell you her wonderful students made me a handmade flower with the LED light and you know what my daughter took it from me because she liked it and I'm okay with that and just seeing how Innovative these kids are it's beautiful it's beautiful this is why we're here to
041see them succeed and everything and on that note I want to piggyback off of Teachers Appreciation Week without you we wouldn't have students and we need them to be successful and because of you guys dedicating your life and your time and every precious moment to tutor them and Mentor them our kids are succeeding in life and I really from the bottom of my heart thank you all um retirees thank you for all of your hard work and commitment because of all of you we are Paris Union High School District just period everybody's dedication means something to everyone especially our children uh there's a little phrase that says if we could only impact one child we make a difference and it's true because everyone from Every classification from the superintendent to all the employees that are
042working to grounds to maintenance if we do something we're impacting these kids and and I think everybody's doing a fantastic job um this is a Bittersweet moment because we enjoy the graduations and obviously we have all the graduations coming up it's beautiful to say goodbye but at the same time it's sad to say goodbye you know but I'm really happy that we're going to have a lot of graduates and like I said don't forget your hand sanitizer ladies and gentlemen and our our sweat Rags but we're anxious to see you all out there and to shake everyone's hand and let them know that we all care and we listen and then I want to address before I forget Mrs Angel where she go Baron she left somehow somebody if you could exchange my information with
043her we need her and I need to connect um we are listening we we we listen to everything you guys tell us psca we're listening to you wine garden rights are very important I I totally know what you're talking about and I know the district's listening and that's what's beautiful because we could communicate and get things accomplished together I also want to capture uh no wait actually that's it so thank you everybody for everything that you do we appreciate you so let's move on to the next item please item 10.1 invitation to address the Board of Trustees on non agendized items are there any public comments on non- agendized items no public comments on non- agendized items thank you sir item 11.1 oops 11.1 consent calendar approval of consent calendar items do I have a
044motion is there a motion so second any discussion see none please vote no we're on consent item 11.1 passes 5 item 12.1 discipline April 2024 monthly suspension report item 131 point1 Personnel certificated Personnel action items is there a motion so moved second thank you any discussion any discussion looking at him so no discussion okay seeing no discussion please vote item 13.1 is a 5- z vote item 13.2 classified Personnel action items is there a motion I'll make the motion is there a second second any discussion see no discussion please vote item 13.2 passes 5 Z Item 13.3 Personnel memorandum of understanding between the Paris Union High School District and the California School Employees Association and its chapter Paris Valley number 469 regarding the options of Health and Welfare benefit plans do I have a motion
045I'll make the motion second is that Mr Nelson yeah thank you any discussion okay see none please vote item 13.3 passes 5 13.4 Personnel the California employee School Employees Association and its chapter Paris Valley number 469 submit its initial proposal to negotiate with the Paris Union High School District for the 20 2425 reopener negotiations do I have a motion so moved second any discussion oh oh yeah public hearing the public hearing to receive comments regarding the initial proposal to negotiate from the California School Employees Association and its chapter Paris Valley 469 for the 20124 25 school year is now opened at 6:33 p.m. are there any public comments we have received no uh public comments for this evening thank you Mr Bennett the public hearing is now closed at 6:34 p.m. there is a motion
046by Mr Nelson and a second by Mr Stafford to accept the California School Employees Association and its chapter Paris Valley 469 proposal to negotiate with the Paris Union High School District for the 2024 25 school year please vote item 13.4 is a 5- z vote item 13.5 Personnel the Paris Union High School District submits its initial proposal to negotiate with the California School Employees Association and its chapter Paris Valley number 469 for the 20242 reopen negotiations do I have a motion so moved second thank you the public hearing to receive comments regarding the district's initial proposal to negotiate with the California Schools Employees Association and its chapter Paris Valley number 469 for the 2024 25 school year is now open at 6:35 p.m. we received no request for public comments on this item thank you
047Mr Bennett I apologize I was little little slow right there there public hearing is now closed at 6:36 p.m. there is a motion by Mr Nelson and a second by Mr Stafford to accept the district's initial proposal to negotiate with the California School Employees Association and its chapter Paris Valley number 469 for the 20 2024 and school year please vote item 13.5 passes 5 Z vote item 13.6 curriculum out of state conference to request for Shannon kahoun director of curriculum and instruction Matthew Thomas and Julie Julie Harris secondary academic coaches to attend the 56th annual ncsm conference in Chicago Illinois September 23 through 25th of 2024 I would like to make an amendment to this item to have only Shannon kahoun participate in this conference do I have a motion and that's on the amendment
048no you're making the motion is there a second so I need to make a motion again so you want me to so you want me to do the first and second then okay let me back up all right so if I'm correct is there a motion yes okay so is there a motion on item 13.6 as it is okay is there a second okay and now I can make my Amendment so now at this point I Edward Garcia would like to make an amendment to only send Shannon kahon to this conference okay Des we okay Mr Garcia could we hear from Miss kahoun give some feedback on this sure let's keep it brief though please coaches Matthew Thomas and Julie Harris have been working closely with the math teams um with the county and with
049our site math teams as instructional leaders so it was behooving to invite them the county actually asked that they join us there will be other instructional coaches while the te the name of it is National supervisors of mathematics it's really people who are um guiding the work of mathematics teachers along the way so I'm not a trained math teacher but I'm supervising math good instruction is good instruction is cross-curricular it doesn't matter what content your area you're in so they've been critical in providing that support to our staff um in fact they've spent a a crucial amount of time over the past few weeks um putting together bilingual support for our math and our science teachers dise that if I'm in my and obviously ma is one of things that to work usually ma teachers
050are the best teachers for Math teachers from my perspective I know as a teacher it's very hard for me to learn and I understand practic for me I think we should Mau but so personally I I just I know that as a teacher sometimes credibility can be lost when someone myci instr so personally I just think we we're going to do this Leto I'd respectfully disagree with you and I believe that the research would as well sir um and these two individuals part of why they were requested is because they do have the social capital with the staff members because they've worked so closely across the different curriculums if you don't mind I'd like to say something if you if you just go to the bottom of 13.6 that first paragraph River Riverside County superintendent
051of schools will reimburse all expenses this will cost us nothing and our instructional coaches do not cost us a substitute teacher either yes and this is in the summertime I believe it is in um September September sir oh okay um that's I have the date wrong then but this is uh training unless you want to reorganize it some sort of way I don't I'm not understanding why we're it's fully paid for by the county yeah no I I caught that so originally when I seen this on the agenda I was concerned I just wanted to make sure that the training is coming back and being dispersed to all of our teachers so I met when I met this is part of the math collaborative with Dr um Delgado at the County Office of Education so
052um throughout the entire week coordinators instructional coaches directors um some site leaders will be me meeting throughout that week and developing that plan in order to roll it out um uh literacy was a focus of our it still is a focus of our Coe but understanding the um significance and the low test scores in mathematics across the county they're shifting a lot of their priority right now into math fluency can I so sorry oh go ahead can I ask a quick question um can you please explain to us the process of these academic coaches because I feel like I don't really know much about it and then it'll be great for the whole board to know how what they learned and how they're going to implement it to the teachers so they've also attended the
053California Mathematics conference that's hosted in Palm Springs um and they've been working very closely with the math Specialists and the County Office of Education so and what they've been looking at is how you design curriculum um and making making math making math sense and modernizing math is really the direction that we're going in so when you look at the uh California framework there is a shift away from the drill and kill and a lot of if you guys remember your fast math the 100 you know questions that you go through there's yeah that I see that look um we're shifting away from that we're looking at the application because there's so much technology that's out there a lot of those foundational pieces we do get from technology so it's really trying to engage students in
054the practice of mathematics and when you look at that California math framework and what they're doing that they want kids talking about math they want them using math terms and so part of the conversation because I was with the math collaborative today is how do we use some of those things that you would typically see in like English class with sentence frames how do you design those now for math to assist them in having conversations about math and applying it to real life part of the problem that we've had historically is that once a students had a negative experience in mathematics psychologically they shut down and once the students shut down it's very difficult to bring them back and so a lot of the framework is really going about shifting that Dynamic and building up
055our math confidence in our students if we want them to accelerate through the advanced math courses like calculus and so forth there is an advantage to them being able to be excited about it um and part of the instructional coaches they've worked very closely with this team they've gone through a lot of the processes um even to go to school we've all had to take advanced math classes we may may not be as versed as a math teacher that's been doing it on a dayto day but it's not something that's completely foreign to us either okay thank you the reason why I one of the main reasons why I brought this up list because historically this information is never dispersed from when you guys attends conferences that's why I wanted to send you so that
056it's guaranteed and we're assured that you're going to disperse that information that was my red flag so I don't mind and actually I love the fact that rcoe is going to reimburse us I I like that we're saving money but like I said I want to make sure our teachers are getting this information and trained so they could teach the children that's that's the most important thing I 100% agree there's but but I'm but hear me out one more time historically when you guys as administrators go to these conferences you don't bring back that information you don't have meetings with the teachers and share that information so it was red flag to me and that's why I brought it up but if you could assure me you're going to teach these teachers and disperse it
057however you do and it it's delivered to the teacher so they could implement it I'm all for it can you assure me that I can assure you that in writing I I I don't be appreciate being lumped into What's happen historically I'm a different person so I'd hope that you can have a little bit of faith that we are Distributing that information through professional development and that's why I made it a point to do this so that we could talk about it right so there's a lot of things we won't appreciate we're up here too we take the heat for things that we're not accountable and responsible for or excuse me that we're not responsible for making those decisions before it gets to us but we take the heat too so I I just want
058to be transparent make sure the kids benefit out of everybody and that this is a justification for the administrators I can assure you that these are definitely not vacations thank you all right 13.6 we have a motion I have a first and a second any more discussion well we also have an amendment so if we vote on this we're voting on the amendment to only send Dr cahun so if we believe that we should be sending Dr cahon plus those two you have to vote no on this one to so we could revote on the original motion I just want to make sure everybody understands that that point thank you for that Parliament okay any more discussion okay we we vote on the amended version First all right all right so please vote okay so
059on the amended version how I'm interpreting this is this passes correct no so it goes back good thing you guys are here thank you all right so now we go back to the original motion all right so now I have to thank you Mr Nelson so no more discussion just one comment I wanted to make I I did um discuss this in my meeting with Mr Bennett and when it came to my attention how it was being funded I felt that um it was worth it was definitely worthwhile okay um and I think three you have you have your director and you have your toses three have a better chance of getting the message out or getting this trading across than one so um I appreciate that I think that'll help that's uh no yeah
060it does yeah and then the funding because we're not trying to have vacations yeah no no absolutely and remember the funding was not my issue okay it was making sure it's being the information is being dispers assimil yeah so if you guys are cool with it I'm cool with it okay so any more disc discussion before we vote no please vote all right item 13.6 is a 41 vote moving on item 13.7 I uh would like to table this for next month please do I have to read out loud okay 13 .7 curriculum out of state conference requests for Shannon kahoun director of curriculum and instruction Matthew Thomas and Julie Harris secondary academic coaches coaches to attend the nctm annual meeting and Exposition in Chicago Illinois September 25th through 2024 and again I would like
061to table this a mo motion to table I would like a motion to table this is there a motion a motion a regular motion to table this motion to what just is there a first and then okay so is there a First on based on this language is there a First and a second motion before I make an amendment yeah so we to to have discussion yeah so you have to first and a second okay I'll make the second okay okay so now there's a second so now I would like make a to a motion to table this for next month second I I made the motion have discussion no no yeah sorry I'm writing and talking at the same time again everything comes down to uh I want to make sure this is dispersed
062but my reason for tabling is because I would like the unions to sit with the administrators and the site principles to pick the Math teachers to attend this conference since we're talking about training people and sending them I want the Math teachers to attend so I'm giving them the opportunity to collaborate and pick who they want to send rather than just sending administrators two people oh plus Mrs kah they're already there no I know what you're saying those people are there for the first conference I'm asking to send two Math teachers in place of Mr Thomas and Mrs Harris okay right now it's discussion amongst the board yeah okay I don't think the county is offering that number one and we might as well for both conferences do we have that in writing of course
063it makes sense all right thank you discuss I'll go back to my my original content obviously this is a math cont sending language that to me just doesn't make sense sometimes we do things in education that don't sense you know personally would have to Super then we have these teachers who are Math teachers who are going to this conference who are they're math people they they're kind of about how they lesson plan how they do this that the other they can bounce ideas off of each other then when they go back to their sites they can answer any question that their math department has whether it's a subject matter question teaching strategy question to me it just seems sense makes sense to send Math teachers to a math conference you know someone sent an English
064teacher to a PE conference on a PE teacher you know there's the value coming back might just not be there only because understand my job day certain things intricacies within our matter that I just don't see the expertise there not sending math teach so I would always advocate for sending math teaches Department MEC but at least they're within their but miss kahoun said that these academic coaches have been working directly with the Math teachers so they're not just random out there they're working directly with them they have they have built a report with them and now they're going to go learn things and come back to learn with them hon I've dealt with many Math teachers they're different you just like any other subject matter here they're different they know their math stuff and they're
065passionate about their math stuff Joe's passionate about tech I get it he's passionate I can learn a lot from Joe you know I'm passionate about PE so to me it's sending the right subject matter to communicate the subject matter within the discipline that's just I mean that's me personally that's you know I know that if I'm a math teacher and I'm going to math conference I'm excited when I come back and I'm to sh inform I'm excited to share that amongst my colleagues at plc's on a monthly basis at staff meeting whatever we have to do it and then you know hopefully that they can come around and do that as well as use it for professional development but again that's just me my any more discussion amongst the board I'm just one last thing
066to say um considering RC rcoe is paying for this and we don't have to pay for any subs and they're the ones who specifically requested these two teachers and we've already approved for them to go already go out to Chicago I don't see what the what the is I I agree with you I think Math teachers should be the ones going out there but if these people are were the ones requested by rcoe to go out and it's their job to dis disseminate that information to our Math teachers and we're we don't have to pay for it it kind of seems like a win-win to me I'm sorry had mentioned have we've gotten that consent with the math departments you know if we can survey them whatever I mean that's why I would like to
067table it because obviously this is out in September but you know if we can get more data I mean math is probably our number one red area and so if we're going to I understand we're it's not our money I get that I'm not concerned with the money I'm concerned with making sure that we have the people that are going out there to come back and deliver the information for one of our targeted areas which is mathematics and so that just to me makes sense um you know if the rcoe is you know selecting who we're sending then that's interesting um I thought we were going to be the ones looking out for the best interest of Paris Union but apparently not so you know obviously everybody will will have their say in their vote
068but that's my position any more discussion amongst the board y so a yes vote means we're tbling this correct and a vote means we're not yes yes any more discussion just to make sure everything's clear a yes vote means we table it and no means we go back to the original correct all right no more discussion right okay please vote item 13.7 fails 32 and now we go to the original motion and the original motion is approving them to go please vote so 13.7 is a three2 vote three yeses and two NOS so it passes you guys will be going item 13.8 curriculum Science Tech textbook adoption is there a motion so moved is there a second second any discussion any none please vote I'm sorry I 13.8 is at the top but everything also
069underneath is still 13.7 hold on let me try to resync I just want to make sure I'm voting for the right I voting for the right thing here okay it did fully sync okay okay so you're back on 13.8 thank you all right 13.8 is a - vote item 13.9 business authorization for purchase orders above $50,000 May 2024 is there a motion so move that's okay I'm sorry who's the motion and who is my second I'm second that's okay thank you any discussion on 13.9 see none please vote item 13.9 is a 5- z vote item 1310 business authorization for the purchase of Capital Equipment above $10,000 May 2024 do I have a motion I'll make the motion second second thank you any discussion see none please vote item 13.10 passes 5 information items 14.1
070curriculum revised ban courses beginning ban concert marching ban percussion Ensemble jazz band and advaned band 14.2 curriculum Revis elective course trial 14.3 curriculum revised jrc courses jc1 jrc2 and J rc3 14.4 curriculum revised Middle School English Language Art course language arts 8 item 14.5 curriculum revised njrc course njrc competition drill item 14.6 curriculum Revis Visual and Performing Arts course ballet fodo level one item 14.7 curriculum revised Visual and Performing Arts course Color Guard item 14.8 curriculum new jrc course army JROTC competition drill 14.9 curriculum new special education course environmental science Essentials 14.10 revolving cash report April 2024 1411 discussion request wait request from a member of the public to discuss layoffs of District Personnel we do have some um cards for that that item this evening all right thank you so traditionally before I read
071the card I ask everybody be respectful of everybody's time I want you all to be heard uh if I'm corre we have six cards which everybody would receive three minutes thank you and we're going to give you three minutes but if if you're asked to stop please stop we don't want to have to turn the microphone on if you continue we will escort you out and we don't want to do that we're trying to be respectful of everybody's time and respectful of each other individual speakers shall be allowed three minutes to address the board on each agenda or non-agenda 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
072and 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 first thing first Speaker Anthony Nora is Anthony here Anthony nor is not here even before I get started I'd like uh respectfully request that you accept this card uh she showed up a few minutes uh late uh her name is uh uh good evening my name is Anthony Nora I'm the district director for the league of United Latin American citizens in the inan Empire Today I address you with with a heavy heart reflecting the Deep concerns echoing through our community and School District the decision to defunded diversity equity and inclusion department has left a
073lasting troubling impact that cannot be ignored your vote cast a dark shadow over each one of you a shadow that will Linger on you not only today but also tomorrow and certainly on Election Day our groups with agendas uh like yours aim to dismantle programs promoting diversity fly claiming that discrimination is a relic fly claiming um that these actions seek to silence the voice of minority communities denying the reality of ongoing challenges in your rush to dismantle the program you ignore the pleas of the community can we ask you to reconsider it is disheartening to see this Council yield to rightwing ideologies councilman campus I addressed you directly as you have been particularly vocal in promoting false right a far-right ideologies you disseminate your lies rumors inuendos and hate throughout the district and Beyond Don
074your actions have not gone unnoticed the Dark Cloud looming over your head will follow you to election day in November councilwoman BYO thank you for standing up for our community graas thank you the next speaker is Roco nemes so before I start to talk I just wanted to thank Mr Grant Bennett for 31 years of service on the board and in our district um it's really greatly appreciated to all of us in our district um with that being said esteemed board members and trustees good evening tonight I speak urgently about a critical issue facing our educational Community here in our District budget cuts to di diversity equity and inclusion initiatives undermine our commitment to equality and risk marginalizing vulnerable groups um on top of that laying off wellness centers care teams threatening essential mental health
075support and increasing stress and academic struggles in students is just not okay in selecting a new superintendent we must prioritize not only qualifications but also a commitment to Human Rights and lgbtqia plus inclusivity as an lgbtqia Plus student I wish to see somebody who will be able to fight for me and will be hearing what I have to say and lastly I'd like to address Steve compos Mr compos I was researching on Twitter to find a better understanding of why we are still continuing to fight for um Common Sense initiatives here in our district and when I stumbled across your Twitter account I'm sorry to say this but all I could see was disrespect and I was appalled no board member at a school district should be displaying hateful commentary nonetheless on social media to
076end these decisions deeply impact our communities while being an educational experience thank you thank you next speaker shashy Brennan sure I say that last name is Brennan we'll go on the next one next speaker Carolyn Murray the California Department of Education required that Parish Union High School District to develop a solution for the significant disproportionality of Hispanics with disability suspensions in the 2022 2023 school year the solution adopted by the district was to establish a wellness program along with support and training from the director of diversity equity and inclusion the district now ending the second year is to be monitored for three years the solution was an overwhelming success with 29% reduction in A1 and A2 suspensions and 55.8% reduction in drug related suspensions to the dismay of teachers staff and students on March 5th
077the wellness program staff along with the Dei director were laid off the rationale given was a decision for was a decision was a budgetary which was totally without Merit first of all there was a remaining year of financial support for the Dei director she wrote and recently submitted and received a $7.3 million to support the wellness team secondly the majority of the existing board which is different from the board that established the program has shown a disdain for Dei which Echoes a right-wing agenda that is sweeping the nation why should school districts have Dei programs one to promote Equity two to Foster inclusion three to prepare students for a diverse world four to reduce discrimination and bias five to improve academic outcomes overall Dei programs play a vital role in creating more inclusive equable and
078supportive learning environments that benefit students Educators and the community as a whole there are several reasons why some people dislike Dei one is perceived threat to status quo another one is misunderstanding or misconception that Dei has preferential treatment for certain groups that's not true it has fairness and equality for all another one is fear of change third one is political ideological opposition which reject the idea systemic oppression or believe that efforts to promote diversity and inclusion are unnecessary lastly personal bias and Prejudice they're just different people are seen as less than each of the four board members who voted to eliminate Dei should ask them themselves which of these five descriptions fit me and how does the profile align with the oath that they took to educate all children renew the de director's position and
079the Dei program thank you the next speaker is Myrtle Foster good evening to the Board of Trustees the superintendent and to the cabinet I respectfully ask you to please reconsider the budget to include the Dei funding you until July to make that final decision uh I am a former educator and I was always assigned to a low performing school and I always received the support and the the support of funds and services that I needed to help raise levels for children they always did the most cutting they did not cut close to the classroom or close to the school itself but they found other ways to cut funding in order for the children to receive the help that they needed there's going to be a tomorrow and many of my students I was in the
080business for 40 years they call back and they say I remember when I received this service I remember when you help me to do this or that and they are productive citizens and I'm just asking you please reconsider our children need this extra help give it to them thank you our our final speaker on this item Janice Ruth good evening um board members trustees Janice Roots executive director Center Against Racism and Trauma um and we're here tonight to get answers and that's why we asked to have this item put on the agenda um we want to know from especially the four members who voted to lay off particularly the Dei director but also to get rid of the wellness centers and the um and the cares teams and that is Mr Stafford Mr Nelson Nelson
081Mr Campos and Mr Garcia um why um is Paris High School Paris Union High School District getting rid of Dr Cassandra McNair who is a high performing staff member um we know she had at least one year funding left which means she didn't need to be laid off uh we know it was requested that she'd be taken off that agenda that evening uh but it was decided by whoever was in charge of that to leave her on so that it could be voted for her to be laid off um we know she was praised by students teachers and staff for her ability to create a more inclusive and safe environment we also know she secured 7 .3 million to to continue safety and wellness and um for over over the next several years um she
082coordinates and reports on the significant disproportionality issue you have with the from the California Department of Education um and she was also helping to lead the ethnic studies development effort um why wasn't she allowed to even give her report on diversity on her Department her Dei department and the things that she's done over the years and even the survey of students and staff and parents um which some of which you know indicate that students don't necessarily feel that safe in The District um board members especially Trustees of color we want to know given the fact that students are being called the nword and other things and other race and gender issues are occurring that make students feel unsafe why are you taking away a person who could effectively mitigate or help eliminate these issues and
083she's proven that she's been able to to make strides um do you not care about the safety and wellness of students I don't want to believe that I want to believe that you do I want to believe that's why you sit here um but please would you let us know could you address these issues for us and um we would really like you to seriously consider reinstating Dr Cassandra McNair or someone else in the Dei function who could really oversee this and ensure students are safe and well thank you thank you item 15.1 close session if necessary not necessary this evening thank you item 16.1 ring Cen in public session if necessary we could skip it yeah item 17.1 other items by the superintendent I don't think I have anything else this evening okay item
08418.1 other items by the Board of Trustees Mr Nelson nothing for me trusty V good trusty Stafford nothing for me trusty compos no call up oh okay and myself not at this time item 19.1 adjournment of the regular Bo meeting of Board of Trustees for May 15 2024 is there a motion so mov and a second by Mr compos any discussion see none please vote item 19.1 passes 5- vote and we are adjourned at 7:17 p.m.