Board of Education Meeting - November 14, 2023

001I'm calling the November 14 2023 meeting of the Board of Education to order in accordance with government code section 54950 executor and Education Code section 35140 exodor at 4M this brings us to our study session our study session um will entail a few things it's is there anyone that would like to address the board regarding this study session all right since since there's no one uh we will go ahead and turn it over to our illustrious Mr Stein thank you very much uh president Youngblood members of the board uh Dr cherness superintendent and members of cabinet um pleasure to be here this afternoon and uh hopefully can you hear me do I need to lean in lean in okay so thank you all for being here for the study session um this really was generated

002from uh some questions that came out uh I think a couple of board meetings ago about uh going over the different funds that are in the budget that maybe we don't uh focus on in our standard budget presentations and so we're going to be going over um the we'll talk a little bit about all the funds at at placen or Belinda and then we'll also be kind of delving into not kind of we'll be delving into um fund 13 fund 14 uh 25 3540 uh all of which we'll get into a little bit more detail and talk about the fund balances and the projects we have in queue right now and also things that are planned um before I start I just want to point out that you have an updated presentation printed out in

003front of you um and it has more detail as to the projects that are currently in que and what's what is currently in process right now so we will make this presentation available to you as soon as this is done but um as with a lot of things related to the projects going on everything's constantly in motion and so we wanted to give you a snapshot and so that's in there right now so I'm gonna go ahead get started sorry the agenda for I'm not used to the presenter VI um the agenda for tonight we're going to go over all the the provide an overview of all the uh funds we're going to talk about nutrition services and that's fund 13 and then we're going to talk about all of our facilities funding uh which

004is 14 and Beyond and talk about uh the money that's there what we're what's going on right now and uh would like to get the board's input and and uh feedback on direction for where we move forward okay so to start out just wanted to provide a quick overview of the different funds um what you've got are the fund numbers and then some descriptions they're provided we did provide um some acronyms so GF for general fund those you'll see those later on in the presentation uh what you'll notice is that uh we have a function listed there so we have operating funds and Reporting funds the difference between an operating fund and a reporting fund are that the operating funds are exactly what it sounds like we actually do business through those funds we are

005posting expenditures revenues throughout the year every day really um where a reporting fund is really we use that during the different reporting cycles and we report the activity as of that time so it's a snapshot and it's required for our financial reports so we don't it's not really a fund that we use on a daily basis to be posting um transactions in and out so as you can see we have fund one which is our general fund um that is called the chief operating fund of a district that's where most of everything happens and we'll see exactly uh that in a in a graphical form here in a little bit uh fund a our Student Activity ASB which we talked about few meetings ago uh and that is just reporting we post that uh so

006that it's in our financials we have our special pass through which again reporting our pass through contributions uh we have Child Development Fund which is an operating fund we're not going to be covering that tonight because it's it covers our preschools it covers our our um our state funds that we receive for that but uh we can cover that at a different meeting if we if we would like um and then we've got fund 12 12 I'm sorry we just talked about that fund 13 our cafeteria special Revenue fund or what we call nutrition services fund that's where we operate our entire nutrition services program out of move on fund 14 what is refer to as deferred maintenance so we use that to record uh restricted revenues that are transferable from the general fund for

007related projects maintenance uh fund 25 which is our Capital facilities fund which really captures two different types of revenues we have developer fees which is a restrict restricted fund and then we have Redevelopment Revenue that comes in which is uh we have more flexibility with fund 35 which is really um which is called two different things County service fund or I'm sorry County school facilities fund or referred State facilities school facilities funds um this fund actually was created based on programs that no longer exist right so we it's reimbursements and things that that are there the money that's there is actually a reimbursement that we received from uh District matching funds that we paid over 10 years ago so the money that's there is from that and we're planning on on using those this year

008uh fund 40 is where is Capital outlay fund that is predominantly used for our uh payment of our our debt which is our cops that we have and the revenue that comes in there is from the Y blinda settlement which pays for the debt and we'll talk a little bit about that and how we're proposed to use that uh fund 51 dist reporting fund that's for all the bonds or we were graced by yes please yes please well so okay so well actually I'll address it now so it's operating because we actually do record the revenue every year well whenever we receive it throughout the year and we pay out our our CPS through there so because we're actually transacting through there it would be operating but also so fund 40 really is an operating

009account and whatever's left over and we'll talk about the money that's left over after making those payments that can be used for active ongoing projects and capital facilities and and that's our plan and the the leftover money also could be used to pay off our debt quicker is that correct theoretically one that we have that we can't pay off yeah well there's one but there's other ones that we can is that right uh depends on the debt right so yeah we we'd have to look into whether or not the specific debt we're talking about can be paid with that money okay yeah good conversation yeah um sorry fund 51 again the bond it it has to do with the the two bonds that our our communities passed which we're very grateful for the money has

010been used but we have to report out um the income coming in from taxes and and the expenditures there um and then we've got fund 67 which is our self Insurance Fund that's where all of our health and benefits come through our workers comp things of that nature so so um when we talk about all of the funds and U we look at the ending fund balance of all of the funds collected for the entire District of all the funds we maintain we have about $21 million in ending fund balance okay um most of that is is restricted so as you can see in in the red box 135 .6 million dollar is restricted funds out of that 2011 66 is unrestricted and all of that 66 million is in fund one our general fund

011our cheap operating fund and you can see that Illustrated in the graph so 70% of the money that's that's there is in general fund and all of our unrestricted money is in general fund we look at the activity for what we do in a in a given year this is all as of un audited actuals on 6:30 so we're looking backwards in time we're talking about all this activity if we look at where we started all the revenues and expenditures for all those funds last year you'll see that the vast majority is in fund one our general fund and that's why it's it's a it's a focus and then the graph on the next slide shows you kind of where that or the total of that so we're we're talking 83% of our expenditures come

012out of our general fund so despite having the money and the other funds most of the business transacted at this District to general fund so that just highlights that um so the fun Focus for this evening we're going to talk about the the um the funds that are highlighted there and uh our goal is to is to talk about each fund what it purposes some of the restrictions for the money that are there and then talk about the projects that we have proposed or that are on on either in process or they're proposed of how we use the money that's there K real quick yes please for a person that doesn't really know um when it comes to uh these types of uh ledgers what happens to the other funds in between two and 11

013what do is there like a a code in which you guys are using yes so we go by the California school accounting manual the cam and that defines each number and and what you can use those funds for and so uh there there are funds Fs in between all of these uh but we don't use them so some of them are extra funds we can use for specific revenues that come in we can always open a fund if we have a different Revenue Source coming in to make sure that we're we are tracking that and the expenditure separately and Reporting those separately okay so like next year if we were to do the same thing there might be some other funds that are showing up that we wouldn't necessarily right but uh that would that

014would depend on if there was a different source of Revenue coming in and typically I think we're at I we don't anticipate any additional revenues coming in where we would require a separate fund for that okay at this point Sean back when there were categorical funds there were all kinds of things and when the lcff was changed and the new funding formula it was kind of streamlined a bit so it's at least more understandable now than it used to be that kind of makes sense I I was just curious of where all those other numbers went to so so so let's say we we entered into an agreement with the cities and we we we were collecting revenue from them and operating some kind of property that might be a different fund that we would

015create but that would it just would be a completely different source of business and that we would be engaging in then we would look at creating a new fund okay so let's start with fund 13 our cafeteria special Revenue fund um so this is where our entire nutrition services program is is operated out of our staff has paid out of this fund um uh all of our equipment is paid for out of this fund all the food everything we do for nutrition services is out of fund 13 and um so the revenue that comes in is from state and federal money that that we receive um and obviously the money that goes out is Staffing majority of it but also all of the goods and services that we purchase as you can see we had

016about five or 10.6 I say 10.55 million in uh the ending fund balance as of the end of as our un audited actuals at the end of last year um we will go into some of the proposed uses here in a second but we're proposing majority of that money to be used and um what you'll see when we get to the next slide is a large portion of that has to do with maintaining an operating balance for that fund and um I I I can attempt to to talk to that but I'm gonna ask for Suzanne to talk about that M why it's important that we maintain that six-month of operating fund balance it's not on sorry wait wait one second oh sorry is a very large balance and that is what does it cost

017us in six months to operate our funding so we currently receive uh revenue from our federal and our state government um and since Universal meals Inception uh most of our funding now comes from the state the difference between the state and the federal fund is the federal fund is what they call an entitlement fund and so we are paid in entitlement dollars from the federal government whether they shut down or not it's an entitlement fund we get our money whereas the state is what they call a cap appropriation and so basically a cap appropriation fund is the year before they say we think you're going to need about this much money and so we're going to stick it in this fund and when that's gone it's gone so as down turns and economic and more

018people may utilize Child Nutrition Services you might see the need for that fund to expand it has happened in the past where the state says sorry your cap appropriation is dry we're not sending you any money we'll pay you you know Tuesday for a hamburger today kind of a thought process um and so we get the money but it is three five seven months out before we see that money well with our operating funds being largely now out of the state C appropriation we want to keep as much of that funding available so that we continue to operate whether that fund becomes dry or not so that's the main reason we want to maintain six months is the cap we can't go over a six-month operating uh cost to hold on to that but with

019uncertain Economic Times moving forward we just don't know how that's going to look so we'd like to keep that um on file that's why thank you Suzanne um so as you mentioned question one question on that theoretically worst case scenario we have an issue and they they cap the fund and we've got we don't have that money we don't have the six-month operating funds we can use that from our general fund account as well correct technically yes in theory this is all theoretical not suggesting it just want to make sure our budget policies indicate that we need to maintain a a uh a nutrition services program that maintain that that pays for itself and so we would have to we'd have to have a discussion with the board about dipping into the general fund to

020to supplement the program right and I will say in 2007 when that actually did happen not here in this District I wasn't with this District but that's when many of the fund ones also when the cap appropriation dries up the state budget tends to do the same and so Food Services survived because at that time we didn't have Universal meals and about 80% of our funding came from the federal government and so because of that we didn't need to keep as much but with universal meals is a California Proposition or legislation and so now it would mean it would mean that the legislation could go back and say we can't afford this and so we're not able to maintain free meals for everybody or whatever the thought process is so usually if the capit appropriation

021is dry fund one is going dry also and there's a lot of other things we' be talking about at that moment as well abolutely so yeah yes just wanted to so uh thank you um suzan for that additional detail um so I have a question yes please since we're talking about Staffing increases I think that's what we're rolling into um how how much Total Staffing costs are there per per month what is our monthly Staffing fees yeah I don't have versus food I don't have percent I don't have that off the top of my head I'd say percentage wise you're definitely higher in labor than food costs um but again I'd have to go back to get you a real number food is higher than it used to be but Staffing Takes the Cake on

022because with our staffing even though we have our shorter hour um employees we have quite a few long hour employees and so you're also adding in benefits and you're adding in vacation time you know you're adding all of those those additional costs many of our employees now are in purs and so those are all additional costs so someone who might you know if you think $3 or sorry 3.75 hours over a year they're still going to cost me a little over $50,000 so it's what our staff does with the food but the food is actually still relatively speaking it's more than it was but it's not the highest piece of our budget and this is why the majority of the expenditures are all one time expenditures that we're going to be speaking to the the

023ones we're speaking of are one time correct except the Staffing but yes yes well and that they're listed as ongoing the ones that are ongoing are listed Staffing is listed as ongoing right and so um I'd be happy to bring back numbers to give you an actual number for what we spend in nutrition services for a month worth of worth of payable we could do that so I'll bring that back to you okay because now I'm confused um we're talking about um that we have 10,500 plus dollars in our budget right that that's in the in the balance that what Carri into this year yes right and so we actually have additional dollars to pay for our staff now but it's not represented in this these dollars is that correct these only are represented as

024additions correct right with the rollover from last year right so we have revenues that come in throughout the year and those are those will be in the budget that you'll see in the first inter room you'll see the revenues that we anticipate and the expenditures for that this is outside of that if you will inition making sure yes thanks let me stay up here sure you might as well you might as well so um as you can see with the Staffing so we've had uh we we have a record low number of of nutrition services workers and and anybody watching if you want a job please come work at placent Orinda we'd love to have you um but we we have added more staff members than what we had in July so we've reflected that

025in in uh our estimated costs for the ongoing new staff members but we've also in adding breakfast we've had to increase the number of hours of people work and and staff members so that we can accommodate that ongoing requirement that we have as well so that's factored in there um we're we are in the process of adding a new buyer uh specialist which is going to help us out a lot especially with uh the Commodities food and and are purchasing and maintaining all of our our pricing and invoices so we're happy about that um I'm not sure where we are in that process but but uh position's been approved and we are we'll be bringing it to the board with um the rest of that information that's really good to hear because thinking back to

026where we just would provide lunch for you know whichever kids needed it or or got it now lunch and breakfast I mean the amount that were yeah that we're going through is just so much greater than it ever used to be it's yeah actually I mean it's completely understandable why we would need more staff it's also beneficial to our staff because now many of our Elementary staff who are working both breakfast and lunch are also receiving benefits it was a cost obviously here which is one of the pieces in this cost that increase um but it is beneficial for getting staff and holding staff when you're able to provide benefits as well so another position we're hoping to add that at part of the plan is the Central Kitchen manager uh that ties into a

027lot of the plans that you'll see coming up in a little bit about some of the some of the things we would like to do uh centralize some of the functions that we have in nutrition services um we'll talk touch on that with the kit funds right so um moving on we have computer equipment that we're replacing that's in process now um we are working on a point of sale uh RFP to to update our system uh to be a lot more effective or efficient than than what we've got now well our current system is being phased out so it will no longer be available uh currently we're we're utilizing meals plus so and then we've got uh things like temperature monitoring and you can read these but we have kiosks that we want to

028add for additional serving at different sites so that you've got three listed there as ponza Valencia and El Dorado that will help us get more meals out to kids um are these additional kiosks correct yes okay because I already know like a Valencia they have what two or we have two at Valencia High School we have two permanent kiosks on either side of the library We additionally have a blue rollup door kiosk which is another point of sale these two would be in addition to the three that are already already there perfect and again if you know any Staff feel free I feel like I'm just a giant advertisement you like to be a bus driver special Edge Food Services nutrition services I was very excited to have those cards that say joyed our team

029so I have handed out multiple of those so yes that's I feel like I'm just always advertising absolutely please please continue um we also for our nutrition services program we we've been trying to buy vehicles as quickly as possible a refrigerator truck that I think we've been waiting for for three years three years now two and a half years actually it was a board approved actually in so two years it was board approved in November of 21 so for a new nutrition services truck which we thought we had and then we just can't get vehicles and now I've had another one I've had a a second vehicle that we were trying the one we were trying to replace to have that one sort of on the back seat and that one has now died so

030I need two yeah so uh the supply chain issues have not been resolved with regard to vehicles and things of that nature um a transport van as well a lot of this has to do with getting food where it needs to be so the golf cart for ESP ponza also has to do with making sure that the food moves across that across the street and um so there's that's the vehicles and then we also have site equipment that we are we want to we have Replacements dishwashers we have installing new dishwashers um combo ovens that'll allow us to serve more um and tilt Skillet which I have no idea what that is but those items actually will enhance our scratch and homemade items that we are trying to enhance at the school sites so a

031tilt Skillet actually is like a very large fry pan I would say that's the easiest way to but it is probably twice the size of this here where we can then take like vegetables and sauté vegetables or me on very large scale so that our students will be able to taste you know herb roasted brussels sprouts or we don't have a way to make that right now our comi ovens are what they are they called a combination between a dry cook and a steam cook so these all of this equipment will enhance our scratch cooking we do not have an open flame anywhere in the district so to be able to s anything or do anything like that so is that on purpose that we don't have an open clim no it was by Design

032you know Food Services has changed over time so yeah okay microwave uh question just curious uh $46,000 golf cart can I drive it I thought the same thing when I heard that so um the reality is is the $ 46,000 the golf cart itself it includes the charging station for that golf cart and setting up a secure location for it but I thought golf cart five 67,000 they're 25 to $30,000 um we need to have the back flat back on it so it's not like a little four person golf cart we can buy a used one like a utility um we need to be able to do that and close it so that the food is secure um and we're running food from esparanza to espir West yeah currently we have people with large carts

033and I've seen them I stop at the stopway as they cross yeah and so not include like enclosed Trail trilers or anything to make that better or just the when you say enclosed trailer like the back of it would be ened it be enclosed yeah and electric kind of like the golf person who comes around and says do you want snacks kind of that idea yeah well hang out on Kellogg at about lunch they will not be serving the same beverages however I cool makes sense I just sounded like a fun golf cart drive right thought the same thing I was shocked and vehicles the same thing you know we board approved vehicles for 120,000 now they're coming at 165 so 150 so depending I'm sorry I'm just doing a time check we sorry no

034no no it's it's great conversation 25 minutes in we have we have quite a few more funds to get so I'm just gonna start uh plowing through a little bit I'll sit down yeah no just kidding so um one of the things that that wanted to call out on this is Major kitchen uh equipment for Valencia High School we're going to talk talk about that project here in a little bit but I wanted to to point that out that that that nutrition services F we can use that to outfit a kitchen we just can't build a kitchen we can't build any structures where we can fill it with all the good stuff that we need except the plumbing talk about that later anyway uh moving on so we also we want to do things uh

035U sensually so we're talking about creating a packing line and and creating a um it's more on the next slide but to create more centralized uh U infrastructure so that we can do a lot of the neat things that Susan's talking about um and so here you've got the wrapping machines and depositors which she informed me about we can talk about that later um but uh we also bless you in in fund 13 uh but nutrition we also have Kit funds which are kitchen infrastructure and training funds which actually we sitting in fund one uh as a reserved I'm sorry restricted fund but we're we're also using these as well well uh but I want we wanted to tell you about some of these projects because you'll probably see them so we've got serving kiosk

036at turey and and other things that you could see there um but the what we're talking about a yard refrigerator a freezer project and the packing structure that would allow us to to have a larger freezer space up at the what we call the PDA up at that Center where nutrition services Center is and and be able to store the goods there and do packing there and things to to help get those Fresh Foods out to our sites right away so you said it was kitchen infrastructure what and training and training yeah and that's onetime funds that we they're spending okay so with that so we talked a lot about uh fund 13 um before I move on I just want to see if there's any other things we want to talk about uh we

037can Circle back obviously if we can get through the rest of the funds thank you so much and I know that this is such a needed service uh I'm thrilled that we have the money to be able to expand in what we're doing and we're prepping for the what ultimately might come with more time to eat so having those kiosks out there will get students through the lines faster so that they do have more time to eat instead of waiting in line so thank you more meals to more kids is what we're all about so um I'm gonna move on to our facilities part so this the rest of this is going to be about facilities projects um what you'll notice is that in our facilities area um we use a lot of braided funding

038so you we'll see a project that's cut across multiple of these funds because they can be used in that manner and we're using the funds where they're where they be best suited to address the needs of that whatever that that project is and so I'm giving you the heads up on up front because you're going to see them across a couple of these a couple of the next slides um we when we talk about facilities funding um as I mentioned before we've had bond funds FS they were fantastic we've used them all um we have limited funds coming to the district for facilities and maintenance so we have every year deferred maintenance we set aside a million dollars out of lcff that's that is you'll see that every year when we take the adopted budget

039um sometimes we will do an additional deposit any anytime we do that we'll bring that back to the board if we're going to move more money into deferred maintenance that's based on need right need and available resources then we can address those um but the goal that we have in mind across you know using all these funds is to make sure we can make them stretch them out as much as possible and use them for as long as possible to address the needs of all 37 of our beautiful sites and so we want to make sure that they stay that way um but we also need to plan for um the future and plan for the unexpected it's going to rain tomorrow I think uh rain can bring floods it can bring um you know

040classrooms that have leaks uh we also have winds here right we live in a beautiful area with lots of huge trees sometimes we have issues that come up with trees uh where we need to have emergency repairs so we need to make sure we've got money set aside to address those issues as they come up as well so let me just speak to that um quickly with regards to transfers of money from the general fund um moving forward any transfer of money from the general fund will come to the board first for board approval um as a transfer and so the board will have complete Authority on what funds to transfer from the general fund to facility fund or or whatnot um so we we did find in the past few years that um that

041hasn't always happen there was transfers that just happened at the direction of the the business director from One Fund to another and so that can't happen anymore it'll be a transparent process where it'll come to the board as a recommendation the board can either approve it not approve it suggest a different amount um but all transfers will be done um in the appropriate way in that scenario when it's gone from an unrestricted fund to a restricted fund then those funds become restricted correct correct so we mentioned that a million dollars is done is deferred every year will will that million dollars come every year or will that be the Baseline and anything over a million that'll come every year so that's a great example the board may say we want to put 3 million in

042deferred maintenance this year instead of one so it won't just be a because we've always been doing it we're going to take a million out and put it iner maintenance it'll the board will be um have the authority to determine the amount and we'll I'm sure we'll probably set it at 1 million um but the board can determine whether they want to put more or less aside I'm sure a million there's you know reasons why that number was selected Ed based on projections and things that we've done in the past correct um honestly I'm not entirely sure that's that's been a past practice it's always been a million moved over but you know last year we moved more over we moved another I think two and a half uh million over due to the needs

043that we have at the different sites and so and what you'll see is we'll be showing the different uh projects that are currently in process or that we're that we're working on or that have been approved already but then as you saw in the in the spreadsheet I have an updated spreadsheet from our from our uh from our staff members um that you you'll see there's a lot more need than there is money with regard to facilities and so million dollars is is very little so you got Brad all excited when you said three million he was really excited about that but um but it's uh it's you you'll see so um let me just jump right in so fund 14 are deferred maintenance right now that or we left the the year at uh

044close of the year at $4.2 million in fund balance uh what you'll see on the next couple slid is about $2 million worth of projects but you'll see a lot more need in that spreadsheet as well that that eats up the rest of that so um when we talk about projects currently in process we have a variety of asphalt projects going on you'll see a lot of roofing and a lot of flooring um Roofing is a is a huge need at the district across all of our sites um there's at least one roofing project at probably every single site um at least the ones I visited right so um it's it's and it's very cly and so you'll see that come up over and over again um we also have a lot of athletic repairs

045so this could include anything going on in the field it could be scoreboards it could be all the different things I kind of lump that all into one for now we can get into detail later but so you see what's what's in process and what's been approved um I want to point out that these projects when we we visit I I'll say we but our our gracious uh uh facilities and maintenance have go out and visit every single site every single year and meet with the staff members and find out what they need and we look for safety issues and so obviously safety's number one we prioritize to make sure that the safety of the students uh we address those first but also we try to address something at every site to make sure that

046we're keeping those sites updated per the administrator's request at each site so um that contributes to that huge list of projects that that we have uh but again want to want to talk it through and then want your inut on on what else you'd like to see there as well so that's fun 14 uh I'm just going to come zipping through because I want to make sure we leave some time for questions um but please keep jumping in if if needed fun 25 so this uh we we had about 11.7 million in the fund uh you'll see that 4.2 of that is developer fees developer fees are a restricted fee that comes in we will we receive that when um somebody's building and they go pull a perit at at the city uh they pay

047a fee that fee gets gets sent to us um those fees can only be used for expansion projects or to for projects at sites to retain the capacity to serve the students that are going to be generated by those developments and you'll see one of the one of the um major uh uses of these funds that we're going to propose that we want to talk to the board about uh in the next slide so can I just ask ask a followup so $4.2 million in develop per fees is that one year no so thank you for the question these fees are very they're they're very uh tumultuous right so it depends on the economy depends on what space is available in the area and whether or not development is taking place last year we got

048$2 and a half million dollars which was a a banner we were shocked okay normally it's it's roughly about a half million dollars but we could get less depending on how the econom is at and so um last year was a big year two and a half million so U but considering the restrictions we have on that money it makes it more difficult to use which is why you see a bigger balance there um but we've worked with attorneys to to to figure out okay what can we use this for uh and we'll talk a little bit about that um Redevelopment money comes from our one one more question about that the developer fees yes please um it's restricted to supporting the students in theory the influx from the construction in that area so if

049it's uh new construction near ybl high school then high school would be the site y Middle School potentially bur the challenge we have is that we we're an open District right so doesn't mean that the people that the kids at that site will go to yalin they could go to Valencia they could go anywhere they want right in this district and so that's where it kind of puts us in a in a does that give us freedom or does that give us we have freedom to spend it wherever we want in the district as long as we follow the developer fee Provisions as you said right that it supported growth and development okay that's well that's better than I thought to retain the capacity to serve those students which is what what talk um Redevelopment

050money comes in uh we get about three and a half million dollars a year that money it's from the uh dissolution of all of the Redevelopment agencies around the county uh we're expected to continue receiving that money at least for the next 10 years plus uh it's about three and a half million it goes up every year a little bit um so in about 10 years it'll be 4.7 but that's really the only constant stream of facilities money re like a sizable chunk of money that comes in that's the only thing we receive right the rest is is either we're putting money away from the general fund or developer fees which may or may not come so um with that I'm going to jump right in so we've got projects already underway so um one

051thing you'll notice is obviously a teacher is not a a a facilities project um but when we have expansion right U we can Journal costs to cover that initial expansion so that's where that's coming in from um we have dual immersion you know different improvements that we've done um we obviously spent a lot of this money on some of the preschool programs and some of the expanded things we have there um we have a plan project at George key uh which very much is in need of flooring and uh what you'll see down at the bottom is is that retained capacity to serve students uh uh project that I was referring to earlier um every one of the high schools of the district has a has a kitchen that's able to serve the student the

052number of students that are at that school except Valencia as the oldest uh school it it the kitchen and you've all been there so you you know how small it is it's not built to serve uh the number of students that are there and um uh actually it's it's it's only got one oven so at a site that big it only has one ofen so they're doing Miracles at Valencia to serve all those kids and I forgot what the number was we had we had a record number um 1200 stents alone yeah right so we have a lot going on there that's only um and so our goal is to is to hopefully Revitalize rebuild the kitchen and and change the lunch space so that it can accommodate the children at the students at Valencia

053High School and it's considering the developer are restricted it would be a a and we verified it would be a good use of funds to to retain the capacity to serve the students that attend Valencia High School and so that's what we're proposing we're hopefully we're hopefully getting board support to move forward with that no well that that I I can say all I want but I I don't know anything about construction so it's so obviously it's an early conversation but we've looked at it with an architect and and I think our initial idea is to uh demolish the existing building and put a new one in its place probably twice a square footage add some other seating and some shade components around it oh yes potentially probably three years I no not necessarily um

054you know early stages of getting drawings in state approval stuff like that that that start could start now construction could start in a year and a half from now so it all be a timing factor with uh construction and how we could do like an interim kitchen so summer project to build out yeah yeah well that and we need to I mean we have an obligation to serve the students at that at that school so we we'll have to make other accommodations to make sure that we're still delivering breakfast and lunch and all of that to them but but it it's a it's an exciting revitalization for Valencia High School um assuming that you know the board's on board within so that I think that this is an amazing project it has been 10 plus

055years in the making to get to this final step and just the need I've volunteered in that um that kitchen just to see how it runs and it's amazing how they work around each other and I am this is a I'm very excited about this project me too watching them it's like watching them dance they all know when to stand up straight and move and it's very coordinated so um I think it would be much appreciative and and students will love it so um but I just I always worry about the transition yeah yeah and what is that going to look like and making sure our students are taken care of so I'm excited to see more about this okay why ises it taking so long to get this in the works years so to

056fun so develop use the developer feeds really we needed clarification on that sorry Dr oh why H why are we where we are today and we haven't started yet yeah no I I understand the question um I can't speak to that but I can't speak to the fact that why it would take three years is it takes you know it'll take six to eight months for designs another 6 to 12 to get it state approved then you go out to bid and so that's why you see the 100% understand the timeline for the new construction I'm just curious if we've known this is a problem for so long money money yeah the the answer is money and honestly the the windfall from the developer fees last year kind of makes this possible so and it's

057again totally unanticipated we didn't know that that was going to come in um we need a pot of money to do it and that that's really the problem yeah thank you for finding this 43 million we appreciate that where's the rest yeah I was suggest that maybe alfero will cut a deal and feed the kids what time do we show up for lunch oh interesting oh so um scoot not so uh that was all developer fees now we talk about Redevelopment money again it's more flexible we get this from from the rd8 dissolution uh you'll see the number of projects again like I mentioned you're going to see a lot of asphalt a lot a lot of roofing a lot of flooring um and then we we have a big project of remodeling restrooms that

058we need to continue to rotate around the district in rem model restroom so we're doing a lot of that so um and obviously if you haven't seen the theater improvements with esparanza Wow right so check them out they're pretty neat um let's see going on so we have other approved ones in in the um in the works and so uh you'll see a elevator modernization which is a lot more expensive than I would have thought but it is very expensive um but a lot of other projects going on and then you'll see another year 25 26 at that Valencia project basically the uh Redevelopment I'm sorry not Redevelopment the developer fees would start the project and and really carry us forward and then at third year out we'd go into the RDA money to to

059complete the project so that would be the goal uh you'll also see uh more pre schools uh shade structures and and preschool uh Portables that are being put in so that's part of our our initiative there and uh keeps going on from there and let me keep so moving on to fun 35 real quick so this is again that that fund that really um existed uh we really don't use it for anything and I think it's time to close it out so uh what we have is the exact amount of money uh that's in there we have plans for how to how to spend that down and then we would take a resolution to the board to close out this this fund because it's it's not useful any longer what we've got going on right

060now uh which are actually all completed the the the first three projects so um the painting of Valencia High School which looks fantastic um the uh we had the environmental impact report that we talked about and then uh the Walden enclosure for Travis Ranch which uh was very much needed there uh and then what we're proposing to do with the rest of it is help fund the Eldorado light uh with with the rest of that money there and it would close out that fund fund 40 so this one will be actually a little quicker so we have about $13.4 million in there uh as mentioned earlier we use this predominantly to pay off our our debt our cops that that we we took on and we record all of our yalin settlement money which then

061comes in and pays off pays the makes the payments for our debt uh what that leaves us every year is about $850 to $900,000 extra that's why you see the the balance that got carried over of $13 million is because it's been building up on purpose and here's why because 13 point or sorry $10.3 million of that is the last payment so our y Belinda settlements end in 20 3233 but we have one more payment due for our debt in 2033 34 and so um uh basically we our Our Hope would be to reserve that money put it aside to make that last payment um and then we can start using some of the extra money in there so there's about $3 million on top of that that's in that fun 40 that we could

062tap into um and then we've got 500,000 listed here but there's more uh in that again in that project uh spreadsheet that you can take a look at um it also gives us a bit of a flexibility because with $10 million set aside if um God forbid something happens we have money that we can tap into because we could then divert that eight extra 800 $900,000 to backfill whatever we needed to do if something were to happen right so if we need to if we have an emergency at a site and we need to pull money we have that money set aside for that um that we could use and then backfill with the the leftover money on top of the lentia by by 2033 we would have to pay it back we have to

063pay it back yes yes that's nice to have that you have a bit of time there um that's that's our proposal for that one so uh I was going to stop every time to see if we have questions but we've been stopping along the way but uh that's the end of of what I had to present um I do have an updated spreadsheet here for you so we'll pass that out but uh just wanted to thank you for the opportunity to go over these funds and thank you staff could I could I just add one thing and it's like probably a very very small expense um that we should think about is all of our elementary schools are complaining about the lack of playground balls or that they're very short and I think maybe like

064in the midst of all this um construction and all this like these big things we're doing I think like a little gesture like that to make sure that they have enough playground balls um because apparently they're fighting like Matt over balls and there's lack of balls and all that kinds of stuff so if we can maybe get that to our sites I think that would be appreciated awesome yep I got it down so along that we'd love to hear your input and so questions input anything you like any feedback you'd have I appreciate knowing that that the team goes out to the sites every year and really does a full evaluation of what they need and what they're asking for um so other than what they're telling you all I don't have any anything really

065to add I'm just thrilled about the kitchen um like beyond belief so that's all thank you thank you so much for all the hard work and all the dedication and I know how it's massive to put put on put build a project that's multi-year multi funds all this so this is really comprehensive and I can't wait to see how it turns out thank you thanks and I really like the fiveyear kind of like we have all these projects and here's when we're looking at you know getting those things fixed so as a trustee it's really helpful when someone's complains about something and we're like look it's on the schedule it's it's noted it's we're trying to to see those need needs are filled and we'll get to them as soon as we can so maybe

066another windfall this year we hope yeah thank you thank you everyone for all your work okay if there's uh no more questions for Mr Stein thank you again I just have to say thank you to my team because your team yes I I got the joy of just putting it all together in presentation they do all the work all the hard work every day I'm proud to have it here so thank you very much excellent thank you anything good okay well uh then we will go ahead and adjourn our study session thank you all for coming have a good night okay folks um I going to go ahead and reconvene into regular session at 1823 the report out of Clos session was the board took action to approve the special education settlement agreement for the

067student identification number of 1743 for 5500 the motion was brought forward by Miss blades uh seconded by By truste Buck and it carried 5 and uh the board had no other um no other uh portions to the report thank you all right excellent okay so before our Pledge of Allegiance I'd like to ask um um mayor Hernandez to come on up and lead us in a little prayer usually so loud I don't know when I'm not on so uh again thank you for this opportunity let's assume an attitude of gratitude Heavenly Father We Gather here today as a community United in wanting the best for our children seeking your guidance and blessings as we convene this meeting today we acknowledge the importance of our mission which is to ensure the education and well-being of our

068children the future of our community and our world as we come together let us first recognize the value of finding common ground grant us the wisdom to see beyond our differences and to focus on what unites us the shared commitment to the betterment of our children's lives help us to remember that our common purpose is to provide the best possible education for all students entrusted to our care may our hearts and Minds be open to the perspectives of others and may we cultivate a spirit of open mindedness in our discussions and decisions let us seek to understand and respect differing viewpoints for it is through this diversity of thought that we can arrive at well-rounded thoughtful Solutions grant us the strength to work together respectfully embracing the power of collaboration and cooperation help us to

069recognize the that every member of our community has a voice that deserves to be heard for in their unique perspectives lie the seeds of innovation and progress may we Foster an environment where all voices are not only heard but genuinely valued guide our actions and decisions so that we may reflect the highest principles of compassion integrity and empathy help us to lead by example in showing our children the importance of respectful dialogue cooperation and unity and finally we humbly ask for your support and guidance may this meeting be a testament to our shared dedication to the children of our district a testament to the power of working together finding common ground and being open-minded May our actions today resonate throughout the lives of our students fostering a community of love respect and continuous learning in

070your name We Gather and seek your blessings amen thank you thank you mayor appreciate that okay that brings us to our Pledge of Allegiance if truste Buck would lead us in our P Pledge of Allegiance sure please stand join me in the pledge ready begin I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible liy and jce for all right excellent okay uh let the record show that all of our board members are present including our student board member welcome uh at this point I think we're going to go into our agenda I'm going to ask Dr chernes to take uh this portion here yes president Young Blood members of the board I ask that consent calendar item 20.12 which

071includes the addition of a new Middle School Esports elective course approved by the curriculum Council be pulled in the agenda agenda amended staff found a contract covering the funding for this item had been had already been approved May 9th 20123 um given that the contract was previously approved there's no need for this item on tonight's agenda thank you okay so with that said uh I'll need a motion for the amended agenda I'll make a motion to approve the amended agenda for November 14 2023 I'll second right are there any comments no all right uh so all of those in favor I I hi I so all motion carried including an I from our student board member okay this bring us brings us to the public comment announcement public comment cards are Avail available in the

072foyer cards must be completed and turned in prior to the designated time for public comment there is a maximum of three minutes per person if translated translation is needed an additional three minutes will be given please let us know if we are ahead of time we can um ensure that we're prepared we also have a civility policy Education Code 220 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability gender gender identity gender expression nationality race ethnicity religion sexual orientation or any characteristics that are contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth by section 42255 of the penal code including immigration status okay I need a motion to approve the minutes please I'll make a motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting on October 10th 2023 as presented second all right sure are there any

073comments regarding those minutes all right all those in favor I I I I I I motion carries five plus our student board member thank you at this point uh we'll look at uh recognitions I'll turn it over to Dr chernes good evening president Youngblood Board of Education executive cabinet members this evening allows us to present the you are the advantage award to one of our outstanding staff members at Rio Vista Elementary School Valerie Hibbert um Valerie will you please join me up at the LA turn it's beautiful so the you are the advantage award recognizes community members organizations and employees demonstrating the district's four core values of Excellence collaboration integrity and Innovation those who have the honor of knowing or working with Valerie recognize these VAR traits in her day-to-day work as a new Duty

074supervisor she is receiving the UR Advantage award for channeling all of the aformentioned values as she recently performed a remarkable heroic act she saved a young student from choking at her school site Rio Vista Elementary School before I share more please allow me to provide a little background about valer Valerie's Journey as a noon Duty supervisor at Rio Vista began in 2002 the year her son Silas entered the doors as a bright-eyed first grader that elah my grandson oh Elijah this came a couple years later okay okay it's okay it's okay this would Mark the beginning of an incredible journey that has spanned two whole decades but Valerie's connection to riisa didn't stop at her employment it extended through her entire family all of her grandchildren have found their home as Rio Vesta leopards at

075one point six members of Valerie's family were simultaneously part of the Rio Vista family Valerie's home and heart truly embraced Rio Vista and her Legacy is woven into the school's Rich fabric Valerie is not just remarkable for her deep Rio Vista Roots but also for the incredible qualities that make her a beloved noon Duty supervisor and I've seen it firsthand patience is her middle name kindness flows from her like gentle River flexibility is her superpower and she wields it with Grace her peers look up to her as a role model a tremendous his teammate who leads by example she diligently assists School staff with the supervision of students while on campus supporting their safety well-being group interactions and exercise and that diligence allowed Valerie to notice one of our kindergarteners uh students turning blue and

076not breathing during lunchtime she acted swiftly and performed the heick maneuver to successfully remove a corn dog blocking in the child's Airway corn it's always corn dog day those yeah yes we should talk to Food Service about that her prompt response may have potentially saved the student's life and had Valerie been distracted from her duties the situation could have taken a turn for the worse so her dedication to her supervision at Rio Vista is a true Testament to her love for our students you may have heard the following saying the best way way to help yourself is to help others Valerie took this quote and put it into action through her selfless efforts to help a young student in distress um our entire School Community including her principal Brandon Frank is here um uh are

077proud to call her a a p ylusd employee and a colleague so with that being said on behalf of the Board of Education it's our honor to present noon Duty supervisor Miss Valerie Hibert with with the you are the advantage award thank you for your dedication to our students and for going above and beyond um at Rio Vista every day [Applause] congratulations e a EXC okay folks we'll go ahead and continue on uh this brings us to our student board report if uh I could pass it to a good evening president Young Blood trustees superintendent Dr chernes exe and executive cabinet members I am excited to be here tonight to share recent happenings from our comprehensive high schools and alternative campuses from V buen Vista in honor of Veterans Day students at buav Vista took

078a walking field trip to Veterans Park in Yorbalinda students explored the Veterans Memorial at the high at the park and learned about the contributions veterans in our community have made to our country they discussed the meaning of the words honor respect Duty loyalty and courage inscribed around the memorial in honor of Veterans Day students plac Flags in front of our school around a thank you veteran sign at El Camino Real High School as a followup to Red Ribbon Week El Camino recently celebrated a week of Wellness dedicated to promoting the mental mental and physical health of students to kick off the week leadership students chocked the walk ways of Campus of the campus with motivational sayings students who have gone above and beyond on campus are recognized for earning a significant amount of credits attending

079school regularly and helping staff and peers the Raptors also participated in fun dress up days to promote Wellness including Med meditation Monday and Feelgood Friday on November 1st El Camino students heard from the blena uh police department about the dangers of fentanyl after the assembly the student body came together to enjoy a barbecue and game on campus Eldorado High School hosted their 11th annual Veterans Day ceremony on November 9th the ceremony is held during the school day so students and staff can honor the Fallen the families and the veterans who are present together this year Dr jist joined the ceremony and spoke on stage welcoming everyone who attended other Golden Hawks uh who spoke were principal Joey Davis ASB president Emma Kim senior class vice president l Rea and Senior Blake Shalo performing Taps during

080the veteran role call with sophomore Jack Lewis the ceremony is live streamed each year by the edhs hawk talk students and seen internationally on YouTube Eldorado is grateful to its ASB program for its efforts to host such an impactful and important event each year es bronza High School es bronza girls flag football team won the championship at the Los Angeles Chargers flag football tournament they finished their season 25-0 and their coach Jimmy valde has been nominated for Coach of the Year by the Chargers EHS is hosting a schoolwide food drive for Thanksgiving to benefit families in need in Anaheim students are collecting boxed and canned foods leading up to the holiday lastly the es bronza theater is almost complete with the state-of-the-art lights sound and Technology the Aztecs are looking forward to showing off what

081the space can do for the years to come George key students are looking forward to the annual Sunrise Rotary holiday party the event will be held on December 15th 2023 at the professional development Academy students will have a visit from Santa Santa and each year will each will receive a gift George key is very appreciative of it ongoing partnership with the rhod Arians The Venture Academy choir is working diligently to prepare for their holiday concert the choir program will be presented to parents and George key students on Thursday December 21st at 12:45 p.m. in the golden Elementary School multi-purpose room they will also perform for our district personnel at the annual holiday lunch in the choir is under the direction of Miss Carmen cono Venture ventur students are looking forward to sharing music that puts

082everyone in the holiday spirit next is Parkview School Parkview secondary students enjoyed their first teen event of the of the Year students played board games had pizza and and enjoyed the company of their peers principal Dominique Palo hosted parents for Park's second curriculum Connections in servants which focused on math mindset math supporters and resources parents appreciated learning about the elements of math success along with new resources and strategies next is Valena High School vena's cross country program earned the title of Empire league champions while water polo and Tennis made to the second round of CIF playoffs way to go Tigers on November 15th VHS will host its annual Future Ready day 588 seniors will apply to colleges in the UC and CSU system as well as IV League schools and more during this time n

083n th 10th and 11th graders will hear from career speakers across a wide variety of professional paths including a software engineer geologist aasian marriage and family therapist forestry techn technician and a chief executive officer at a private company the school looks forward to forward to spotlighting careers that emphasize diverse passions and interests next is your blinda high school the Mustang band and guard recently played first placed first in their division at the Los alos field show and are continuing their season strong with more performances the school's fall rally front opened on November 10th and will and will have four more performances on November 16th 17th and 18th more information is available at w hs.org yinda fall sports teams had asound astounding Seasons football and girls cross country teams were crowned League champions and football cross

084country and women's tennis are still competing in CIF playoffs and that is all wow that's that's great um Aiden what uh has been your most memorable academic experience in the district and why I think my most memorable academic experience in this district has been taking AP Language and Composition and AP US History last year just because of the fundamentally um important skills I feel like I learned both with writing and Analysis because of both those courses and uh thankfully my uh Miss Ferris my AP Lang teacher and Mrs Garcia my AP US History teacher I feel like set the foundation for all their students to just be so be completely prepared for senior year and just um onto college with everything related to writing and literary analysis that's great okay uh that brings us to

085our public comment portion so the public comment is an opportunity for the public to provide input to the Board of Education uh during public comment board members do not dialogue with the speakers or make comments regarding the information shared uh we have a total of six people wishing to speak tonight so each person will be given three minutes uh and I'll go ahead and call up our first uh let's go with our first four how's that um Ray leano Pam Andy Falco and Miss Linda con go ahead and repeat your name sir yeah my name is Ray Lano good yeah all right great uh good evening members of the board for um forgive me for speaking to you again tonight there's only so much that I could say last month in 90 seconds when I

086spoke to you about how all of our freshmen and seniors will suffer from considerable and undeniable learning loss if this unbalanced semester calendar is implemented tonight I'd like to tell you about how this proposed unbalanced semester calendar will impact all of our middle and high school students about 12,000 students could you please think back to when you started a new new position or a new job like this one perhaps how long did it take you to feel comfortable to feel confident to really feel like you were excelling it took a while right it took a while because you're human you're human beings and we need time to adjust to acclimate to learn and grow to the new surroundings and the new challenges whenever a new school year starts our high schoolers are starting six new

087jobs our middle schoolers are starting seven new jobs they have new teachers classmates routines subjects to learn and the list goes on this is why the typical first semester trajectory for our students has been struggle in September and October adjust in November get comfortable and take significant gains in December and J January I have seen this student trajectory for 20 years in my career ask any teacher and they will tell you about how many students pull off the higher grade in that last month of January I know that to public officials public opinion is important I am not here to beg you to start the school calendar earlier I know that's a non-starter because families have already planned out their vacations but at this point what is best for our middle and high schoolers is

088to return to the balanced semester schedule that our school district has this year and every year in my career my 20 years in this District same start date end the first semester in January nothing new who would complain about us returning to the schedule that we've always used it won't impact their vacations it won't impact their plans at all compare that to the blowback that you might have to hear from families of students that Reed grades that they didn't like and they were convinced they were convinced that if our district would not have taken away one month from their first semester they would have gotten that a b or c or not failed that class what you're going to hear about in 20 seconds is about solutions to a problem that doesn't have to exist

089I urge you please do not go forward with this unbal balance semester schedule our students need you to stand up for them thank you Pam thank you back in May of this year I filed a formal complaint and I would like a response what I've emailed about why I have not received a formal response from you all it's because they said the people that were subject of the complaint are no longer employees of the district but my issue hasn't gone away I did not file that formal complaint just because of those people I F filed it because I still have issues with homeschooled credits I need someone competent within the school district to help me get my kid to the Finish Line toward that end in getting uh making up credits he took a whole

090year of math over the summer it was a class through an entity that was provided to me by the counselor at y Belinda high school it's approved by your District um it's credited and CAA approved but no one told us that this class wouldn't prepare my son for pre-calculus honors on February 28th I got from the math department at yinda high school the cover topics and here it is so he told me exactly what if my kid took that class at your Belinda high school or within the district what are the covered topics of the faster paced Algebra 2 trick class or the college prep Algebra 2 class okay the class that you all said to me was approved by your District that he could take over the summer covered all of these topics so

091then he starts pre-calculus honors and then he hears from that teacher oh any of you who took a math class over the summer you're probably going to struggle my kids telling you about that I I don't know what that was all about I thought maybe it was just another bias that we're experiencing about him being homeschooled in the past um so it turns out that the class that you all approved actually doesn't cover all of the topics so here I am thinking okay I'm dealing with another group of time wasters and people who are incompetent and don't know their own job so he switches from honors to the C the college prep class and he is doing better but now the teacher won't give him the grade bump that he earned for having been in

092a pre-calculus honors class which other departments within the high school do give the grade bump for kids who transfer from an honors or an AP class to a college prep class so there there seems to be a lot of inconsistency and a lack of transparency and since it's on the agenda I suggest that you get rid of the health and careers class as a graduation requirement you already exempt many students from that requirement I don't think it's a very good use of time thank you thank you ma'am good evening over the last several years parents have been proven correct about every important issue we have brought up against been have fought up against these include masking vaccine mandates CRT and pornography in our schools we've even presented the board with proof that teachers Librarians and

093principes were actively encourage encouraging sexualization of our children in all of the district schools we have photographic proof that principal Joey Davis allows boys to use girls' bathrooms drag queen shows at homecoming and he is currently allowing a culture of debauchery at Eldorado High School none of these things that we bring to you did we make them up nor were they conspiracy theories recently we were told that no teacher or staff member is keeping critical information regarding a child from parents allow me to read a handwritten note uh from a letter a parent found in the child's bedroom this letter was given to the child by a Kramer Middle School PE teacher by the name of Carla Jones the letter says thank you for sharing your journey with me I am a trustworth the adult

094I would never share this information with anyone it is okay to wear your chest binders as much as you feel comfortable who are you talking to for support there are quite a few students at Kramer that are on the same Journey have you gone to Mr Castro's safe space for Pride I highly recommend it here's the worst part I am terrified by your statement it's getting harder and hard this is in quotes uh from the student it is getting harder and harder to have motivation to keep on living the child told older you are important and loved even if you don't feel it right now feel free to reach out to me anytime sincerely Mrs Jones and just to make sure you all know the parent was not the parent of this child was not

095notified that this student had suicidal ideations Mrs Carla Jones kept this a secret and presumably so did the ASB director Ricky Castro Mr chernes Mrs blades Mr Youngblood and Mr Frasier we all all we all appreciate the hard work you're doing to fix the p board members and superintendents that have done uh everything they have done to destroy our children's future here at PUSD but we beg you to please address the cancerous culture of hiding mental health emergencies from parents and the sexualization of our children it must be eradicated in all its forms as quickly as possible thank [Applause] you good evening all um during the October 10th discussion of the parent notification policy one of the board members asked this question if a student changes pronouns is that a clear and present danger I

096believe it is and if you know anything about the impact of social transitioning on vulnerable children I think you will agree first changing pronouns or names is not an insignificant act motives may vary but a child or teen is basically declaring the following I reject the body that I inhabit and I am taking on a completely new identity I don't want my parents to know because they may not unquestionably affirm my decision this is not an inconsequential declaration in fact it may be the beginning and often is the beginning of a life altering and irreversible Journey the teacher in the letter that Andy just read gave unconditional affirmation to the child as she encouraged that child to join quote quite a few students at Kramer that are on that same Journey this ought to raise

097some very serious questions and yet a typical reaction to someone like me asking these questions is this you hate transgender kids usually followed by do not out kids to parents who might abuse them to claim that parents are likely to abuse their children is outrageous to encourage children to deceive their parents is equally outrageous and even dangerous is this teacher ready to rescue this child on a weekend when the psychological impact of living a lie becomes unbearable we have to ask questions let's begin with why has a once very rare condition of gender dysphoria skyrocketed into a common occurrence in some schools not all but some why are billions of dollars being poured into quote gender affirm care end quote led by CTA policy a Cooperative legislature and cta's biggest Ally Planned Parenthood why are

098other issues such as autism ADHD depression that affect 70% of these kids ignored why are D transitioners ignored an even vilified why should we be committed to affirm even young children when 70 to 90% of gender questioning non airmed children return to their biological sex thank you Miss con changing pronouns are a clear impr present danger I've talked to parents we need to listen to them thank you [Applause] ma'am our last two speakers uh Judy dearden and Miss Shanny Murray good evening um I'm going to be talking on um the research that has been provided by The Institute for research and evaluation on this transgender uh issue and this come this was updated uh August uh 2023 review of the transgender research by The Institute of research and evaluation research shows childhood gender dysphoria usually

099dissipates on its own by Young adulthood if transition is not encouraged this avoids the harmal effect effects of cross- seex medical interventions summary of evidence there is a strong evidence showing that a majority of children between 70 and 90% who experience gender dysphoria tend to resolve their gender identity confusion and accept the biological sex by the time they reach adulthood that is if they are not subject to social transition or cross sex medical intervention a review of 10 studies of childhood gender dysphoria showed an average of 85% identifying as their biological sect at Young adulthood several other Studies have cited in this document the dramatic rise in gender dysphoria in the past decade is likely influenced by nonbiological factors scientific evidence indicates that the cause of gender dysphoria are complex social cultural and psychological factors

100appear capable of influencing a young person towards transgender identity recent unprecedented increases in gender identity worldwide and a reversal in the male to male ratio suggests the influence of non-biological factors young people appear susceptible to social educational and cultural influences in the United States the percent of Generation Z adults born between 1997 and 2002 who identify as transgender has increased by 800% over Generation X born 1965 to 1980 now 1.4% of the US teens about 300,000 youth say they are transgender recent uh regarding the recent explosion increases in females research shows females are more influenced by social factors thank you and I have the documentation [Applause] here hi Shanny Murray um a few comments uh from last meeting I just want to say thank you for approving the lights at elderado we're currently practicing for

101the semi-finals with rented lights so I appreciate it uh number two I do see potential for the proposed District run charter school I hope you work closely with local families to ensure their needs are met and work closely with p teachers to ensure they have the support and training needed to make this a success three I have serious concerns about the parental notification policy it's not about protecting students Todd Frasier said as much last meeting it's about catering to anti-lgbtq extremists and giving them a not so thinly veiled outing policy which I think is becoming clearer finally uh thank you for approving my book donation of a day with no words Dr ches said one reason he discontinued the diversity and inclusion District calendar was because someone felt left out when we didn't celebrate autism

102aess aess month I hope this book told from the perspective of a non-verbal child with autism helps build awareness and understanding and I hope you add it to the repository of District resources for diversity and inclusion thank you okay thank you everyone that uh spoke this brings us to our present presentations our presentation our first one is uh 15.1 uh the learning recovery emergency block grant and Target intervention I'll turn this over to Dr Young thank you good evening president Young Blood members of the board Dr chernis and executive cabinet it's my pleasure to present to you this evening our plan for spending of the state funds we've Reed through assembly Bill 182 also known as a learning recovery emergency block grant this block grant is intended to provide funding for learning recovery initiatives to

103support academic learning recovery and staff and pupil social and emotional well-being These funds are available to be spent through the 2027 through 28 school year the California Department of Education is not approving or denying individual requests for allowable expenditures and no plan or approval is required for these funds we are pleased to report that our district has been allocated nearly $2.3 million in one-time funds to be spent over the next 5 years towards this cost These funds can be spent on five overarching purposes first to increase the number of instructional days or minutes provided to the school year inclusive of class size reduction secondly to accelerate progress to close learning gaps through the implementation expansion or enhancement of learning supports thirdly to integrate pupil supports to address other barriers to learning and staff supports and

104training fourthly to provide access to instruction for credit deficient pupils and fifthly to provide additional academic services for pupils as you can see on the screen we've provided an overview of the breakdown of the expenditures by category for each year the bulk of the funding will be dedicated toward accelerating progress to close learning gaps through the implement M mentation expansion or enhancement of learning supports as represented by B subi and B sub2 in a moment I'm going to provide more details of our planned expenditures by each allowable use category within the first allowable use category we'll be spending roughly $1.9 million towards class size reduction in Algebra 1 a and 1B as well as eliminating our fifth and sixth grade elementary combination classes this represents present roughly 9% of our total allocation within the second

105allowable use category we'll be spending roughly $12 million towards Personnel programs services and professional development that support the implementation expansion or enhancement of learning supports and this represents roughly 60% of our total allocation examples include intervention teachers and our Intervention Program our AVID program advancement via individual determination software programs materials and supplies that are designed to provide targeted and differentiated instruction to students as well as professional development for our teachers and administrators within the third allowable use category we'll be spending roughly $3.9 million toward pupil supports that address other barriers to learning this represents nearly 20% of our total allocation examples include parenting classes with hope Suicide Prevention student study team and 504 support Outreach concern which provides counselors at our elementary schools professional development for our counselors Foster youth mentors and our Gear Up

106Programs at our middle and high schools within the fourth allowable use category we'll be spending nearly $300,000 toward access to instruction for our credit efficient students this represents nearly 1.5% of the total allocation and examples include the El Camino Credit Recovery summer school high school grade Improvement summer school as well as high school night school program and finally within the fifth allowable use category we'll be spending roughly $1.9 million towards academic services for students which represents roughly 9% of the total allocation examples include English language proficiency assessment support Family Resource Center assessment M support performance task support and additional software and services such as turn it in and educ climber and now I'd like to take the opportunity to provide more details about the targeted intervention that we provide our students who are not meeting

107grade level standards both during the school and outside of the school day at the elementary level during the day interventions include small group instruction provided by the teacher where tiered interventions and differentiated instruction are provided to students targeted intervention is also delivered by other staff at the elementary schools inclusive of academic support teachers hourly teachers and Title One instructional coaches at the secondary level during the day interventions are delivered through specific courses such as middle school math Labs designated El Avid study skills tutorial or Home Room periods at our middle schools math intervention teachers at our three lowest performing math um middle schools and freshman success house and opportunity programs offered at Valencia High School but through the use of the learning recovery emergency block grant funds we are proud to be able to offer

108a new targeted Intervention Program that provides additional support to students in the area of mathematics both before during and after school you'll recall that this is our priority area as a district based on our summi of cast results from the spring of 23 shared in our superintendent state of the district at the elementary level all of our schools are offering targeted intervention through small group instruction after school to students in grades 1st through 6 these small groups are focusing on foundational math skills through teacher created materials our adopted curriculum and software services such as reflex math fra math and I ready additionally in partnership with our expanded learning Department all students in our after school Child Care programs are receiving academic intervention beginning this year three times a week through the use of those aforementioned

109programs do you want to jump in okay as you okay I will jump in here um I'm so proud of this the snapshot of what we're doing here um this reflects this slide particularly reflects over 1,000 students getting free after school support in mathematics this year last year in this District the number was zero this year it's over a thousand we're using our one-time money from the state of California directly to help kids and we're doing it by pain teachers to stay after school and help kids um learn and so uh they've done a great job they've broken into um their their I believe it's four or six week sessions um uh the kids stay after the teachers help them um and uh just the reports from kids from teachers from parents has been incredible

110so um this took a lot of work to get to this point um this is going to happen all year um um and so uh I'm just really thankful for um for the team the team Olivia and and and and um and George and and all the principles for mobilizing cuz everybody mobilized to make this happen um and it's extraordinary the number of kids that are getting free support so I just want to highlight that could I ask a follow-up question so you mentioned they're going in for a certain number of weeks is this number going to grow above a thousand yes so this is just for the first cycle alone which just wrapped up the following the the past week so over a thousand students were invited and participated and so additional students some

111will continue on if they have not exited based off of pre and post test and progress that they've made but additional students will be invited in and now that this first cycle has been completed the buzz is out there amongst the teachers as well who are really enjoying this opportunity to provide small group instruction to kids after school so we have far more teachers who are interested in jumping on to these subsequent Cycles that's great for two months we've got a thousand students that have been through so that's fantastic and then just at the elementary alone multiply that out for the rest of the year and that'll be great thank you absolutely I had a question is there a way to is there a way to do like a social media blast or maybe more

112letters home to parents because I was just um somewhere a couple days ago and the parent said that you know they're catching up but and I said why aren't you using the intervention and she said what's that and so I said well it's at your school you know and so maybe just another blast so people are aware of it so they can utilize this yeah absolutely absolutely so at the elementary level students were Target targeted and invited to participate based off of their Casp scores their I ready scores as well as teacher recommendation so at the elementary it was very targeted but at the middle and high school it is open to all students who need any type of math support with their coursework in addition to targeted intervention so we will definitely work with

113our schools to continue to blast that out to our families okay so as you can see there's some photos on the screen as well that just show the amazing things that are happening after school and we're really proud to say that students and teachers and parents are all very thrilled with this program at the middle school level all schools are offering small group instruction and homework assistance both before and after school to students and the small groups are focused on foundational math skills as well as support with their current math coursework through teacher created materials our adopted curriculum Math 180 as well as the smarter balance Focus interim assessment blocks and tools for teachers there's a sample Middle School intervention and tutoring schedule on our screen and you can see that um we have a

114really robust offering throughout the day of both math homework Heth and targeted math intervention as mentioned students were selected based off of their Smarter Balance scores but as well as their composite math scores at the middle school level yes for middle school before school was a very popular option because middle school starts so late um so they're offering both both before school and after school to really provide a great resource to families trying to see when they'll attend and we're providing snacks so everything possible to get the secondary kids in at the high school level um all schools are offering small group instruction and homework assistance before school during lunch or after school um for all students and all students were invited to receive math support in their current cours workk but additionally we targeted

115our students enroll rolled in Algebra 1 a and 1B um for foundational math skill development and approximately 115 students took advantage of that opportunity just in that first cycle alone so we have four more Cycles to go we've received overwhelming positive feedback on the target Intervention Program from students parents and teachers parents have shared that their students love the new reflex math program where their students are building back fluency in a gamification um way and the after school program while initially a little bit hesitant not knowing you know that their child was identified for intervention um have found it to be so helpful in just addressing the deficits that their children had that they continue to build off of each year so reflex math is the new curriculum that we've supplemented in our elementary schools

116it's foundational math skills um math facts so kids get their foundational math um so by the time they get to algebra and geometry they have this Foundation that what we were seeing is there's a gap there's a foundational mathematics Gap that kids um in many cases um in language based math that Common Core really is um uh doesn't Hammer home the the foundational math that our kids need so we're supplementing the math curriculum with this reflex math and this also started this year and um in going to the sites uh all the teachers are really implementing it with Fidelity the kids like it and um the goal is for our kids to just have their math facts down by the time they get to the higher levels of mathematics and for your consideration this evening

117we are bringing forward a contract for I EXL which will be the Middle School option for building our students foundational math skills and so that's something that we're really looking forward to um so that we can reflex ends at the elementary school level level so we thank you for your consideration of that tonight as well so at this time I'd like to thank you for your support of our new targeted Intervention Program and open the floor to any additional questions that you may have I love it sorry Marilyn I love it thank you so much for doing this this is exactly what we've needed for years so thank you so much yeah I'm excited to see the data and um you just said you finished your first nine weeks um are we going to be

118able to see like the data in a board update coming up as soon as it's all kind of compiled see how we our students have improved sure we can especially that thousand students and the 115 students and and I don't know how many middle schoolers but yes at the elementary level will definitely be able to provide you that data and just number of facts that they've been able to accomplish and master during that time as well as pre and post tests um as far as specific skills that students were targeting at the middle and the high school levels it was a little bit looser and different things that we're focusing homework help as well as Target intervention but we can definitely provide the a board update on our elementary data okay and in our after

119school programs you said that three times a week they're getting academic support is that all just on the computer doing those programs or is there other um supports as well just trying to figure it out sure and so I'm looking over at Dr Lopez because I don't want to speak for him and his programs but I do know that students do receive academic support in the expanded learning program by his child care teachers that are present and that's just iners support with homework but additionally they're now being supplemented with these programs so that they can build their facts um outside of the school day where students might normally be practicing this at home with their parents and while we have our students in our expanded learning programs we can provide them that support and access

120to technology and it is one it's small group instruction with the teachers um outside of the um the kids that are there for after school activities the intervention programs are small group um instruction of course I'm looking forward to what this is going to look like in in the future as we build these math facts I had a one daughter that went to cuman on a regular basis to build those facts up it was just more challenging for her she needed the constant repetition um and to see where the elementary students are going to go through middle school and as we get up into the algebra 1 a and 1B and how to combine those and what the preparation that we're doing now is going to look like when they hit those classes I'm really

121interested to see and I hope that we'll be able to look at the data and compare it to where kids are now and what will happen in a few years and and be able to adjust accordingly but thanks for the presentation it's very good I think the thing that this is going to also be uh easily identifiable as we see our test scores come back throughout the year um last year we had I think it was 46% Proficiency in math so and with math facts being the basis of what we're doing with the interventions that's going to reflect hopefully in a big way there and then with homework help and grades like this is this is great and what kind of snacks oh a wide variety right now it's Scooby snacks and the first time

122around it was goldfish but a variety of dry snacks for students okay excellent that that that sounds great look forward to seeing how it improves um okay that brings us to our second portion of 15.2 which is high school graduation requirements Dr Young if you would sure thank you president young blood at this time I'd like to invite Dr will gray our executive director of secondary education to the lectoring to provide a brief presentation on the upcoming proposed changes to the high school graduation requirements as they relate to our current semester long courses as well as our ongoing conversations about math thank you Dr Young good evening president Young Blood trustees superintendent Dr chernes and executive cabinet members as introduced I'm going to be giving you an update on our ongoing and planned work regarding

123our high school graduation requirements due to the 20 425 calendar change there is a need to re-evaluate the pacing guides for our semester long courses so on that screen there we have our semester courses that are part of our high school graduation requirements Health College and Career Readiness seminar government economics AP microeconomics AP macroeconomics and AP Government we also have four elective semester courses that aren't listed because they simply fall into the elective category of Sociology psychology business law and marketing we are in the process of forming task forces to explore the conversion of the semester long courses into combined year-long courses for the 2425 school year pairing government and economics health and College and Career Readiness and then the aforementioned electives of psychology and sociology and marketing business law which naturally follow each other

124in the master schedule calendar High School principles are beginning to discuss the impact of this change with their affected teachers and the toasta teams that work upstairs are currently planning out those task forces the other part we're looking at is mathematics just like with the Intervention Program the educational services team has conducted a combination data dive and fact finding exploration regarding our graduation requirements for math currently our requirement is that students need to earn 20 math credits which is lower than some area districts and the ucsu a through G requirements of 30 credits you may recall that a board presentation was made on March 14th regarding this math graduation requirement for the class of 2022 shown on the screen our internal data indicate that approximately 85% of seniors graduated from PUSD having earned 30 or

125more math credits this is likely due to the hard work of the guidance counselors encouraging students to progress Beyond minimum requirements and a general culture of seeking academic Excellence that is currently at our high schools Following last Spring's board conversations We examined the academic histories of the remaining 15% of students seen on the bottom two rows of that chart that was added of those students about 2third attempted to earn three years of math credits but did not pass all attempted semesters which leaves a total of 5.67% of that graduating class that attempted fewer than three years of math courses and stopped so the 185 graduates that you see on the screen that attempted to earn 30 credits would have been harmed by an additional year of math requirement absent any additional support which is starting

126this year that you just heard about it is unknown if the 111 students who did not attempt to earn that many credits would have passed so they would have also potentially been negatively impacted by an additional year of math requirements without a revised focus on math support furthermore we conducted a series of fact finding conversations with local and similar school districts to get context for their math results through that process we learned that our 85% completion percentage is in line with the area districts that have in formally shared their three years of math completion rate with us when these completion rates are compared against the Casp summi of math data in terms of students mastering the standards there does not seem to be a COR coration between the years of math required and student achievement

127the chart on your screen shows an area District comparison containing the number of years of math required in column two their self-reported percentage of students who completed three years of math and or 30 credits depending on how you measure it along with their 2022 graduation rate and their 2022 cast met or exceeded percentages for math so therefore we we arrived at the conclusion that our current math graduation requirement is sufficient and that our focus should remain on getting students algebra ready by nth grade so that they can be set up for success in high school and Beyond as such we are going to be examining and improving our middle school math practices and targeted interventions during and outside of the school day to ensure that as many students enter high school algebra ready as possible

128the intent is that fewer and fewer students will be recommended to the course sequence that starts with algebra 1A and 1B in freshman and sophomore years so that more students can access Algebra 2 by their junior year and lead to more successful post High School careers the existing maass T task force and site administrators are examining what our math pathway can look like in light of the new mathematics framework that was recently p and our upcoming Mathematics Curriculum adoption that will occur in future years as new curricular choices are published this includes an analysis of our acceleration and support Pathways provided to students so for the time being the combination of these efforts will be our focus in ed services for mathematics in lie of increasing the math requirement bringing it back to our work

129during this school year the task forces examining the aforementioned new one-year courses will start meeting in the coming weeks again led by artosis the curriculum Council process will be used to approve any new year-long courses that emerge from this work for your consideration in the spring and we look forward to your discussion this evening and anticipate bringing forward the revised board policy regarding graduation requirements in January for a first reading thank you for your time and I'd like to invite any questions or feedback sounds good to me well I appreciate that you are encouraging us not to vote for a third year of math I encourage us to do that um we're already at 85% that are there um comparing it to the other districts if we increase to the third year of math we're

130not going to be um we'll be able to use the targeted interventions for that last 15% we're we're already at that same threshold that other districts are at um also the third year of math um having a third year of math math and the for adults um they have a better percentage of understanding when it comes to financial literacy um which was really the reason why I brought the whole idea forward um it's about making adults successful so that they can understand their own personal finances and the foundation math that they get in those in the three years of high school helps build that um I do like the idea of combining Algebra 1 a and 1B and looking at that as one class in the future and building from there I don't think that

131um that next year we should consider a third year of math but I think that um because we could take time um especially with the framework coming up but I still think we should consider it especially when we're looking at computer science and bringing computer science strands in computer science can function as a math class it can also function as a a um a language um so I think we are selling ourselves short um by not adding the third year of math and supporting the rest of those students that wouldn't necessarily meet that requirement I I agree I really think that we should look at this third year of math and how to implement it um and dive more into why um why this 185 students in 2022 did not achieve like did they you

132know what was the reason what were the barriers that prevented them from completing that third year um successfully and you know maybe it's just that they don't have the targeted supports maybe um they're like I can do other things and it's not required you know maybe they had a change in their plan I don't I don't know but I think that's something that we should look at um to make sure that we're addressing those students um it's it's quite a few students who attempt it that didn't complete so I think it's noteworthy and um something to continue to investigate and to pursue um if I could add just one more thing um I think that we need to talk to our community colleges and our and our um universities the math alignment is not flowing

133from high school into college and they see gaps when students get there so they're they're sent down to U more remedial level math programs before they can get in um to those math classes so there sh there's something missing um from high school into college and we need to also look at that and consider that yeah and that was the next point I was going to get to so thank you um you know the they're going into the community colleges or to colleges and they can't offer anything below a 100 level course and so math now just turned into a nine unit course for them to get all the supports and you know the the especially the community colleges are doing a really good job to support these students but we need to be doing

134a good job to send them to be successful you know but I would I would be curious if that's a years of math or an intervention process I don't know that a third year is going to fix that problem however the intervention process would be something that would address the uh the information Gap yeah right the third year but and I mean I'm just doing the math like we're talking about 26% less graduates based on our data from last year um with kids not getting 30 credits not necessarily because no I'm just saying that's the numbers so you so you assume so so you would assume that that's probably not accurate because if there were kids that had to take 3 years they would probably do so 26% is probably extreme but you're looking at

135less than a what was our our 94% graduation rate that's going to drop at least initially but I think the things that you're bringing up which I think are accurate we need to make sure that kids going to college and going into career Readiness are prepared mathematically I think the intervention is way more important than a third year of math just based on what we're talking about and I've seeing these numbers that I think there's to find out but that's where I would lean I would lean towards more intervention to get kids to have there if they just do two years have uh math at a level where they can uh complete things in the college world and then they would be successful in the business world the interventions are talking about are in the

136third year math yeah and also um no I'm talking about the interventions that we just talked about previously in the previous presentation like all of these interventions throughout the district I'm saying that is where I see more Advantage for our students well we're definitely doing that right now and as we build that into it I want us to see looking into that third year math might not be next year but it could be the following year out as we're building that computer science and building our capacity and and bringing those classes together and doing all these interventions ahead of um before and and building the capacity of our students when they get to high school so we've got a couple of years um we're almost there anyway we are comparatively to the other districts are

137doing what they're doing um UC and CSU requirements are three years so it's we're doing I feel like we're doing a disservice um for those students that go into career versus right into college business math and understanding of per personal finance is even more critical for them um because they aren't going to have that on the back end but that third year doesn't necessarily mean that that's going to be where they make their gains that's my my point is if the interventions work then instead of graduating with algebra for a 1A they're going to graduate with geometry or going studies show that three years of math give you a better advantage and you have better personal finances as an adult I don't disagree with math being important however requiring it for graduation may be a

138hindrance to more students than we realized based on these numbers and however all of the integration or the uh the intervention that we talked about I think is what the the third year would accomplish in my mind that's where I when we talked about it originally I was like well we need more math absolutely but if we can focus on interventions maybe the third year isn't as critical as we had pre I had previously thought something I just want to throw out there for consideration is when we talk about um really targeting our focus on having students enter high school algebra ready and trying to transition kids out of algebra 1A and 1B and eventually eliminating that course that means that students who may have earned 20 credits in the past just by Algebra 1

139a and 1B they're done at Algebra 1 we're trying to have all students enter in algebra one which would mean that they would need to move beyond that so when we say we're not trying to emphasize three years of math but we're emphasizing algebra ready we're going to be accomplishing exposing more students to math by having a less Algebra 1 a 1B Pathways available to students more seniors will be um exposed to math through high school we currently have 905 high school students that are currently in Algebra 1 a and 1B okay have I have a question question that I've been patiently waiting for okay out of these students that didn't complete um or attempted the credit unions and credits but didn't complete them were how many of those were special education students because special

140education students are exempt is isn't that correct when I read the graduation requirements I'm just I was reading the graduation requirements again today and I'm just trying I'm just trying to understand not that they're exempt but that if it's into their IEP then that that would be adjusted we have the same expectations for all students so no they're not exempt okay so that was my concern what I was just going to say is my concern is if we throw a third year in um of math for graduation is that going to be discriminatory to our um to some of our students because you know maybe maybe this is those numbers if it is then the rest of the districts are being discriminatory yeah well the thing is is why are we so focused on three

141years of math the kids that need the three years to go into CSU and to go to the uc's they understand that those are the requirements and so they go and they take the three years of math and so the two years of math that we have now if you want to stop at two years you know and explore something else if that's not your Forte and that's not your interest I mean I find it hard to say that Algebra 2 taking Algebra 2 is going to help help your finances I mean there's nothing about that in in Algebra 2 I mean I would say that I have probably never well maybe I've used algebra and I did help with a geometry question last year however I have never used Algebra 2 and barely any

142geometry since I've left high school and so like let's be real is like we need to equip the kids but like is this highlevel math the kids that need and want the high level math they're taking it and so why are we forcing other kids who are just that's just not them why are we forcing a third year that what we're building all of this math and focusing on all of this math and we bring up a third year math and it's shut down and it's just odd well no it's the is not it just doesn't it doesn't work well the the third year of math doesn't mean it's going to be well it doesn't mean it's going to be advanced math like that's the the point it mean it might be if business math

143or personal finance or right so then what's the why do we need to have a requirement that's my only question okay I just recently t a trade school that deal dealt with plumbing HVAC um low voltage and electrician school and what they told me is that a lot of their students don't come with the math skills so these are so they're having to remediate them in math so it's just not going um to you know to University or college this is just career so and and they use those skills in their classes so I mean I'd hate to just end this you know math discussion this way um I just feel like we are doing a diservice to our students we're giving them interventions to increase their math abilities and and maybe it's a progression

144and and that this should be looked at I we're happy to look at it I've met with the Department chairs um and have this discussion with them they don't feel strongly that a three-year math requirement is is necessary um I I do like the idea of potentially looking at Computer Sciences as um you know down the road as a graduation requirement um uh I was a math teacher myself I'm in favor of trying to send less kids to this math math a and then math B so I do think that is is if we can get more kids into a one-year algebra that's the focus but ultimately I think we need to rely on our experts um and um you know I think that's the way to go um uh let's talk to our teachers

145about it continue that discussion with our teachers and with our people that are are studying it and and looking at it um and and as of now this is the recommendation but for we're happy to continue to look at it um but based on the experts that we have here in the district this is what we're finding anything else all right good discussion excellent thank you so much sir thank you okay folks um our next portion includes board information uh this section I'm going to go ahead and turn over to Dr chernes to give us heads up on so this is a discussion item um this is non inviting item on um school fees and donations we've heard quite a bit from the board and so this this is more of to get some direction

146from the board um since I've been here I've noticed uh um a lot of sports programs um are asking parents for quite a bit of money and donations um and so uh I think as a district we need to look at ways to minimize the impact on our families um there's a lot of clubs and programs that are asking for hundreds of dollars sometimes thousands um to support whatever that program is um so uh so that's one one thing I've noticed um the other um piece is um related to uh school fees in general um what what do we charge students for what does ASB control versus not um for example um ticket sales so for our our our big programs like football for example takes in quite a bit of money um that goes

147to the ASB currently um whereas the the Schoolboard can actually decide how to um allocate that money or where it should go um so um there's quite a bit around school fees in general how much money goes through ASB I know um um Mr Stein's looking at um ASB and ways to make a more um efficient system for um cash Collections and for just ASB in general um at all of our sites and he'll be coming I believe in this spring um with some recommendations on um ways to uh um to make that the whole ASB process more efficient um but we have a a lot of money going through ASB we have a lot of um requested donations we're asking parents for um so at this time we we want to hear from the

148board on specific areas that you would like us to um to examine further and to come back to the board it may have to be a study session frankly because there's there's so much here um so um this is sort of an open-ended item that we'd like to get some feedback from you on yes absolutely it seems like it's a there's a lot of components to this if we could have maybe a steady session just so everybody's on the same page with that I think there's a lot to to be said for how the money flows um and I think that's one of the things that I look at and it's it's not clear when I mean when summer fees you're paying directly to the district and then what does that go for does that

149go back to uh pay for coaches stiens I assume partially uh does that pay for any of the equipment that's used and then during season there's donations but they're not technically required however they're presented that way um and then there's just there's just a lot of things within all of those parts that I think need to be examined and we need more clarity on how we can do that better there's I think there's probably situations within uh band environments and any anything else that's co-curricular where we can do something from a district level to help fund that offset those fees um even if it's just efficiencies because we're losing uh percentages because we don't account for things correctly and stuff gets left places through whether it's ASB or or through funds at the at the

150sites I think that's we definitely need more information on that and we need to streamline stuff and oversight that's there's a lot of money that goes through from Sports and uh arts in general and then for just school supplies and fees and that it's a public school district like we should parents shouldn't have to be paying as much as we have to pay for these kind of things so I'd like to make sure that what we're doing is um is Equitable so you look at a football team and and the number of students that are on a team um if they were to get the ticket sales from that how does that um matriculate into um cheerleading band and color guard because they're all there performing at the same time um if it is um

151soccer versus football versus um golf um what is the breakdown and are we being Equitable for each sport for um for each School uh what does that look like overall those are the details I would like to know I also would like to know what is the impact on the facilities um um is everybody paying a fair share toward facilities that they're using um and including all of our outside um organizations that are that are renting um and and using our facilities how does that factor in um as we look at Sports and arts and all of those things it's it's very complex um and and it should be even um it it you know just because you're at one school and at theater department where you raise a you know you have a lot

152of ticket sales and you raise funds at another one they might need the extra support so how does all of that balance so that we're not um creating some differences because of that um adjusting the whole flow of how things go um there has been some issue with ASB and the amount of money that they that they hold on a regular basis um I know that we've put in some things before where they have to identify you know what if they have a a significant chunk of money what that's going to look like where they're planning on spending that um they hold a big balance because there's a lot of things that go through um and the requirements for ASB when they're doing all of the school events and the dances and and things like

153that it's um it's super complex and it it's hard for me to even begin to ask more of the right questions before having that Baseline information on what what it looks like school to school sport to sport um it actually even leads me to our our report on um classified and certificated staff where you look at all of the um the different schools and the different um booster sponsored versus District sponsored and it's kind of all over the place with it all mixed together so it's really hard without cutting and pasting and figuring it out on your own to figure out what that looks like so a breakdown by school by sport would be really helpful for me to figure out what my next step would be I think for me um the the big

154one was um the ticket sales with uh you know you have football then you have like wrestling and you have basketball and nobody's keeping their ticket sales and it's going straight into ASB um and then with the um parking like we're charging our students $25 park in the parking lot you know where they go to school and I mean I don't I never paid for a parking spot in high school um I don't recall writing a check for parking there's there's parking we there you know it's 20 20 $5 at ESP brons I think is $20 at y blind I haven't had to buy that spot I have two months till then but you know we're we're charging students to park and then um when we talk about like you know the ticket sells and

155like football is you know buying their own uniforms there's 100 and something of these players and the uniforms are expensive and so that's coming from the boosters and I know the district is paying say for like the helmets and the pads but then like where does the rest of that come and then you have the coaches stiping and then um I wasn't able to make the booster meeting I think last week but then um some people were reporting back to me that you know they've said that um and I wanted to know if this was true and I said I would ask tonight they said that you can't have casino night any longer um as a fundraiser and then like no Super Bowl squares and so people were calling me and asking how are we

156supposed to raise any money so I was just wondering if that was actually a true thing but you know like I have seen the um inequity of there's a homecoming dance that's $50 or $60 at one school and then there's 25 or 30 at another school but it's all being done in the gym and so like what are the parents paying for and like why are there these big um you know different price points but I guess really what the concern is also is the fields and I know that Dr chernis has said that they are working hard um with facilities to you know better these fields but I've sat on some baseball boosters where we have to laser a level of field and it's tens of thousands of dollars to do it and it's

157coming from the boosters but then yet we've had um people out there using the field outside users they're paying for that field they're using that field and the money is coming into the district and then so I've said well why can't why can't the money come you know to at least help some of the fields or like a certain portion of it you know because we have um Friday Night Lights at us branza they're all over the girls soccer or I'm sorry the girls softball field and they're Al also on the soccer fields and the softball field and the soccer coaches are having to pay extra money from their funds to maintain it but yet we're allowing these outside users on these fields and they come and demolish it and then we're making the boosters

158which are the parents you know have to fund it and then have to go and fix it and so I just see a lot of that stuff going on is you know and it's High School to high school to high school you know like somebody mentioned too some of our middle schools you know the track like those get used and then they get destroyed and so like who is supposed to pay for that well the middle school doesn't have any boosters and you you know the parent boosters and they're not but when you come to the high schools it's the parents that are having to pay and so that's just been really um you know an issue and then you know sometimes too like all of this you know these dance tickets and you know

159your ASB cards at the beginning of the school year and all this stuff that we're putting all this money into like sometimes a group will say well I want to use this and they get told well no you can't use that that belongs to ASB you know for like one of their functions and so like are we a group here and like everybody's paying into it and is their ownership of these items that is like should be a a pot and so I do agree completely with you about the Equitable because how do you just give the football team the football sale you can't do it because the band's out there cheer is out there there's a lot of things but I think that we need to look at that um and try to start

160giving our programs back more money so they can be more successful if they need to hire more coaches say for something but I mean cheer is exort I mean cheer is like thousands and thousands of dollars and so you know if if we can help give them some of the money and I think it's just more of accountability I think that's what Todd has been saying parents and families they want accountability as to like where their money is going and it's just really I feel like just kind of out of control and so we as a district I hope can kind of like get in there and and you know divide things up equitably for people so everybody can have a a great High School experience but not only just at one high school but

161at all the high schools um you know like earlier in the presentation I mean obviously I'm by pools a lot and your Belinda I think in Valencia they don't have like a shaded structure whereas esparanza and El Dorado do so you know things like that where you know you go to certain um things and you know like you have these makeshift easy upset if it you know it's blowing over on people like just things like that that I think can be looked at as we like go forward with this new found you know this new um money that we have towards things but I just think like a deep dive and I think we owe it to our communities to have this deep dive into all of this stuff um and it's nothing against it's

162nothing against ASP we're not sitting here going gosh darn you um we're not saying that but and I know that you probably have a perspective on that but um you know from like the parents and well he's onb so so I you know but from like my standpoint I go okay like you know the ticket sales could the ticket sales help here and what are these tickets else going to like what is this money being used towards you know and and should we be using it like more efficiently so that that's where I would love the Deep dive just so everybody knows what's going on where's the money going and that it's going towards all of our student population it's one thing just not in defense of ASB but one thing I do know about

163the ticket sales is part of that goes to offset ref fees um so there's there are fees that then would have to go from ASB to the athletics department or whatever related to that and then there's also things where you have to look at I mean cheerleading I know is extremely expensive there's a lot of things that go into that um and it's a much fewer students so I don't know how like yeah now part of that may be elective like they they don't have to spend as much money so how do we how do we that's really hard to trim I had a daughter and and it it it's it's very expensive but you don't R use uh Uniforms over and over again like you do like band for example um and each year

164it's kind of a different design and Jer didn't is you know clothes are expensive and if we if we gave them like a threshold of dollar amount I don't know what it you know what they would find as far as uniform so it becomes very complex and in so many ways well it's more of like how much support because they they can spend over what they're allotted that's fine but how do we find where that line is and is it a student per student or is it a sport by sport what is that I mean it's there are no ticket sales for cheerleading oh um I know for at least for dances cuz I planned prom last year we have this allocated budget and then we uh designate the ticket price based on that budget

165and we factor in like student attendance and we don't actually make that much money from Dances uh we mostly just try to like reclaim the amount of money we spent on the dance so at least for ticket prices there's not a lot of movement we can do with that com from someone that planed to dance and I know that not every homecoming and like all these dancers are in the same spot some like fena I think I might be wrong as a outside venue that do they do homecoming versus your blinda where they we do it in the quad so I know the budgets differ depending on venue and then the DJ and um like decorations and stuff because at least we want to have it a memorable we want to have dances a memorable

166experience and to get students to show up so we need the like a certain level certain amount of funds to do so in order to make the money back so I that's at least for dances makes sense yeah makes we totally we totally get that um and I've asked other like schools and stuff not other districts I should say and like a lot of them will they'll take the money from their ticket sales and they'll pay the officials and they'll pay this and they'll pay that but then like the money can get allocated back into like you know sports or wherever it is so there are ways to do it okay um I think maybe a good spot to start is last year we passed a board um policy on connective activities I believe it

167was called con School connective activities and it listed kind of like a protocol and one of the things that is in there is like a budget for all the boosters so to be a a a booster on one of our campuses they're supposed to provide a budget good place just to compile all those budgets and kind of see where we're at um one of the things that is I don't know um worrisome to me or that I look at is we approve um you know extended field trips and some of these field trips are thousands of dollars so I kind of would like to look are we doing these annually is it you know every other year how can we take some of that pressure off of our parents you know are they going every

168year or is there mayy a more cost effective tournament you know sometimes I look at these tournaments and they're gone for like 5 days and they're flying but they're really when you look at it they're they're playing three games so is that cost effective or is that something that should be looked at you know are we you know getting the most dollars for what we're providing and I I just think that's a good place to start but I definitely think we should look at it um I was talking to um a PR um not a principal but um assistant principal and they were mentioning to me at their School site they're happy if 50% of the students can pay the fees and we need to be you know so that school they're already paying for

16950% of their students to participate in their activities someone is coming up with those dollars somehow whether it's the booster fundraising extra for those students or or getting the kids the equipment somehow through other funds so I think that this really needs to be looked at and gone through and I think you know our work on you know the board policy was a start but it's time to dive back into this and come up and make sure that you know where we are and what we can fix and how we can help support our students so that all students can participate in these activities you know in an economical way without parents taking out second mortgages or saying they don't or saying they can't do it or saying they can't participate I I would like

170to add just one more thing as you know we're getting towards some C competitions and and things like that I think it's important that we as a district make sure that the the sports that are qualifying and making it to CIF that that's not a cost barrier for the students that are on those teams teams I don't think there's there's no extra cost for CIF to the players or well it could be like Transportation orav Trel whatever like cross country they have to go up to Clovis so they're spending so if they qualify for CIF we need to make sure that they're able to attend are those paid out of the boosters now or I have no idea yeah okay that's something to look at I also am not interested in saying uh you cannot

171spend so much money but require IR iring it from parents is where I think we need to focus because I think there's we can get really in the weeds and saying well you can't spend more than x amount of dollars well but if they have a good fundraising campaign and they have a sponsor from a local business or something like that I don't think we should restrict what they're allowed to spend but but yeah but looking into something and saying let's not let's not let's have a threshold for what parents are required to now not required it's a donation um but the other thing that I mentioned in our um I think it was in our cap uh meeting was a program that I heard another District I forget which district it was but I

172have a presentation on it an ASB for all program where the district funds ASB for all students across the district so ASB gets funded completely and then the money that would have gone to ASB from the Athletics and other co-curriculars goes directly to Athletics so I don't know how that works I I just know that that's something we should look into as well um and maybe mirroring these two things and I think there's there's lots of Creative Solutions think we can come up with I think fix Mr Stein has a lot on his plate um I remember going through this with our facilities and doing an evaluation we we looked at other districts and what they charge and for each fac so it's very complex so I would recommend looking at other districts too and

173seeing what they do and if they've got some knowledge that we could glean um but I'm sure it's going to take a little time to get through this so um I appreciate you looking into it and spending the time on it and I hope to hear back in the next few months how it's going well good [Laughter] luck I think they're all going on vacation next week somebody's going on vacation on Thursday okay everything good any more questions all right excellent thank you so much okay that's uh going to move us into our consent calendar uh actions proposed for the consent calendar items are consistent with approv practices of the district and are deemed routine in nature the trustees receive board agenda backup information in advance of the scheduled meeting and are prepared to vote

174with the knowledge on the Block vote items uh are there any items to be pulled you got to be kidding me nope what mark this don't do it don't do it I'm doing it so I'll need a motion I'll make the motion that we accept the consent calendar I will second that yeah wow okay so I have a motion by Miss Buck seconded by Miss blades all those in favor I I I excellent and an I from our student board member the vote carries 5 thank you uh next it brings us into our superintendent's report Dr chernis okay good evening again president Young Blood members of the school board uh I thoroughly enjoyed attending read for the record at valz Middle School Academy on October 26th um uh each year the Valdez Eagles collaborate with

175young students from Melrose and RI Vista Elementary Schools to celebrate reading together um as part of the annual worldwide event spearheaded by jumpstart a national Early Education organization uh the goal of jumpstarts read for the record is to bring millions of young children together with valued grown-ups in their lives to read the same book on the same day in communities all around the world um uh Carrie Buck joined me there um it was a awesome event um uh this year the eighth grade students paired up with their first grade buddies um and we're excited to read with lots of love by author Jenny Torres Sanchez illustrated by Andre Sean uh before the day was over our students from Melrose and RI Vista received their own copy of the book to take home share and read

176with their loved ones um and it was just an awesome event um I also have the pleasure of attending the High School showcase at Valencia High School um uh on November 8th um and this was a standing room only event in the auditorium and then broke out into um various uh classrooms around the campus prospective students and families from inside and outside of the district visited the campus to learn more about the high school experience um it was really cool I met one student from Travis who was in seventh grade he was doing his Advanced scouting he he brought his mom he's going to all the high schools um taking notes it was really cool see um so it's a great tradition here in our district um next up we have yber Linda Mustangs um

177they'll welcome students and families tomorrow November 15th on their campus and then we have elderado and Esperanza um after Thanksgiving recess on November 29th and December 6th respectively so we do encourage students um prospective students and families in 7th and e8th grade to attend these events um and just learn about what the schools are all about um lastly as Thanksgiving approaches I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to each and every member of our incredible School District um I'm truly grateful for the hard work of our students and all aspects of their education the dedication of our staff um as we educate and support our kids um and really the the ongoing support of our families are just outstanding so um from family from my family to yours um we wish

178you a joyous Thanksgiving break um and I forgot to mention the uh the Veterans Day ceremony at um El Dorado was special for me um U my dad is 80-year old Vietnam vet um it took me about 20 minutes to to walk him through over the phone how to get onto the YouTube live to watch the ceremony but I got him on um and my goal goal is to bring him next year to the event um it was uh very meaningful so um I wanted to thank all the folks of Al Dorado for um and all of our veterans out there um for all you do for our country and that concludes my report thank you Dr chernes okay uh we'll go ahead and do our board report um Miss Buck if you would thank

179you well I love the fact that they put the veterans um ceremony online so that we can tune in when we can't be there that was very helpful love that um well I'll just have a few things to report out um attended the Heritage Days parade with u Mrs Anderson and um Dr Isaiah Gates who isn't here tonight um but we had a great time as usual riding along in the bus down the parade route U much shorter this year um but it was really fun it wasn't as hot as previous years where we've had some kids go down um the shortened uh length of the parade I think also benefits that too but it was a really fun day and nice to see everybody out there um I attended the band pageant um which

180was phenomenal uh as usual uh having all of our middle school and high school students out there that are in band and color guard and get to the middle schools get to see the high schools and what they're doing um really encourages that that drive to want to continue in um in band and color guard and um this the field shows were just amazing um and a shout out to El Dorado I think they I was the best band pageant um performance that I've seen in a long time from um from any school they really did a a great job so um everybody else did a great job too I was just kind of a little impressed by El Dorado this year um I attended the elementary and special ed advisory committee meetings um that

181Dr chernis is leading U and listened along to what the conversation was and the questions that the parents had and I'm looking forward to attending more of those um in the future it's also nice that it's on Zoom you can just um pop in and and listen um I have been attending a few football games um y binda high schools on their way to CIF Championship so good luck to them um read for the record was mentioned um it's so great to see now that it's been going on for so long the eth grade students when when they're talking to their first grade buddy they remember being that first grade um that first grade showing up on campus so it's really nice to see now that we've been doing it for so long that that

182whole cycle is in place um I got the opportunity to go um on an Roop tour of our education pathway um was called a learning walk we spent the day going to Valena high school and uh meeting the teacher and talking to the students there and then following that up at Ruby Drive watching the students the high school students in action with the elementary school students um and we did the same thing over at esparanza so we went to their teacher pathway um class and then um went and saw the kids at Glen viw um in action doing a little of that work um including the library which I hadn't seen before we had some um uh high school students that were um working in the library um I attended the teacher of the year

183dinner last week which was great at the Disneyland L hotel and got to celebrate two of our teachers of the year do you have the names written now Mr plunket um I sat was able to sit at his table and I don't want to mess up the last name it's wanovich w Wana robich oh Wana robich yes Mrs W robich um so we were um Mrs Anderson and I were able to um be there and and Dr Young and Dr Gates were there as well and got to celebrate them had a um a great evening at the Disneyland Hotel to celebrate all of the teachers of the year throughout Orange County um I will be oh I um found out last week that I have been selected again um for the next term on the

184Child Nutrition advisory Council um from the state superintendent um so I'll be on um again for another two years through the December 2025 um working with um you know supporting kids in in nutrition uh and then lastly I'm looking forward to the csba annual conference coming up at the uh right after Thanksgiving and going to San Francisco and um meeting with other colleagues and um going to the workshops they have and um I'll bring back any great information that I have um that they provide so um that's it for me everybody have a great Thanksgiving week off and from my family to yours too have a great Thanksgiving okay um I attended as um Mrs Buck said the Heritage day and I wanted just to have a shout out to Mr cabby he was our

185bus driver and he is well known in our district because he was definitely getting shoutouts from students and um it was just it was nice to see that relationship um I attended um flag football game for the VHS girls and watched them both both JB and varsity win um I attended a choir concert uh for Kramer and valentia high school which was really good and I'm excited to go to their their Christmas concert it's on my calendar um Mrs buckin was also here but the women of Industry um meeting and I just really liked hearing um the professionals there share their knowledge and experience with our students and a big thank you to students staff and the reach foundation for making this event possible um for our students to get them a little bit more

186career Readiness um I attended um an occupational um school it's called ABC school and it was really great I talked a little bit about it um about the services they have like Plumbing electrical HVAC and low voltage and it's a really interesting school um because all their students are paid to work they all are working in their fields while they're getting their education and they also um receive health insurance benefits through the school and the schooling is free to for those that attend so it's a great opportunity it's over on La Palama it's called association association of business con of builders and contractors um when I worked at the shelter we used to send some of our clients over there to give them some job skills it's really great it's really great and I've reached

187out to um Dr Gray about that so we're going to see how we can partner and and look into opportunities for our students um I attended the um District English learner advisory committee with Representatives um from all the schools and parents of English Learners and I learned more about our 2,000 English language Learners in our district and we they talked about reclassification and the district master plan which I'm excited to see they're in the Pro they built and that now they're getting feedback from families and um so I'm excited to see what the final draft looks like um and also um they had free English classes offered at topaz daily from 8 to 11 um so that's a need there's opportunities there and I just really liked all the positive interactions from the district with

188um these families and and helping to help them um I went to the Second Harvest Food Bank at Melrose and at topaz um 106 families were served at Melrose Elementary the day I went and 60 families were served at topaz and um I'm just so grateful for the volunteers at the Second Harvest for making this possible I went to the first one and they're like come to Topaz and work so I show showed up to Topaz with my tennis shoes and my apron and um and passed out eggs and tofu um and I it was just um just a really nice experience interacting with those families and seeing online what um how these volunteers serve our things um I also attended the band pageant I just thought it was amazing and I'm always kind of

189Blown Away every year and I think the band pageant is kind of what makes our district special and I just want to do a sh a shout out to all of our music teachers support staff parents bus drivers for making this um possible it wouldn't be possible without all those people helping um I did a tour and a visit at the nurses Hub at Kramer middle school and um it was a great time to listen to our nurses and learn all that they're doing to support our students throughout the district and um kind of got a a look at kind of their training protocols for health clerks AIDS and office staff and teachers and even bus drivers get trained and um just listening to them talk it just sounded a little overwhelming to me but

190um I'm grateful that we have nurses that are dedicated to our students that make sure that these things are all possible um I attended um three assemblies for the student fentanyl training one at El Dorado yinda High School and esparanza High School and I thought that these um presentations were very informative and I watched the students really engaged I saw a lot of head shaking listening um good questions answered and I really enjoyed um and appreciate our partners in law enforcement to provide these these trainings as was mentioned I went to the teacher of the year here I won't repeat that but congratulations to Eric and Michelle on their well-deserved um recognition um I attended Anaheim City council meeting um where um Valerie um Hubbert who was recognized tonight was also recognized through the city

191of Anaheim for her life-saving actions and that was really great and I um attended the Showcase as Dr chernis mentioned and it was great to be there and um my favorite part of the evening was really hearing from the current students sharing their experiences in the international baloria program the Cambridge advanc International um certificate and the Valtech program and listening to all the opportunities and experien these students have done in the last four years and participated is truly phenomenal and um we definitely have some high achieving students there at Valena and I'm grateful for all the staff that provide these programs to our our students and it really speaks volumes to their um commitment to education I have attended the Placentia City Veterans Day program on Saturday at placenta City Hall and two of our

192students JG cavaly and Avery ansbury from El Dorado shared their thoughts thoughts on Veterans Day and their family connections so they did an amazing job um we were well represented by these two students and then also yolinda Middle School and turey Middle School um had a combined choir under the direction of Mr Michael Fenton and the students sounded amazing and I'm just so grateful for um them and um in their performances because they were truly outstanding that's about what I've been up to that I can remember that's all and Happy Thanksgiving to everybody all right uh I was able to attend the band pageant as well which is always uh neat because I remember participating in the band pageant when I was in at yal high Y Middle School um and it's just a great

193opportunity for the junior high band to see what it's like to be with especially with the Elder Auto marching band has always always been phenomenal and you get to see that up close you're like oh I could be a part of that yeah yeah very cool and I just love the integration that that brings the middle school programs with the high school programs and then just showcases what our kids can do um it's so great then also attended the state of the city for y binda event I got to hear about what's happening at the city of Y blinda connection with uh all the businesses and things there and I know we've got we did an event last year with the principles um in this room with the uh yeah principal day right yeah and

194that just integrating what's happening in the city and with businesses and all of our um CTE Pathways I think doing as much as we can to integrate and overlap that is great for all of our students and for everybody involved uh also was let's see what was the other thing besides before I get into all the sports um that might have been oh no uh yeah that was it uh been attending a lot of sporting events the as was mentioned the es bronza girls flag football 5 and0 Second in the nation uh it was a a grueling match between Orange Lutheran uh for an overtime win in the Chargers Championship football game um which uh as a okay all right so and uh and my daughter caught the tying touchdown and then my other daughter

195caught the winning extra point phenomenal and then they got invited to go to just the opportunities that come from this stuff the entire team got invited to go to the Chargers game this Sunday and run the team out of the tunnel completely paid for by the Chargers which was phenomenal um and the things that these kids get opportunities to when they participate in these co-curricular activities is something that can potentially be life-changing the things that they see that they get to interact with two of our players uh from the flag football team got invited to the US Olympic Training Center this last weekend my daughter was one of them um and it's it's just neat to see what happens when kids are in an environment that they can Thrive because that's what they've been gifted

196with so um I just think the things that are happening in this District are great I appreciate all the things happening with the the math Readiness and the all the Integrations that we have there um yeah it's things are happening and thanksgiving's coming but you know what that means that means Christmas is on its way so I'll be the first one to say Merry Christmas everyone yeah take it well I did start watching Hmart Christmas movie was like a month ago it's not my favorite I was watching him in the summer time I'm not going to lie so um I'm glad that everyone when they come up here they remind me of where I've been because I haven't known like what day of the week it is for probably like six weeks but I do

197know it's Tuesday I know I'm in a board meeting so that's good um I did attend the state of the city with Dr chernes and Todd and uh Dr Stein or I'm sorry Mr Stein um and so we had a good time we had a lot of good people at our table it was good to see everybody um it was the state of the city for y blinda so it was Jee Hernandez who gave the invocation tonight which we really appreciate um him being here he did a great job and you know his famous or his Infamous mustache I think that was kind of the theme so everything had this mustache like little sticks you know and all the things it was very Gan um I was able to oh then the next day I

198went to the California Association black school Educators I went Dr Gates we were there for for um a couple days for that conference which is always very good and informative and you you make a lot of friends and and are able to have a lot of good discussions with people um and so that was that was a a really good time it was really nice um really good weather I think it was hotter here and it was cooler there and I was just so happy like I think it was 80 something here and I think I like it was 74 there and I came home and I I had a sweatshirt on and I was you know peeling off in the driveway so it was just a nice cool weekend can can I ask you

199would you mind if they have some workshops or things that they've done that you could share information I would love to hear more about some of the best practices they know yeah absolutely um and so I also too I met with a company um that's actually local they saw all the fentanyl training that we're doing um with our local law enforcement and so um I met with them and they have a lot of extra stuff that they can do as well as counseling and um they really take it to the next step and so I um I did bring them in you know just to talk to Dr ches to see if there would ever be a place um for them in our district but the amount of counseling that they do and it's kind

200of like it's not like the obviously like what law enforcement is doing in our schools and their presentations it is um extremely valuable for students but um like a program like this they actually like you know they come kind of come on board and there's a lot of counseling available um they're nonprofit and so they would kind of stick around and stay in in and um you know give the the kids or the families who are dealing with any type of drug addiction um to give that extra support and so that might be something that's worth looking into maybe not but um just to give our local community the people who are involved in this is her passion just to give them the opportunity to have a voice um and to help on their Community

201I think was was important um I've had some people come up and ask about um so I have had a lot of people talk to to us um or email and then just ask certain questions um about the charter the district Charter that's on for for December and um one of the one of the things that they have been talking about is the honors program that that's one of their concerns and so I did do um kind of some digging around um and it's clear now that our honor System in middle school is not the same across the board um T it appears that turey and byms are have they have honors across the board at their schools but and please correct me if I'm wrong but y Belinda Middle School um they have honors

202um English language arts and history but there's no honors in science and Travis Ranch middle school has um language arts honors and mixed levels in one classroom of science but there's no honors in history um and so after reading the charter partition for Bernardo again it's clear that the charter offers an honor program that students can earn honors credit and core courses and so I know it's a different way of doing things and I know it's kind of just it's just different with a different process but I think because our district is doing stuff differently all over the place and there's just all these different opportunities I've just kind of told the parents you know um if this Charter is approved and this is um you know something that we need to look into this

203is a new and it's an Innovative way of and and it might be absolutely fabulous and so you know just to kind of give it the chance because I was a little bit surprised that our honors classes aren't the same across the board at all of our middle schools that there's not the same opportunity so maybe we could just look at this as this is just a new and Innovative opportunity that's maybe different from the other schools um I also have been talking to some parents who have asked that um we consider having a pral notification um superintendent advisory committee um and so that was interesting to me um and I was going to um ask the superintendent that would be something possibly um to be considered because I think um parents maybe want to

204have I don't even necessarily know if it would be a notification parental notification but maybe just parental you know parents who are concerned um you know and maybe just want to talk about things that are going on in the classroom um but that was a different kind of an ask and so I'm just going to bring it up to you to see if that's something that we can do um and then another thing the last thing I was going to hit on I've been asked by some families and um some people the community if we wanted if we were going to try to implement the flag policies that some of the other districts around us have been implementing and um you know my response has been you know I don't know if we necessarily need

205something like that but I also think that us as a district we need to start um over the last week or two I would say that the area of viewpoint discrimination has come across and um what they've been saying is is that if there is a certain flag hanging in the classroom then it's the responsibility of that person to also have the other flag hanging and I'm not going to start talking about all kinds of flags and so they said that you can't you know only push one flag that you have to pre you know push the you know an the secondary flag or whatever the opposite flag would be as well and so I think um that that's that's actually being litigated in several states that um both viewpoints weren't given to the students

206and so I thought that that was very interesting and so I'm not necessarily sure if we need these type of flag policies if we have the opportunities if a teacher wants to fly one flag that there's the opportunity to fly the other flag and to have all viewpoints you know shared and discussed um so that's kind of my thoughts on that and uh it it made sense to me and um I read the I read the the law suit and there was a lot of out points so that's kind of my answer I've been giving to people is sometimes you don't necessarily need a new policy you can just already follow the existing law um Thanksgiving is coming up and um I went for a run today and I'm going to run every single day

207so I can have some pie and mashed potatoes and eat some carbs next week so um I hope everybody has a great Thanksgiving and um looking forward to Christmas and what that brings and since Todd is going to probably beat me to Merry Christmas I'm just going to accept that um but stay safe and um hopefully you guys can spend time with family and friends and we will see you back here in December wow okay so um you know one of the things I absolutely enjoy about this this team is it seems like they went to every that was even offered uh in our district and outside of of the district and um I so appreciate that uh I would love to get out to some of these uh these events especially especially with our

208upcoming uh uh CIF um athletes it seems like uh we've got them spread all over the place anybody traveling down to where is that Long Beach uh we got uh one of the football teams going to there you go that that should be fun Newport Harbor that's it um so you know one thing thing that I I also had heard that all of our band that did they received honors is that correct excellent love that um so looking forward to to hearing how they that all turns out um I too will be uh hopefully going to a couple of those games that would be really nice but um once again as the rest of the team has mentioned have a great Thanksgiving um I I am not concerned with the calorie so I'll take yours

209so I could you know have as much well okay so other than that that uh that's my H board report for tonight uh thank you again team for doing all everything that you did with tonight's information and uh that leads us to the last portion of our agenda tonight I will need a motion so move oh yeah second all right Miss Anderson all those in favor I I I including an I from our student board he actually made it to the end of it that is awesome rare so we will go ahead and adjourn our next meeting will be December 12th we're going to go ahead and adjourn tonight's meeting at 8:30 yeah