001I will now call this meeting to order. We have a quorum. This meeting is being web webcast live and recorded. The recording or webcast may capture images and sounds of those attending the meeting. Close session items are as follows. 2.1 recommended expulsion. 2.2 Public employee assignment reassignment appointment. 2.3 public employee discipline dismissal release complaints. 2.4 Conference with labor negotiator. 2.5 Conference with legal counsel existing litigation. 2.6 Six, conference with real property negotiators. 2.7 Anticipated litigation. Three matters involve facts and circumstances that might result in litigation against the district, but which facts and circumstances are not yet known to the potential plaintiff or plaintiffs. Um 1.5 Public comment on any closed session item will be heard at this time. And pursuant to board policy, the board may limit individual comments to no more than 3 minutes
002and individual topics to 20 minutes. It is recommended you begin your comments by stating your name. And seeing that there is no public comment, the board will now adjourn to close session. Welcome, we will now convene the regular session. Um Alandro Moran will um serve as our Spanish interpreter for this meeting. Meeting attendees who would like to listen to the Spanish interpretation of the proceedings, please pick up the headphones from the table located in the back of this room. This announcement will now be shared in Spanish. Gracias. >> Thank you. This meeting is being webcast live and recorded. The recording or webcast may capture images and sounds of those attending the meeting. Members of the public who would like to provide public comment on items listed on tonight's agenda. We recommend you fill out the
003public comment form, the green form located on the table at the northeast entrance of this room. Please hand the completed form to executive assistant Licia Weatherford before the item comes up on the agenda. She is on the west side of the meeting room. We recommend you complete a separate form for each agenda item which you would like to comment. Members of the public providing public comment, please use a microphone on the stand located in the front of the room. We'll now do the pledge of allegiance. Board member Randy Vos Viegas will lead us in the pledge. Please stand. Um 3.5 report action taken in close session. Um in close session on a motion by board member Odto and a second by board member Viegas. The board agreed unanimously by a vote of six to zero
004with one absent to appoint Yolanda Monz to the position of interim principal of Sequoia Continuation High School. Little bit about her. Yolanda currently serves as the assistant principal of Sequoia Continuation High School where she served since 2019. She began her career in education as a social science teacher at Hanford West High School where she taught for six years followed by five additional years teaching social science at Corkeran High School. In addition to teaching, she has served the restorative justice coordinator at Hanford High School for a year and taught for a year with the Upwardbound program at West Hills Community College. Miss Monz holds a bachelor of arts in history and in Chuco studies and a master's degree in multicultural multilingual education from California State University, Fresno. She holds a single subject teaching credential in social
005science and administrative service credentials. On behalf of the board of trustees, congratulations Miss Yolanda Monzitz. Also in close session on a motion by board member Gamoyan and a second by board member D. Young. The board agreed unanimously by a vote of six yays, zero nays, one absent to approve the dismissal of a certificate employee EID number 3170 effective October 23rd, 2025. In close session, a motion by board member D Young and second by board member Viegas. The board agreed unially by a vote of six with one absent to approve a settlement agreement between the district and CSEA classified employee EID24993. Also in closed session on a motion by board member Belt, second by board member Naylor, the board agreed unanimously by a vote of six with one absent to approve a settlement agreement between the
006district and CSEA classified employee EID 17299. Moving on to 3.6 Six, revisions to enclosure items and adoption of the uh meeting agenda. There are revised item enclosures 4.1, 4.2, 6.18, 6.20, and 6.21. Do I have a motion to adopt the board meeting agenda? >> Do I'll make the motion. >> Second on a motion by board member Belt, second by board member Gamoyan. Call for the vote. Motion passes, six yes, no nos. Uh, student votes yes and one absent. >> Um, moving on to 3.7, student performance, Mount Whitney High School Advanced Orchestra, >> Executive Director of Student Services, Natalie Garza. >> All right, please welcome to the stage Mount Whitney High School Advanced Orchestra. The Mount Whitney Orchestra is under the direction of Maxon Vieiraa and assistant director Jaden Perez. Tonight they will be performing a
007piece titled Compassion by composer Rosante Rosano Galante. And they wrote this piece in memory of a 14-year-old student to inspire us to be more compassionate to those around us. Board members, we invite you to leave your seats and step to the front so that you may have a better view. Let's go ahead and welcome the Mount Whitney Advanced Orchestra. Heat. Heat. Yeah. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. beautiful job. And thank you once again to the Mount Whitney Advanced Orchestra. Moving on to um 4.1 spotlight on good things happening in the district. Presenter superintendent Kirk Shum. >> All right. Thank you uh Madame President, board members and our guest obviously always a great way to start our board meetings with the great things happening and and that's another example with our students and their
008talent. Thank you to Mount Whitney always uh our VAPA programs and orchestra uh do an outstanding job. So, thank you to those students for coming out tonight uh and starting our meeting. So, lots going on in the district obviously as we move into the holiday season beginning with Red Whip Red Ribbon Week. Uh multiple schools observe this week through a variety of events. It's meant to raise awareness of drug and violence prevention. Appreciate our teams engaging with local law enforcement families on an important topic and you can see pretty much every school across the district participated uh in this event recently. Also occurring in November is Veterans Day. Uh obviously we're we are uh not in session on that day out of observance of the day. Several schools also held celebrations before and after the
009event. Uh some schools invited local veterans for morning assemblies and some held uh evening assemblies as well. Um if you drove by Willow Glenn Elementary, you saw uh some flags and other things up in front of their site. again to honor our community's veterans and to all veterans. Thank you for your service. Spotlight on our sites career days. Many schools welcomed a wide range of community organizations, local employers, and industry partners onto campus. Students had the opportunity to explore different career paths, ask questions directly to professionals, and engage in hands-on or interactive activities to help them better understand real world work life expectations. Another event, I had the opportunity to go to this the very first year I was here. Golden West High School's 6th annual back in school car show. Uh, this fundraiser brought
010in over 130 registered cars, 13 student entries, and more than a thousand community spectators supported by 53 volunteers, including the Golden West Key Club. Uh the event featured a student performance from the trailblazer choir, La Sierra Academy color guard presenting the flags, plus a wide range of food and merchandise vendors and 29 trophy categories. Thank you to all the sponsors who helped put this event together for our community. Also know multiple all of our high schools got to participate in this, but Golden West also was the host host site for the US Navy's strike group mixed reality experience, which gives students a firsthand look at STEM in action, showcasing realworld careers in aviation, robotics, underwater construction, and navigation. Committed to preparing every student for college and career, including potential service in the armed forces. Experiences
011like this help students see how classroom learning translates into real opportunities aligned with their skills and their interest. And I understand they had a little bit of a rainy start, but were able to uh complete the event during that day. Another great event at showcasing our community and just the partnerships that exist uh occurred at Ivanho. On October 10th, we held our first dental screening of the year at Ivanho Elementary School in partnership with Dr. Barnes Dental Wellness Foundation, a total of 87 students in grades 3 through six participated in this important health initiative, eight of which resulted in referrals for immediate care. The Dental Wellness Foundation will return on November 10th to host a clinic offering cleanings, X-rays, and other procedures for our students. We're thrilled to see this growing this clinic and expanding
012access to dental care for our students. Healthy smiles make for healthy learners. We appreciate our family and community resource center for working with our partners and Dr. Barnes and his team uh and expanding this to other parts of our community. Spotlight on student success. Uh recently students from our district were chosen from over 5,000 nominations for the prestigious Providence Solo Family Foundation Kids of Character Awards from Tallery County Office of Ed. These honores were among 42 top students and were celebrated during TCOE's 30th character counts week and you can see we had four students uh that were selected for that round uh representing several of our elementary schools there. Very proud of all of our students that were nominated and those that were selected. Now it's not just students uh that receive awards of excellence
013through TCOE as well. uh proud to announce that principal Dory Bingam of Shannon Ranch has been name was named as a finalist for TCOE's administrator manager of the year. Christina Delgado was recognized as teacher of the year nominee and Diego Andrea not pictured as school employee of the year nominee. These honores represent the dedication, professionalism and service that define our district. We had an opportunity to recognize them a couple of weeks ago at a TCO breakfast. So congratulations to all of them. Again, continuing our staff. Some of you might have seen this uh on social media this weekend. Several of our teachers were honored by the California Agricultural Teachers Association at their awards banquet. Eldiamontes, Mr. Brown, Miss Van Husen, Miss Martin, and Mr. Montterio were recognized as the outstanding fourperson team and Tallery Kings
014County section. Golden West, Mr. Mr. Schultz was named outstanding a mechanics teacher and Miss Campbell was named outstanding animal sciences teacher also in the tillerary kings section. These awards highlight the dedication, expertise and impact our educators have in preparing students for a future career. And of course uh our our FFA and our um agricultural uh teachers uh are are not a stranger to receiving these recognitions. We appreciate their work and proud to have them in Vicelia. Continuing, we have a special recogn uh recognition this evening. I'd like to ask uh athletic trainer Kelly Clever uh to come forward. So, we always like to have people come and stand awkwardly uh in front of the crowd. It's it's just part of it. And if you don't mind, just just have us stand right here so I
015can read something about you to make it even more, you know, exciting. But in all seriousness, um you know, you never know when a situation will will happen where you'll need to respond. Um and uh recently at an event when opposing teams fan suffered a heart attack or or what was going to be a heart attack in the bleachers, Golden West athletic trainer Kelly Clever immediately sprang into action. With her training, she found the individual without a a pulse performed CPR uh until the pulse returned as the individual was transported to the hospital. Now, athletic trainers along with coaches and others are trained in injury prevention and care as well as CPR and AED, but being trained and then putting that in action in the spur of the moment in an emergency situation uh are
016two different things. And so, we want to thank you and recognize you, Kelly, for being prepared and responding to the situation. Our student athletes are safer because you are in our schools. And so, I want to say congratulations or thank you. And if it's all right with you, we'll have the board come down. We'll do a photo and then and then that will end the the the moment. Kelly, why don't you go I would just like to also point out, you know, again, just the importance of of training and people being prepared for these situations. We've had uh several staff members and even students uh who have been recognized for these heroic actions. And so being trained and knowledgeable about what to do, but then having the wherewithal to respond uh when it uh you
017know is the situation calls for it uh saves lives. And so we appreciate uh all of our employees and especially our athletic trainers and individuals like Kelly uh who sprung into action uh in those events. So thank you for letting us recognize you. Uh oftentimes heroes don't necessarily like to be recognized. So we appreciate uh that effort. Spotlight on sports, elementary flag football and soccer championships and soccer camp recently. Uh Viva Blunt defeated Golden Oak in the flag football championship game. I should mention all 27 elementary sites participated. Hurley defeated Viva Blunt in the soccer championship game. Uh on October 25th, elementary soccer students also attended camp and a college tour tour at Fresno Pacific University. So again, another example of some of the great uh activities that extended learning opportunity programs are bringing uh
018for our students and our schools. Of course, hard to miss, rivalry week just recently occurred. This this was the 70th year of Cowhide and the 20th of Battle for the Saddle. I mean, that's amazing when you think about the longevity of that. Starting well before the game, the high schools have weeks of competition, including danceoff, band battles, food events, and other sorts of things that ramped up the school spirit. Uh love how the entire community embraces this rivalry, and often at these games, you'll see uh individuals who went to the schools all coming back to share in that experience. So, uh congratulations for all of our high schools uh for being able to uh have such a type event and and be in good sportsmanship throughout it. We appreciate that. Spotlight on visual and performing
019arts. The Red Redwood Ranger marching band and color guard earned their second overall championship of the season, taking first place in 5A, plus high percussion, high general effect, and the top tournament score of 90.6 at the Titan Invitational. La Hoya Middle School Explorer Band and Color Guard earned first place in their class at the Pismo Beach Band Review, winning the captain award for high music and general effects scores. and Dance Force opened their season with a third place finish in advanced D1 Palm at the USA Central Cal Regional, competing against some of the strongest performers in the Central Valley. Now, another great event, uh we've talked a little bit about careers tonight. Uh many of us had the opportunity, myself included, to attend, was our eighth, uh eighth grade career day and CTE day hosted
020at Mount Whitney. We had over 2,000 eighth grade students. Shout out to our transportation team and others. It worked like clockwork to get all of these students there. Attended career day 2025 representing all nine middle schools. The event featured 50 plus CTE pathwaysmies and community partners showcasing career opportunities. Follow-up surveys were completed so students saw things they were interested in, they could fill out an interest form. Uh and then thosemies follow up with more information and then how to uh you know apply uh if you're interested in uh being part of one of themies pathways. And so uh every high school visual performing arts department uh were there presenting as well. And so it was just a great day. The weather was great and uh just I know the students enjoyed seeing all the opportunities
021that are available as they transition from middle school to high school. Recently we had our fourth annual American Indian Resource Fair and Fresno State visit on October 8th. Uh Sequoia High School hosted the 4th annual American Indian Resource Fair. The event welcomed approximately 100 attendees including students and parents who came together to engage, learn, and celebrate. Vendors were available as well. And the event continues to be an opportunity to highlight our American Indian families and to connect with community partners. We look forward to continuing the continuing this tradition each year. And I'd also like to say in honor of Native American Heritage Month, the American Indian program is excited to host a special trip for 15 Native High School students who are going to get to attend Fresno State's Native American Heritage Night uh this
022coming Saturday where the Bulldogs take on or just happened where the Bulldogs take on the Wyoming Cowboys. So, a great experience uh for them. They'll get to tour the campus and other things and be part of the tailgate. uh event as well. Another event that we have and we changed it up a little bit this year. We our student advisory is not new but really took a a step this year to really in you know uh increase participation in that event bringing district staff to the students and uh students opportunity to come together. We hosted our first one uh this year at Redwood High School. Our next one occurs after Thanksgiving break at Mount Whitney. Uh and so each comprehensive high school will host all of our advisory over 100 plus students from elementary, middle,
023and high. Coming together to seeing a little bit about what the school has to offer, but then most of the time is spent uh working in small groups, tackling district issues, getting feedback uh for the district staff, for us to listen and learn together. Um the goal is to create the conditions for our students to succeed, and we can only do that when we put their voice front and center. So, I want to thank Redwood for uh hosting the first event. The students got to walk through kind of a musical tunnel, which was great. They were very excited, especially the elementary kids. Uh they had lunch. Uh they uh and again, shout out to just so many people helped with the logistics. And again, our transportation team, uh similar to the CTE event, had to
024deliver students by 9:00, pick them up by 12 from all of our sites. Um and again, it just worked like clockwork. And so I just want to say how much I appreciate everyone and especially our students. Um you don't need to worry if they really tell us what they're thinking. I can tell you they do. Uh and this is a great opportunity for our district team to come and listen and ask questions. Um and so we look forward to continuing our great tradition of our student advisories this year. Another great event recently uh last week we had our state of the district. This has become now a yearly event. Little bit of a different format each year. This year over a 100 community members joined us uh at Houston Elementary where we honored 60 years
025of history achievement and community growth, give uh gave an update on our strategic plan, but then also got to walk through classrooms that were uh engaged in highly effective instruction to really see what instruction looks like in our schools and also modernization. So, being able to see a site that's experiencing modernization of their classrooms and what that means for students uh and the community when they have a site that's modernized. And so, uh really great event and we appreciate all our community partners and our students and uh that that made the food that that put the flowers together that provided the entertainment. Uh it was a wonderful event and thank you to all of those folks for making it become a great reality. Uh spotlight on social media, a lot going on. Of course, we're
026about to uh we had fall break, we had celebrated school lunch week, uh we had safe schools week, school bus safety week, we had red ribbon week and Halloween on a Friday. Wait, was it Friday? Yes. Which educators are thankful for usually. Um weekends are better. High five Friday, uh, Native American Heritage Month, uh, school psychology week, Veterans Day, and also want to announce our long range facilities meeting. So, uh, families and community are going to be notified. We have two meetings coming up before the winter break. Uh, and we'll also be recording this as well for those that may not be able to attend in person. Uh, but mark your calendars if you're able to attend. Um those are um December 2nd and December 6th, you know, the the eyesight there. Um and we're
027going to send out the information and uh but they're at six o'clock and we'll be enga re-engaging in the community and what is next for the uh our facilities when we think about high schools, when we think about boundaries, we'll talk about enrollment, we'll talk about finances, all of those things. So, we invite our community uh to one of these two events or to watch uh online once it's posted there uh to engage with what's next because again uh school facilities h a strong school system all contribute to a healthy community and so we we're really excited to share what's next and get our community's feedback. Uh Madame President that concludes my report. >> Thank you, Superintendent Sham. Next up is the strategic plan theme two updates. Uh presenter is executive director of student services
028Natalie Garza. >> Good evening board president Naylor, board superintendent Shrum and community. Tonight I will be updating you on our strategic plan, specifically theme two. This evening, you will see all three of our core beliefs brought to life through the work of theme 2 with our commitments serving as a foundation of our design and development of our strategic actions. This slide connects our core beliefs, our commitments for student learning, and our mission of every student learning every day. At the top, you'll see the board's direction and your focus on improving academic outcomes. In the middle, we show the bridge between what the board is asking for and the outcomes that we are designing toward. And at the bottom, the tr we provide transparency showing how we monitor and report progress to the board and to
029our community. And here we have an overview of USD strategic plan. It's large, as you can see. It is thoroughly addressing the needs of our students and community to move us forward to 2030. Tonight, our focus is on theme two, empowering our students, engaging families, and connecting with the community. This theme takes a comprehensive approach to strengthening existing systems and designing new ones to ensure every Vicilia student is supported, connected, and thriving. It also highlights the importance of meaningful partnerships with families and our broader community, working together to empower students and foster their success. The first focus area tonight will be um service enhancement. This all lives within the initiative of redesigning the special education service model. The first action item sorry is establishing educationally related mental health services or MS programming. This work is
030centered on building a comprehensive system of mental health supports that align with students educational needs. By developing IRS programming under our local district control, we ensure that students receive timely coordinated mental health services woven into the fabric of their day that reduces barrier barriers to learning, promotes emotional well-being, and strengthens alignment among general education, special education, and student support teams. The student services team engaged in extensive research and designed to establish educationally related mental health services. As part of the research phase, the team attended several student wellness conferences, connected with three other districts to learn from their MS models, and met with both Toary County of Office of Education and Health and Human Services Agency to deepen our understanding of existing supports and service structures. Working with community partners and our county office, we built
031a coordinated student- centered system that lays the groundwork for a sustainable and responsive MS program. Early implementation of educationally related mental health services began in 2024 25 school year. Using self- sustaining IRM's funding, we built a comprehensive team designed to provide direct mental health support, proactive behavior intervention, and coordinated assessment services. This team forms the foundation of a strong district-wide IRM system. Since implementation began, we've already seen measurable improvements among students receiving IRM services. Attendance has increased by more than 5%. Suspensions have decreased by 24% and behavioral incidents per student have dropped by 43 com 43% compared to last year. These early results demonstrate the positive impact of integrating mental health and behavior supports to create a more connected and supportive learning environment for students. So just to give you an example, the bar on
032the far left represents when IRM's services were provided by an outside agency. The middle bar was last school year until October and and the far right bar is where we are now. And so you can see that progress towards improving attendance and reducing suspensions and behavior incidents. But beyond the numbers, a true impact is seen in our students stories. One student whose mother shared her gratitude in a recent email had once only dreamed of graduating until the support of our MS team helped make it possible. Another student who hadn't attended school in more than 5 years recently went to Sequoia High School and registered to start again. These moments remind us that this work goes far beyond data points and it's about restoring hope, rebuilding confidence, and reconnecting students to their educational future. The next
033focus area we will be updating you on tonight is student connectedness. Zooming in further, the initiative is ensure every student is connected to at least one meaningful activity. And the action item is enhancing access and engagement in school-based opportunities. Research shows that students involved in even one school activity have higher grades, better attendance, and lower dropout rates. They are nearly three times more likely to excel academically and more likely to graduate and remain connected to school. The board recognized the importance of this work and emphasized the need for systems to that ensure every student is meaningfully connected to their school community. This commitment directly supports our priority student outcome number two by promoting belonging, engagement, and academic success. Through this work, we're doing more than tracking engagement. We're helping every student find their place, their
034purpose, and their reason to show up and thrive. We have created a new dashboard in Powers School. The dashboard allows us to identify students who are connected in a meaningful activity so our teams can reach out, remove barriers, and create opportunities for students who are not yet connected. It provides real-time insight into which students are participating in school activities and reveals important patterns in academics, behavior, and attendance among both engaged and disengaged students. With this data-driven approach, counselors and school staff can intentionally connect with students who may not yet feel a sense of belonging and design opportunities that align with their interests and needs. Understanding who is engaged is just the beginning. To truly expand connection, we need to listen to our students. Through student voice, we're empowering students to share their ideas, shape their
035school experiences, and help us create opportunities that reflect their passions and aspirations. The final focus area we will be updating on tonight is supportive learning and growth. Zooming in further, the initiative is advanced student involvement and their own education. To do this, we must expand opportunities for student voice, ensuring that students are not only heard, but actively shaping the future of their schools. This initiative focuses on creative creating meaningful avenues for students to share their perspective, influence decision-making, and actively contribute to shaping the overall school experience across Vicil Unified. By elevating student voice, we're ensuring that our systems reflect the experiences and ideas of those we serve most directly, our students. During the 2425 school year, our team focused on expanding voice, belonging, and shared leadership across Vicel Unified, sharing ensuring every student feels valued,
036connected, and empowered to contribute to their school community. In spring of 24, the team explored raising student voice and parti participation or RSVP, a student voice model that has three phases that asks for voice, recommendation, and action. In addition, we partnered with other districts to determine how best to bring that model to BUSD. The team expanded its work by collaborating with San Marcos High School to study how RSVP turns student input into action and by connecting with other nearby districts to compare local engagement practices. These insights are guiding the design of a unified sustainable student voice system for VUSD. We are elevating student voice through three powerful structures. the superintendent's student advisory USA and the state seal of civic engagement. The next slides highlight how each empowers our students to learn to lead. During our
037early years of development, the primary source of student feedback came through the superintendent student advisory group which met twice in person and four times virtually each year. These meetings provided a consistent avenue for students to share their perspectives on district initiatives and offer input in on ways to strengthen belonging and engagement across schools. Building on that foundation, the 2526 school year marks a significant expansion of our student voice structures. Rather than relying on a single advisory group, the district has developed multiple student advisory and leadership forums across schools and programs, engaging principles and ASLs as effective partners in this process. The design allows for broader representation, more frequent feedback, and stronger connections between student perspectives and district decision-making. Through this multi-year design process, we are establishing a cohesive sustainable system that ensures student voice is
038not just heard, but meaningfully embedded in how we plan, make decisions, and improve schools across Vicelia Unified. The United Student Advisory of Vicelia or USAB serves as a secondary level extension of the superintendent student advisory. This district-wide coalition brings together high school ASB leaders and student voice representatives who meet monthly to collaborate on district initiatives and share site level feedback. USB connects student leadership teams all across Bicell Unified Schools, creating a unified approach to student voice, school culture, and student engagement. The group functions as a bridge between school sites and the district, ensuring that ideas and data collected at individual campuses flow upward to the superintendent student advisory and back down to schools for implementation. In addition, this is where student board representatives develop content for their board reports. Thank you for being here tonight
039and doing that. Through the system, students are not only sharing their perspective, but also collaborating to identify solutions and drive meaningful change. The focus of USAV is on collaboration, alignment, and impact, helping students translate feedback into concrete movements that strengthen both their in individual school communities and the district as a whole. And finally, the state seal of civic engagement is a California recognition honoring students who demonstrate excellence in civic learning and community impact. It highlights students who identify an issue they care about and take meaningful action to create change in their school and community. In Bicell Unified, participation in the SSCE continues to grow each year. Last year, 160 students earned that seal. This upward trajec trajectory reflects a deepening commitment to civic learning across our schools. The program builds skills in research, collaboration, communication,
040and leadership through real world projects that align with California's standards for civic readiness. In the USD, the SSCE connects directly to our broader student voice system, empowering students to transform their ideas and passions into meaningfully meaningful community focused action. Everything shared today from the development of our student voice systems to the launch of USAB and the state seal of civic engagement reflects our district's ongoing commitment to ensuring students are not only heard but actively shaping their future schools. Thank you so much for your time and continued support as we work to advance the priorities of our strategic plan and elevate student voice and leadership across our district. >> Thank you. Any um board member comments or questions? Go ahead, board member. Good morning. >> This is my favorite thing. I love it that we're keeping
041track of kids who are involved because when kids are involved, there's less behavior issues. They do do better like you said. Um USAV has been around for a long time and now it's very meaningful that their their voice matters. they've been part of creating our strategic plan and so this is a very important part of our plan. So thank you. >> Thank you. >> Any other Okay, thank you so much. >> Moving on to general public comment. General public comment on any topic not on the agenda may be heard at this time. If you have public comment on an item listed on tonight's agenda, there will be an opportunity for you to share your comments at the time the item comes up for discussion by the board. Pursuant to board policy, the board will limit
042individual comments for general public comment to no more than 3 minutes and individual topics to 20 minutes. To comply with the Brown Act, which is California's open public meeting law, board discussion is limited to items on the agenda. Therefore, when receiving public comment for items not on the agenda, the board's role is limited to receiving such comments, and the board may not engage in dialogue with the public. The board thanks the public for its participation in public comment and understanding of the board's responsibility. Is recommended you begin your comments by stating your name. And I have one right now, Lisa Mccastell. Hello. Um, my name is Lisa. This isn't the first time I've stood here in front of you guys. Um, the last time I was here, I was addressing the issue of um, the
043distance in which students have to walk from school to the school, which was three miles. And I have noticed that you guys did make an accommodation from the three miles to two miles. So, I appreciate um you guys hearing me out and and not necessarily me, but hearing out the needs of the community um because to walk six miles to get to school is is was heard and I appreciate that very much. Um today I come with another issue. Um and this one is in regards to a a law that's titled Every Student Success Act. Um, I just want to take a little quick census. How many people know that once your child turns 18 that their information is distributed to the military? Everybody, raise a hand. Anybody? Do you know? Yeah. One gentleman out
044of the whole room is aware that students information at the age of 17 is distributed to the military. Um, apparently, um, from what I've learned this evening, like right as I walked in, um, Mark took me to the side and informed me that you guys do have an option to opt out for students, but they that is inside of your guys's book on page 45. It's not readily available to the students. And my belief is that a mil misinformed or uninformed choice is not a choice at all. So you guys are permitting for the military to gain access to students informations without providing them the information to them. Not even parents in the room. There's only one person here that is aware of this. So I would really appreciate if we could add that to
045the um attend or the admissions packet. You know how you guys have the parents sign for their students images to be distributed? Something readily available to the parents in the packet versus having to go into this big book on page 45 and reading through a person that's dyslexic is not going to get past page five. I'm sorry. That's just it's it's a lot of information to get through to be able to know that your students information is going to be distributed to the military. Um yeah, I think that was that was it. I really do appreciate you guys um making the accommodations for the bus. Um cuz for me personally, we have to walk from Codwell and Lover's Lane all the way over here and my daughter still can't catch the bus. So, if we
046can add buses to to the route so that the students that are accommodated can actually get onto the bus, that would be nice. You did make the change, but there's no room on the bus for the students to catch the bus. So, if we could do that as well as making the change because there's really no difference and Okay, you made the change. Good job. I appreciate. Good job. Thank you. But if you don't have the buses available for the students, there is no difference made. >> Thank you. >> Moving on to uh 6.0 consent agenda. Would any board member like to pull an item from the consent agenda? >> Yes. >> 650. Any other items? Okay. May I have a motion to approve the consent agenda other than the 650? Do I have a
047motion? >> I'll make the motion, please. I'll second the motion. >> On a motion by board member Belt, seconded by board member Dang. Call for the vote. >> Motion passes. Six yes, no nos. Student votes yes, one absent. >> Okay, go ahead. Um, board member, go 6.5. >> Item 6.50 has to do with my absence of the last meeting. >> Okay, thank you. So, do I have a motion to approve 6.5? Oh, >> a motion. >> And a motion by Viegas. >> Second. Second by Odo. Call for the vote. Motion passes. Five yes, one abstain, one absent. Student votes yes. >> Okay, moving right along to item seven, student representative report. Miss Yasmin Wrangle from Viselia Technical Early College High School. Good evening board members. My name is Yasmin Rangal and I'm a junior at
048VTEC High School and a member of USAV, our district-wide student leadership team. This has been a very busy and exciting month for USAV. Our team participated in two major district level meetings. the superintendent superintendent student advisory event hosted at Redwood High School and our regular monthly meetings of USAV at the district office. At the superintendent student advisory meeting, students from elementary, middle school, and high schools came together to share their perspectives. We had an opportunity to meet with other ASL co ASLs, collaborate with strategic plan action owners and discuss topics such as meaningful engagement, mental health, and LCAP funding. The exposure was beneficial for each student from being able to learn from each other across all grade levels, making the experience both powerful and inspiring. During our monthly meet USAV meetings, we reviewed and analyzed
049data on student involvement and participation. The data showed that while schools are offering many opportunities for students to get connected, there is still room for improvement that students are willing to aid and implement. We are we also met with Marina Seiya and provided extensive feedback on the LCAP. Thank you for your time. And now we will move on to our site level reports at LDante High School. October was an outstanding month for LDATe High School. Highlighted by strong community engagement, athletic success, and meaningful service. They kicked off rivalry week with a joint event with high with Golden West in 1952, bringing together more than 200 participants for our friendly competitions on the TCOE hire. Tim Hirefield service remained a core focus. Eldanta High School students and staff donated over 1,200 canned goods to the FCRC
050food pantry and their FFA members contributed nearly 800 more to the Vicelia Rescue Mission at Golden West. On October 31st, Golden West ASB proudly hosted an incredible battle for the saddle weeklong celebration. Students enjoyed a variety of games, spirited activities, and engaging rallies designed to strengthen school pride and their campus together. ASB is now entering their season of service and shifting focus to the adopt a star program. Their team is organizing materials, coordinating with feeder schools, and preparing to support students who may be in need this holiday season. This meaningful tradition allows their campus to give back, strengthen community connections, and make a positive impact on future trailblazers. At Mount Whitney High School on October 28th, Mount Whitney showed up for the great rivalry rivalry week showdown at Taylor's Hot Dog Stand. Mount Whitney won
051the Dunk Tank competition. Everyone enjoyed the battles between band, cheer, and dance. On October 29th, Mount Whitney ASB hosted the third annual trunk or treat. There were performances from all Mount Whitney dances classes with Washington Elementary Schools. Our trick-or- treaters participated in a costume contest and enjoyed face painting, pumpkin painting, and of course, all the candy at Redwood. Redwood is gearing up for their December 13th Rangers Give Back event, which centers on service and family support. They are organizing donations for their free clothing closet and food pantry, coordinating student volunteers, finalizing community partner participation, and preparing stations for student makers market and family learning sessions at Sequoia. Sequoia had 11 students participate in the forestry challenge that took place in San Bernardino Mountains November 5th through 8th. Sequoia students took a CTE field trip to
052Kawia Health on November 14th to explore careers in the healthcare industry. At VCIS on October 23rd, over 30 50 30 VCIS juniors and seniors attend attended TCOE's trades day at the Porterville Fairgrounds where students were introduced to industry career opportunities in construction, design, subcontracting, heavy equipment, engineering, and other skilled trades. They had a great time and they were excited about what they learned about possible career paths in their future. The past few weeks, VCI staff and students have enjoyed sharing what they are thankful for by posting their thankful feathers onto the large turkey student activities class created. It has been a nice way for students and staff to connect with each other about what they are thankful for this fall season. At VTEC, VTEC is preparing for their FFA banquet along with the float that
053will be entered into the parade in early December, which will be created by dedicated students on campus. VTEC had a great evening of connection two weeks ago with our Spanish club and co-host Growing Grill Club in a movie night to build the school's culture of connectedness, showing great passion for a sense of belonging. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. That was great. Um that's one of my favorite parts of the the school um of our meetings and I'm sure my um other board members agree. You know, it's nice to see what's going on in the school. So, thank you so much. You did a great job. Moving on to board reports. Um, we'll start with board member Viegas. >> Thank you, President Naylor. I had the pleasure of joining the Sierra View trunk or
054treat event which brought together tons of community and it was great to be handing out uh candy there with Councilman Sto um and so many folks in our community, so many creative costumes. Uh that was really fun to see. Uh, so I want to thank uh all the staff and and leadership at that site for making sure it was such a great community event. Uh, also wanted to wish a happy belated Veterans Day to all of our veterans uh here who serve as teachers, our classified employees and administrators. Uh every year I'm reminded of this not just you know on Veterans Day but at our graduation ceremony uh where we honor you know each of our uh country's branches and seeing uh both our staff who have served and students who have committed themselves uh
055to making that sacrifice for our country and that commitment to our country. Uh so I want to you know wish everybody a happy belated veterans day. um had the pleasure uh along with several of my colleagues in visiting Shannon Ranch Elementary School as they were preparing for their diia Wranglers event which I heard was a big hit with tons of uh folks in the community gathering and we got to see a lot of the beautiful decorations listen to some of the beginning band and orchestra um you know learning their instruments and it's amazing to see our you know advanced orchestra tonight and just seeing that culmination that journey of students starting at the beginning and continuing to progress and that doesn't happen without excellent uh support from teachers teachers from our staff and from parents
056who are committed to putting up with some of the screeching noises uh early on. And um another thing I I just want to highlight about that visit was uh we had visiting one of our elementary uh school sites and forgive me I'm I'm forgetting the teacher's name off the top of my head, but um I distinctly remember her addressing her students as you know, okay scholars, it's time to come together. and just the the immediate grasp that students held and and recognizing themselves not just as students but truly as scholars and how much um that means to me as a board member uh for students to see themselves as scholars to envision themselves to have that affirmed every day in the classroom um I just thought was very moving um and so uh and I
057know there's you know other schools who address students as learners and all these sorts of things and I just think it's it's so powerful um and I could see the attention and the joy in every student's learning experience in that class Um, and I want to, you know, excited to continue to see that replicated all throughout our district. Um, finally, I wanted to, uh, thank our family, uh, community resource center. I know they recently held a workshop there with the UFW Foundation, uh, the United Farm Workers Foundation, and I also want to see, um, how we can potentially encourage some of those workshops to also begin to take place at our sites. Um, I think seeing, you know, the trunk or treat events, seeing the the dias wranglers and so many uh carnivals, fairs, events
058at our school sites, I think that's really the place in which families and communities feel uh the most safe, the most trusted, the most connected uh to their local school community. And so, I'm glad that we we had that workshop at the resource center and uh would love to see those types of workshops expanded and offered at several of our sites across the district. And so, I want to work with staff to see if we can potentially make that happen. And uh that concludes my report. Thank you. >> Thank you, board member. Goyant. >> I just wanted to point out on the consent agenda, we have two more colleges that we have automatic admission uh to and that's Cal State Sonoma and Cal State Channel Islands, which makes five altogether. Yeah. So, we have guaranteed
059admissions for those juniors that qualify. Um also additionally we have Fresno State, UC Merrced and Pacific University. So we do have scholars and we have opportunity for them to go directly into a 4-year university. So thank you for that work. >> Thank you uh board member D Young. >> Thank you, President Neler. Um I want to talk about a couple site visits that I had. Um, I had a great visit to Ridge View Middle School with Principal Mueller. Uh, go Raptors. And, um, uh, we did climb, uh, some few stairs and visited several classrooms. Uh, it was really great to see every cohort, uh, teaching the same curriculum all at the same time, which, uh, you know, you when you see that in lock step, you it's pretty impressive. And I understand that that's not
060an easy thing to always accomplish. Um, it's also worth mentioning too that uh the posted success criteria and standards were highly visible, which is always really good to hear. And I actually had a compliment from a student um about that and how it helped them uh stay on task uh which doesn't always happen. That's kind of a rare thing to hear from a kid. Um, and then I also had another visit to uh Golden West High School with uh Principal Lambert who graciously uh chauffeured us around from building to building. Uh, so thank you for that. Um, it was really good to see the similarities. Well, it's always good to see that with all the different sites and schools, but um, it was right on same thing with instruction pacing between the school two schools
061uh, the learning intentions from from class to class. Um, and we also had the uh wonderful opportunity to uh speak with uh Mr. Schultz, the award-winning uh Mr. Schultz over at A Mechanics. Um, which if you've haven't been to that shop, it's actually a very very uh nice shop and very clean, which is also a difficulty that sometimes happens with uh a shops uh just from my own experience. Um, but uh what was really awesome to see is there was an old Kushman uh utility cart there being taken apart, which actually brought some back memories back to me because we actually had one of those uh as a kid growing up that we used to have to hit the uh uh starter solenoid on to get it going. Um and so it was great to
062see the the flat two-cylinder on the table getting torn apart with the students there learning. Um those things are just great to see the different dynamics that uh are offered to the kids, not uh you know just uh cookie cutter uh instruction. It's very very dynamic and very um awesome to see everybody getting their hands dirty. Um but then um another thing to mention too, you know, talking about compliments is that uh you know with that student compliment, I also had a couple compliments from staff and these are kind of struck me a little more important. Um, and this is from different sites too about how uh the district's strategic direction that we've been taking, you know, with our short-term long-term plan um and that how that uh that direction has been matching our actions.
063And so that's probably the one of the best compliments that I as a board member can actually hear because especially in this political world today. Um it's sometimes a rare occurrence to uh where you actually hear rhetoric meet actual actions. And so um please keep that coming. Love to hear that kind of stuff. Um but uh you know also don't hold back if there's something that's a concern too because you know that's ultimately what we're here for. uh which is all all communication is welcome. And so, you know, kind of referring back to the political rhetoric part of that, um a word of of advice for Thanksgiving, uh just don't do it. I've been there, done that. Just enjoy family and friends. Don't talk about politics. It's never a good thing. So, lastly, uh you
064know, with Thanksgiving, safe uh safe travels, you know, this upcoming break. Wish everybody a joyful time with family and friends for Thanksgiving. So yeah, thank you. >> Thank you, board member Belt. >> Thank you, President Naylor. Uh, I also want to highlight uh three different fall festivals, whatever we want to call them. I can't even pronounce what Shannon Ranch called it. Do Yes. Anyway, Spanish. Uh, Wranglers. Go Wranglers. And what was remarkable about attending that evening was the the community that has taken place that you don't always see that in some of our uh school sites in in the city of Iselu. You see it more often in Gan and Ivanho which I also attended and saw dynamically the but what a what an amazing uh impact that our school sites are making in the
065community itself. And so uh thank you so much u principal Razner. let me come and spend time there at Ivanho and enjoy the um I can't remember what I even ate there. Too many different things. Uh and seeing their folkloro. She says actually she's the agent for the folkloro dance troop. So if you your school site wants to have one, just contact principal Razner. She would like to u book them as much as possible. It was a great experience for them as well. and the families that just they spent the whole they had to turn the lights off to get them to leave because they didn't want to leave. And the Shannon Ranch group u I've never seen as diverse activities. They have bounce houses. They had the opportunity to ride the train that all
066about all aboard was there the little miniature train and again a stage that was lit up for everyone to enjoy dance troops all night long. and families were ah every classroom hosted a booth so they had different types of activities and fun things to do. Uh but again it was connected with each classroom as well as the families and students. So thank you all the staff, the teachers, principal Bingamin for making it an amazing uh activity. Then the adult school fall festival had quite a different flavor. Why is that? because they're adults and it was a very different kind of uh event in the middle of the day. Uh but also again giving them some resources. They had lots of different community partners there to help them see what's available beyond uh their educational completion
067at the the adult school. The So thank you again Mrs. Olsen, Principal Olsen there. I want to highlight too the there was a an item in our consent agenda that quite often we have a lot of things in the consent agenda but something that was that's been very overdue is that we made a transition as of well I'd say today but I think the contract started earlier this month and that is to shift our what we've always called accompanists and one of those famous ones is actually in the room tonight but I'm not going to embarrass her. She's been on in the school district for 21 years and yet she was actually kind of um relegated in the salary structure uh as a college student who could play functional piano. But our accompanists have now
068been given a new designation. We now call them collaborative pianists in vocal music. And that's what they really are. They're the right or left hand of our choir directors, our music people, but they're more than just someone who sits at the piano. They literally are the anchor for all of our music and choir activities at all of our high schools and all of our middle schools. So, uh, I think it's way overdue, but thank you staff for doing what I've been asking for for a couple of years. Can we just pay them a little bit more? Well, it's all the structure of Well, we finally figured it all out. Thank you for doing that. Whoever finally did that and CSCA uh got behind it as well and we made a new designation for people who
069are valuable. Um we've had many uh I our our VAPA director, I'll just give him a little bit of history. We have had many accompany us who had to go get employment elsewhere because they really could not afford to continue to be uh paid so little. So, thank you for increasing that. Is that enough advertisement for uh Thank you so much all of our companies for so many many years. The um also an interesting thing that happens apparently almost like clockwork. It's almost like on the calendar, you know, that certain dates are going to make um how can I say this? A demand for more substitutes. I'll just say it that way. Um, November 10th is one of those, especially when it falls on the 11th is actually Veterans Day and it made a 4-day
070for whatever reason. So, we had a a need for more substitutes and we have a policy in the district office that we have I'd call them a strike team, but you had a oh, a better Superintendent Shrimp called them a deployment team. And we take our instructional what do we call those? our instructional coaches and deploy them to make extra substitutes available. But we're floating an additional idea and and I just want you to hear about this that I'd like to propose that more of our district office folks who can uh will be on a list that every month they do a substitute job so that we will have a greater connection. I know some of you are going, "Oh no, are you kidding me?" will have a greater connection of what we're doing regularly,
071daily, month by month with the classroom as well as supply more substitutes. What an amazing number. I don't know how many that means. I I I haven't done a study. I don't know if that means dozens or one dozen, but taking district office folks and having them be substitutes would just increase our availability of our substitutes. If we did it on a monthly basis, we would actually save a lot of money as well as making that connection. So, I put that out there as a a future activity that I'm I'm going to help encourage. The car show that Golden West Choir has was not just a car show with lots of cars. And it wasn't just a a choir performance. They had individual student performances all day long. And that's exactly what needs to be
072happening. It's not just a fundraiser. It's an activity that students, parents were all involved with helping to happen as well as the community had of course tons of activities to take a part of either eating or seeing some pretty crazy and amazing cars. I'd like to also highlight the leaders of tomorrow care academy that I attended and highlight once again the amazing work that our CTE program is doing in making a connection for students to see why they're going to school what what real world applications can happen but also particularly for those who are in a in a a scope and initi initiate intentionally initi iating their education as to where can this take us? Where can I and there's no better way than having those who have been doing just that to be able
073to be asked questions interviewed and find out how did you get there? What did it take? How am I on the right track? Is this something that I really want to do or not? And then with that, of course, the 8th grade uh career day, we called it, was also this amazing opportunity for 2,000 of our students to see what CTE is all about, all the different choices, 32 of them of ourmies and our pathways so that they can see it. Now, I even saw um from VTEC, one of our instructors was there to help students understand how a fire extinguisher works. We actually had a little demo fire and one little gal, I mean, she was little, she couldn't squeeze the fire extinguisher handle. So, you go, "Okay, wait, wait, let me show you
074something. Let it be on the ground, lean on it, and she learned that she at 90 lb could actually lean on the handle and put the fire out because she didn't have to have the strength in her hands." Practical everyday, real hands-on from all kinds of folks from the community who came out and helped us do that. The Navy Strike Team was one of the most incredible travel virtual reality programs I've ever seen. Everything from you could actually uh onscreen do underwater welding. You could actually drive a boat, you could fly a plane on an aircraft carrier with virtual reality goggles and controls. Again, another opportunity for students to see what it would be like to be in the Navy and to get make some assessment for themselves. The dental day, that's what I called
075it, that Dr. Barnes did at Ivanho was quite remarkable to watch to see how they in they involved parents to actually escort these students to the dental room, the temporary dental room with two chairs. And as the parents were assisting them, I was walking behind one and this young guy just said, "Is is my mom going to be there?" And she's the teacher, the parent who was escorting him cuz she's already here. He goes, "Oh, thank the Lord." Cuz he was so nervous about what this was going to be like. That in itself was more than just checking their teeth. They found out that they could actually go to the dentist and survive. Uh and they had quite a welcoming party uh with not only our staff and thank you Sandra Pulk and her whole
076team who made this a huge wonderful natural opportunity to have Dr. Barnes give back and our students to benefit and and family. Every parent was there watching what was happening with their student. The last thing I want to highlight is the u the Golden West playoffs. I enjoyed watching from the last actually four games, but these last two games in the playoffs were very very hard hard fought and and I would encourage coach Anderson and all the staff and all the young uh athletes at Golden West. Well done. A great season. It's it didn't just come to an end. it came to a fruition of okay there's going to be more next year and a lot of those young athletes are going to be back and and we will say tonight I will because it's
077not necessarily my kids school or the school I've been with but thank you and congratulations Redwood you're still going and you have some more playoffs but our young people are showing more than just being athletes but sportsmanship and I thank all of our coaches for helping that Board member Odto. >> No report except to say or to wish everyone in the organization, kids and adults alike, a happy, healthy, and safe Thanksgiving next week and a good trip into the final part of the first half of the school year. >> Thank you. Um, my report is going to be short, very short also. Um, I just want to give a kudos to uh, Principal Tomkins and his staff for putting on an amazing um, Veterans Day celebration. They did it. It was just um, kind of
078gave me goosebumps um, and tears. Um, and especially when those the kids sang the patriotic songs. It was just a very well done event. So, thank your staff for that. Um, also I did Shannon Ranch and I just want to thank the principal uh, Dory Bingaman and also principal uh, Razner for touring the campus. uh great things that I saw ticket out the door, you know, uh board member Viegas, thank you because you did a great job on your report, so you kind of cut off some of mine, but you did a good job on that. So, thank you. Um and uh same thing. Uh you guys have a great Thanksgiving, enjoy your families, much needed week off and um be safe. We'll go on to the superintendent report. Superintendent Kirk Sh. >> Thank you,
079President Naylor. Also uh wish everyone a a good break coming up. Uh our students, our teachers, everyone's been working really hard. Busy time of year as uh we have conferences and exams and different things will be happening. Uh so a lot of work still occurring in the classrooms in that 3-week window when we're back. Uh everyone will be working hard. So enjoy the week and looking forward to uh finishing the year uh the the this semester strong. Uh, also be on the lookout for our community facilities meetings that will be coming up and uh, uh, we hope to see our community engage with us as we talk about uh, very important uh, future conversations for the growth of our district and our schools. So that concludes my report. >> Thank you, Superintendent Strom. Moving on
080to uh, 10 administrative panel recommendations and actions. We'll move on to recommended expulsions 10.1. May I have a motion to approve the recommended expulsions? So moved. I'll second >> on a move by board member Second by was that Viegas? I'm sorry. Board member Deion. I call for the vote. >> Motion passes. Six yes, one absent. Uh and the student abstains. >> Okay, moving on to 11.1. Vice Unified Teachers Association interest initial proposal for certificated negotiations. First read. Our presenter is Vicelia Unified Teachers Association, Patrick Hempill. >> Good evening. >> Thanks. I went to the fancy one. Sorry, I'm off my rhythm. Good evening, board. Good evening, Superintendent Shrum. Uh, I'm Patrick Kempill. I'm the VUTA president. Uh, VUTA looks forward to opening the contract negotiations this year to reach a mutually agreeable contract for the
081coming year. This year, uh, standard agreed upon articles will be reopened as always, including article 8 class size, article 10 salaries, and article 12 employment benefits. Uh, in reality, however, the entire CBA uh is is sort of open this year as our contract is set to expire at the end of the 2526 school year. Um, this year, VUTA hopes to address topics associated with elementary schedule, safety, and leaves. Additionally, we are interested in working conditions for all teachers in VUSD and expect to do some basic revisions on some of the evaluation forms that require updating. We look forward to productive interestbased bargaining sessions with the district. Thank you. >> Thank you. This is an information only item and no actions required. Moving on to 11.2 presenter assistant, superintendent of human resources, Mr. Ben Dylan. This
082is for vice unified district interest initial proposal for certificate negotiations. First read. >> Thank you board president. Uh so as you know uh government code section article 8 uh 3547 requires that we go through this process and we share a public uh meeting prior to commencing negotiations. And so the district um similar to uh our VUTA president shared is is excited about uh entering into this uh season of negotiations negotiating a mutually agreeable uh contract through our interestbased bargaining process um that address common interests and concerns in alignment with our district's foundations. Uh as uh Mr. Hemp Hill mentioned, our current contract does expire on June 30th, 2026. And so we will engage in successor agreement negotiations for a new multi-year contract u with all articles of the contract open. So we look forward to
083good faith negotiations with our uh partners in our uh teachers association. Um I'm encouraged by our continued commitment of both parties working collaboratively to elevate and equip teachers as professionals. Um acknowledging our commitment to student success and ensuring that every student is in fact learning every day. Thank you. >> Thank you. And again, this is an information only item. There's no action required. Moving on to 11.3, public hearing based on a 30-day public review of preliminary environmental assessment. It's PA for Lowry Ranch East School Site. I will now open the public hearing to allow for public comment on this item. Uh presenter is Chief Business Officer Nathan Hernandez. >> So, good evening, President Naylor, members of the board, and Superintendent Shrum. So, this is the first of two public hearings uh related to the preliminary
084environmental assessments for two properties that we are proposing uh as elementary school sites. Um and so this first one is Lowry Ranch. This would be the property that uh we would uh propose to build on first, an elementary school. Um the California Department of Education requires that we go through a process through the Department of Toxic Substance Control, DTSC, um to review properties and test and assess for uh toxic substances. And so this uh preliminary assessment is attached within your board report. Um there were uh no findings of any um uh pesticides or lead or or arsenic within the property above what would normally be found in in properties. And so there are no uh mitigating measures that are needed. Uh we are requesting and the consultant is recommending that no further action designation be
085um proposed for this uh site which would then go on to DTSC for final approval. Okay. Um, any public comment? Any board member comment? Okay. I'm going to now close the public hearing and reconvene the regular session. May I have a motion to approve the public hearing based on 30-day public review of prelim preliminary environmental assessment for Lowry Ranch, which is east on the school site. >> I so move. Yes. Second. >> Okay. So, I motion by um board member Belt, second by board member Odto. Call for the vote. >> Motion passes. Six yes, one absent, and student votes yes. >> Okay, moving on to 11.4, public hearing based on 30-day public review of preliminary environmental assessment for Carlton Acres School Site. Again, I will now open the public hearing to allow for the public
086comment on this item. Again, presenter, chief business officer, Nathan Hernandez. >> So, similar to the last item, this public hearing is for a second um site also in the northwest. This would be part of a longer range plan as we u follow trends of enrollment and growth and development within the northwest. Um same uh same result on this report from the assessment and that they're requesting that u determination of sorry no further action u be found for this property as well as we move forward in the process. >> Good. That's good news. Um any public comment any board member comment? Okay. I'm going to close the public hearing and reconvene the regular session. May I have a motion to approve the public hearing based on 30-day public review of of preliminary environmental assessment for Carlton
087Acres High School or school? >> So moved. >> Thank you. >> Second on a motion by board member Gamyan, second by board member Odo. Call for the vote. >> Motion passes. Uh, six yes, one absent. Student votes yes. >> Moving on to 11.5 4217 energy services master agreement for Crowley and Houston Elementary Schools. Again, I will now open the public hearing to allow for public comment on this item. Uh, chief business officer Nathan Hernandez. Again, >> so this is not the same as the last two. Um this is an energy services agreement with uh site logic um under the government code section 4217 which requires that uh this project be brought forward uh that the cost of the project is less than the energy savings that would result in the project. And so this is
088lighting uh LED projects for both of those school sites, Crowley and Houston Elementary School. The cost of the project would be paid for uh through district facility funds. There would be energy savings though over the lifespan of the project that would result in savings in the total project cost overall. Um and so again we're recommending that the board adopt the resolution and findings of the savings and authorize uh superintendent and staff to move forward with an agreement. >> Any public comment? Any board member comment? Okay, I'm going to close this public hearing and reconvene in the regular session. May I have a motion to approve the 4217 energy services master agreement for Crowley and Houston elementary schools. >> I'll make a motion. >> Second on a motion by board member Viegas, second by board member
089Gamoy. Call for the vote. >> Motion passes. Six votes yes, one absent, student votes yes. >> 11.6 Six, notice of intent to employ certificated personnel and approval of variable term waiver request for CCSD certification presenter assistant superintendent of human resources development, Ben Dylan. >> Thank you very much. You so eloquently shared all of that. So my request is just going to be to approve what board president Naylor just discussed with us. >> Thank you, Mr. Dylan. Uh, may I have a motion to approve the notice of intent to employ certificate of personnel and approval of variable term waiver request for CCSD certification? >> I'll move that we do this. Nailed it. >> Do you have a second? I'll second. Or does someone second it already? I'll second. Second. >> Call for the vote. >> Motion
090passes. Six votes yes, one absent, student votes yes. And moving on to 11.7, warrant lists, September 27th, 2025 to October 31st, 2025. May I have a motion to approve the warrant list from September 27th, 2025 to October 31st, 2025? >> So move. >> Second. >> I'll second >> on a motion by board member Odto, second by board member Belt. Call for the vote. >> Let's see. Motion passes. Five votes yes, one absent and one abstension. Student votes yes.