001I will now call this meeting to order. Board member Kenneth D. Young is unable to join us tonight as he is attending the CSEA annual conference in Reno, Nevada. Uh we have a quorum. This meeting is being webcast live and recorded. The recording or webcast may capture images and sounds of those attending the meeting. I'm going to identify closed topics items on the close session. Item 2.1 recommended suspended expulsions. 2.2 2 public employee assignment reassignment appointment 2.3 public employee dismiss 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 and 2.7 anticipated litigation. Public comment on any closed session item will be heard at this time. 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. As I see no one here, we will I will adjourn this to close session. We will now convene the regular session. Um here too many faces. Uh board member Kenneth D. Young is unable to join us tonight as he is attending the CSA annual conference in Reno, Nevada. I will now introduce our interpreter. Alandre Moran will serve as the Spanish interpreter for this meeting. Attendees who would like to listen to Spanish interpretation of the proceedings, please pick up headphones from the table located in the back of this room. This announcement will now be shared in Spanish. Thank you. 3.3 This meeting is being webcast live and recorded. The recording or webcast may capture images and sounds of those
003attending 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 public comment form, the green form located on the table at the northeast entrance of this room. Please hand the completed form to the acting board manager, Leam Martinez, in the back of the room before the item comes up on the agenda. We recommend you complete a separate form for each agenda item on which you would like to comment. Miss Martinez is in the back of this meeting room. Members of the public providing public comment, please use the microphone on the stand located in the front of the room. We'll now stand for the pledge of allegiance. Board member Paul Belt will lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Please stand.
004>> Please join me. Ice >> and to the republic for which stands one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Moving on to 3.5, report action taken in close session. In close session on a motion by board member Odto and a second by board member Gabby. The board agreed unanimously by a vote of six with one absent to appoint Sandra Flores to the position of director business services budget and payroll. Congratulations to Sandra. Also in close session on a motion by board member Goroyan and a second by board member Odo. The board agreed unanimously by a vote of six to with one absent to adopt the hearing officer's proposed decision terminating EID number from district employment as the decision of the board and hereby terminates his employment effective immediately. Moving on
005to 3.6. There are revised item enclosures 4.1, 4.2, 2 6.17 6.18 and 10.7. We have two revisions to the board agenda. We are moving removing item 6.12 memo memorandum of understanding between vice unified school district B USD and California school employees association csea new employee orientation and item 6.15 memorandum of understanding between vice unified school district and California school employees association 2025 2026 paid holiday schedule bus drivers from the consent agenda Do I have a motion to adopt the board meeting agenda? >> A motion. Second >> on a motion by board member Gabby, second by board member Gmoroyan. Call for the vote. >> Motion passes six with one absent. Moving on to the focus on student learning. Um 2025 2026 back to school report launch ready. Superintendent Kirkum. >> Thank you uh Madame President and
006board members. We're excited. You know, even though we're still a few weeks away uh from the start of school, um those back to school commercials will be uh arriving soon if they have not already. And we know our families are beginning to think about this. maybe uh students probably not as much, but uh the next board meeting we will have will be after school has started. And so we did want to take a little bit of time this evening just to share some of the highlights and things from the summer, but also what families uh and students can be expecting uh as they enter the new school year. Uh and as we conclude this report, uh I will share also how we're going to be publicizing all of this information through our press conference, social
007media, emails, and others. so that uh families will be aware and students will be aware of all this information in much more detail than is about to be shared. So uh to begin our report tonight with a a little bit of a review from summer uh and segueing into our new school year uh I'll call up deputy superintendent Mark Thompson. >> All right. Good evening board president Naylor school board superintendent Shrum. First one to start off let's get us going here. All right, we're going to start off first with summer school. So, this year the expanded learning program offered three summer school sessions, each lasting 3 weeks in length. Notably, this year, this was the first time that we're offering programming through into August this year, uh allowing for continued support and engagement for students
008beyond the traditional summer school schedule. Session one and two were hosted at four school sites this year. Uh session three which will be happening here in August. Uh due to the high high demand, uh we will be having one school site. Um for session one, we had 1,600 students in daily attendance. Session two, we had 800. And for this third session, we will have uh 400 students that will still be accessing summer school in August. These sessions were designed to provide continuous enrichment, academic support, and structured activities uh for TK6 uh grade students, aligning with our district's commitment to year-round learning and family support. I'll get more into the details of TK transition here in a few minutes on another slide. Um high school. This summer, our high schools, uh we saw outstanding student participation
009and achievement. Nearly 2,000 students successfully completed uh credit recovery coursework, allowing them to either move on to the next level in their course sequence or meet essential graduation requirements. Many of them now are back on track for A throughG, which is very exciting. I believe three of them finished up their their diplomas during this time, which is exciting. Also, we also had over 3,000 students complete accelerated coursework, positioning them to pursue additional electives, enroll in advanced placement courses, and participate in high school events like the visual and per performing arts programs. Uh, due to them having more flexibility in their schedule coming up this year, in addition to our traditional summer school, that is something that we've been running here for several years, we had something new this year. This summer, all middle and high
010school uh schools uh implemented a targeted transition program focusing on about 20 students for each school uh site providing extra support to help students feel confident and prepared for their new and school environment. These students received multiple touch points and team building opportunities uh beginning at the end of last school year when they were currently at their school site through this summer. and school sites have already led this work so that they have touch points throughout the school year to stay connected with these students starting it. Uh the work that the school types school site team led was intentional creating engagement student center activities to help build confidence relationships and a sense of belonging as students prepare for their new school environment. Uh site teams are also developing how they regularly touch bases with these
011students. So, it's not a one and done or just a summer, but as they are freshman's on that campus, how do they continue to support them in that work? Next, in the summertime, we also had opportunities to support some of our special education students. So, um during our extended school year program, uh which is required by um IDEA, uh served 149 students. ESY focuses on IEP goals and help students retain and recover essential skills learned during the school year. Also, we we ran the weekend work program, which is a six-w week work experience that provides students with disabilities up to 100 hours of job training, helping them build skills for life beyond high school. So, those were the two programs that we ran this summer. Our early childhood education development launched the TK summer roundup.
012This is new, a new initiative to equip families with tools and strategies that support a smooth transition into TK. As we all know, TK has lowered the age of students entering into school. Um, and so there's some needed skills to be prepared for that as they're coming in at a bit younger age. We hosted two four-week sessions at four different sites with one class at each site. Each session offered, which this is awesome, parents the opportunity, so yes, parents were there with them to engage directly with their children in hands-on learning experiences that reflect TK expectations. These sessions were thoughtfully designed to empower and educate parents, giving them the confidence and knowledge to continue supporting their students learning at the home. Our goal is to build strong parent child learning connections and deepen family engagement
013during this critical window of early childhood. Across both sections, we proudly served 192 students, laying the foundation for successful start to their TK journey. In addition, we also launched a parent university to serve as a school readiness resource hub for families, staff, and departments across Vicil Unified School District. The program includes five self-paced v video modules that can be viewed anytime, anywhere on any device with internet access. This is designed for the parent that is a busy parent. The content is short, practical, and focused on equipping families with the knowledge and skills needed to help their children meet early school expectations. This initiative directly aligns with our strategic plan action 1A33, establishing early childhood systems and partnerships that support school readiness. AC comp upon completing all five modules, participants receive a personalized certificate of completion.
014So far, we have 122 parents that have participated, and we are excited to offer another in-person opportunity for them to learn more on July 30th. Oh, that won't come in. To conclude, to all staff that worked this summer school and just this summer in general to prepare all this work, we just want to say a big thank you. There's been some incredible work and dedication that's come to support our students during the summertime. Um, which many times kids have forgotten. They go off, they they're away and uh and and uh we have learning loss and we're really excited that we've provided opportunities this summers to provide that and also to provide um more opportunities for our parents to learn and grow and to build as well with us. Um but to those staff, I just
015encourage you for those that have been working all summer, you have a couple weeks off. I hope take a deep breath during that time. I'm looking directly at Mr. Morton who did lead our one of our high schools this year. So, thank you for that work. But I just encourage staff to do that. Rejuvenate as a uh August 15th will be here very soon. Finally, as we look forward, um finally, obviously it's been busy the summer has been, but uh we've really been focusing on being intentional and being very targeted to support all of our students and our families. We look forward to see how these efforts will be uh support a successful launch in the 2526 school year. Before I invite he's already here, I think chief business officer and Mr. Hernandez to the
016podium, please take a moment and to watch this short video that our communication team created uh to show highlights of our elementary summer school. Thank you. Heat. not anything yet. Okay. >> So, good evening board. Um, you know, we like to call summertime our time. you know, our business services team, operations teams have been working hard over summer um closing out the books, getting ready for next school year, uh getting our classrooms ready, um and being ready again for the f best first day ever. So, I'm going to share some of the work that's happened uh over summer, um as well as some of the changes that are happening for next school year. Um you know, starting with our tech services team. Uh this summer we purchased over 6,700 Chromebooks and so those are being
017deployed out to campuses uh as part of our Chromebook refresh program. Um our fourth and ninth graders will get a new uh Chromebook next year as well as uh incoming students. And then as part of our strategic plan action item around uh classroom technology, you know, we're working on uh the design for uh new um making sure our classrooms have a standardized classroom technology package. And so that work is happening now that some of those classes uh will get updated technology this coming school year. Um so continuing to work on th and bringing back updates um throughout the year to the board on that process. Power school access is open. Um so 24,000 emails went out uh yesterday afternoon to f families of returning uh students um and their ability to do enrollment and registration
018online. Um included is in that is the income surveys and that's going to be really important to us this year as we're in a new base year for our school funding and so we need every family to complete those uh income surveys. Additionally, we've got um access to the uniform uh benefits application for the Sunbucks program, a new program through the state where families will be eligible for actual food benefits from this summer um and for next year. So, we're, you know, pushing on different fronts to get that message out there. Um, and those, uh, UBA applications went in the mail to households, um, this week. Um, so, lots of work happening there. Um, and again, and that's this is related to our school funding, also funding that goes directly to our school sites. So,
019uh, critically important for us this year. our nutritional services team um over summer and during summer school in June served over 100,000 meals to students that included 2400 meals for that were grabband go out of um Ivanho Elementary School and they're continuing to work throughout the summer and to programs that will continue through August and we expect that number to double uh by the end of summer. Um maintenance operations grounds I'm going to talk a little bit about that on the next slide. We've got some cool some cool photos. Um but um those those teams are are ready. But I do want to talk about the Verata program. Um the Vicotta single point of entry is part of our measure A security enhancements that we're bringing. So every school site um will have this uh
020system installed for next year and we're implementing new procedures for accessing schools after the start of the school day. So, with this new system, front office doors will be locked. Um, and access will be controlled from the front desk through two-way audio and visual communication with the visitor and a remote door lock. Um, and we're in the process of installing the signage and getting the communications ready to send that to families here in the next couple days. Um, transportation, uh, a lot of work happening in transportation. They've been implementing the uh transfinder software um over the last year now and we had a successful pilot um last school year. It's fully operational and so students will be scanning in and off of the school bus each day. Um and families will also have access to
021the stopfinder app so they will know where their students bus um on its route um each school day. Um the system has also helped to optimize our routes. Um and so uh routes are becoming more efficient. And what that has allowed us to do is align our walking distances for elementary and for secondary. So u for example a first and a fifth grader now will have the same walking distance a shorter distance. So more students eligible um and they'll be able to ride the same bus to get to school um each day. and to help families uh navigate some of these changes and the routes that will be sent out here soon. We've uh implemented a transportation back to school hotline. And so we'll have a team of folks who can answer who will answer
022the phone um and provide information to families uh once the route and route information goes out um on August 1st. And so that will be active. And just to share a little bit about some of the summer facilities projects you see there on the left the El Diamonte boiler chiller project. So we've taken that site completely off of a boiler chiller and now they are all on you know package units. So that was a two-year project um that is being completed four months early and under budget. So we love to hear that when when that happens. Um and next to that is the Houston modernization project. Um, so also two-year project that just started this April. Um, and that'll be done in August of 26 and it's about an 8 million modernization project. The front
023office will be relocated with a new drop off area as well as modernization in all of the classrooms. Next to that is a um is an accessible uh playground project that's happening at Pinkham. And you see the photo on the top, not quite done, but it will be done by the first day of school. Um, so that's that's how our folks like to work. um under that pressure. Um and so but you can see the rendering there on the bottom. Um you know, a really a really neat uh facility improvement for that site. And then on the top right, our our custodial and grounds teams um clean over 3 million square feet of interior spaces. And you can see that's the Mount Whitney gym floor. And it looks like it's glistening, but um you know,
024a lot of a lot of work to make sure that our our sites and our schools are ready for again the best first day ever. And with that, I will turn it over to Mr. Dylan. >> Good evening. Thank you. So, uh, as, uh, Mr. Hernandez mentioned, obviously, lots of work happening over the summer. Um, but not just any one division, all of our divisions together, uh, supporting and working cooperation uh, really what making this happen. But to give you an idea uh just how many folks expanded their knowledge and their skill development this summer, uh this is a snapshot of participants by training types. Uh this what you're looking at up here is not something I'm going to go through line by line, but I put it all here just so you can kind
025of see it in a snapshot. Uh what you're looking at specifically there is over 2,750 employees. uh many of whom are employees who work directly with our students, teachers um and support providers, specialists, administrators who participated in a a wide variety of professional learning opportunities this summer which is in service of what you as our board have tasked us in your commitment to student learning around ensuring that we have a highquality professionally trained workforce. uh as I'll shift here just kind but to kind of explain what you were looking at there. We had with teaching and learning division professional learning activities alone we had over 1,228 participants that includes district trainings. It includes conferences, contracted professional development, state and national events. Uh but but just as a snapshot that's just one division opportunities. If you
026add in student services, that's another 1,265 participants that participated in student services, facilitated or sponsored professional learning activities all the way from TK through 12 special education programming, early childhood special education, um our traditional student services programs as well as early childhood. Uh so just that piece alone is is a really immense number of folks who took time over the summer after a really long year's work year of work to invest in their learning in service of our students. Um additionally beyond that we also had another 110 uh cooperating teachers, mentors and residents who participated in professional learning and onboarding events for our residency programming. uh another 60 administrators and managers who went through Power School perform evaluator training and then another 87 directors, principles and cabinet staff who are part of our 3-day summer
027leadership institute uh this past June as we get prepared kind of coming into right before this school year. uh want to point your attention to some of the other things that are happening to ensuring that we are preparing and creating those conditions to to launch and ensure our students have the very best first day ever. Uh one of uh which is making sure that we have all the staff that we need in the right places. And so as you look on the screen there um just to give you an idea of the volume of uh recruitment, selection, hiring practice, we had over 7,040 applicants who were screened in the past three months alone. um with 260 new employees. Numbers probably changed in the last couple hours uh who have been hired. And just to give
028that context, um last year at this time when I read this slide to you, it said over 3,000 applicants screened in the last 3 months and 159 new employees hired. So the changes there are a result of improvements in processes and procedures that we put in place to streamline these processes, empower our hiring managers so that they have autonomy and decision making and local um authority to go ahead and schedule interviews, remove barriers, take away red tape and try to expedite and and ensure those processes are still efficient but also effective in their outcomes. uh as well uh if you look there, we are right now at 99.9% of our teaching positions are filled. Uh we still have interviews happening right now for those last few positions, but we will guarantee that every single classroom
029will have a qualified teacher in place with those students come day one. U and then finally there just to kind of give an idea uh we're always looking right to build out pathway and pipeline programming so that we are not dependent on who might come to us but we're always really training up our own and ensuring that we have a ready bench of qualified and invested educators who are excited to work in Vicil Unified and so coming into this current school year for 2526 we have 158 residents interns and student teachers who've been cleared and are already engaging in that onboarding process right Now, uh again, all of these really as we go into year one of strategic plan, all of these specific steps right here that I've outlined anchor to strategic plan actions um
030many of them from theme one and theme three um that we are continually trying to advance uh th those efforts. Finally, there just to give you an idea of orientation training, just a couple things that are coming up right around the corner. So as you know new teacher week and our new now I think our new certificated staff week as we expanded beyond just teachers uh is happening just 2 weeks from now. So we have this year roughly about 120 new employees who will participate in that week as well as we have our classified convocation conference that will be taking place the back end of that week on August 8th and then launching into that first day when teachers are back on grid on August 11th. Uh we have August 11th starting off with our
031our certificated convocation and then the back end of that day and the remainder of August 12th really that launching forward at school sites and departments getting ready for the school year. And at this time I will turn over to executive director Natalie Garza. >> So as we are preparing in student services we have broke it. >> It's on. Just click to the next. Thank you. Um, we have made our updates to the conduct code and they are directly informed by what teachers had shared during Superintendent Shum's multiple um, teacher advisories. Their message was very clear. They needed more clarity around roles, more consistency and consequences, and stronger support when managing student behavior. The revised code now clearly distinguishes between class managed and office managed behaviors. And teachers are equipped with strategies for handling minor issues
032like offtask behavior, while more serious or repeated behaviors such as aggression or major disruption require immediate administrative follow-up. We've also established a district-wide progressive consequence framework to ensure that responses are fair and consistent across schools. And to strengthen communication, administrators will now be expected to follow up with referring staff so teachers know when and what actions were taken. Finally, we're putting a stronger focus on student re-entry. When students are removed from class, they'll receive targeted support before returning to ensure a smoother transition. These changes align to our strategic plan, action 2A12, to design and implement a proactive, comprehensive student conduct plan and policy and represent a more aligned and supportive approach to behavior that empowers teachers and strengthens our learning environments. Oh, thank you. The next thing I'd like to address is our cell phone
033policy. Um, teachers have been clear about this, too. Cell phones and other electronic devices are a major distraction and a barrier to learning. Um, Superintendent Shrum heard this feedback and we started and starting in 202526, we're taking action with a more consistent and district-wide approach. All classrooms will post the cell phone policy and violations will follow a progressive discipline process with clear consequences, including parent contact and possible loss of privileges. To support implementation, school teams will receive training and tools to ensure consistency so teachers aren't handling this enforcement alone. We'll also launch a communication campaign this fall to explain the why behind this policy to our families. These changes are about maintaining engagement in classrooms and supporting student learning across all of our schools. And with that, I will turn it over to Mrs. Phillips.
034I I >> Good evening. Okay, so we are excited to welcome our students back into our highly effective classrooms. Classrooms that are ready to support learning growth and engagement from day one. Every classroom is equipped with a guaranteed and viable curriculum, proven strategies for literacy and writing, and a strong plan to monitor student learning and adjust instruction. Over the summer, we focused on ensuring teachers are equipped with the tools and training and resources to meet the needs of every student. By I'm sorry, by the launch of the school year, 531 of our K6 teachers will have been trained on our new writing curriculums. 328 K2 teachers will have been trained on Dibbles, our new assessment for um reading, as well as 266 K6 teachers engaging in training on designated English language development. Our teachers are
035prepared for the best first day ever. We believe that highly effective classrooms are built through strong partnerships between schools and families. We are excited that on August 1st, we will be launching launching school messenger for our kindergarten through 12th grade students. This serves as a single point of communication to your students, teachers as well as the office staff. For many years, our par parent parents of secondary students have had access to students grades. And as a commitment to our strategic plan, elementary parents will have access to real time information on student progress where teachers will update ongoing throughout the school year. To set up your parent accounts on Power School, snap codes have been sent. Please check your emails. If you can't find your snap codes, parents, no worries. The school sites are equipped to
036uh support you in setting up your accounts. The offices will open on Monday, August 4th. Also, with our middle and high schools, they are preparing to welcome our students. Information to all incoming information is being sent home to all incoming students in regard to your roundups. Please check your emails or your regular mail for days and times specific to your students. um to your students here. Your students will get their 2526 schedule and resources needed for the school year. We look forward to welcoming your students back on the best first day ever. And with that, here are some images of some of those professional learnings we've held throughout the year prepping our teachers. Um and so with that, I am going to hand this back over to Superintendent Trum to close us. >> Thank you.
037Uh Chuck, if you could just go ahead and advance there. Um, as you have heard, you know, we are prepared. We're excited uh for everyone to come back. Uh, we will be releasing a lot of this information. This was just a very highle snapshot of what's to come. Uh, starting with our back to school press conference. I believe that's August 4th. And starting around that time, well, already some things have been sent out, but a daily intentional campaign that will go through social media, that will go through email. uh all of those things will start and it will cover all of those topics that are most pressing for a family to be ready for day one but in much more detail. So for example, when it comes to cell phone and that sort of thing,
038there'll be a whole entire communication, parent communication, student communication package that will go with that so that uh when students enter school uh that week, they will be ready and confident to have all the information they need. So uh we're excited about those those pieces. We're excited about uh also convocation uh continuing for our classified employees and that day of learning uh that they'll have and then uh we heard feedback from from our teachers, you know, hey, we'd like to get back together again and have a chance to uh you know, show our spirit and learn about the school year. So also this year uh for the first part of their day back certificated uh day we will be in together in person at Mount Whitney uh for that convocation kickoff and then they'll go
039to school sites to continue their professional learning. So of course board you'll receive that information and are invited to attend that as well. Um and so we're happy to answer any questions uh at this time on anything related to back to school. >> So quick question. Well, first of all, um very cool on the registration that you only fill it out once. I'm sure you know there's lots of parents listening during um summer break here, but if you are filling it out, it is nice that it populates to your other kids. So, that's a cool feature. Um question. So, just P school now. No schooly just it's all going to be through powers school. So, schooly is our our learning management system that our students access. Um parents um everything communicates through the powers school
040messenger. Um students will use schooly um for their classes. >> Okay. But like check so but when we're seeing grades we're going through power school and everybody's through there. Okay. >> Does that Can I ask does that integrate into power school? So schooly and power school like each other and they talk well. Yeah, they do. Every night they sync to it. So, while there is a grade book in um Schooly, it syncs into P school. >> Schooly is a is a piece of P school, but it's the LCM where teachers can move things back and forth to students, but the grade book will be found in P school. >> Okay. I guess my concern was like sometimes you get different >> Yes. >> messages. And so then, you know, um last year having middle schoolers,
041um you know, they're like, "Oh, no, it's just not updated." Um and so just trying to like understand where we're checking just so that like we can keep tabs and get parents involved. >> Yeah. And I and I want to comment on that because you you bring up a great point. Um you know, part of advancing our systems is sometimes retraining and recclarifying expectations. um because we did make a whole point in our strategic plan around parents being involved in their child's education. Um if they can't access accurate information, um it's hard to do that. And so, not only is this reclarifying what is the go-to place, helping make sure our instructional coaches and our admin are prepared to help guide teachers uh if if it's a change, you know, or or for them. Um
042because we don't want to send any type of mixed message. We're saying from the district that powers school and that module is where parents can access information and and our expectation is that schools monitor and help uh support that. But in addition to that, what I'm really excited about too is this is a level of access and kind of continual update um at the elementary level which has not been standard before. um and high time we get there because we want our elementary uh parents to be engaged in their kids learning. Uh in many places you see procedures where teachers are expected to update grades every two weeks or so. Uh so we'll be working with our sites on all of that clarification, but you know if you're an elementary parent, you won't need to
043wait until parent conference or that sort of thing. Wait in the year like you can look every week and see how your kid is doing. And so we're excited about really bringing some of these products that have maybe existed in some form of isolation or different usage um into much greater clarity uh for our families. >> No, and that's awesome because it is hard to sometimes check well am I checking Google Classroom? Am I checking? So it's an awesome thing to align them all into one thing. Very cool work. >> Any other public comment, board comment? Okay, go ahead. >> Not to not to you know, I did mention cell phone. I do just want to reemphasize we will be sharing a lot more information about that. Uh there's no need for anybody to panic
044at this point. We're not banning cell phones. Uh but what we are saying and research confirms this is that for students to be engaged in their learning that needs to be set off to the side or put up or turned off and really it is about having consistency with that. So, we recognize that parents in many cases want their child to learn in a distraction-free environment, but still want to be able to access their child uh you know uh should there be an emergency or um you know late pickup or whatever it might be. And so, this really will be a visible reminder in each classroom, but we are going to be consistent around uh this policy and every single one of our classrooms are going to have the same procedure. Every school will be
045the same. Every classroom will have that poster. The steps will be the same so that everyone knows coming in on day one, okay, I can have it. It's a privilege, but it's turned off or it's put away or, you know, it's not to be used unless it's part of classroom instruction. And then clear steps along the way of what happens if a student has trouble uh following that expectation. So, I did just want to clarify really quick. Uh we aren't saying you can't have your cell phone, but we are going to be very uh um you know, clear on appropriate usage. Any comments? Okay, moving on to 4.2, focus on literacy, executive director of teaching and learning, Brienne Phillips. All right, good evening again, President Naylor, superintendent, board members and community. Tonight, I am here
046to share with you VD's focus on literacy. Oh, it's working. Okay, let me go back one. Okay. All right. We believe that students can achieve at high levels and demonstrate commu continuous growth. This belief is at the core uh is at our core. We have laid a solid foundation to ensure that every student is learning every day. With your support in 24-25, it was a pivotal year and a pivotal step forward as we adopted highquality standards aligned curriculum. However, acquiring materials alone is not enough. To truly impact student learning, we must also invest in our educators by ensuring that they are not only trained to use these resources effectively, but also supported in the continuous development of their instructional practices. Our theory of action affirms that student success depends on highquality, professionally trained workforce and
047that our decisions must be data driven and grounded in research. Our literacy work reflects this commitment. Every decision from curriculum dis selection to professional learning has been informed by data, anchored in research, and centered on student needs. Three years ago, we introduced our balanced instructional models for English language arts alongside models in other content areas. This was to provide clear guidance on what highquality instruction looks like across Vicelia Unified. At the core of ELA of the ELA model is a strong emphasis on building foundational literacy skills at the earliest grades. Our theory of action calls for students to learn through a well-designed standards aligned lessons delivered through these balanced instructional models. Our strategic plan builds on this foundation by calling for the development of highly effective classrooms, ensuring that every classroom reflects consistent high impact
048instructional practices that accelerate student learning. to launch our highly effective classroom framework this fall. Teaching and learning spent the spring and summer months ensuring that teachers are equipped with the tools they need to start strong on day one. We focused on strategically strengthening our instructional infrastructure. To do this, we provided clear guidance on the instructional day, the literacy block, as well as instructional expectations. With your continued sport support, we now have high quality standards aligned curriculum in every classroom. Through feedback loops with educators, we have refined our assessment system and are fully prepared to launch this fall. Over the summer, as assistant superintendent Dylan mentioned back in our in our back to school report, we held multiple professional learning sessions on resource implementation. These learning sessions were well attended and the staff was highly engaged.
049Pending tonight's approval of the letters contract, we are equipped. We are equipped and ready to shift from training on what to implement to deepen to deepening teachers understanding of how students learn to read. Now is the time to focus on the how. How we build teacher capacity to deliver instruction that meets the needs of every learner. Tonight under consent you will see a contract with letters a significant investment in our teachers and in the future of our students. As stated in our theory of action the board recognizes that the high achieve that high achieve that achieving high quality student outcomes depends on the highly trained professional supported workforce. Through letters, teachers will deepen their understanding of the science of reading and gain evidence-based strategies to respond to students needs in real time, ensuring all learners
050have the opportunity to thrive. Our district's investment. Our district investing in letters is investing in letters because this highquality professional learning aligns directly with the science of reading which is a robust evidence-based framework grounded in decades of research on how students acquire literacy skills. letters deepens teachers expertise on phological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension as well as spelling with these strategies that are applicable to our core curriculum. Why now? Across our state, it is clear that our current methods of teaching literacy are not producing the results our students deserve. In response, California is accelerating its commitment to literacy. The state recently released a literacy biiteracy professional learning pack, part of a statewide strategy to ensure reading mastery by the third grade. Additionally, pending legislation AB1454 incentivize phonics-based instruction, phonics-based training and materials, spotlighting California's
051shift towards the science of reading. This work will be funded through one-time state funding. Many of our surrounding districts and counties are also engaging in letters training. TCO is launching their second cohort this fall. Sanger Unified, Fresno Unified, Central Unified are all engaging in letters and yielding positive results. Not just locally is letters being utilized, but it is also across the nation. Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Oregon, and Mississippi to name a few. By adopting letters now, we position our teachers to lead this shift with confidence, delivering literacy instruction grounded in proven research, aligning aligned with emerging state standards and funding, and focused on ensuring students, all students in BSD become skilled, lifelong readers. Letters is a 2year professional learning series grounded in the science of reading. It is designed to strengthen literacy instruction. The letter the
052learning in letters can be applied to any curriculum and equips our educators with the research knowledge and practices needed to teach reading effectively to all students. The program blends online learning and in-person learning. It also has bridgeto practice activities that connect real connect theory to real classroom application ensuring lasting impact on instruction. This fall we will launch two K3 teacher cohorts and two administrator leader cohorts um as part of a multi-year contract that includes additional cohorts through 2728 school year. In designing these cohorts, we worked with Vooda to ensure alignment, honoring the significant time and effort that teachers commit to this learning. We have structured the program to provide annual stipens upon the completion of each year of implementation. In addition, participating teachers may choose to earn up to 12 self-funded graduate professional learning units,
053which can lead to salary advancements for the duration of their career. At this time, we have 89 K3 teachers that have already expressed interest in part participating in letters. This is after just one informational session as well as some outreach during our summer professional learning. This is 27% of our K3 teachers that have committed to deepening their knowledge of how students learn to read. These teachers know and recognize that our curriculums will come and go, but see the value in un in understanding how to teach and support students with the most effective strategies. These teachers are choosing to deepen their understanding of how students learn to read and demonstrating a strong commitment to improving literacy outcomes for every student in BUSD. By approving letters tonight, Vicelia Unifi demonstrates its enduring commitment to ensuring every student
054learns to read and then reads to learn. By equipping our teachers and our leaders with the science and the strategies behind effective literacy instruction, we are laying a foundation for long-term academic success. This is not just a training. It is an investment. an investment in our staff that will change the trajectory of our youngest students and now our youngest students now and for many years to come. It's also an investment in a systemwide shift to towards coherence, rigor, and equity and literacy. Together, we are taking a bold step forward in realizing our mission every student every day. Any >> Thank you. any public comment, any board member comments? Go ahead, Mr. Stew. >> Yeah. Um, so I'm on the legislative committee on CSBA and I'm proud to say we are very far ahead of of
055many districts as far as our phonics programs and getting into the science of reading. Um I a couple of board meetings ago I was visiting an elementary site and I was amazed. I thought okay the kids spell phonetically one grade you go to the next grade and they know how to spell. And I thought it's like magic. Well on our one-on-one with Kirk I asked about literacy. Where are we going? And he gave me some stuff to read. And it's not magic. It's intentional. I saw it. I saw it in the the the trainings that our teachers are going to get and I just want to say thank you for being brave and doing this. Our kids need to read. So, thank you. >> Thank you. Any other board member comments? Go ahead. >> Um
056just a couple questions. And yes, I mean I think building capacity in our teachers is definitely better investment than any even program out there or anything. Um the training that was done this summer like the writing the dibbles if they didn't if teachers didn't attend in the summer do they get the training then you pull them out during the year. >> Absolutely. We have scheduled dates in August and through September in order to make sure all of our teachers are trained on our curriculums. >> Okay. And then just a couple questions about letters because it is on our consent agenda tonight and it is a big investment. Um, so I guess the the couple questions are yes, it's a blend of online in person. So are they out of class? like how many like what
057does that actually look like in terms of what they're committing to um like I said like outside of classroom versus um you know putting in time at home or summers or things like that because again I mean they're implementing a new writing program dibbles is new and we all have a certain amount of bandwidth that we can attune to. We've been very transparent with the teachers who are volunteering to engage in this um around the the commitment. There is um a significant lift. This is graduate level learning that they are engaging in. Um and so uh we are looking at look do we running sessions on Saturdays and being transparent from the get-go um that these would be Saturday sessions because we do want our student or teachers in the classroom um and so looking
058at different options in providing those in person. There are four in-person sessions each academic year. >> Awesome. And then I guess lastly, just what a little more maybe background why we're going with letters because um yes, the state is definitely pushing which is awesome literacy, but they also have a lot of resources or they're pushing project ar like there's different things out there that are free modules. Um and so just a little bit of why like the the thinking behind this one. So either way, um yeah, we've actually looked at various programs and what we looked at were um programs that were based off of letters instruction. So in as opposed to getting um for lack of better words, a skinny version of letters, we wanted to truly invest into the deep learning of this
059program um for our teachers. >> Yeah, I'll just follow up and say um perfect answer, that is true. We looked at Riseze and some others and and saw a lot of that. We also heard feedback of they got that but then the teachers wanted the rest or they wanted more. They wanted in depth. And so early on I entered this conversation and knowing this is the direction we need to go. Uh if we're going to do it, we're going to do as she mentioned like the graduate level version, right? Versus trying to do something skinny, trying to do something oh a couple of sessions but really take our teachers through a learning journey. um similar to if if they were you know going to get a master's degree as you heard like you know for
060uh our teachers so far that is you know they'll be able to take these hours and turn it into uh some of those graduate uh level hours to you know advance on the salary although for the 89 that have raised their hand and said you know what I want to make this is a two-year commitment uh it will take some Saturdays uh it will take uh learning at home uh but I think it's a testament to our teachers who have said Yes, you know, teaching teaching is a lot, but uh just as we have teachers pursue their masters or other things, they want to go deeper into what their core work is. And while elementary teachers do a lot, there's nothing almost more important than reading. Um and so knowing we're going to be entering
061into this uh program, having seen it work across the nation, uh many people are familiar with some of the Mississippi Miracle and some of the other things that have heard about a lot of those states did invest in uh adopting and it is good to your point to see California realize, oh, we need to do some literacy uh work here. Um and so I I really am excited about positioning our district to be at the forefront of that. um a little bit behind the county this time, but um I think our package is a little better for teachers. Um but this is truly in-depth. Um I think those questions are all valid and ultimately as we looked at what else is out there, uh there was nothing we saw through our research or conversation or
062that I saw or have experience with that reached the depth uh that this did as well. And it is an investment. I appreciate you bringing that up. We've talked a lot about um our budget and concerns around, you know, what's happening. And so, uh through the one-time funding of not only the literacy, but the professional development uh grant, uh that's going to be able to sustain this work for us. And I appreciate the the training or um or the inclusion of all the administrators in there because it's really goes back to how it's implemented um and how we like you know how it overlays into the programs we have. So that's awesome that I heard there was administrators already volunteering or signed up or maybe they're all going through. >> Yes. So I will say
063um uh you know as we did with phonics and realizing you know this is not just something we want our teachers to do. This is we want our support staff to have access to this. Those are all things we're talking about addition you know VUDA CSEA those partners on board with learning about this opportunity but the administrators as well. So not just the administrators of of I'm a program specialist and I'm supporting teachers who will be in this but the principal as well and the entire executive cabinet will be participating in the administrator uh version of this which is a year-long program a little bit different but all those components so that we can support this this work because again there is nothing more important that we do as an education system than making sure
064every kid can read and so I think that says a lot that you know uh chief Business Officer Hernandez, uh, Superintendent Shrum, we're going to be able to be right there with the teachers, uh, supporting them as they go through this journey. >> Thank you. Any other comments? Thank you so much, M. Phillips. Moving right along to 5.0. 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 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 individual comments for the general public comments to no more than 3 minutes and individual topics to 20
065minutes. To comply with the Brown Act, 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 responsibilities. It is recommended you begin your comments by stating your name. And we do have one, Sandra Rhymer. Thank you. Good evening. Uh, my name is Sandra Rhymer. In 2018, I retired from teaching in King's Canyon Unified School District. That same year, I moved to Vicelia and became a CASA courtappointed special advocate. Casa assigned me to three siblings who had just entered the foster care system. The oldest one,
066I'll call her Sarah, is a Jun was a junior at Mount Whitney last school year. She has an IEP and I in uh and I attend all the yearly IEP team meetings because I hold her ED rights. Last spring I attended an IEP meeting. Um I reviewed the results of Sarah's multidisciplinary psychoeducational assessment report. The port showed the report showed that Sarah scored in the lowest tier of almost all the math portions of the test. I asked the teachers and staff at Mount Whitney if there were a ma there was a math class of Sarah's instructional level that she could take during her senior year. I was told that all math classes available at Mount Whitney teach high school standards with no math classes available for students working below grade level. I dug a little
067further and found that Sarah is not alone. According to the 2024 and this is the most current I could find uh ed uh ed source smarter balance test results 83 of the 11 83% of the 11th graders of vicelia unified were low grade level in math within that 83% n 59% so it's almost 60% of the 11th graders were in the lowest tier standard not met a little graph sorry I don't have it Sarah completed math 1 and two during her freshman and sophomore years. She was failing math 1 and two until the end of the year and she ended up with a D, meaning that she had f fulfilled her math graduation requirements. However, fulfilling her math graduation requirements does not mean that she is acquired the math skills needed to navigate her way
068in the real world. In April of next year, Sarah will exit the foster care system and the public school system. She will not have the safety net that many of her fellow students have. She will be responsible for taking care of herself. The math tool she leaves school with will be one of the determining factors of her success. I understand the importance of teaching all students grade level curriculum. I also look at this data and see a massive need to offer math classes that help Sarah and the other 83% of students who are working below grade level. math classes that help fill in the missing gaps, the unfinished learning, the prerequisite math skills needed to have success when they're learning grade level math. Requiring students to take grade level classes while ignoring previous skill deficits
069is a recipe for ongoing struggles as evident in my graph. As you implement a new curriculum, it is imperative that there are classes offered to meet Sarah's needs and the needs of the 83% of the students working below or far below grade level. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. >> As there is no other public comment, I'll go on to 6.0 consent agenda. Would any board member like to pull an agenda or pull an item from the consent agenda? May I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> Certainly. I'll move. I'll second. >> On a motion by board member Belt, seconded by board member Viegas. Call for the vote. >> Motion passes. Six yes, no nazs, and one absent. Okay, I gota go. We're going to move on to 7.0 board
070member reports and I'll start with uh board member Belt. >> Thank you, President Joy. Um, a constituent sent me a request yesterday that I realize I had addressed it once before, but I want to say it again. We showed up on a list, Vicelia showed up on a list of the least educated in the country, and the article though was not framed exactly the way the headline was. And so, as I explained to her, um, it was counting the number of college graduates per capita and that it wasn't a, uh, grade on Vice Unified. And that's what she was trying to point out. What are we going to do as a as a parent, a grandparent here in Vicelia? So, I want to once again commend Vicel Unifi that we are working very very hard.
071Thank you, Mr. Thompson, Mrs. Phillips, so many others to actually bring up of course our basics, our foundations in our education system and that the whoever wants to measure the number of college graduates in Vicelia can continue to do so, but it does not reflect on the education system of Viceel Unifi or what we're endeavoring to do. Along with that is the what all of you right now this is our first meeting with our realignment of structure. You see people sitting in different places and some sitting elsewhere where they were before. Thank you once again superintendent that we've taken a strategic plan that we've worked at. You've helped us work and develop this and now aligned it to something that we can actually measure. Are we getting there? are we accomplishing? Uh we now have
072people and systems in place to actually be able to find out uh quarterly uh and next year as well. Have we reached the goals that we have set? So, thank you for all of you making some adjustments. There's even been some salary adjustments to align people with the system so that it's not just the system that just keeps getting more and more bloated and less accountable. The accountability is in place. Thank you for doing that. It's a positive accountability uh that we have only u high expectations to be able to recognize and realize if they don't happen, we will know what we need to do. we'll have some idea, well, we need to realign or bring more resource or cut spending on, you know, whatever is isn't working. We're not just sticking our finger in
073the air and say, oh, we should go this way now. Um, so I appreciate that. I want to say thank you again that we are making good strides. The um the numbers that we've heard tonight, uh I also want to highlight there were some additional ones. the training that we talked about, 2,700 employees. I know of a few dozen, I think there's 22 of them in the lower elementary music track who also on their own signed up for an online seminar webinar. I know because my teacher wife has been listening to them for the last couple of weeks and um we're singing songs like crazy on and on over and over. Can we download this one? Yes, we can do that here. Okay. and so that it is robust the additional professional learning. Thank you
074for encouraging our staff to do that in the middle of their time off so they can come back in a couple weeks ready to go. Thank you. >> Uh board member Vegas. >> Thank you, President Aaylor. I wanted to comment on uh what Trusty Belt brought up which is these studies which constantly look at areas within the central valley and lack of higher education right and least educated cities and I want to bring up two points there. One is that I I share that same those same studies with my students and I talk to them about them. You know Bakersfield and Vicelia Hanford areas were often trading off one and two for least educated across the nation. And that to me is not a reflection of intelligence. That to me is a reflection of underinvestment
075in the Central Valley from Sacramento, from Washington DC. Why is it that we don't have a 4-year public university in Talleria or Kings County? Why is it that our students have to drive a minimum of 2 hours every single day either to Fresno or Bakersfield to try and finish their four-year degrees? And so with that being said, we we need more investment here in the Central Valley. We need more investment into higher education, to the skilled trades, into CTE. And I also want to applaud um my colleagues on the board at our last board shop board workshop session. We had a very robust discussion about where we should set our goals in terms of A throughG career um college and career readiness and setting more ambitious goals as a district to ensure that our students
076have the necessary requisites to take to go directly to a CSU or a UC. And so I want to applaud, you know, my colleagues here for setting an ambitious goal. Um, and I know our superintendent and our staff leading that charge are going to help change those outcomes and reverse those statistics that we're known for. Thank you. >> Thank you, board member. Good morning. >> Um, I really don't have much of a report except um, enjoy your first day of school back um, back to school. Um, I'm excited to go to Target. I still go the back to school sale sales even though I'm not teaching and I buy stuff. So anyway, it's a good time of year and thank you for cuz there really is not any time off for a teacher. We're always
077planning all summer and all the workshops. Thank you for that. Thank you for all your hard work and just have a great time starting school. Board member Gabby. All right, just real quick, two things. First, um I just wanted to acknowledge something else that was on consent, and that was the contract for SYCON. And I think that um you know, it's something that we just sort of take for granted, I think, now in the district, but it really is a commitment um that first of all, I thank um you know, all of our district staff for budgeting that and making it possible because it really probably is almost a million dollars there if I could quickly do the math. Um and um and you know for some of our students when you talk about the
078you know news reports and why our students are um sometimes it's their experiences and that even goes into literacy and their background knowledge and all of these things. And so committing to that experience where for some of them it's probably the first time um away from home or you know kind of just experiencing different um even the mountains. we have students here that haven't been to the beach. Um and so bringing that to our students, just thank you for continuing um to do that. And lastly, I am so excited for school to start and my kids to go back to school. So um yeah, just looking forward to the first day >> or member Odo. >> Yeah, I'm just want to reinforce things that were said previously. wishing staff a great start to the school
079year. Uh and hope we all have a great uh school year uh coming forward. And I also want to appreciate the comments of board members Belt and Viegas here regarding the nature of adult education levels here in the county. And we are an underserved area in lots of different ways. Um and the report that Mr. Belt brings up really does tend to give folks the impression that we really don't do well with education at any level. And we do have a good public school system here. And we're working hard to make it better to serve the kids that are here. We have a community college here, which is a good community college. And I think really what people need to understand, the takeaway there beyond the the the data that comes forward is that this
080is a county where folks come to work because there's opportunities for folks with limited education. You know, the a industry bring folks brings folks in and th those adults are included in those counts, which is why the counts look so skewed in a negative way. But if people come here to work and they raise their kids in our community, we create kids who are successful for or ready for a successful adult life and go to college. And that's why our work is so very very important. When folks come here for work opportunities, we want to double down on that and give their kids educational opportunities which leads to better futures. So thanks to you guys for bringing those points up. >> I want to reiterate that also. Thank you very much. Cuz that that we
081we work so hard every year, every day trying to improve the our education and make our students successful. And you know, when you hear an article like that, it's kind of disheartening, but you got to remember where that information is taken from. I just want to um also thank our teachers that did summer school. I know that you gave up your a good portion of your summer and we couldn't do without you. So, thank you so much for doing that. I hope you have a relaxing and fun last two to 3 weeks and get rejuvenated for that first day of school. Our our students are counting on you and I just appreciate all of our staff because not only is it our teachers, but our classified staff for working so hard in the summer to
082get the the classrooms ready to make our schools safe. We all it's a team effort. We all have to work together to make that very first day the best day ever. So, thank you so much. Superintendent Schwam, >> thank you, President Naylor and board members. Again, we're looking forward to that first day, uh, best first day ever, just now a few weeks away. And we shared a lot in that back to school report and, uh, you know, highlighting what's coming this year. But I really just want to drive home a point again of, you know, each year we work to get better. And so a lot of the things that you saw, a lot of the things that uh the board and community see reflected in our strategic plan are from what we've seen and
083experienced and we heard from our teachers last year. You know, as our TK students get younger and and we have three to four year olds and that sort of thing coming into our schools, many of them have not been in an environment where, oh, come in and have a seat. Well, I may not know what that means, right? And so then we start having to talk about things like uh lowering education expectations or uh behavior which may totally not be what is in the best interest of the child. So how do we create experiences where we can bring students in and families? If you noticed a large part of the planning that that team did, which I'm so proud of, wasn't just focused on bringing the kid in for a few weeks. It was the
084parent coming in too. it was creating modules. So now parents can go in and see, oh, how do I do this? Or how can I help my child get potty trained or whatever it might be, right? How do I help them uh, you know, get used to sitting in a seat for a certain period of time or uh, you know, having food, you know, how they do all those different things and those routines. And so it very much was uh, you know, a multifaceted approach and we're just beginning. Um, and so each year we want to continue to expand and grow those opportunities because we do listen, we do see, we are in classrooms. And so we want our community and our board and our and our teachers especially to see we are responsive. We
085do hear you and we want to help create the conditions so that every kid can access education and learn every day. Uh, so really excited about the work that happened over the summer. Shout out again as always to our facilities, grounds, maintenance teams. When a lot of folks uh go on vacation or kind of shift into low gear for a little bit of time, they're in high gear, right? They're they're spending multiple hours every day getting our sites and our facilities ready, working behind the scenes so that when uh kids and teachers do return here in a couple of weeks, they see that shiny floor, they see uh you know that welcoming environment. Um, and also to our teachers again raising their hand for professional learning opportunities. 2,700 individuals over the course of the summer.
086That's that's amazing. And again, I think it shows just the the commitment um our teachers and our staff have in Vic Unifi to be the best they can be so that our students can be the best they can be. And so um I will say bring on the best first day ever. We're excited. Just a few weeks away and uh we're looking forward to that and we're ready. >> Thank you. Moving on to 9.1 recommended suspended expulsions. May I have a motion to approve the recommended suspended expulsions? >> So moved. >> And I'll second. >> On a motion by board member Gamoy, second by board member Belt. Call for the vote. >> Motion passes six. Yes. Uh, no no no nos and one absent. >> 10.1 public hearing and resolution conveying easement to Southern California
087Edison at Caldwell Avenue. >> Good evening, President Naylor, board member, Superintendent Shrum. Um, so this is a public hearing for uh approval of a resolution to convey an easement to Southern California Edison for property that we own. Um, Lovers Lane and Caldwell. on that corner. Um there's no financial um there's no financial transaction with this. It is just giving them access to the property so that they can provide utility services. >> Okay. So I will now open the public hearing to allow public comment on this item. Uh do I have any public comment or any board member comment? Okay. Seeing that there is none, I'm going to close this public hearing. And so may I have a motion to approve the resolution conveying easement to Southern California Edison at Caldwell Avenue? >> A motion. >>
088Sir, I'll second. >> Second on a motion by board member Gaby, second by board member Belt. Um, please call for the vote. >> Motion passes. Six yes, uh, no nos, and one absent. >> Thank you. 10.2 Two, notice of intent to employ certificated personnel and approval of term waiver request for speech language pathologist. Presenter is assistant superintendent of human resources department. That's a mouthful. Ben Dylan. >> Thank you, board president Naylor. Uh board, it is uh our request that you approve uh this waiver to allow for a number of our speech pathologists to move forward in obtaining the uh necessary uh education uh to move forward in these positions. >> Any board member comment? May I have a motion to approve the notice of intent to employ certificate personnel and approval of term waiver request
089for speech language pathologist? I'll motion. >> Have a second. >> Second. >> On a motion by board member Gabby, second by board member Odo. Call for the vote. >> Motion passes. Six yes, no no nos, and one absent. >> 10.3 Notice of intent to employ certificate personnel and approval of a provisional internship permit. Requests assistant superintendent of human resource development, Ben Dylan. >> Thank you. Uh similarly requesting that the board approve uh this uh PIP for a teacher who will be serving as an education specialist for the 2526 school year. >> May I have a motion to approve the notice of intent to employ certificate personnel and approval of provisional internship permit requests? >> Some moved. >> Second. >> On a motion by board member Gamyan, second by board member Gabby. Call for the vote.
090Motion passes, six yes, no nos, one absent. >> 10.4 Notice of intent to employ certificate of management personnel and approval of administrative services credential waiver requests. Ben Dylan. >> Thank you, board president. Uh again, requesting that the board um approve the waiver for the administrative services request for this specific employee. Again, specifically just for the 2526 school year. >> Okay. Thank you. I may I have a motion to approve the notice of intent to employ certificate management personnel and approval of administrative services credential waiver requests. Have a motion. >> So moved. I move. Yes. >> Second. >> I'll second >> on a motion by board member belt, second by board member Gabby. Call for the vote. >> Motion passes. Six yes, no nos, one absent. >> Moving on to 10.5. notice of intent to employ
091certificate personnel and approval of variable term waiverss request for CCSD certification. >> So just briefly because I know this is one we don't bring as often. CCSD uh certification is what allows uh specific teachers who provide specially designed academic instruction delivered in English to English learners. Um and this is a for our preliminary CTE credential holders. Once they receive their clear credential, it would be embedded in their credential. >> Thank you. Uh, may I have a motion to approve the notice of intent to employ certificate personnel and approval of variable term waiver request for CCSD certification? >> So moved >> on a motion by Odo. Do I have a second? >> Second by GMON. Call for the vote. Motion passes. Six yes. Uh, no nos and one absent. >> 10.6 6 resolution designating senior management
092positions of the classified service. >> Thank you. >> And Dylan, >> thank you board president. Uh bringing before the board a resolution tonight and we request that the board pass the resolution. What the resolution would do is it would uh designate the chief business officer position as senior management of the classified service uh which is specifically outlined in education code 45100.5. Uh specifically what that states is that the chief business officer uh will serve as other than the superintendent as the highest level administrator with districtwide responsibility for business and fiscal management operation and needs. Uh this resolution is a required action by the board uh in order to move forward with an additional item for the remainder of this uh this board meeting. >> Okay. >> Any more comment, public comment? This means Nathan gets
093to wear the orange jumpsuit if something goes. >> I wasn't gonna say that. >> Thank you. Board member Odto. May I have a motion to approve the resolution designating senior management position of the classified service? >> I'll move that without the orange jumpsuit. >> Do I have a second? >> Second with glee. >> On a motion by board member Belt, second by board member Odo. Call for the vote. Motion passes. Six yes, no nos, one uh absent. >> Uh 10.7 employment agreement chief business officer. Um and Ben Dylan, you're up again. >> The law requires that the board summarize key financial provisions of the proposed employment agreement prior to taking action on this contract. Uh therefore, the key material terms of the employment agreement are as follows. The term is for four years from July
0941, 2025 to June 30th, 2029. For the 2526 school year, the chief business officer shall be placed on step two of the chief business officer salary schedule and the chief business officer's annual base salary will be $267,373 based upon the salary schedule adopted as part of this agreement. In addition, the chief business officer's base salary, the chief business officer shall be entitled to $400 per year if the chief business officer possesses a master's degree or $650 per year if the chief business officer possesses a doctoral degree. The chief business officer shall receive a term life insurance policy with a death benefit equal to $125,000. The district will pay the chief business officer's dues to participate in up to one professional, educational, or community service organization approved by the superintendent. The chief business officer shall receive
095$200 per month as an automobile allowance for the performance of district services within the scope of the chief business officer's employment. This concludes the summary of the chief business officer's employment agreement. >> Thank you. Any uh public comment, board member comment? Is there none? Um may I have a may I have a motion to approve the employment agreement for the chief business officer? >> A motion. I'll second. >> Second. Seconded. Motion by board member Gabby, second by board member Viegas. Call for the vote. >> Motion passes six. Yes. No. No. One absent. >> Moving on to 10.8. Employment agreement. Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Development, Ben Dylan. >> The law requires that the board summarize key financial provisions of the proposed employment agreement prior to taking action on the contract. The key material terms of
096the employment agreement are as follows. The term is for four years from July 1, 2025 to June 30th, 2029. For the 2526 school year, the assistant superintendent shall be placed on step four of the assistant superintendent salary schedule, and the assistant superintendent's annual base salary will be $268,964 based upon the salary schedule adopted as part of this action. Per the terms of his existing contract, this salary reflects a step increase for the assistant superintendent for a satisfactory evaluation. In addition to the assistant superintendent's base salary, the assistant superintendent shall be entitled to $400 per year if the assistant superintendent possesses a master's degree or $650,000 per year if the assistant superintendent possesses a doctoral degree. The assistant superintendent shall participate in the district's total compensation program on the same terms and conditions as all other
097district certificated managers. Since the assistant superintendent participates in the district's total compensation program, the assistant superintendent shall not be entitled to any district contribution toward health and welfare benefits. The assistant superintendent shall receive a term life insurance policy with a death benefit equal to $125,000. The the district will pay the assistant superintendent's dues to participate in up to one professional, educational, or community service organization approved by the superintendent. The assistant superintendent shall receive $200 per month as an automobile allowance for the performance of district services within the scope of the assistant superintendent's employment. This concludes the summary of the assistant superintendent's employment contract. >> I thank you. You did a good job on that one. >> May I have a motion to approve the employment agreement for the assistant superintendent of human resources development? >>
098Some moved. I'll second on a motion by board member Gorian, second by board member Naylor. Call for the vote. Motion passes. Six yes, no nos, one absent. >> Moving right along. 10.9. Employment agreement. Deputy Superintendent Ben Dylan. >> Again, the law requires that the board summarize key financial provisions of the proposed employment agreement prior to taking action on the contract. The key material terms of the employment agreement are as follows. The term is for four years from July 1, 2025 to June 30th, 2029. For the 2526 school year, the deputy superintendent shall be placed on step one of the deputy superintendent salary schedule. And the deputy superintendent's annual base salary will be $284,221 based on the salary schedule adopted as part of this agreement. In addition to the deputy superintendent's base salary, the deputy superintendent
099shall be entitled to $400 per year if the deputy superintendent possesses a master's degree or $650 per year if the deputy superintendent possesses a doctoral degree. The deputy superintendent shall participate in the district's total compensation program on the same terms and conditions as all other district certificated managers. Since the deputy superintendent participates in the district's total compensation program, the deputy superintendent shall not be entitled to any district contribution toward health and welfare benefits. The deputy superintendent shall receive a term life insurance policy with a death benefit equal to $125,000. The district will pay the deputy superintendent's dues to participate in up to one professional, educational, or community service organization approved by the superintendent. The deputy superintendent shall receive $200 per month as an automobile allowance for the performance of district services within the scope of
100the of the deputy superintendent's employment. This concludes the summary of the deputy superintendent's employment agreement. >> Thank you. Any board member comment? May I have a motion to approve the employment agreement for the deputy superintendent? >> Yes, I'll move that. >> Do I have a second? >> I'll second. Uh, a motion by board member Belt, second by board member Gabby. Call for the vote. >> Motion passes. Six yes, no nos, one absent. >> 10.10. Employment agreement. Superintendent and Dylan. >> The law requires an oral summary of the key financial provisions of the proposed employment agreement prior to taking action on the contract. The key material terms of the employment agreement are as follows. The term is for four years from July 1, 2025 to June 30th, 2029. For the 2526 school year, the superintendent shall
101be placed on step four of the superintendent salary schedule. And the superintendent's annual base salary will be $364,775 based upon the salary schedule adopted as a part of this action. Per the terms of his existing contract, the salary reflects a step increase for the superintendent for a satisfactory valuation. In addition to the superintendent's base salary, the superintendent shall be entitled to $400 per year if the superintendent possesses a master's degree or $650 per year if the superintendent possesses a doctoral degree. The superintendent shall participate in the district's total compensation program on the same terms and conditions as all other district certificated managers. Since the superintendent participates in the district's total compensation program, the superintendent shall not be entitled to any district contribution toward health and welfare benefits. The superintendent shall receive a lifetterm insurance policy
102with a death benefit equal to $125,000. The district will pay the superintendent's dues to participate in up to four professional, educational, or community service organization approved by the board. The superintendent shall receive $200 per month as an automobile allowance for the performance of district services within the scope of the superintendent's employment. This concludes the summary of the superintendent's employment contract. >> Any public comment? Any board member comment? And as there is none, uh, may I have a motion to approve the employment agreement for the superintendent? >> So motion. I'll second that. >> I motion. >> Okay. Thank you. Got me >> on a motion by board member Gamoyan, second by board member Gabby. Call for the vote. >> Motion passes. Six yes, no nos, one absent. Moving on to 10.11, warrant list, May 31st, 2025
103to June 26, 2025. May I have a motion to approve the warrant list from May 31st, 2025 through June 26, 2025. >> Move to approve. I'll second. >> Uh, a motion by board member Odto, second by board member Belt. Call for the vote. >> Motion passes. Six yes, no nos, and one absent. With that meeting is now adjourned.