001two links. That's what I was going to ask. We have two links. Go ahead. Yeah. So, every every the usual ceremonies, right? Yeah. I'm just beginning ready now. We're on. Okay. Good afternoon everyone. I am calling the May 13, 2025 special board meeting of the West Contraosta Unified School Board to order. The time is 3:31 p.m. To access translation and pleaseick click on the globe icon at the bottom of the screen. And if you're uh if you're here with us where nobody is. Um we don't have any headsets, but we have Spanish speakers here who will be able to help you. Um in just a few minutes, we're going to begin public comment on the close session item. Members of the public are invited to speak to the board on any uh on matters that
002are on today's agenda which is superintendent um employee employee appointment. Um please prepare now if to make a public comment. Please raise your hand in Zoom. Uh and we don't have anybody here but if they were here we would have them hand in a public comment card. Um after the cards have been turned in, your hand is raised. Uh the they're placed in the order received and we will call on speakers one at a time alternating between public comment in person and one on Zoom. Um public comment generated last an hour and the time allowed each speaker two minutes and there is no substitution of speakers. Uh while that gets organized, we'll move on to the rest of our opening procedures. And we will move to number three which is pledge of allegiance. If you
003are willing or able please rise. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We are now moving on to number four, land, labor, and body acknowledgement. We recognize that we are presently on the lands of the Chan Moi peoples and acknowledge them as the first inhabitants of the land we currently occupy. Labor and body recognition. Acknowledgement. I acknowledge that the burden of environmental exploitation and systemic injustice falls upon labor black and brown bodies in the building of this country and its institution. I remember that black and brown people were born and died working this land against their generations. I also acknowledge the continued contribution of regular survivors over the centuries to today of
004all immigrant labor including voluntary involuntary traffic force and undocumented peoples in the building of what we refer to as the United States. Author Dr. Michelle Rogers I number five West Contraost Unified School District School Board anti-racism statement. The West Contraosta District Board of Education is committed to the work of anti-racism. The conscious and active effort to identify, challenge, and correct racial inequities in the systems and institutions within our schools and community. Racism explicit or implicit stands in direct conflict to the fundamental principles of WCCUSD education. To carry WC education into the future, we recognize that we must continually renew and reflect on the roots of racism and develop new ideas to meet the times. unjust ideas and policies and the racial inequity they produce have shaped us, our schools, and our society. We strive to
005uncover unconscious biases and practice anti-racism as individuals and as great matters. We challenge ourselves to persist through the discomfort necessary for growth and learning to deepen our listening and our examination of racism and oppression and develop a strong understanding of how our personal experiences and feelings should infill the picture of continual oppression. Each member of our school board individually and collectively is responsible for creating and nurturing an anti-racist learning environment where each student staff and me staff member and community partner is a respected and valued member of the WCCUSD community. We are uniquely positioned and it is our responsibility to identify and dismantle racist ideas and inequitable policies in ourselves and across the district. Therefore, we commit to supporting anti-racist policies, programs, and practices for our children's education and well-being while building strong and inclusive
006school communities. We commit to holding each board member accountable towards these goals and moving the work of anti-racism forward. We also commit to holding West Contraostic Unified School District staff, students, and community to living the standards of anti-racism in our schools. Board approved March 20th, 2024. Number five, roll call. Uh Rosa, would you like to take call roy? [Music] Good afternoon everyone. President, he is on his way. The minutes will reflect his arrival time. Trusty Hernandez. Good afternoon. Present. President Ruckler. Good afternoon. I'm present. Trusty Swiff. Good afternoon everyone. Present. Roll call is complete. Moving on to the close session. Um disclosure of the items being discussed in closed session. Uh the item concurred in today's close session is public employee equipment discussion. The position is superintendent government code section 54957. And now is there
007any public? We don't have anybody here in person. Is there any public comment online? There's no public comment. Okay. There is no public. Okay. At this time, I will recess us to close session and we will be back um hopefully before 9:30. Uh and we will see you all then. Thank you. Good evening everyone. It uh is 9:29. We're going to extend for 15 minutes. We should be out by 9:45. Thank you. Good evening everyone. We're we are back from closed session and we're up to C1 report ratification of close session. There is no report out. Uh D comments from the board of education. Is there anybody have anything? Good night everyone. Good night everyone from clerk andana and number e the next scheduled board of education meeting is um that is not correct it
008is tomorrow May 14th 2025 at Leavana de John middle school um close session begins at 4:30 and open session is at 6:30 and we hope to see you there other than that we're moving to F adjournment the meeting is adjourned at 10:02 too. Thank you for Thank you very much everybody. Have a good evening. Everybody, would you do me a favor please?