001Dr. Someone's sending me an Cynthia. The one that's at Ella. So, it's getting I just make sure when you guys send anything to me, it goes to me and not to the Cynthia that we're I think that Cynthia could get blocked. We can block her from us. Is it a forward communication? No, it was a TK communication. The TK um letter sent to the parent. I was CCed on there and I was like, I think you sent this to the wrong person. Pops up first. And I almost did and I was like, wait, but just in case whatever you guys just make sure it's change, but she could get it can change the Ella Cynthia's name to be C Hernandez or something else. So then Cynthia could still get block. We could block at the
002beginning there was um um she got my emails from community members that were adding just employees name email. That's great. Okay, we're at 632. Can we Oh, we are we're on right now. So I can start start the meeting. Okay. Good evening. I am calling the May 7th, 2025 special meeting of the West Contracasta Unified School District to order. The time is 6:32. To access translation in Zoom, please click on the gold icon at the bottom of the screen. And if you're and if you're here in Dean, there is translation available. Pick up a headset. Thank you. Yeah. Um, in a few minutes we'll begin uh public comment. Members of the public are invited to speak to the board on any matter uh on the special uh meeting agenda. Uh please there's no one here.
003If you're in Zoom, please raise your hand. Um and if you're participating by going busy 9 to get ready for public comments. Um public comment generally lasts an hour with the time allotted per speaker in is 2 minutes and uh there's no substitution of speakers. Um and now we will proceed. We will go to A3 which is the pledge of allegiance if you are willing or able to rise. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the for it stands one nationice. Moving on to land and body acknowledgement land acknowledgement we recognize that we are presently on the lands of the China. I don't know if the landing ples as the first inhabitants of Hawaiian we currently occupy labor and body recogition acknowledgement. I acknowledge that the burden of
004environmental exploitation and systemic injustice falls upon the labor of black and brown bodies and the building of this country and its institutions. I remember that black and brown people were born and died working this land against their will for generations. I also acknowledge the continued contribution of labor of labor of survivors over the centuries to today of all immigrant labor including voluntary involuntary traffic forced and undocumented peoples in the building of what we refer to as the adult author Dr. Michelle Roger respond A5 West Contraosta Unified School District School Board anti-racism statement. West Contraosta Unified School District Board of Education is committed to the work of anti-racism 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, stance and direct
005conflict to the fundamental principles of WCC USD education to carry WCC 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. Unjusted racism policies and the racial inequity they produce have shaped us, our schools, and our society. We strive to uncover unconscious biases and practice anti-racism as individuals and as board members. We challenge ourselves to persist. I'm sorry. We challenge ourselves to fully persist through the discomfort necessary for growth in learning to deepen our listening and our examination of racism and oppression and develop a strong understanding of how our personal experiences and feelings fit into a larger picture of continual oppression. Each member of our school board individually and then collectively is responsible for creating and nurturing an anti-racist
006learning environment where each student, staff member, and community partner is a respected and valued member of the WCCUSD community. We are uniquely positioned as our responsibility to identify dismantle racist ideas and inequitable policies in ourselves across the district. Therefore, we commit to supporting anti-racist policies, programs, and practices for all our children's education and well-being while building strong and inclusive school communities. We commit to holding each board member accountable towards these goals and moving work of anti-racism forward. We also commit to holding less contrasted district staff, students, and community to living these standards of anti-racism in our schools. Board approved March 20, 2024. A6 roll call. Dr. Moses, would you please state? Yes. Clerkana, present. Trusty Gonzalez, present. Trusty Hernandez, present. President, good evening. Present. Trusty Smith. Good evening everyone. Present. That concludes the roll call.
007Thank you. All board members are present at this time. A7 agenda review and adoption. Uh does anybody have anything on the agenda that they'd like to review or No. Okay. Then moving on to B. Our action item B1 resolution number 2425-80 reduction and discontinuence of classified service for lack of work andor lack of funds. Dr. Johnson, I believe this is your item from Optimiz. Do I just speak? Thank you. Um, excuse me. Whereas on February 26, 2025, the board of trustees of the West Contraosta Unified School District adopted resolution number 2425-61 to reduce or eliminate classified services and resulting in the layoff of classified employees by no later than the end of the 2425 school year as described by the following resolutions. Um the West Coaster School District as follows um resolves that all foregoing
008recitals are true and correct that for the 2526 school year the particular kinds of services described below shall be reduced or eliminated. And now we take Does anybody have questions? Does anybody Is there public comment on this item? There is no public comment here. There is no public comment. And there is no public comment. Uh at this time, I'll entertain a motion on B1. Okay, I'll go ahead and move it. B1 resolution number 2425-80 reduction or discontinuence of classified service for lack of work and/or lack of funds. Is there a second on this item? Second. Okay. Is there any discussion on this item? Okay. Seeing none, we'll go to the vote. Quana, yes. Trusty Smiths. Smith folds. Yes. Trusty Hernandez. Yes. Trusty Gonzalez. Yes. And a yes. The motion passes unanimously. Okay. So that ends
009our open session. Now we're moving to close session. So for close session, um the items that we have tonight for close session are C1, significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph 2 of subdivision one, oh I'm sorry, subdivision of section 54956.9, one matter, government tort claim received March 26, 2025, C2, conference with labor negotiators Is there any public comment on the close session items? I don't see any here. No public comment. Okay, there's no public comment. So, the board now is going to reconvene. I mean, it was going to come to close session and we expect to be back at uh approximately 8:25. Thank you. Okay, we are back from close session and we do have a report out. Dr. Moses, if you will handle that. Thank you. Regarding agenda item C11, in close session,
010the board took action to deny a government plan received on March 26, 2025 and directed to the interim superintendent or designate to send out the appropriate notices. The vote was as follows. The vote was unanimous uh to the for this action. That concludes the report out. Thank you. That was D1. We're moving to E now. E um is the next scheduled board meetings. There is a meeting on May 13th at Alvarado Adult School. I believe the start time is 3:30, but we will confirm that when the agenda publishes and then there was a regularly scheduled board meeting, 2025 at Langu Dean Middle School. And now moving to F adjournment. We are adjourned at 9:33. Thank you board members for a good meeting and everybody have a good night. Thank you. Did you say we're going
011to Alberta at the next meeting? Next week 13