001I'd like to call this meeting to order. Would you please we'll do the pledge of allegiance first? Uh Camila County, will you lead us, please? >> 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. >> Thank you. >> Okay. The board has been meeting in close session there. Okay. Item 2.1, conference with legal counsel. We have a report out. Christie's off, I guess. In close session, the board unanimously approved the settlement offer in regards to the office of administration hearing case number 2020 61 0452. Okay. Um, thank you. Okay. 2.2. um conference with labor uh no action and 2.3 personnel no action. Okay. All right. The board welcomes public participation and encourages respectful and civil discourse.
002The board does not condone profanity, vulgar language, or personal attacks, but individuals retain the right to express their views. Disruptive behavior and threats toward any meeting participants or district employees or are not permitted. The public may not disrupt the board while it's conducting its business or disrupt speakers while they are presenting. This includes clapping, finger snapping, shouting out, or other interruptions. To protect student privacy and well-being, speakers are reminded not to disclose personally identifiable and identifiable information about students during public comment, particularly if doing so would cause them harm, unfair attention or violate privacy protections. Members of the public will have the opportunity to speak on agenda items when those items are brought forward for consideration. After the board has completed its agenda, there will also be an opportunity for public comment on items not
003on the agenda. While the board may not deliberate or take action on these non-aggenda items, it may refer concerns to staff for followup. Public comment request forms are are available at the entrance of the meeting room and must be submitted to the superintendent's executive assistant prior to the start of the meeting. Each speaker is allotted three minutes and total public comment on any one item is limited to 20 minutes. In exceptional circumstances and with board consent, the board president may adjust time limits to ensure equitable public participation and to allow for a range of perspectives to be heard. All right. 4.1 school spotlight on excellence. >> Hello board. Um, we have begun. Let's try that again. I'll give Mike a minute. Okay, better. Okay. Hello everyone. Um, it is our pleasure to um introduce a
004new initiative that we have been working on um with the support of board member Dystra and Nitsos related to academic achievement and celebrating academic excellence across our district. Um we have a protocol we're going to be releasing next year that involves people nominating people. But to get us started, we're going to bring up to um for your listening pleasure and hopefully amazement. It was my amazement. Um four of our students um two from Lincoln High School, two from 12 Bridges High School who were each recognized publicly from various community organizations for excellence in public speaking based on prepared comments around speech content. So we have four students that are going to be speaking. At the conclusion of each um we are going to be presenting them with a certificate um as well as a pin
005that they can wear on their graduation stole that recognizes their academic achievement and academic excellence. So with that I'm going to invite up our first speaker um which is Michaela from Torides sorry from Lincoln High School. Come on down. Um, yes. I think you can go short. That's better. >> Okay. Okay. Great. >> Yeah. As soon as you're ready. Thank you. >> There is a youth mental health crisis in America. For more than a decade, national public health data has shown rising levels of persistent sadness and hopelessness among teenagers. Nearly in 2021, nearly three in five teenage girls said they felt persistently sad or hopeless, the highest levels ever recorded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Suicide is also now one of the leading causes of death for young people in America, according
006to both the CDC and the National Institute of Mental Health. This is the emotional atmosphere of our childhood. One of the first barriers we face is access. In America, mental health care is not just about asking for help. It is about whether help is reachable in time or affordable at all. A single therapy session in the United States often costs between $100 and $250 even before considering insurance limits. At the same time, federal health federal health workforce data shows a severe national shortage of child and adolescence mental health providers, leaving many young people waiting weeks or even months for care. For some of us, for me, the path to help was never gentle. I have sat in emergency rooms again and again and again, long before I was old enough to drive myself there. I
007have moved through residential treatments, psychiatric units, and outpatient programs. All before I even reached the age to get a learner's permit. Before learning how to drive, before voting, before adulthood, I was already learning how to survive my own mind. And I am not alone in that. National mental health research summarized by the substance abuse and mental health services min administration showed that many young people cycle the repeated emergency visits or hospitalizations not because they want to, but because the system often responds to crisis with containment instead of healing. Studies of youth psychiatric hospitalizations have found high readmission rates within months of discharge, which means yet many young people leave only to return again. Because when treatment feels like locked doors, paper wristbands, and waiting for someone to decide whether you are safe enough to leave,
008it starts to feel less like care and more like being put somewhere until the problem is quiet. We do not just need places that keep us alive for the night. We need systems that help us want to live in the morning. Because real mental health care should not begin at the moment of crisis. And it should never feel like the only way to get help is to become a crisis first. Then there's stigma. National mental health research shows that more than half of young people with a mental health condition never receive treatment at all. Not because help doesn't exist, but because fear, shame, and dismissal keeps us silent. With that being said, adults sometimes ask why we are so anxious. So, here's one truth that's hard to hear. Firearms are now the leading cause of
009death for children and teenagers in the United States, surpassing accidents and diseases, according to recent CDC data. And compared with other developed nations, the United States experiences far more school shootings, several times higher than any comparable country in international safety analyses. In many countries, students never have to practice lockdown drills at all. Many adults in this room have likely never had to learn or rehearse where to hide and how to stay quiet in case someone comes to hurt them at school. But we do again and again and again. And when we walk into classrooms, part of our mind is not thinking about learning. It is asking questions no child should ever have to ask. If something happens, will I have time to be scared or will it happen too fast to understand? Will my mom
010be waiting for a call that never comes? Will someone have to explain to her why her child isn't coming home? What were the last words I said to her this morning? Were they kind enough? If my seat is empty tomorrow, would anyone care? Would my backpack still be sitting there full of homework I never got to finish like proof that I was planning to have a future? And maybe the most terrifying question of all. How did going to school, something every adult in this room once did safely, become something we have to survive? Because many adults in this room went to school and worried about tests, friends, or what they were wearing that day. We rehearse where to hide and how to stay quiet. That is not normal stress for a child. But here's a
011truth that's even harder to sit with. Across multiple US states, the legal age of consent is 16. In some states, legal exceptions allow ages as low as 14. I am 16 years old. 16. old enough to stand here, but not old enough to vote or old enough to fully live on my own. And yet, depending on where I stand in this country, the law can say I am capable of consenting to a grown adult. Look at me and look at that number. Because when you see me, you do not see an adult. You see someone still growing, still learning who I am, still needing protection from a world that I did not create. And yet in parts of this country, the law can look at a child like me and call that old enough. Old
012enough to carry the consequences my developing brain cannot understand. Old enough to be placed in situations no child should ever have to navigate. Old enough while still too young to vote, to drink, to rent an apartment, to live independently, or to be trusted with the very freedoms adults say define maternity. Because safety is supposed to be the simplest promise adults can make to children. But it's not. So I have one question for you. If you were us, would you feel safe? Because again and again, decisions about our schools, our safety, and our futures are being made without us in the room. Youth mental health is not a trend. It is a generation growing up with more fear, more pressure and less certainty than children should ever carry. And I am standing here not as a
013statist statistic but as one of those children because the truth is we are tired. Tired of pretending we're okay. Uh tired of pretending we're okay so we're not forced into concentration or and containment for months. Tired of waiting for help that comes too late or not at all. Tired of learning how to survive before we even have the chance to live. Some of us are try just trying our best to make it through the day. To sit in a classroom and focus to go home and feel safe in our own minds to believe that tomorrow will be better than today. And we have tried to explain this quietly, indirectly, loudly, and too often it still feels like we are not being fully heard. We need help. Not someday, not after another statistic, not after another
014crisis. Now, we need adults who will step in before it gets worse. Who will take it this seriously even when it's uncomfortable. who will listen not just when it's urgent, but while there is still time to prevent that urgency. Because right now for too many of us, it feels like we are carrying more than we know how to hold and we are still expected to keep going as if nothing is wrong. So this is not just a speech. This is us asking you directly. Please don't wait until we are in crisis to believe us. Please don't wait until something irreversible happens to act. Please help us feel safe because we are still here, still showing up, still trying every single day to build lives we do not always feel prepared to carry. And when we
015leave this room, nothing about that struggle changes. It doesn't wait. It doesn't even get easier because this speech is over. It starts. It stays with us. So when you walk out of here today, you have a choice. You can let this be something you heard or something you answered. Because for us, this is not just a conversation. This is each and every one of our lives. and whether anything changes depends on what you choose to do next. Thank you. >> Please uh welcome Chris Puit who will also be presenting a speech around the same topic. Chris, >> good evening. Thank you for having me. Before a student falls behind, shuts down, lashes out, or asks for help, something usually gets there first. Habits. Some habits help us, some hurt us. And the most dangerous habits
016usually aren't the obvious ones. They're the quiet ones. The ones you promise yourself you'll stop tomorrow. The ones you justify, the ones you hide. For teens, those habits don't just affect productivity. They affect mental health. They shape anxiety, self-rust, confidence, and identity. And when they repeat day after day, they stop feeling temporary. and start feeling permanent. I know that feeling personally, but I've also researched it. My research looks at why our mental health systems often struggle to support teens effectively and what small, well-timed interventions can do before problems get worse. What I found was this. Youth mental health is declining not because teens are weak but because too much of our support was built for adults, adult schedules, adult brains, adult assumptions. That gap creates three major barriers: stigma, access, and design. The first is
017stigma. For teens, admitting that you're struggling feels risky. Status matters. Reputation matters. Looking put together matters. So instead of asking for help, many teens hide. And when hiding becomes routine, anxiety grows quietly. Shame becomes normal. Silence becomes the habit. The answer isn't telling students to speak up. It's making it safe, too. Mental health improves when check-ins become normal. When asking, "How are you feeling?" It's as natural as asking about homework or weekend plans. Adults set the tone here. A teacher who says, "This week was hard for me, too." A coach who admits, "I didn't always handle stress while at your age." A parent being honest about struggle, not just success. When adults model vulnerability instead of perfection, teens learn that struggling isn't weakness, it's human. The second barrier is access. Even when teens want help,
018access is often delayed. Appointments take weeks. Counselors are overloaded. costs and privacy get in the way. And for a teen alone and overwhelmed at night, delayed help can feel like no help at all. That's why low barrier support matters. Support that's short, private, and available the moment it's needed. That led me to a question I couldn't stop asking. What would support look like if it met teens in the moment they actually needed it? Well, that question led me to build an app called Habit, which stands for helping adolescents break irresistible tendencies. It isn't therapy, and it isn't meant to replace professionals. It's a bridge. Habit is built on one simple idea backed by behavioral research. Know what you'll do before the moment hits. If this happens, then I do this. The app helps teens create
019those plans, keep them private, and use them when they need them most. For example, if I feel the urge to procrastinate, then I work for 5 minutes. If I feel overwhelmed at night, then I put my phone down and breathe. If I start talking down to myself, then I remind myself I'm only human. These aren't just empty attempts at motivation. They're tools built for the exact moment when emotion beats advice because in a hard moment, it almost always does. The third barrier is design. Most mental health programs are structured like adult meetings. Long talks, big goals, delayed results. Teen brains don't work that way. Habits run on triggers. Change happens through small interruptions. Confidence grows through progress, not lectures. I learned that personally. I didn't start by trying to fix everything. I started with one
020rule. Every morning I make my bed. It sounds like nothing. But the next morning I made my bed again. And the morning after that and something shifted. I had made a promise to myself and I kept it. That's how mental discipline is built. Not through willpower alone, but through selfrust. That's the design philosophy behind habit. Small repeatable actions that rebuild confidence one step at a time. So what actually helps is simple. Three tools work. First, one if then plan. One sentence, one minute practiced consistently. Second, shrink the goal. 5 minutes beats zero. Momentum matters more than intensity. Third, safe accountability. One person, one check-in. No pressure, only presence. These steps seem small, but stacked together, they don't just build discipline, they build confidence. And that's where this room matters. You help decide whether mental health
021feels awkward or normal, whether support feels distant or reachable, whether students are expected to hide their struggles until those struggles become crisis. No app is a cure. Habit won't replace families, professionals, or schools. But when small tools are paired with human connection and systems that actually meet students where they are, the impact is real. Habits are loops. And for teens, those loops shape mental health long before anyone notices an issue. long before a diagnosis, long before a headline. That's why the work we do early matters most. Two words can interrupt a loop. If then if you remember one thing, let it be this. The moment that changes a life usually doesn't look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like a student who had a plan before things fell apart. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you, Chris.
022Um, please join me in welcoming up to the um to Podia Poshika from Troll Bridges High School. She'll be presenting her speech. We live in a world that constantly talks about unity and practices it less and less. And I think I know why. A month ago, my school made national headlines. Not for winning a championship, not for a medical emergency, but because of a 10second video. At a pseudopolitical meeting, our mayor was asked whether a conservative commentator believed MLK was a Marxist. She clarified that while this was not her personal belief, that yes, this conservative commentator had believed MLK was a Marxist. Someone recorded it, someone clipped it, and someone posted it online. And within days, a nuance statement became a national controversy featured on the New York Times. Within days, students were receiving death
023threats and police reports had to be filed. Not because people knew the truth, but because the fastest version of the story always becomes the one people trust. We don't evaluate information to find truth. We evaluate it to protect identity. Psychologists call this motivated reasoning and the algorithm knows it. MIT researchers found that false political news spreads six times faster than factual information. Because outreach is easier to click than complexity. The system doesn't just reflect our division. It manufactures it. You cannot unite a community built on distorted information. Unity requires truth as its foundation. And that's why I believe in the four questions Rotarians have used for decades to navigate conflict. First, is it the truth? Second, is it fair? Third, will it build goodwill? And lastly, will it be beneficial? Four questions that if applied
024before we post, share or react on social media would fundamentally change the culture of our schools in our city. You in this room can shape that culture. Students are watching how adults model disagreement and right now the modest the loudest models are our screens. Unity isn't pretending that division doesn't exist. It is choosing to reach across it anyway. And that is how we can all truly unite for good. Thank you. I love the variety. Thank you so much for sharing. Please join me in welcoming Ava. She's also a student at 12 Bridges High School who'll be sharing her speech. Good evening board members. I'm really excited to be here tonight. My preparation for today revolved mostly around a TED talk I viewed recently. It preached that if you just take a few deep breaths, stand
025in a Superman position, and sleep like a baby the night before, you will become a powerful public speaker. And I'm off to a great start with those instructions. I mean, I took my deep breaths before getting up here. Now I'm standing in my Superman position and I slept right on par with that video last night. I mean, I woke up every few hours nervous in the dark and wanting my mom. So, I guess that counts as sleeping like a baby, right? But on a more serious note, while following instructions like those might seem harmless and fun, they serve as as a reminder of how naturally and easily we all follow instructions. Even if we don't understand the full gravity or reasoning behind said instructions. Now, it's not a fault of any of ours that we
026feel this natural tendency to submit to authority and want to follow instruction. It's simply a repercussion of being a human being. We are told from elementary age to go with the flow and to not rock the boat, so to speak. But today, let us all learn the difference between purposeful unity and blind obedience. Don't get me wrong, collaboration and instruction matters. No true progress has ever been brought about without the help of society working together to achieve a common outcome. But today I want to talk about a different kind of unity. Not the kind where everyone nods together, but rather the kind where people think for themselves and still choose to stand with one another. Blindly following instruction is easy and it comes naturally to us. Because should something go wrong, we allow ourselves to
027fall back on that notion of I was just doing as I was told. But you see, that notion is faulty. It's like assembling furniture. You're 3 hours into the grueling process. Metal scattered all over your living room. Your screwdriver is missing. Your patience is dwindling. But you just keep forging ahead because the instructions tell you to do so. But unlike IKEA furniture, you can't just shove purpose into place at the end of unification and hope it will fit. History shows us that that notion of blind instruction is faulty. for the most meaningful changes have been brought about through disagreeing with what was being taught and through disagreeing with instruction. History shows us that we must move away from this model of blind unity and towards a model of purposeful unity. To be purposefully united takes
028courage. It takes awareness, responsibility, and confidence to disagree with the masses and object to complacency. Had it not been for people like Emiline Pankhurst who disagreed with the instruction of muting women's voices, women in the UK would not have a place in civic life. Had it not been for MLK's protesting, civil rights would have not been considered human rights. Had it not been for Gandhi salt march, India would still be under the imperial constraints of Great Britain. And the list just keeps going on from there. These examples serve as a small sample of civil disagreement. You see, without the challenging of authority, no positive outcomes can be brought about. Having the bravery to stand together and unite under the common goal of rejecting the status quo is power. Now, what should this rejecting the status
029quo mean to us? Well, it means asking the question that no one else is willing to. It means fighting for what you believe in even in the face of adversity. And it means being unapologetically opinionated. Now, I have no problem being opinionated because, well, I'm a teenage girl in 2026. But seriously, all jokes aside, my generation, me being no exception, are often told who we are, what to think, we what we should believe in, how we should act, and who we should follow. We are expected to wait patiently and comply quietly. But I believe our responsibilities far outreach that. I think our responsibilities lie in uniting not because we're told to but because we believe in the power of the purpose that we are building. Our responsibility lies in following leaders who invite questions not
030demand silence. And it lies most ardently in being the kind of people who are aligned by values not controlled by fear or convenience. Learning and being encouraged to questions the thing things we are taught makes us more human. It brings us to greater levels of consciousness and it brings us all closer together. What makes this world so beautiful is uniting underneath the similarity of being different and choosing to stand against instruction. Uniting with the common purpose of inspiring change is a powerful thing and it can be done by us all. In the most critical of times, we must use our voices even if they shake, especially if they shake a little. And that is what it means to unite for good. Thank you. These are four of dozens of students that have come up with
031their own ideas and their own thoughts and own reactions to their own lived experiences have put those into words and have very bravely shared those words in front of adults and children um because it's what they believe in and what they need this is what they need us to be hearing um as the adults are supporting them in our schools. So, I just want to say a tremendous amount of gratitude to the four of you for being brave and for saying your peace and helping us understand the the life that you're living um through your eyes and your perspective. So, thank you. I'm going to invite all four of them to come up. I think the way we're going to do this is just come up to the middle. We'll do certificates, pins, and pictures.
032Yeah. Okay. Um so, can the four of you come and just be careful the cords? Okay. Right through here. >> Yeah. Yeah. I think so. Can you go that way? Sure. Be careful. All right. Yeah. Perfect. Awesome. And board, do you want to gather around two? And I'll just read the certificate while we're getting organized. Okay. So, I have a certificate for all four of these students. And again, these are for our acade our certificate of academic excellence. And it recognizes each student in recognition of your commitment to excellence and the positive impact you make across Western Plaster Unified School District. Your dedication to academic achievement affects our district's shared commitment to meaningful learning and lasting success. Through your efforts, you serve as an example for others while helping to strengthen and uplift our school
033community. And these are signed by both our school board president, Miss Insos, as well as Miss Callahan, our superintendent. So, one of these for each of you, as well as a pin. And then of of these four, the only one who's a senior is Ava. So, congratulations on almost graduating. You're so close. We hope you'll wear this at graduation. The other three of you, we hope you'll hold this and hang on to it to wear um at graduation as a recognition of your achievements as a student in Western Pler. Congratulations. Thank you so much. Where's your picture? >> And for the parents that might be out there, the the meeting is recorded. So, at some point, the meeting will be online in case you want to have this as a memory for your child and
034all the So, thank you. All right. All right. Pause here. All right. One, two, three. Three. Three. Good. Wonderful. Thank you so much. Thank you. >> Thank you to the students. Had a little bit of tears up here. A little laughter. That was incredible. Thank you. Anybody else want to say anything? >> I mean, I don't Can we just call it like good night? >> That's a rat. I don't have anything great to say after that. It's not going to get on. Definitely not that elegant. >> And thanks for the reminder, by the way, of the lived experience. This is a difficult job to do with a lot of information, but it's so much better and enriched when you really understand the lived experience of those that you represent. So, thank you for for that
035reminder. I appreciate that. >> And also the reminder that May's mental health month. >> Yes. Very. >> All right. All righty. Okay, we if it's okay, we're going to shift to 9.1 to have let me get there get this to the title here. Um, friends of the sect friends of the sack arts recognition presentation. >> Y all right. Is that okay with you? >> Wonderful. >> No worries. I got it. Okay, perfect. Thank you. Hello again. Uh, it's been a minute. Um it is my pleasure to welcome up um Lisa Wilkins who's the assistant executive director of the Friends of the Sacramento Arts as well as two of our esteemed colleagues um and staff members here in Western Cluster. One is a teacher that's Miss Debbie Taft and then um our wonderful volunteer Mr. Lee
036Basham who volunteers in our theaters on a regular basis and he's right here. Um Lisa is going to be presenting. We've already presented actually both um Debbie and Lee with some recognition at an event um earlier this spring, but Lisa wanted to present something special in front of the board in recognition of the contributions of both Debbie and Lee to our visual performing arts programs here in Western Plaster. >> Thank you. Of course. >> Good evening and thank you for your times this evening. Um, for those of you that might not be familiar with Friends of Sacramento Arts, we are a small nonprofit whose goal is arts every day for every student in every school. I won't get into the myriad ways arts improve the lives of students, but that's what we're all about is
037helping people educate, advocate, and invest in arts. Um, three quick ways that we do that is we we work tirelessly to expand partnerships with parents and arts organizations to secure permanent funding for arts education. And to help student groups, parent groups, educators learn how to use Prop 28 funds effectively. We connect local or arts organizations with school leaders to try to create meaningful partnerships that enrich the education system. And then finally, we love celebrating arts educators. Every March, we honor the incredible work of arts educators during arts education month, giving them the recognition they deserve at our Heroes of Arts Education Gala. And as was mentioned, we've already honored Lee and Debbie there, but we wanted to take a moment tonight to present them with an honorarium check that they can use as they please
038to thank them for their efforts. real quickly if I could ask Lee to come up. >> I will take the rest of the evening to go into detail about all that Lee and Debbie have done and accomplished and achieved, but just really briefly, um Lee has been a volunteer at Lincoln High and 12 Bridges High School. And by the way, we've been doing the Heres of Arts Education Gala for four years. and Lee is our first volunteer that we've honored because he's been such a high impact person in those schools. He has a background in stage and theater design, construction, rehabilitation, storage management, equipment and props, lots of supporting activities, including financial and inind donations. Um, this is from his nomination form. Without hesitation, Mr. Basham has graciously given the last 15 years of his
039time and expertise to Lincoln students, ensuring that they have a safe and functional theater. His love for the theater has provided the best opportunity for Lincoln students to learn and excel in performing arts. So on behalf of Friends of Sacramento Arts, I'd like to present you with this honorarium check. And now and by the way, I learned just a few minutes ago that's Miss Toss's birthday, too. So, thank you for spending part of your birthday with us. Um, Debbie is a CTE teacher at 12 Bridges High School and she began her education career at Plaster High School where she oversaw a full studio remodel, built a student-driven weekly broadcast program that served the community and the school. She then joined Lincoln High School as a media arts and journalism teacher where she built a comprehensive
040digital photography feeder course to support journalism and broadcast TV. Most recently, through her leadership in student television network, her broadcast students at 12 Bridges have competed nationally for the past three years, earning multiple awards. From her nomination form, Debbie is an exceptional educator who consistently goes above and beyond to support her students. Her impact extends far beyond the classroom. She builds programs that create lasting opportunities for students to discover their voice, develop marketable skills, and pursue future pathways in media, journalism, and the arts. So, with that, this is your honorary check. And again, we thank you so much for being an What I'd like to do is have Lee and Debbie and Lisa come up and join the board for a photograph as well, if that's okay. It's the end of the year. The amazing
041things are happening. we celebrate all the success of our of our people. So, yep. Come on up. Just be careful. And I want to acknowledge that um although there are um these are two exceptional arts teachers, we have so so so many arts teachers that are so deserving of this recognition, not to mention all the other educators in our system um who just make it happen for kids every day. So, thank you to both of them and all of our teachers and support staff that make it happen for students on a daily basis. Ready? One, two, three. Wonderful. Thank you. Find my way back. Yep. Got to read. Take number two. There it is. All right. Consent agenda. All items on the consent agenda will be approved with one motion which is not debatable and
042requires a unanimous unanimous vote for passage. If any member of the board, superintendent, or the public so request, items may be removed from this section and placed in the regular order of business following the approval of the consent agenda. >> All right. Do I have a motion? >> I'll move to approve. >> Second. >> Okay. Got it first. You got that, Maria? >> All right. Um, roll call. >> Member. >> Yes. Member Price. >> Yes. >> Member Dra. >> Yes. >> And um, member Topic. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> All right. Go to the Sorry. I know. I know. But for some reason it's not wrong malfunction. >> Yeah, it's just not Yeah, I know where we are. It's >> I just got to scroll by myself. It's not jumping left. It doesn't automatically
043shift it on the right either. The whole thing used to I don't know what's going happening to you. Okay. consent agenda. All right, bear with me. All right, board staff reports. Uh, Cammy, you're on. It seems like I'm the only one today. Um, well, the school year is coming to a close and we have things like sports ending with tennis and track, swim and golf all having their finals and championships and all kinds of just activities to finish off the sporting season. All our zebras are fighting out fought out there really hard and they did a great job this season. For school events, we have our culture day which is coming up on May 21st. We will we will have various booths um across campus that will celebrate different cultures from various parts of the
044world which is very exciting. Um we have senior assassin still going with I believe four players. Yeah. >> Yeah. Still still going. We have silver grad night on June 4th for our seniors. They're very excited about that. We have elections coming up for various school board posi or school positions, you know, our presidents and secretaries and things like that. We also have positions for ASB, you know, as your president ASB board represent me still, but um and we also open with Chicago. I have not had the pleasure of seeing it yet, but I will be going on Thursday. And I encourage every single person here cuz I have heard rave reviews. Ra not rave reviews. And I am completely sure that it's going to be amazing. I'm so so excited and I just encourage every
045single person here. We have shows Thursday, Friday, and two on Saturday. So I just encourage everybody to go out and see it. It's amazing. I've heard. Thank you. Thanks, Cammy. What happens to the senior assassin people at the LA the last day of school? >> Um, they still keep going. There have been times where they've uh students have went well into summer. And I mean, I don't know if they're really allowed to split the prize unless they want to, but I don't think if they've been going on for this long, I don't think they'd want to compromise. Um, yeah, but they can go into maybe the next school year if it comes down to that. >> My daughter thought she was cool cuz we have a fence around a gate around our yard fencing, but
046they caught her in the city at a pool hall. Nobody Nobody is ever safe. I actually saw a Tik Tok recently of a per of of a person they're performing on stage and they got shot down on stage. Nobody is safe anywhere. I've been told people camp out around other people's houses for days. >> It does not matter. >> Well, keep if you can. Thank you. Okay. >> Uh board of trustees. Uh George. >> Yeah. Oh, school winding down. Uh I visited several schools. Last Tuesday I was at Creekide Oaks for their open house and then over to 12 Bridges Middle for their welcomed parents and their open house. And next uh uh I had a really beautiful spring afternoon. Had a chance to see the 12 Bridges baseball team for a few innings and
047that was that was tremendous. And again, since this is openhouse season, I visited Lehman open house and then the 12 Bridges Elementary, very colorful open house. And finally, in line with what you were saying, my wife and I went to uh went to Chicago. There's a hundred kids involved. We did it's just um you couldn't do Well, you you just heard it, but I I was there. Kids were screaming when their friends came on. was just so exciting and it the actors were tremendous. There were you would think in a high school production there would be some sort of a mistake. Nobody made a mistake. The actors were right on and the music was great. The band was great. It you'll really be sad if you don't go because it was tremendous. Chicago. >> Thank
048you, George. Jason. >> Um I'm trying to do the microphone mute piece because you you're right next to each other. One needs to >> mute. You're not you obviously >> I can return your turn, but >> Okay. Do you want me to move further away? >> Here. I'll move the mic. >> Technology is great. Um, so we're winding down Shark Tank for the year. The teams have been phenomenal. Project's phenomenal. uh the math around valuation is confusing uh but exciting and uh a lot has been I think learned and shared as we've gone through it. It's a phenomenal experience for students and it's a thrill to be a part of it. We had um six sharks now that have gone through the tank and all are excited to return. So I want to take my
049hat off to Mr. Crist. He's done a phenomenal job. And um I thought I'd something else too, but maybe Yeah, that's good for me. >> All right, >> can you hear me? >> My mic's a little >> Sorry, I'm a little sick uh tonight. So, um I um attended uh the dance extravaganza called Shake It Up in Del Webb. Um they had several different types of dances and our own uh Lincoln High School dance team dance um had a production. Um so that was really cool to see them teaming up with the seniors in our community. Um, and they donated some proceeds from the from their party. Um, I've never um never went to one of those, so it was quite interesting. Um, and then I went to Leman Elementary, uh, kindergarten class, Mrs. Henning
050Camp's uh, Mother's Goose character camp. That was, uh, it was a little, uh, play that they, uh, sing and play that they had. Um they talked about being kind and respectful and courteous and it was just it was great to see um that lasted about 30 minutes and I think that's all that their attention span could take u because they were dancing on the sides later towards the end of the end of the play. Um then I went to Creekide Oaks and I'm going to say this wrong. I went to Feliz Dell Neo Hills uh celebrate of the children. Is that it? Okay, good. >> Um and that was uh I didn't make it for the performance for the the teachers and staff, but I went around and they had several different little areas that
051the kids could uh uh make masks. They could do um jewelry. They had like little fishing behind the um tarp. Um, and uh, they all spoke to them in Spanish and it was the Lincoln High School Spanish club that was there. Uh, and I just thought it was a great uh, great um, reach reaching out from the high school to the to the elementary school. Um, I volunteered for the Lincoln Blindfest. Um, that was that was nice. I got to see a lot of people downtown. Um, I entered I uh attended the LHS scholarship night and that was really nice. Uh, my husband uh was able to present some awards for uh the uh Thermaline Sportsman's Club that he's a member of and I think they gave like $190,000 out. >> 1985. >> Thank you.
0521985. Thank you. So that was a great great event that I love going to those every uh every year. Um had a leadership call with James. Um I attended the club America meeting on um last Tuesday. Um and uh they actually had um conversation on the Second Amendment. And I'll tell you what, those kids had some great conversation. Great conversation. and they were very respectful. Um, then I had my one-on-one with Carrie and then I attended the open house chili cook off at the Lincoln High School bar. >> Can you hear me? >> Nope. >> Can you hear me now? Okay. >> I don't know what number. I'm three. >> Okay. Um, I had my one-on-one with Carrie. I attended the club of meeting America meeting with Christie and I'd like to reiterate it was
053a fantastic discussion and to hear opposing viewpoints discussed in a wonderful manner was I was overwhelmed with emotion like she was when I left there. I was quite pleased with everybody's behavior and demeanor. They were great. All the students were wonderful. Um, I attended 12 Bridges High School senior scholarship night and I want to say, I know she's not here, but if she ever watched our board, Kathleen Cummings, you are amazing. We went from, I think, a little over $30,000 in scholarships last year to this year, $100,000 worth. And the young lady who is here speaking, Ava, she cleaned house. Um, probably 50 grand worth. It was amazing. Um I actually got to present my award too to um Miss Marley Perez who also cleaned house. So quite a few uh really smart students over
054there. I was impressed. Um I sent some smoothies to some of the teachers in the district using the adult transition program. So hope they all receive them. I hear they're going out during the week. Um delivered bunk cakes uh to the staff at 12 high school when I was there for the club America meeting. visited the LHS LHS farm for their open house and I loved all the chili and there was a young lady who did a chili recipe and I am determined to find who she is because it was wonderful and it was healthy and I want it. It was my favorite. And I had a really lovely conversation with Mayor Pearl and Council Member Ecklan this weekend about >> how our position is with taxes with the county, the cities is. And I
055So, of course, I'm like, well, if we get our position changed, do we get more money for schools? And they're like, we can have that conversation. So, I'm working here trying to get some more money for some growth. And then I registered for three more classes this summer because I'm crazy and that's all I have. All right. >> I'm sorry. I am so tangled over here. Just give me a minute. >> You see this? >> You want mine? >> Okay, I'm good. >> Yarn. Okay. So, um, I participated in the wine fest and a couple students in this room visited, not for wine, but for a piece of history that they bought from my store. So, you know who you are, or we're going to look at you. Um, then I went to um Idaho
056for over a week to celebrate uh my daughter who's 30 and has two kids and a full-time job. She is a food chemist and she um just graduated with her MBA. >> So that is huge deal. Super proud of her. She's a go-getter. Don't know where she gets that from. And then um I wanted to just do a shout out because this is really incredible. the um the track tournament this week for Lincoln High School. They all all the uppers all all the upper scores were theirs and they only go first through third. But I will say in JV, Lincoln High School took first place with a 93. That's that would just be the freshman. And then in Vars City, it was a three-way tie and two of the kids were from Lincoln High School.
057It was a three-way tie 96 out of 100. Um, and so we got we got Lincoln High School got first and third. Now, that is no small fee. So, congratulations. >> It's combined, April. 12 Bridges and Lincoln. >> Yeah, 12. Thank you. 12 Bridges and Lincoln, but they call it Lincoln High School in the in the scores. But yes, it is. is what do we call it? What do we just call it? >> Lincoln Sports Shooting TV. >> Okay. They just put Lincoln High School in here. So, thank you for that, Roman. Um, anyways, I just wanted to point that out because I thought that was really great. Um, and that's all I have. Carrie, >> we're good. You're good. >> You're good. >> Michelle is good. So, she's not speaking. All right. Uh, so,
058uh, I will not repeat what was said. >> Michelle, >> I'm sorry. >> Um, >> Oops, there we go. I um uh will add a couple of new things. One is I know if Charlie was here, she would uh have pointed out, I'm positive, that 12 Bridges High School stunt team won sections. >> Um, yes. And so that was very exciting. Um and we had a couple of really great meetings uh last week. One was a community stakeholder meeting just in uh connection with our work with uh facilities and and uh community outreach and education. And um and then on Friday, we had a parent council meeting where uh we had a uh member of the DA's office uh come and speak to our parent council about um just online activity for our youth and
059the impact and all the dangers associated with that. And so it was very it was very wellreceived although not a great topic to be wellreceived but our parents really appreciated it and we had some really thoughtful dialogue around how we get the information out more to the masses. And then also uh began having some conversations about how we as a district um can work towards trying to pull back technologies because we know that it is not good for our students to be spending sign significant time uh with technology. And so what is that going to look like for us moving forward? And the parents they were uh amazing in having um some really thoughtful dialogue and I look forward to what will come of that as we move forward. And then um just want to
060acknowledge the the students who spoke tonight um as a I'm the Rotary president and so the speech contest was based on our theme this year which is unite for good and so just was amazing to hear the speeches and I was actually in Lake Tahoe last weekend for the district conference and uh heard the finalists from the different areas in our district 5180 and um and I I don't know I think maybe people selected Rome because >> these speeches were just as good as the finalists at the district. And that's not anything against the the finalists, but it was just amazing to hear these speeches and kind of that contrast related to all the different ways in which students will go about uh doing a speech to the same exact prompt. Um so it it
061was absolutely amazing. the the student who did one um actually won for their second year in a row and they're a sophomore in high school and last year won as a freshman. So pretty uh pretty phenomenal. And that's it for me. >> All right. >> That's it. >> Okay. >> Can I interject one? >> Yeah, you bet. >> Forgot to mention Marjgery's daughter who was on the William Jess stunt team. They came in second in the nation at CVA. Second in the nation um that went to nationals. There's over 50 teams but that actually made it to national level were 17 in the competition. So >> congrats. I worked hard for that. >> Okay. 7.1. We are now at public hearing for the western request intend to adopt the levy increase mic. >> All right.
062Good evening everybody. Um at excuse me at >> mine means green means do I need to turn mine off if you can. >> Can you hear me now? There we go. >> It was green. Um so at its uh January 20 2026 um state uh meeting the state allocation board um approved their bianial um adjustment to the level one statutory uh developer fees for new residential construction as well as commercial industrial development. Um based on the latest RS means construction cost um index, there was just over a 4% increase um to the level one development fees, resulting in a new rate of $5.38 per square foot um for residential development and 87 cents per square foot for commercial um industrial development. So prior to uh in order for the district to qualify to collect the
063level one fees, district must complete um a school facility fee justification study which is attached and have it adopted by the board. Um but prior to per government code, prior to the adoption of the report, the board must first hold a public hearing to receive and consider any written or oral comments um regarding the adoption of the increased fee. So to date, we've received no written comments. So staff recommends the board open public hearing to receive any foral comments regarding the intent to adopt and levy the increase developer fee level one developer fee as well as this the report. Can you hear me? Okay. All right. So I will open the public hearing. Anybody who has any comments can come up to the microphone. All right, I will close the public hearing. >> Okay, so
064um later on in the agenda, we'll have the uh we'll have the resolution to actually adopt the increase fees. >> Okay. Thank you, Mike. >> All right. Public hearing number two. 7.2 is regarding the um western plaster intent to adopt the living increased. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Seven threes. Nope. >> Names mask off. Thank you. >> I'm sorry. I'm so thrown off by this not for me. >> It's ridiculous and I should be able to hack on. >> Okay. Naming of the mascot. >> Yes. number one. Yep. >> Yes. Okay, there we go. All right. So, similar to uh what Mike said, so this is the public hearing prior to an action item that will come later in the meeting uh after there is an opportunity for the public to uh respond.
065And so, just to give some information related to the um uh the item. So, uh this is in response to the fact that we are going to have a new TK8 in village 7 uh as early as the fall of 2029. But um but uh likely the fall of 2030, which is what's in um in alignment with the agreement that we have with the city of Lincoln and uh Lewis Group of Communities for the um development of this school. And so as obviously uh we build a new school, we have to name it and give it a mascot. And so over the last six months or so, we have uh done some out community outreach um on this. And so just um to give the board a reminder and for our our public that uh
066when we do um naming of facilities whether it's a um a new facility or perhaps renaming of existing facilities um that the names uh may reflect significant contributors or individuals. They can be broader regional, state or national impact folks. It could also uh reflect geographical locations and community input is encouraged as part of the process and the process uh that the board is using and there's a couple of of different ones. One could be that you actually establish a committee and have a committee go through a process. Um but given um that we we don't really have people in this community yet um to really have a lot of um feelings one way or the other about what their school name and and mascot should be. Uh we ultimately agreed that we would just do
067a global community outreach and um and then based on that input that you would take my recommendation um and the final decision rests with the board. So, I'm making the recommendation. You will have to make the decision decision whether it's to accept my recommendation or change it to whatever you all decide or listen to. If there's members of the public that have different ideas, it's ultimately it lies with you. And then um prior to the adoption of of a name that we must hold a public hearing and that's what we're doing right now. So, uh we um uh are ultimately recommending that our name include Liberty and that is in alignment with just geographical location and given the partnership with the city and with the Lewis group of communities. It was requested by the Lewis
068group that Liberty be a part of the the name because it's Liberty at Lincoln and they just felt that it would be um helpful and it goes in line with a lot of our schools in the district. Fosser Ranch is Foster Ranch, Lincoln Crossing, Lincoln Crossing so on. Um and um yeah, so that's and then in terms of community engagement, so we had multiple channels um that we did outreach. Emma um helped in getting all of the um information out there. So through Parent Square, district website, social media platforms, and we had um opportunities initially where it was just open name and mascot. So we just said, "Hey, we're going to name a new school. What do you think it should be?" and what do you think the mascot should be? And so we just
069took open-ended uh responses from the community. And then from that um we uh narrowed it down to some choices and then we put it out for another vote. So the total outreach was 56,000 impressions and um we had uh 49 uh different uh options from the submissions for um the names and 37 different options for um the mascot. And then for the actual survey when we went back out with kind of that top five for each, we had 1,500 people respond to the survey. So, pretty good responses given that there um isn't necessarily a ton of >> there. Yeah, exactly. Thank you. There's not a lot of people there right now. So, I think the last I I heard there were like 10 homes that have been sold, but whether or not they've moved in
070yet or not, no, I don't know. So, >> there are a couple people living there. I live >> So, there you go. Yeah, but they probably weren't there yet when this when this went out. So the top five options for names were Liberty Grove, Liberty Junction, Liberty Oaks, Liberty Point, and Liberty Ridge. And that is not in any particular order. Those were just the the five um options. And then the mascots were coyotes, lions, owls, patriots, and wolves. And um the top two choices based on the survey results were Liberty Point and Liberty Ridge with uh them both being 70% or higher of the respondents putting them in their top three. So what we had our uh respondents do was put rank the five in order of what their choice was. And so over 70%
071or more had um those two in their top three. And then for mascot, lions and coyotes uh with uh 68% or higher having uh either one of those in their in their top three. And then um just additional considerations that we um that we had uh given that this is a joint venture, we did um reach out to the city manager and to uh the uh point person for Lewis Group just saying, "Hey, these are the different names. What do you think?" And um and and then we also um considered just some other things like the uniqueness within the region. uh we looked at uh other names. So for example, Liberty Trail was was noted there. There's a Liberty Trail School in G. So kind of keeping in mind that we don't maybe want to
072have the exact same name as other schools that are that are close by. Um so our recommendation, so I'm going to go back here first because you'll you'll notice that Liberty Ridge um was the highest and then Lions was the highest. That is not our recommendation. Um our recommendation is Liberty Point Coyotes. The reason we um we picked point is because of the joint use aspect of um the school and it is intended to be a point of connection for the community. It it will serve as a joint use park and facility for um for residents outside of just the students that attend there. And so in in talking with uh with the city and with Lewis group, they they felt that point represented that um that picture. Ridge, there isn't one over there. It's
073flat. Um ridge is also a name that is used more frequently in names of schools. And so and point is not. Um, and so there was also cuz somebody asked like, "Well, is it going to be point with an E or no E?" And I didn't I only kind of looked at you, Mike. Sorry. And um and I and I did some research and um and it was indicated that point with an E was trying too hard and could be perceived as pretentious. And so I'm like that's not really Lincoln. So um point with no E is the recommendation. So if anybody was wondering as to why it was not point with an E as the recommendation. So, um, and then, uh, coyotes versus lions. Um, there was a lot of fruitful, uh, discussion around
074this. Um, and and part of the choice on coyotes actually, um, was reinforced, although I do think it was kind of funny based on the April Fools, some of the responses that we got from the community related to um, the lawn flamingos when we put out that that was going to be the name. um that people were were um those who actually thought it was true were concerned with why flamingos, which are not native to our area, would be selected as the mascot. And um and so that that was interesting from the standpoint of of those who felt like whatever we chose should be native to the area. There was then those who pointed out right because zebras and rhinos are so native to our area although zebras are now because there's one running around
075and I believe it is now owned by the city. Long story but um so uh and and we did we did see um in the ser survey just folks that that did feel like coyotes was their choice um had indicated that they liked that they were native to the area. Um and then uh we've we've also talked a little bit in internally um just as it relates to we know that this school is going to be opening um and it's and it's a bittersweet sweet situation. It's always great when you're able to open a new community of school and and just all the hubbub related to that. But it comes at the time that we're going to be closing First Street. And that is um that's excruciating for that community and the staff there. And
076given that First Street is the Roadrunners, there was also a subtle little tribute to Wy Coyote and the Road Runners and perhaps uh a little bit of a nod to First Street in that regard. So that is ultimately the reason for our recommendation. Um, and so that is essentially my presentation and now to hear from the members of the public or if there's any questions that you have and of course you'll have an opportunity to deliberate and discuss and all the things when the action item comes up a little bit later. >> All right. Can we pause for the assembly assemblyman who's here? >> We sure can. Yes. And then open the public hearing. >> Yeah. We want to be um definitely consider time assemblymen if you we'd like to jump to 9.2. 2 jump
077to 9.2 and take us. >> Hello again. Um it is my pleasure to uh welcome Assemblyman Patterson to our board meeting. He's going to be presenting a proclamation on behalf of the 50th anniversary of the Western Plaster Farm. And so um please join me in welcoming Assemblyman Patterson. >> Well, uh thanks so much for having me. I honestly had no idea I was walking into a schoolboard meeting. So, uh, but it's going to be surprised, uh, then not that. No, no, it's not not your guys's fault. My fault. I'm all over the place. But, uh, but, but actually, it's a great honor to be here and be in front of you and be in front of more members of the community to do this. Um, I've had the opportunity to obviously go to the farm
078and uh, you know, I think what's going on in this school district and what's going on over there is uh, it's unfortunately becoming more and more unique, you know, uh, which is good for you, but bad for other communities. You know, I'm sure we remember times where we had I grew up in Napa. We had some farms there and things like that. And it's such a huge part of the state and there's so many issues and the opportunities that are going to come up at this school. I just met with the ad council today about, you know, various legislation coming through uh that are going to impact farmers, you know, if it were to pass in perpetuity. So, uh so anyways, there's a lot going on and I'm really uh honored to be here today
079to recognize uh our fine folks with Lincoln Farm and present with the proclamation the FFA. By the way, my wife was in FFA uh growing up out in Nicholas. And I'd always ask her, "Where is where's East Nicholas?" You know, cuz that's the high school she went to. She say, "Where's East Nicholas?" And she'd say to me, she'd say to me, "Well, Lincoln was like the big town when I was growing up, you know, and that was what is about 10% of the size it is now, you know." Uh but anyway, so I'm happy to present this resolution to you. Sorry. I know there's been a lot of bouncing around, but looking forward to uh celebrating again whenever I can and come out whenever I can. So, who who would like to accept the proclamation
080for? >> Well, I would love for our a teachers here tonight. >> Yes. And and all of you to come up as well and then come around and we can do a picture, but I will officially accept it. >> Great. >> I I can't give comment until this section about, you know, I do like Liberty. That's good. It's good. We still have liberty in this country. So, all right. So, you accept that. Thank you so much. My understanding is maybe they want to be in various places. >> Thank you very much. Really appreciate it. >> You're going to have to take a photo. Yes. Great. Photo. Watch the Watch theord. >> Just tell me where I stand. I'm going to hand it back to you for a moment. >> There'll be this one as well
081as I think four total Okay, ready? One, two, three. Perfect. Thank you for doing that. >> All right. Appreciate everybody and uh any compliments to me, complaints to my staff. >> Unless you want me. >> All right. Take care. I think I'm done interrupting. >> All right, we're back at it. Okay, we're going to go back now to 7.2 and we're gonna Yep. Thank you. >> We're going to open the public hearing. So, when we open it, whoever wants to speak, come on up. >> All right. Well, come on up. I just want to say that I like the E. I like the E. >> I think it's dignified >> and professional. I like the E, too. >> I don't know. Do you like the E? >> Yeah. >> All right. Okay. >> Well said.
082>> I'm here for it. I'm here for it. >> Okay. Anybody else? >> Yeah, I think so, too. I think when Terry says like, "Oh, we're trying too hard. Why reduce ourselves? We're making right home." So, We add the show people that we try our hardest. >> There you go. >> All right. We will close the public hearing. >> All right. Moving on. Action items. Adoption of resolution Mike. >> Okay. Okay, now that we've had the preceding preceding um public hearing regarding the developer fees, u we have the resolution before you to um to and that has all the necessary findings that we need per uh per code. Um so we have that in front of you in the form of resolution number 2526.41 41 to adopt and levy the increased school fees uh the
083level one school fees and the 2026. >> All right. Do we have any questions for Mike? >> Well, how much money will this represent in a year for the >> So, this is the level one fee which is which is the the maximum the state says we can charge developers um under SB50 every September October area. we we're allowed to do as long as we qualify and it is a state formula a level two fee. So um this is nowhere close. If you look at the study itself given the cost of schools we are justified in charging $19 a square foot but the maximum that we're allowed to per per statutoily is the 538. So not nearly enough what we need to build schools unfortunately. I imagine 19 would bring building to a screeching halt.
084>> Yeah. Yes. Yes. I I I think reality would would definitely be a shock to the system. >> Okay. Any more questions? >> All right. Do I have a motion? >> I'll move to Jason. >> I'll second. >> All right. Any discussion? >> Okay. Roll call. Thank you. >> Thanks, Mike. November. >> Yes. Member. >> Yes. >> Freeman. >> Yes. And member. >> Yes. >> Somebody's echoing something. >> I think it's me. I'm muted. >> See me. >> Okay. >> Oh, this will be a fun one now. 8.2. >> Okay. I'm not back. >> Okay. I know. So, the naming of the >> Now we're going to have >> school mascot. >> Yes. Oh, okay. You're just going to leave us to it. >> I'm leaving you to it. You You heard my presentation. >>
085We're going to go for I know there's some discussion. So, >> I would like to make a motion that we put an E on the end of point. >> Thank you, Will, because I was thinking I was going to make that motion. >> I would like to support Mr. Maul in this. I like to think how often it'll be um misspelled and enjoy that from it with an e when I first >> I thought that's how you spelled it >> anybody go ahead >> I said I'd like to make a motion to put an e on the end like when you're >> I'm not calling for a motion yet we'll get all because there's going to be some talk I know I I'll I'll start. >> Good. >> I love the name and I love
086the mascot. Um, coyotes are really prevalent around here. I have them at my house and I'm sure they have them out there. Um, I love it and I wouldn't mind. >> Can I ask um specifically the lion? That one seemed to get community support. Why wasn't it your pick? So that also had some fruitful conversation about and I know that um that coyotes are also um predators, but lions specifically are predators of zebras and rhinos. And so there was >> and so there was there was concern about them >> being predatory. The other the other piece is similar to the to the names like in terms of kind of like what's common >> is lion. Like lion is a very common Yeah. It's a it's a common mascot though like for for schools. It's a
087pretty common mascot. >> But don't you think I'm getting Madagascar by you know the cartoon, >> right? Cuz it could zebra. I think there was a hippo. I don't know about a rhy lion. I mean, right now, >> I mean, it's fair to us. >> I don't think we want third graders running around saying, "I'm going to eat that zebra." That's >> I mean, I Right. I mean, I think we can they'll do whatever we I think we as adults can do a good job of of making the lion not so mean to >> all and it's been and again it was like some internal fruitful conversations but and and that said like I think lions is a great possibility too like I mean I could see why people would choose lions but but for
088the fact that it is it is used a lot by schools and that it is a concern about how well they would play in the sandbox with the rhinos and the keepers. >> Can I just interject that leopards eat zebras and rhinos too? And we have >> a leopard is or panthers do. Panthers are but panthers do. I just looked it up. They eat zebras and rhinos. >> Just kidding. >> Well, we weren't here for that. That doesn't >> I know. But but >> there is another thing. We have another middle school that's named the Titans. No animal. >> Yeah. >> Well, they're an exception. >> I would like to make a second exception. >> Go for it, George. Can I say just something about coyotes before we go into that? >> Yeah. >> Okay.
089>> So, I coyotes are not very light. As a matter of fact, when we can, we shoot them. be number one. I know I'm I'm I'm putting it out there. You need to know my what where I'm going with this, okay? I'm not going to say what coyotes do to baby cows because it's horrific and we have a bunch of baby cows across from us. So, it's and and coyotes are cowardice. So, I don't know that I'm loving coyotes. That's all I'm going to say. That's it. >> Okay. I do I prefer the lions number one because it was picked for you know it was number one and it does I feel I I get that whenever I hear lion you know lions and um >> tigers >> zebra zebras and rhinos. Oh my I
090get that I do get that Madagascar feel and I do feel like lions goats a little bit >> fighters I don't know this >> that's just an elementary but this is a middle school too. >> No but lemurs are cool. No, >> the lemurs are not cowarded. Lemurs are super cool. >> But if we're keeping up with the Madagascar theme, in the Madagascar movie, the lemurs are afraid of the fa and they run away. >> No, but they are. >> So they are cowards. >> No, no, they're not. They're pretty cool. The lemurs are actually funny. >> This is the fruitful thing you were saying. >> I'm sorry. We just got to keep it accurate to the movie. >> That's good. I will not say anything else about coyotes, but I just they're just cowardice
091and I don't I don't I Nope. No one. >> And they get killed on our highways a lot. >> So, not super bright. >> But lions, not like that. No, I mean, you're going to see dead coyotes all over the place. You're going to go, "Oh, that's you know, Liberty Point." So in the family because I will and I did put this in the in the board's update on Friday and it's not it wasn't part of the presentation for for here but it was just a a point of note is that the fourth highest number one and so there was the like people who had like number one was lion >> and it also was the number one percent of those who had it in their top three. Uh Coyote was number two, highest selected
092number one, right? But then and then it was um uh in in high in people's top three. Wolves was the fourth highest ranked number one, but it was had a high top three%. >> Okay. >> So not I'm just like I know. Sorry. Like Yes. Yes. Patriot was the third. >> Not that you said >> number one. >> Now that you said that, >> but it also had more people who had it as number five. >> We would like them. Liberty Point Patriots. >> It's the 250th anniversary of the country. >> I think he thinking calling Patriots is a wonderful idea. It represents us well. And we're very patriotic place. And I think it uh it would make me proud to be part of a school like that. And I I don't bother with you.
093And by the way, coyotes I think is not a good situation at all. They're they're not great animals. So I I would suggest this and maybe there's some support on >> you're missing the E on point. >> Easy. >> I like the picture, Jordan. >> So I would I would like to have us consider this. >> Okay. >> So I just have a question. If the children like their mascot, would it be holding the gut tube? >> Okay. Cuz we just had a speech about that's just the minute. >> It's a statue kind of. >> Well, I understand, but I'm just >> I think it'd be a cute cartoonish with the hat. I think Patriot. >> All right. So, I don't know really. Anyone else want to give their two cents? >> I Well, I
094do have a question because it deviates. This would deviate from the idea of it being animal based. >> You brought up the titans. I don't know what a titan is. What is that? >> Greek mythology, right? >> It was really like warriors. >> It's a Greek god that >> the fathers are the gods. >> Okay. Why? I'm just curious like why if every other is every other school an animal >> every other school is a male >> Michelle do you know this >> John I'm just going to throw this out there it's a little bit off of that but John Adams is the Patriots as well so that's already the >> Can I Can I throw this out? This is something I thought about because I was looking at Titans. I was looking at all
095the different names that could line up with that. What about >> Liberty Ridge? Is it Liberty Point? Liberty Point Lancers. What's a lancer that ride on the horses and the joust? >> How do I know? >> Well, I I wouldn't want to name our students after the jousters. >> That sounds a lot like jesters, which I feel like >> um I would recommend the board to try and consider something that the public had some interest in. I mean, at least >> to some extent. No, no. I'm I'm That's what I'm >> No. Patriots was third. It was number one or number six on >> the Minute Man. I'm having a hard time with >> Well, take away the man. >> Let Let me I How is it that the board could view a mascot in
096the same way it views uh like the portrait of a learner? Like do you see because so much of what we do consider and try and embody has to do with the principles of a portrait of a learner. I mean can can we attribute those to a coyote is provided it's not on the side of the road like that's what I'm wondering like and is that a thoughtful consideration as we debate. >> Is wy coyote a smart guy? >> Well he doesn't win a lot. I will give you that. >> No yeah that's part of the bit. Yeah. >> I mean, I I I get it's a nod, but it's not a very I mean, it's not like it's like saying Daffy Duck to Bugs Bunny, >> you know, or or Elmer Fud to me.
097Given that >> Fud's not a great >> No. Or Daffy. >> Yeah. Also true. Um like I think of a school and I think of knowledge and I think of an owl. Um >> but I like the concept of a pack animal as well. an animal that kind of migrates together and really defend. I It's really hard to close April on coyotes. I'm going to tell you right now, I'm in sales. It's not going well. This isn't going well. >> I love coyotes. >> I hate them. >> I don't like coyotes either. >> I like the Lions. I >> only Lions was the highest top three for our community. So, >> okay. The big point Lion Mufasa overlooking the point doing Disney here but that's what stop it like the lion comes like the kindergartion
098like there's >> and I would say that that aren't zebra he's pretty ripped like I don't know if he's really worried about >> Same with the rhino >> we can make the lion like chill we can make it more of a laidback not like a very Not not a TV lion. >> Do you not like Patriots? >> Um >> I don't Well, >> I first of all >> I don't understand breaking brand with the exception of Titans. It feels like the rest of the district has gone toward um >> we are breaking brand with a K through eight. >> We've had those before though, >> but not not Well, not not right now. >> No. Fair. But um yeah, I don't know. I I have a hard time getting my head around how that would
099I don't know. I think I'm just having a hard time understanding why it would be how it would fit into the rest of the district's sort of brand. I don't know how else to say it than that. It just seems like a mascot is something typically you can, you know, >> I just feel like we're all part of like an ecosystem. You know, we have our zebras going to the water. Well, I feel like times are a part of that. Maybe they, you know, come over. >> I would have had a hard time with, by the way, if they were pitching that to me. I'd be like, why? That's not an animal. >> If if like, you know, I mean, how do you root for being big? It's like, I'm larger. >> They're fighters is
100what it means. >> They're the gods of the gods. >> Didn't the Titans eat their kids? Remember? >> Yeah. The Titans. >> They ate their own kids. Zeus was eaten by the turn into a renaming. I guess we >> let's do another public hearing. >> Yeah. I mean I I just I just you know if we're bringing out the fact that like oh like you know we're saying how like lions eat zebras and I was just like well I just want to bring a tidbit. >> The titans eat their kids. >> Kelly do you have a preference? Do I have a preference? Um >> I to me personally it's between coyotes or lions just because um patriots I feel like it's good but again I just feel like I don't really want to deviate from
101the ecosystem. You know we've had we we have our we have our zebras and we have our rhinos and we have our you know lemurs and everything and we all exist and come to a watering hole or something in a jungle if we want to put it that way. And I just feel like Minute Mint kind of deviates or Patriots deviates from that. And even though Titans does too, we love our Titans, you know, we love our 12 Titans, but I just feel like to me it's more of an animal theme and definitely more of like a coyotes or lions situation. >> Yeah. >> So, I agree. >> I don't be I like the lions or coyotes. I would be okay with both of them. I'm a no on coyote. Let's start with the letter
102we know on then we can eliminate it down. >> And also a question. Are we allowed to open the hearing again? Cuz I feel like no. >> Sorry. >> They can give us 30 votes though. >> How about two links for yes, one link for no. Everybody >> discussion aspects related to where people are leaning. Um that'll help inform a motion. Can we vote on that first name? The Liberty Point for Liberty Ridge first. >> Yeah. >> Can we do that? So the the two that are out there for our consideration, Liberty Ridge, Liberty Point for Liberty Liberty Point. >> Yes. >> So just just for for the record, >> you're you're informally voting. So you just like take a poll or like let's start with the name first then go the and then then
103at some point when you have a sense of where the will of the board is then make somebody make a motion. >> I like Liberty Point. I'm for the E. >> Okay. For the E. There's one. What name do you like, George? >> Liberty Point. >> No E. Okay. >> Hold the E. >> Liberty Point. Add the E. >> Okay. I'm with the E. >> Okay. Okay. So, we got the point. We got point. I preferentially vote. Smiling. I used my I used it going. I didn't know. >> You thought that was tried to throw you under the bus just a touch. Maybe I wanted to be at the name. >> Patriot, lion, and coyote. >> So, let's just sort of Top two. >> Top two. I I like Patriot. >> George is Patriot, obviously.
104>> So, there's two for Patriot. What are you, Christy? Coyote. I know that. What are you, Jason? >> Well, let her talk. >> Well, she said she loves it. >> I know, but I love this. >> Are you okay with coyote or lion? >> Well, we're going to pick your favorite right now. Kind of will >> coyote. I mean, I'm kind of coyote, too. But you've really gotten my head for the whole hour. >> You need to come over to my property and see how that plays out. >> I have we have a couple in faucet and they do sort of just sort of stay and they're sc Well, uh, so anyway, you're just in my head now and I got a whole >> I could get in there more, but it would not be
105the very funny conversation about >> I wish you did the top like coyote and lion. >> Yes. >> Okay. Yeah, we'll do talk to do that. What's your second one you like, George? Other than Patriot. >> You have to pick one. >> Okay. How about you, Jason? >> Muskrat Muskrat. >> Um, >> I like the nod to First Street. I know it's not glaring, but I think it's subtle. So, I'm using my first one. >> And what about your second? >> Then I think it would be lying. How about you, April? >> Lions do with any other animal for an animal, but I cannot. >> So that leaves us nowhere near any type of agreement. >> Yeah. So we have three for patriot, we have two for coyote, but we have four for lime. >>
106We have three for patriot. If you add up first, >> she said Patriot. >> No, Patriot as a number two. >> Two. Number two. So we have three for So one for lion number one. >> Okay. >> Two for coyote number one and two for patriot number one. >> Okay. >> I'm fine with lion as well. >> Yeah. Wait, what about me? >> Yeah. >> My preference vote. >> Yes. You go ahead. >> Um I'll say coyote or lion. >> See, I already have that. >> Which one was number one or two? >> Which one do you like most? >> Oh gosh. I'll say >> coyotes just because as an ode to first street and then I'll say lions >> and you're not afraid as a zebra to have like a new >> I mean
107yeah what's it called Zeus he's ripped >> like fine >> and he's fighting too it's not just a zebra >> about the panthers I mean the panthers it's attack too okay like they're all predators >> and that new logo that panther is [ __ ] for first place. >> There's two for Patriots. >> Two for coyotes and one for Lions. I'm Patriot. >> For first place, >> what about two would be Lions? >> Jen, >> um, >> not to go backwards in the conversation. Oh, no. However, here I go. I did just do a quick search in a couple places about I actually Googled is point with an e a word and what it says that it is but it's specifically related to ballet and ballet shoes. So I just wanted to put that out of the
108conversation. Um is >> where was that tidbit a minute ago >> because >> I don't know maybe that is like a >> that's it. I'm getting that >> point the the definition point is like the point of your toe >> ballet. embellished. Well, why not? We respect the arts. We love our We love our natur. >> It will make the lion softer. >> We need a ballerina lion. >> That was the one thing we had nailed down. Jen, thank >> you for that. >> And in Madagascar, >> he is a D. Well, he dances. He performs. All K the Lion who performs in Time Square. >> He does. >> Just Just guys, I'm sorry. I >> researched the wrong stuff for this meeting. I really >> Did you not watch Madagascar one, two, and three?
109>> No. >> I'm sorry. That's like >> That movie isn't great in me. I love >> I got Are you switching to Lion now? >> In a two. >> Oh, >> yeah. I can't wait to tell the art. >> I'd just like to reiterate folk just told me that points is used in K through 12 charter schools and public schools and gave me a list of over 100 >> with you. >> So, we just need to decide the second part of this name. >> Um, I'm happy to move over to Lion. >> Me, too. >> And that gives us three. I think Lion's right. >> She's great. >> Okay. >> George, are you good? Do I have choices? >> Patriot. >> I think that's a much better way. >> So, what do you want? A
110motion? >> Yes, please. >> For each part. >> No, you can do the whole thing. >> I will I will move that the new school be named the Liberty Pointe. >> Sorry. Liberty Point uh line. >> I second. >> All right. Is this a roll call? >> No. Okay. >> You got a motion? >> It's not a roll. >> Seconded. So, no. Just all in favor. >> All right. All in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. >> No. >> The eyes have it. >> I want to I preferentially voted. Yes. I still like >> And did you I'm sorry. Count me. Go ahead. >> And I say Liberty Point with an E. >> Lions. >> I do like the name Lions though. >> Okay. Right. I Emma has some very um good information based on
111the discussion that she can talk to Tim. >> I thought she was gonna show us the logo real quick. >> Yes. As uh and and Lindsay and and Emma will chat with Tim about the uh logo design. This will be very >> Give us a ballet. I will like the trophy. It's like >> okay. All right. Well, thank you. That was a fun discussion. >> And I didn't think it was going to go that way. >> I want Okay. 9.3 uh review of policy. >> Um so this is just first uh first read. So um I know that there was concern with with being gone before. So if there's a desire before the next meeting because you don't feel like you have enough time to >> postpone approval till the following. >> Yeah. Just cuz
112I was out of town and we'd like to meet in person and this had quite a few minutes. >> Yeah. I have Maria was kind enough to print them all up for me too. So we'll be on Monday. >> Are we meeting on Monday? Next Monday. Yeah. >> Oh yeah. So you might have enough time and >> we will have enough time. We'll we'll we'll Yes. So, but we don't have any concerns right now. I don't know if you guys have read them and have any concerns >> for us. >> Okay. >> All right. Now, at this time, any member of the >> At this time, any me member of the public who submitted a request form to speak to the board regarding matters not on the agenda will be given time to address the
113board. Each speaker is allotted three minutes and total public comment on any one item is limited to 20 minutes. So, the first one is May. Oh, I'm sorry. >> I know the date. >> Oh, the date. May. >> Well, it's my middle name, so it just kind of popped up at me. >> Yeah. Yeah. My parents had a sense of humor one time >> and that was it. >> Okay. Garrett, come on up. Good evening board members. I'm going Huh? >> What? >> Oh no on the mic. >> Okay. >> The green button here. >> Okay. Sorry. >> There you go. It's okay. >> Good evening board members. I'm going to start off by reading some quotes from a required book for my English class called The Immortal Life of Henry Adelax. As Dave drove
114off with his arm around Ethel in the front, Gayen would grab Deborah in the back seat, forcing his hands under her shirt, in her pants, between her legs. After the first time he touched her, Deborah swore she'd never wear a pants of jeans with snaps instead of zippers again. But zippers didn't stop him. Neither did tight belts. So Deborah would just stare off into the window, praying for Day to dry faster as she pushed Galen's hands away and away. Then one day he called Deborah saying, "Dale, come over here and get some money. Ethel wants you to pick her up some soda." When Deborah got to Gayen's house, she found him laying naked on the bed. She'd never seen a man's penis before and didn't know what it meant for it to be erect or
115why he was rubbing it. She just knew it all felt wrong. Deborah kept her eyes on the floor and ran as fast as she could, snatching the money off the bed, ducking when he grabbed for her, then running down the stairs with him, chasing after her naked and yelling, "Get back here till I finish with you, Dale, you little [ __ ] Just wait till I tell your father." Deborah got away, which made him matter. Despite the beating and the molesting, Deborah felt closer to Galen than ever today. In the same chapter later, it reads, "I'll get you a pair of shoes," he said. Then he paused, rubbing her arm. "You don't have to worry about anything. I'll wear a rubber so you don't have to worry about getting pregnant. Deborah had never heard of a rubber
116and she didn't know what pregnant was. She just knew that she wanted him to leave her alone. I'm Derek Holt and these quotes are from a book called The Immortal Life of Henry Alax, which is a required reading as a part of my high school's 12 high school sophomore English class curriculum. The garbage I just read involves a 10-year-old girl being molested by her uncle multiple times in graphic detail. It goes without saying that the disturbing content I just read of a book contains borderline pornography and it is not something high school students, including myself, feel comfortable reading. Making high school students read this disgusting book is absolutely disgraceful. Forcing pornographic content onto a child as classified by United States law as child abuse. I demand this board act now by removing this disgusting pornography
117from my school's curriculum or allowing an option to opt out of reading it. It's pure hypocrisy to force this vile garbage down our throats while at the same time calling it quality education. It's time for the school board to act to set a precedent against these kinds of books that are being forced upon us in such a way to degrade us children and erode the values of our society. Thank you board. Please do the right thing and allow students to opt out of reading this pornographic book. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Can we get followup on this? Of course. >> Thank you. Thank you. We will follow up >> for sure 100%. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> It's required. >> No. Okay. Sorry, Isabella. Okay, testing. Good evening, members of WPUSD. I'm Isabelle
118Work, and I'm here tonight not to complain or to point fingers, but because I care deeply about my fellow students and I believe that this board has the power to help them. August 12th, 2020. This was the day that my brother Jordan died of a fentanyl overdose. His struggles with addiction began in high school, starting with cigarettes, then marijuana, and eventually escalating into harder drugs, which ultimately led to his death. And the most painful truth is is that his story is not unique. And if we don't act now, this will become the reality of many families across WPUSD. 90% of Americans who meet the clinical criteria of addiction began using substances before the age of 18, meaning in high school. This issue of youth drug use isn't distant and it's right on our doorsteps. I
119want to be clear before I go further. I am proud of my school and I am proud of my teachers and my administrators. I know that they are doing their best within the constraints that they are given and this is not blaming anybody at the school level. This is a district-wide problem that requires district-wide solutions. And that is exactly why I'm here tonight. In our schools, drug use is not hidden. It is blatant, normalized, and tolerated. At my school, bathrooms have become what students openly refer to as drug central. I've personally walked in and had to turn around because of the overwhelming smell of marijuana. Smoke has also been blown directly into my face for simply trying to use the restroom. My fellow students and I are being harassed and intimidated in spaces that should
120be safe. And this is not just inappropriate, it is unsafe and disgraceful. I understand that California Ed Code recommends alternative forms of correction before suspension and expulsion, and I respect that intent. But those alternative corrections are not working. Students caught using drugs on campus are back the next day doing the same thing. The cycle continues and the rest of us are left feeling unsafe in our own school. When an alternative correction has been tried and failed, this board needs to have the courage to use every available tool possible. Keeping students who repeatedly endanger their peers on campus does not help those students. It puts everyone else at risk. We are not asking you to abandon struggling students. We are asking you to protect all of them. I've personally seen friends fall into addiction because of
121exposure at school. Students who start casually and then spiral into something far more serious. When there's no intervention, this system is not failing just failing students is enabling destructive behavior. So tonight, I am asking this board for for for more solutions, more mental health prevention resources, clearer intervention protocols, proactive education before students reach the point of no return. And when all else fails, the willingness to implement suspension and expulsion to protect the students who are trying to learn and feel safe at school. And I believe that these are not radical asks, but they are the bare minimum, the bare minimum that students deserve. The lack of enforcement is endangering students. The lack of resources is enabling addiction, and the lack of action is failing this community. I'm not here because I'm angry. I'm here because
122I care. I urge you to take this seriously. Acknowledge the reality and implement real solutions. Be proactive instead of reactive. More lives will be lost just like my brother Jordan's if we do not act now. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. And Will, you're up. use the tissue box. So, I'm going to hold this. Sorry, I'm a little tall. Okay. Okay. Um, I think most of you know me. Uh, since December, we've forgotten what happened to this district 5 months ago. Former mayor Holly Andrada was platformed at Tilber Bridges High School to spew an appalling mess of hate, racism, and homophobia. What could possibly be the context for that? Holly Andrada became a sickening example of what hate do does to a person and what it promotes. And you allowed that to be
123platformed, highlighted, and spotlighted at Tone Bridges High School and in this very room less than 2 hours ago. If Holly Andrader wasn't running for supervisor, she should have run for school board because some of you would have gotten along just fine with her. She says that queerness is a sickness and you say, "Let's ban pride flags." She says that MLK was unhelpful and you say, "Let's ban a Kretta Scott King award-winning novel." The hate you give. I mean, what do you want us to read, Dr. Seuss? You can't just scratch every book that's too emotional and leaves a bad taste in your mouth. The club that platform, Club America, and its officers have claimed that they are being attacked and their officers are being harassed and threatened, that they are being judged incorrectly. This is
124what has happened to queer people and people of color for centuries, except they did nothing wrong. These people are the ones condemning queer people and Martin Luther King Jr. and the ones using racial and discriminatory slurs. Club America and Turning Point USA themselves are rooted in discrimination and racism. What makes that acceptable? You try to frame it as Christian nationalism, as not Christian nationalism, but as American exceptionalism. You try to frame it as an outlet for free speech and friendly debate, but even you know that that's not true. The Turning Point organization is about white supremacy and Christian supremacy. Charlie Kirk did not dedicate his life to free speech and friendly debate. He dedicated it to politicizing human rights and human lives and advocating for hate and violence. It is shameful that this exists in
125this district and that absolutely no action has been taken. And shame on those of you who give this are heavily involved in this and give it your undying support. If you think that the board's primary objective is business, then stick to that. Don't go rubbing elbows with the woman who approved the gathering in if you hated it enough to put together a lawsuit. Don't go taking group photos at Club America. Every time you take a visit to one of our campuses, you must understand what your mere complacency, not to mention support of Holly Andrada means to us. When you come to BSU, know that you had a hand in Holly Andrada's slander of Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement. When you go to GSA, know that you supported Holly through sharing her
126disgusting misappropriation of what it means to be queer. When you walk through any of our school's gates, know that you are supporting this club based off of an organization that cares not for the possibility that any one of us could die from gun violence that very day. Don't pretend like you even care. I'm sure you're not even listening to me now. I've gained this perception from you as a personification of the radical left and your mind is so close to progressive perspectives that all you want to do is sit in your Club America and Holly Andrada echo chamber. The left is not after you. It's not a threat to you. Open your mind and your ears and heed the words of your students and constituents for once. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Put your
127tissues back. >> All right. >> Okay, that's it. Right now, future agenda items. Any anybody >> items What? George. >> Yeah, I don't This is not a feature agenda item, but these two speakers in the front, you were going to follow up on one, I'd like you to follow up on both of them. >> Thank you. And I think Can can you report back to us or report back to the whole operation here? Thank you. >> Yeah, I'm I'm thinking that'll be a confidential conversation. So, >> okay. >> So, that means that we can't respond to these people. >> No, that means we'll have a discussion with staff confidentially. >> Not. >> Well, when Okay, then when can we respond to the public? >> We will have a discussion and then if there is any
128action, we will report it out. Is that correct? >> Yeah. >> I don't think that's good enough. Thank you. Well, >> well, no, no. I mean, we're not we can't first of all, we can't discuss anything unless it's agendaized. So, we're not agendaizing anything. We're asking staff to go back and look look at it, look at both of what they they came up with and or what they presented to us today. um and and both both being worthy of some research because I'm as I'm looking at us we were all shocked. >> So that being said it's not an agenda item. >> My question is then how do we eventually respond to the public? I think these are both very important issues. >> So I would imagine that either myself or probably Carrie because that's
129up with the members of the public who came and spoke. So that >> Yep. >> But we won't. >> It starts there. >> Yeah. Because there I am assuming there's going to be some research that's done on both of those items. >> Yes. >> Because you guys were as shocked as we were. Um >> so, so when things like this happen, George, so that it gets the proper air, which I can sense is frustrating, which I can understand. Comments are made, staff follows up. If you're unhappy with the followup, especially if the will of the board is unhappy with the follow-up, then staff continues to work. And if that surfaces as a board agenda item, then it would be discussed in open session. But like to April's point, some of these things are specifically appointed
130staff. Some of them might end up in conversations that are confidential. But I don't think I think the way it's sounding is we'll just be told what's said and then we'll move on with our lives. I don't think that's the way it is. And we have very many times said that's not good enough. I'd like more. How are we gonna improve this? And even if it's one or two board members that have issue, it still moves the tide and staff still pays attention. So I I only said that because it just sounded like in a vacuum. It was like nobody cares. I don't get that sense at all and I have a feeling that that numerous conversations will happen. Whether or not it happens in public, I I don't know. It have to be in
131on an agenda. >> And I I do appreciate and you're right. And there may be an agenda item if something comes up with policy >> right >> um as a result of this but we have to let staff >> this raise some important issues and I I don't see the avenue to allow the public to know what we've done >> and I I I'm concerned about that because that happens often and things are said the public thinks we're doing stuff and I don't know if it ever gets back to them of what's been done and I' I'd like to make sure that that happens and I I don't yet see how that's going to happen. >> Well, we have two individuals from the public who we will specifically have conversation with. So, they being the
132people who express the concern, >> right, >> will hear from us directly how we're addressing. >> So, that is our way addressing the concerns of two members of our public that and it may be that it's further reaching. I'm not saying that there are only two people who have this concern. And that's part of the research and conversations that Jen will have to address some of the issues, but we'll work with the two members of the public who express that. >> For several years, I sat as a member of the public and I'd hear this stuff and then I'd never hear a response. >> And I I don't want to see that continue to happen. And yes, you will address two members of the public, which is precisely what you ought to do. But the
133rest of the people and the rest of the community doesn't hear about this. They don't hear about what the solutions might possibly be. >> Yeah, that's >> well that's not good enough. Well, I understand where you're coming from and that is not necessarily how it it's >> every time one person has a concern, we don't project everything out to the public um in the way that you're if it if it is something where >> I'm not saying I'm not telling you how to do it. I'm ask you how it can be done and maybe there isn't a way but that that doesn't seem right. >> Well, go ahead J. >> Sometimes what happens is that there'll be you know research that's done and we'll we'll gather all the information. I'll meet with the two students
134for sure. I'll take care of that probably this week or early next week and then I'll report back to you. And what's often happened is that then there's presentation to the board which then is very public right about what's being done because there might be questions about how are we supporting drug use in the schools or we need an update about our curriculum adoptions. So I imagine that that could be where that that space becomes. >> I would I would hope >> and it may not be and it may not be like you know on May 5th at 8:00 we heard this thing and this is the response but more I understand the process but I I I don't want to just die here and not let the public know what kind of a response
135we have to that >> so research. I'll second follow with you all and then we'll see where the will of the board is and what makes sense in terms of next steps of the presentation perhaps and how to support that. Um, next meeting I need to scroll. Sorry. >> Okay. The next what day? >> 19th. Okay. The next meeting is May 19th at Sheridan Elementary. That's a short drive for me, long drive for all you guys. >> And it's close to me >> and closer to you, too. >> Yeah. >> All right. Go Eagles. We are journ.