001I'd like to call this meeting to order. Um, Mr. Paul, can you lead us in the pledge of >> allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Okay, the board has been meeting in close session and the report out is uh 2.1 conference with labor negotiator no action 2.2 two personnel no action and then 2.3 we have a readoff by member read by unanimous uh vote the board voted to approve the settlement agreement to resolve the litigation case pending before Classer County Superior Court case number S- CV- in exchange for terms negotiated within this agreement. >> Thank you. And item 2.4 no action. I no I need to >> announcement regarding public comment during open
002session. The board welcomes public participation and encourages respectful and civil discourse discourse. The board does not condone profanity, vulgar language or personal attacks, but individuals but individuals retain the right to express their views. Disruptive behavior and threats toward any meeting participant or district employee are not permitted. The public may not disrupt the board while it is 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 information about students during public comment, particularly if doing so could cause 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,
003there will also be an opportunity for public comments on items not on the agenda. While the board may not deliberate or take action on non non-aggenda items, it may refer concerns to staff for follow-up. Public comment request forms 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, on to the exciting stuff. Now we have the school spotlight. Good evening school board. >> Good evening school board members, superintendent Callahan family
004and me friends. My name is Yseph and I am in fourth grade at Creekide Oaks Elementary. I am proud to be a member of our student leadership team which is made up of 25 members from eight classes con consisting but of both fourth and fifth graders. I'm here to talk to you about the great things happening at Creekide. Our school earned silver recognition from PBIS. We have monthly PBIS assemblies focused on character awards attendance attendances and posit and positive behaviors. We even have the one this Friday. We are home of the dual impression language or DLI program. We are also home to many before and after school clubs such such as running, art, yearbook, homework, chess, folk, and aloha dance at Creek. >> Hi, my name is Juniper and I'm going to tell you all
005about why Creekide Oaks is special and awesome. First, we have a music machine in the grass next to the main playground so that students can enjoy listening to their song. Next, we have a volleyball net so that um kids can get some practice in or learn volleyball. And we also have two soccer goals. Third, we recently got a new marquee and we've never had one. And lastly, we do announcements in English and Spanish. Oh. Um, and the teachers at Creek Side Oaks are awesome. Thank you for listening. >> At Creekide Oaks, we are heroes in the making and our students sore. We are always safe, organized, accepting, and responsible. Be a hero here every day, ready on time. Make it a great day. And go Hawks. Thank you for your time. Now, Brooklyn and London
006from our DLI program will speak. Columbus, Brooklyn. Rose classes. Creekide program. programmer linguist alamos grand Fore in Creekide in Creek Side Oaks. store. We will now like to do our P our PBIS cheer. Pom pom pump it up. >> Pom pom pump it up. >> Pump that hawk spirit up. >> Keep keep it up. >> Keep that hot spirit up. >> Keep that hawk spirit up. >> Pump it up and keep it up. >> Pump that hawk spirit up. >> Pump that spirit up. Lord, Gracias. Harass. >> Okay, thank you. So that was our summer leadership students and now we have one of our many dancers. Beautiful students from this one group. All right. Oh yeah, papa. Ready. la. Yes. Loving somebody. la. be my la. I Love my life. Good. That was really loud.
007Good evening. My name is Michaela Zimmerman and I am a proud parent of two students at Creekide Oaks Elementary, one in fourth grade and one in second grade. And I also have a future TKER who will join in 2027. Um, I want to take a moment to share my experience as a parent at Creekide, especially with the dual language immersion program, a program that we moved to Lincoln to be a part of, um, and the incredible school community that supports it. Like any new program, the DLI has been a work in progress as we've all learned and grown together. But it has been absolutely amazing for my children. We're fortunate enough to travel to Spanish-sp speakaking countries when we can. And this past spring break, my second grader, Meline, was complimented on how well she
008spoke Spanish when we were in Mexico by someone who did not speak any English. Um, that moment really highlighted the impact of the program in a real and meaningful way. What makes Creek Side truly special though is the people. The school is warm and welcoming from the moment you walk in. From Miss Angie greeting every child at the gate each morning with a smile and a hug to Rosabel going above and beyond with to plan Spanish dances and cultural events that bring authentic experiences to our kids. It's clear that this is the place where students are seen, valued, and celebrated. The staff consistently go above and beyond. Whether it's something big or small, it all matters. Remy, for example, took a phone call on a Tuesday and I have had a field trip planned to
009the hub on a Friday, just three days later. That kind of responsiveness and commitment speaks volumes. I also want to speak to the leadership at Creekide. Over the past 5 years, we've experienced some transitions in administration, but in the past two years under Principal Morris, there has been a noticeable and meaningful shift. Her leadership has brought consistency, structure, and systems that truly support students. Working in the same district where your kids go to school can be challenging at times, but working alongside her has been easy, and the change she has brought has been incredibly positive. The culture on camp on campus is palpable. From monthly assemblies to increased focus on field trips to the overall sense of dedication and purpose, it's clear there's a strong vision in place. Um, I feel confident in her leadership
010and in her ability to continue moving the school forward in a way that prioritizes students. My personal measure of a school um is simple. Do my kids wake up excited to go to school? And the answer is yes, every single day. That's not because everything's always been easy. Like many families, we've had our challenges. Calls from the site. My kids are in the office more than I would like them to be. behavior reports, SSTs, um, conferences, but through it all, the staff has shown up with care, consistency, and a genuine commitment to help my kids succeed. That's what matters most. I also want to recognize the amazing PTO, which is incredible. The group of parents creates a meaningful, inclusive in events for families and goes out of their way to support staff, all with a
011small but mighty team. They help build a community where every family every family feels welcome and connected. Honestly, I don't know how every family in the district isn't clamoring to get into Creekide, but we feel very lucky we are part of this community. Thank you for your time and for supporting schools like Creekide that are doing such impactful work for our students and families. Good evening. And I feel like everything's been said, so we can go. Sorry. Okay. Um, good evening and thank you for the opportunity to present to the board. I know it, um, was two years ago, but it was a school year, so we're here again. I'm Kimberly Morris, principal at Creekide Oaks Elementary, and tonight I'll be sharing an update around our growth systems and school culture. Um, this presentation will
012highlight our progress in areas of focus and next steps as we continue improving outcomes for all students. At Preide Oaks, our work is grounded in three key areas: academic growth, strong systems, and a positive school culture. These three areas are interconnected and drive all of our decisions. Everything we do is aligned to our school plan for student achievement and is focused on improving outcomes for all students. Attendance continues to be a priority for us. Our theme this year is be a hero. Here every day, ready on time. This um connects our attendance character counts pillar traits, PBIS, sore behavior expectations, and academic efforts into one clear message for our students. We continue to reward classes each for each grade level with the highest monthly attendance rate. Uh this information is also shared in my weekly
013Hawk headlines with all families. for PBIS and school culture. Our PBI assistance has strengthened our school culture. We are in silver recognition and we are currently applying for both through monthly assemblies and our hero campaign. We are reinforcing positive behavior and improving attendance to continue to strengthen our student and staff relationships. We have listened to our student voices and implemented a day where staff ate lunch with all of their classes either in our hot cafe or outside on the lawn. Another day, uh, students did ask that staff play games with them. So, and it wasn't just teachers, it was all staff. So, they were outside playing games with their students to honor their request to have that time, that meaningful time spent with them. And we also highlight student performances at our monthly PBS assemblies.
014We have many different groups um that perform. We have our music teachers that teach a schoolwide monthly song. So, that is part of our assemblies as well singing that song. And then we also um have assistant principles, fifth grade students on uh those Fridays for assemblies. And so they are the ones helping me hand out the awards instead of um me doing it. I really want to highlight our students, not me. Um in conjunction with our PTO, we've also brought in a lot of assemblies this year. So we've had a laser light show. We brought in Auburn Symphony. We had two days over um we had a steam assembly where it was all hands-on exploration activities. We had Red Cross come in and do lessons for K through two. And all of our fourth and
015fifth grade classes did over two days a touch of understanding where they spent time in wheelchairs um learning about royal using canes um having that experience which is really important for our site since we do have two SDC classes here at Creekide. Um we support the whole child through our strong MTSS system. Our school counselor provides one-to-one support, small group interventions, and classroom push lessons to support students both academically and socially. Mrs. Fawsome, our counselor, designed SEAL tools and lessons that align with the portrait of a learner. So, even our youngest learners are being exposed to the P vocabulary. We also support our students through a program called Quaver SEAL, which incorporates music, videos, and discussion topics. Our instructional systems are driving our success. All third through fifth grade classes are giving the interim assessments.
016We also have aligned writing practices K through five with rubrics and collaboration and schoolwide goal setting. So our entire school has done I ready goals, LPAC goals and CASP goals as well as our Spanish assessment goals at POE. We also have two co-ordinators, one for for AVID, we have one for the DLI side and one for the English side. so that both sides of our school are being supported with AVID strategies so we can um improve student success. Our dual language immersion program continues to thrive. So this slide compares our program to the language academy of Sacramento which been has been going strong for over 30 years and Thomas Edison which has been going for over 15 years and CO is outperforming both of those schools. So I didn't we didn't just select those schools.
017We were looking at all of the 9010 models that participated in the Spanish assessment because the Spanish assessment currently not every school has to take that yet like the CASP. So that is still in the beginning stages. So some a lot of schools aren't taking that assessment. So we don't have that comparison result, but we were pulling schools all around and um what we saw is co outperform them which is pretty amazing. Yeah. So with those two schools that are highly regarded, we had a 27.06% of our students exceeded standard. The language academy had 4.82. 82 and Thomas Edison had 8% exceeded ex exceeded standard. This site compares our school to yet another 9010 model that was established in 2015 in Silicon Valley. So our third grade students were right on par with this school.
018And our fourth grade students did outperform. It's only 2% but they did um with this school from Silicon Valley that has been around for quite some time. for our uh cast comparison slide. Um you'll notice the areas of growth as well as the areas that remain stable. So our key focus on is how are we responding to this data. So that's what we really look at and focus on. Teachers are using PLC time to analyze standards, identify areas of need, and adjust adjust instruction to better support students. So we did have an ELA increase of 11 points, which is a lot. and our science also increased. This is looking at our subgroups. We know that we really need to be focusing within our subgroup populations. So I pulled our English learners, students with disabilities, and
019socioeconomically disadvantaged students. And while we're seeing some growth, we also recognize, you know, the gaps still exist. To address this, we are strengthening ELD instruction. We are continuing our work with PCOE around EL walkthrough data cycles and increasing progress monitoring and providing targeted interventions. Our intervention and MTSS model has become pretty tight here. Um so we're seeing some really good results with that. for community. We are building strong family connections through events like our very first ever post chella um festival da familia diia del nino which is tomorrow and we participated in 100 ways of service. So these events strengthen our school community and increase family engagement. I would like to personally invite the board for these upcoming events. Like I said dia delino is tomorrow and our first ever coast chella. So that is
020in conjunction with our open house on the 30th. So we have our book fair, we have um open house and then after when the uh classes close, we have a band coming and we have food trucks and people are just bringing their their blanket and going to enjoy the music and come together as a community. And the 100 ways of service, we actually did have several students that we have many students participate in that, but we actually did hear from several students that said like that was the best day ever. um being involved within those service community projects. Oh, I guess that's it. Um at Creek Side Oaks, we are committed to continuous improvement. So, by focusing on growth and strong systems and positive school culture, we are building a foundation for long-term success for
021all of our students. And I do want to make a huge shout out to my dynamite staff, my teachers and support staff. They are really the difference makers. that mean but um and I am so honored to be part of their team and my amazing students like you could see tonight there's some pretty amazing students here at Creek Side Oaks right thank you for your time okay I just >> correction deal. I was thinking tomorrow was Friday. Wishful thinking. It's not >> today's Tuesday. So, Dino is Friday. >> All right. Thank you so much. >> That was great. Thank you. So, you're welcome to stay for the rest of the meeting. If not, we'll give you a couple couple of minutes to >> do your thing. You might want to wait for the race. your
022makeup. >> Stacy Holland. >> Stacy, my husband's been looking for you. I'm like, I He's been texting me looking for your car. I just wave at me. Everyone put that on their calendar. Friday 9:15 festival >> here on Friday is May 22nd. >> Day of the child is Friday. >> day of the child is Friday. >> Friday. This Friday. >> The 24th. Yes. Cochella though. >> It's the 30th. It's the 30th. >> I know. I have to ask. What time does that start after open house? >> 4:30. >> The band starts at 6, I think. >> Right. Yeah. Yeah. >> Open house is 5:30 to 6:30 and and the band is at 6. >> It'll be in your It'll be in your um your your >> Yes, it has been in there, but um I've
023been without secretary for a month. So, I've been doing my villains every month, but I don't think this last. >> Very well. Okay. All right. Let's move to consent agenda. >> Okay. All items on the consent agenda will be approved with one motion which is not debatable or and requires a 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. Any uh recommendations for removal? All right. Do I have a motion? >> I move to approve. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> All right. Roll call. >> Yes. >> We heard you all loud. >> What you wish for. Okay. >> All right. Board and
024staff reports. Um, LHS member can. >> I'm back. Sorry, I've been gone for a little bit because I've been having tennis matches this the day the day that board meetings are. So, it would have to go. But to start off, um, CASP testing started last week. You know, we've been having our CAS testing and it's going to continue to this week. So, it's going to be tomorrow and Thursday. We're going to have like math and reading performance tasks. We also have upcoming AP exams with students like preparing with study groups in our homework center. And we also have like the SATs which aren't at our school but still like students are also preparing for that myself included. Um for sports we have most spring sports are coming to a close with finals and trials and
025multiple sports. I know that swim is having their trials Thursday and Friday. Tennis is having their championships Thursday and Friday. So our main school events are prom is coming up. It is this Saturday and everybody's super excited. Um yeah, and then we had our science expo a few weeks ago with over 90 projects and we had 12 bridges also present a few of their projects. So we kind of combined and we also had our night expo which was open. So the day expo is open to third graders within the district and then we have the night expo which is open to the public and it was very cool to see. I did a project. I dissected animals. So, yeah. >> A shark. >> Yes. A shark. Yes. >> And starfish. Um, well, there was a
026baby and there was an adult. So, >> I thought you would do the song. That's >> Oh, sorry. Um, we have the FFA open house on the 29th. Come out and see it. It's on the farm. And then FFA officer interviews happened recently. So, good luck to all of those who participated. And that's it. Thank you. Um TBA HS. >> Okay. So like Lincoln High School and apparently a lot of proms in the area. Our prom is this Saturday from 7 to 10. I'm doing the decor and I'm kind of like trying to find volunteers. So if anyone want to volunteer, just let me know. And basically, we're asking for parent volunteers on Site of Genius on Parent Square for Friday at 400 p.m. and Saturday for chaperoning and just setting up. It will be
027at Morgan Creek Golf Course, which is very nice. We're very excited about it. Prom tickets sold out. So, we're very excited. We actually had to open 50 more yesterday because everyone, you know, came in the office and were like, "We don't have tickets." So, now we're at 550 people going to prom. Yeah. And it's also prom dressup week from this Wednesday through Friday. And we just had our officer elections for freshman through junior grades and it was a very tight race for all the grades. I feel like we've had the most participation this year compared to any other year for ASB and specifically the incoming senior class. So congratulations to all the winners for that. There's a lot of senior events that are being cemented right now including senior parade which will be happening on
028May 19th. If you don't know what senior parade is, it's basically when all the seniors go and visit the elementary and middle schools that they had grown up at. For academics, we had we're having our AP test come up in May. And CASP testing was the week before spring break and the week after. And it was very successful. And seniors had mock job interviews during that time. And we also had a senior meeting going over all senior events. And Spanish 4 recently just took the biliteracy test and got the results back to see if they qualified. That's all I have. >> Thank you. >> All right. You guys hear me? >> All right. Um, next is the board of trustees reports. Uh, member Dystra. >> Sure. I'll I'll be brief. Uh, a couple meetings and
029a couple events here. Uh, with academic excellence committee met, uh, April Hos and Jen Hadman and myself. And uh Jen I believe is going to give an update on academic excellence and what we've been working on. And one of the things we specifically asked her to talk about is something we we haven't talked about for a while and that's what's happening uh in the mathematics area and she's going to give us an update of that. Uh I enjoyed the job fair. I was happy to report that the debate team is is going strong. The dyslexia committee met. Dyslexia committee is about dyslexia of course, but it's kind of branched out and it's now uh part of dyslexia and early early uh reading, getting uh young kids to read at a good level by certainly by
030third grade, which is crucial grade. And in line with that, we're also working uh increasingly with middle school and high school uh age kids who may have been uh not involved in a program that would benefit them earlier on. So, we're trying to catch up with people who uh perhaps were overlooked and didn't have the benefit of these programs. So, we're doing working on that. uh and I had a chance to meet with Marjorie Profit, fellow board member, and we talked a lot about uh a lot of a lot of things, but mainly about the budget and other board related things. And finally, the most enjoyable thing I had to do was uh I got to attend the Lehman Elementary uh production of the Latin, which I don't know if you've been to a great
031school productions, I think they're one of the great things on earth. Um, all the parents pitched in. The kids were wildly enthusiastic and it was a wonderful production. And it's hard to believe these are little kids. Did a phenomenal job. If you get a chance to go to a elementary school production, I would suggest you do it because it'll smile. >> Thank you, member Price. >> Um, couple things. So we have uh we have two students in leadership Lincoln and I remember on when I was first running for this position I had said I think the best thing to do is put kids in situations where you know they have real problems to solve. So this group unfortunately came across a pretty frustrating situation after they had finished their project which is not as good
032as a dog park and I don't care what Michaela's name says. um is uh you know they finished this project and it was really a beautiful thing and then a drunk driver smashed through it. So um I haven't talked to the students but you know this is the point right these setbacks >> are part of life and this is how you kind of deal with uh okay so how do we now recalibrate um so what am I saying I I think what I'm saying is is I'm I'm proud of us for uh making opportunities for them to sort of uh go through this with some adult peers and process this with people that worked alongside them to make it happen. Um, and you know, I mean, I think that was the entire point. It wasn't
033to try and create some sort of uh blissful narrative. It was to say, "This is probably what your life is going to be like. It's going to be a series of ups and downs, and there there's usually a path through most uh challenges." And so, um, as I read through and looked at the pictures this morning, then drove by the, uh, facility, it's it's a stark reminder that people still drink and drive fast enough to jump railroad tracks, smash into buildings. So, um, that's terrifying. But then also, like, I thought a little bit about those kids in that class and what that must have been like to watch something that you worked on get damaged. And uh what I do know is that they will rally and regroup and fix it and it will be
034better and there will be a story behind something they had traversed and we had a part to play in that and I'm proud of us for doing that and I'm proud of them for being willing. Um the other issuit Ranch uh PTO and they raised over $40,000 in their color run. Uh and in that conversation there was this dialogue about using a supplier or not. And I just clarified with Mike. It's like it's Apex you said or is it? >> Yeah. >> So you you can effectively hire a company that will come in and do your fundraiser but they take about a quarter of the proceeds. So in this particular case a few of the family members had said let's just do it without him. And the principal said please God don't. Uh I I
035really would prefer No. No. I think we can do it. No no no yeah. I think you think you can but like no please don't. And so reluctantly she agreed and was blown away at the way that they showed up and delivered. I think our PTO PTA teams are remarkable. Um although rarely are they remarked about sadly. I mean it's I think service in general is kind of like that. But it also got me thinking like we have these leadership classes in almost all of our campuses and I wonder if there's a way to mobilize some of these classes to help our district classes or our district sort of sites run events like that that they would otherwise have to outsource to a vendor if that could be I mean if a group of parents
036could do it what if we resource those parents with leadership kids because when I talk to the leadership kids in these classes a lot of them say well we plan events on campus but I wouldn't call it leadership and I think that's an interesting statement from students and it's like well then let's make it leadership. Let's let's make let's make the output valuable. Let's make the consequences important. Let's make you know the let's let's raise the stakes. I feel like often times those high expectations are really where we show up and we get the most uh and they get the most out of that experience. So, that's something that I wanted to say out loud in this room so that we could all start thinking about is there a way in which we could partner
037our um middle and high school leadership classes with some of our elementary schools specifically and use those as crossc collateral resources to perhaps let them keep more of the money that they work really hard to raise as fundraisers because I mean that's that's a pretty significant amount of money to see go out the door. Uh and I I I thought it was just worth worth the mention but that's that's all for me. All right. Thank you. Never pregnant. Okay. Um, well, I did a couple of things. Um, let's see. Um, I had a uh couple of one-on- ones with uh my leadership coach, Dan or James, I'm sorry. and uh went to um the uh student uh science fair which got to see uh I got to see Carrie and and uh got to touch
038the shark. >> I I wanted to touch the shark. So uh and the starfish so uh then I got to see Will. Will was there uh who normally comes to our board meetings. So I got to see him and uh it was a great turnout. There was tons of kids. They were all having a great third graders were having a great time. Um, let's see. Um, I attended the uh Leman uh Aladdin play uh which was adorable. Uh, those are my people. Those little kids. I just love them. um went to uh student senate and um went to um volunteer in uh a elementary classroom at Leman and um had my twoon-one with Carrie and uh uh April. That's it. All right. Thank you. Remember, >> I keep thinking that's the microphone. Sorry. I attended
039the um NCAA athlete signing day at 12 Bridges High School. I coordinated with Pete Constants. I don't think he's in the room yet, but he'll be here to help me um walk you guys through the Purple Star Schools initiative. Um went to 12 Bridges High School Silver Bingo. Christy was there. >> Oh, that's right. I saw Jason's wife there, too. Spent like three months of stipens there. >> Yep. So did I. So, >> um, had my two by one with Carrie and George, met with council member Ben Brown about megatronics. Did I say it right? >> Megatron. Oh, yeah. I have a lot of homework to do because this is all foreign language to me here. and I had coffee with George. Took three midterms yesterday and I'm hopping on a plane shortly. So, >>
040Oh, yeah. We need to get you out. We can catch her catch a flight. >> That's what I've done. >> Okay. Thank you. >> All right. So, I won't repeat the academic excellence. I think um George covered it. I had several other meetings that don't want to bore anyone with. Um I did um the um 18 through 20 21 year old uh class at LHS and I don't what's the title of the class? It only >> I think 21 adult skills. >> Yes. Um they were uh I was able to set up a presentation um for them with the of downtown Lincoln Association um to for them to solicit opportunities for their catering >> and for um for some jobs for some job opportunities um and so they there were two presentations and afterward I
041got a phone call asking for the phone number um so the DA could use them for catering. So that cater us the spaghetti the wonderful spaghetti dinner. Yep. So hopefully they got at least one catering job. But they were going to they said they wanted to use them in several events. So let's let's hope that works worked. You know that I'm sure they'll follow through with that. So I was really excited about that. They did a fantastic job. And then I attended the Crystal Apple Awards. Um you know what that is? I think um that's something through the LDS church where students u members and non-members are allowed to nominate certain teachers for a crystal apple and the students give a speech and then the teachers are give it give a speech after but the
042teachers didn't know they had to give speech so it was very touching um and it was it was really great to hear uh just the particulars and the details of how these um these specific teachers had touched these these um kids' lives. And I'll announce the the winners. Um 12 Bridges High School with Zachary Low. And that was presented by um Kai Packard. And then um uh teacher Christa Dietrien was presented by Zobadia Sanchez. And then Kristen Lightly was given award also presented by Eden Coopson. And then Lincoln High School Barrett Hess. And he gave a very sweet speech, very very sweet. that was presented by Jerome Laurensson. Lorson, thank you. And then um Sandra Berg also got an award and that was presented by Deon Davis. And then there were some for Delo High
043School and John Adams, but those were the ones that were presented. So that if you ever I don't know if you've ever been to that, it was >> it was it was really very touching and it was only 45 minutes. I mean, they got to it. So anyways, um that that completes my report. So uh next is um Western Plaster Teachers Association, Michelle. >> Okay. Uh Western Pastor Pacified Employees Association, Shireen. >> Okay. And so we will move to Superintendent Go ahead. >> All right. So uh I am not going to repeat what has already been said either. So uh but I do want to just say it has been all things facilities uh for me in the last uh couple months. Well, I mean, I feel like it's been all things facilities for the
044last five years, but um in the last uh couple months uh in particular and uh our facility needs committee has wrapped up their uh seven meetings and uh will be coming to the board in a future meeting. I think it's the first meeting in May to present uh their recommendations for updating our facility needs master plan. Uh and um and then on top of that, we have been working to get updated polling information from our community to help kind of inform kind of the next steps for us uh and uh how we're going to go about trying to get the funding that we need to be able to do all of the improvements at our existing facilities as well as just address the growth that's going to happen in the years to come. Uh we
045uh are kind of on the road. So, Emma's been working to to set me up to go to different school sites to be having conversations with staff and uh community members related to the specifics for their school sites um particularly those that have been uh identified again as uh priority schools with the um facility needs committee. And then uh we h met only for our second time, but I'm happy to announce that we are almost completely done with our draft joint use agreement with the city. uh of Lincoln for the Village Seven um school that um will likely open in the fall of 29 uh possibly as late as uh 2030. And uh the board will uh at the next meeting also be uh hopefully taking action in naming that school and assigning the mascot
046for um for the school as well. So just wanted to give you an update on that. And then um want to um uh thank and I know Michaela it was weird to have her in the room tonight as a parent because she's always in the room talking about the hug although she did did manage to squeeze the hub in there and just you know one moment but uh want to recognize Michaela in particular but uh related to last Friday's our one day 100 ways um it was an incredible incredible day and um we had 100 projects um throughout uh the school district and within the the community and um lots of uh entities came together both within the school district and then outside. So we had um almost $2,500 donated from uh individuals within the
047community as well as organizations in the community to help support um our ability to buy supplies to be able to support the projects that happen across the district. And um and of course Rotary it itself being um uh in celebration of their uh 100 years of service to the Lincoln community um contributed uh dollars as well to purchase t-shirts and um and uh other other supply stuff. But just want to recognize um the Lincoln Police Activities League, our uh Kuanas Club, uh the Rotary Club, uh Green Acres, Home Depot, um the Hub of course, and uh um what other organizations am I forgetting? That I think those are the the big ones. Um and uh it it was a wonderful wonderful day. And I too heard similar to what uh Miss Morris uh talked about
048is that a lot of a lot of students talked about how incredible it was to do service for um for the community uh both here locally as well as the greater community because I know that there were care packages put together for our military um to be able to send care packages and uh just a whole slew of of things that occurred. And research uh shows that uh those who give back to others have better mental health and well-being. So um I hope that and yes and so I hope that we can continue to >> um do the things that bring our community together. So it was a great day and thank you Michaela because it would not have happened if uh if you had not stepped up to do a lot of work and
049and thank you to all of our uh staff and students and community folks who also stepped up to make it happen is it's pretty awesome. So also want to um uh publicly announce I I know it's been announced to the Coppen community as well as uh in internally to different uh email groups but um the Coppen principal so as you know um uh Julie is is retiring Julie Stern is retiring at the end of this year and so uh we went through our standard process and uh we selected Anna Leu Lens who is our assistant principal at 12 High School currently and she will be joining the copin staff next year as the principal and she was very uh well received by the committee as well as our cabinet when we did our second interview
050and um from everything I can tell people are excited for her to be joining um the Coppen team in the fall. She is also a parent at Coppen so is personally invested in the school um as well. And then uh just want to close out by acknowledging First Street Elementary under Lindsay Reynolds leadership and her incredible team at First Street. They were uh rec recently recognized as a 2026 NESP National Gold Star School. Um and this is a recognition that's given to elementary and middle schools where learning communities work collaboratively to foster continuous improvement and ensure student success. And the program is um it's kind of established on three core pillars. Established culture, empowered people, and optimal systems. And so um First Street was was recently honored with that recognition, which doesn't surprise me given
051that they're also a California distinguished school and doing amazing things. So congratulations on the university. And that's do you do u like any type of accounting of all the the service projects that were done and if you do did we do like a media outreach? >> Yes. And uh good question and I was going to say that and then I completely forgot. So we do have uh we asked all of the um service uh project leads to complete we have a we have a spreadsheet identifying all the projects and then we ask them to kind of submit a hey when you complete it can you just kind of uh submit a quick Google form with a brief uh description of exactly what got done and then upload a bunch of pictures and then one of
052our actual service projects was 12 high school media arts uh program uh pathway students were at different locations and doing all the coverage of it and they are working on putting together a video to commemorate the the day. So we can share the pictures and >> also on Good Day Sacramento. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Awesome. >> Good question. >> Thank you. >> Yep. >> All right. All right. We'll move to section 77.1 approved resolution 2526.39. Carrie Carlson. Okay. >> Okay. Uh so each year we designate uh individuals as the representative and the alternate for schools insurance group. Uh this year Carrie Callahan is the representative and I am the alternate and that's generally a two-year um commitment. And so we're asking you to approve again next year Carrie as the um the district representative and
053me as her alternate. >> Any questions? >> Do you have a motion? >> I'll move to second. All right. roll. >> Yes. >> Price. >> Yes. >> Okay. Uh 7.2 approved resolution 252640. K. >> Okay. We're asking you to approve the issuance of our annual tax revenue anticipation notes. And these are issued each year um often by school districts that rely that receive a lot of their funding through property taxes because we receive big chunks of money in December and April, but we can struggle sometimes with cash flow in other months. So, uh, the trans basically allow us to ensure we have sufficient cash to get through the leaner months. This authorizes up to a $20 million trans issuance. We'll know the exact amount uh sometime in um May, believe. Um, and so we're asking
054for you to approve this. This current year, we issued trans, I think, of about 14.7 million. And because we um we uh re we invest those funds into the county treasury, generally we um it's basically a push. We don't uh if we spend any to um to borrow those funds, it's very minimal. >> Any questions? Do I have a motion? Move >> to approve. Do I have a second? Second. All right. Um, any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Um, member Price. >> Uh, yes. >> Member Dra. >> Yes. >> Thank you. All right. 7.3. Approval ofou between Westerner and CSCA. Mike Moss. Good evening. This has gotten to be a little bit of a a repetition where we've had several positions during the year for a variety of reasons. Most typically because students have moved
055away, but because students who are on an IEP no longer require a onetoone pair professional provider. uh which in the first case isn't necessarily good news, but in the second case that's always a positive because that mean that student has progressed to no longer need those services. Either way, that means that there is a pair professional who no longer uh has a position in that specific role with that specific student. In none of these cases is anyone losing a job. They are being resigned to other positions with the exception of the one which is instructional service provider. that was a resignation that was going to be laid off at the end of the year anyhow because it was use of site funds. So that site is just decided since that person resigned to not renew
056the position and the unit has agreed to all of these eliminations and the impacts thereof. So we recommend approval of this umou so that we can eliminate these positions. >> Any questions? Do I have a motion? >> I'll move to approve. >> Okay, I'll second. Any discussion? All right. All in favor say I. I. >> All opposed. >> All right. 7.4 approval between Western Pler and CSA. >> Correct. So this is the um the impact of layoff. You might remember prior to March 15th we had the board resolution to lay off several positions mostly um some instructional aids a few ISPs etc. Um it is the board and the district's discretion to do the layoffs. However, we must negotiate the impact of those layoffs. We've worked very closely with CSEA as I discussed the past
057couple of weeks to make sure that all the members did understand what their um bumping rights were or 39-month rights etc. And this shows that we are in agreement with the CSEA that we've handled that appropriately and that the impacts and of the layoff are agreed to. So, we recommend approval. These are not new layoffs, simply the impacting layoffs you've already approved. >> Thank you. Any questions? Do I have a motion? >> I'll move to approve. >> Any second? >> Second. >> All right. Any discussion? >> All right. Uh, all in favor say I. >> I. >> All oppose. >> All right. This one passes 7.5. Uh, board revolution board resolution 25 26.37. >> Yeah. So, this is a board resolution for an additional layoff. This is a new layoff. This is one position. The
058reason for this in state law, when there is a layoff due to the ending of special funds, we are allowed to do a layoff after the March 15th deadline. In this case, we have a state preschool program at Carlland Coppen where theou is being altered. Um, and as a result of theou being changed, not at our request, but at the county level, the state-run program is run by the county. As a result of thatou being altered, they are changing the terms of it. The funding that would support a paraprofessional within that classroom is no longer needed. And so this layoff is due to a lack of funds because of a specially funded program. This individual has already selected another position within the district. So they will have a job with us, but it is less
059hours. This is an 8-hour position currently. It's the only 8-hour par professional we have districtwide as a result of thatou. Since there's less hours, it is technically a layoff. Thus theou or excuse me thus the resolution to approve that layoff. So a layoff but only of one and a half hours and the person has already found a landing spot but we still have to do the the formality. >> Thank you. Any questions? >> Do I have a motion? >> Yes. >> Okay. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> All right. Uh roll call. Member. >> Yes. Member Dra. >> Yes. >> Puppet. >> Yes. >> Price. Yes. >> Yes. >> Thank you. All right. 7.6U with Western Plaster and WDA. >> Correct. This MOU is to allow a case load management exception in
060terms of the total amount of students that a single teacher can have for case load management. Uh there is law that um allows for an exception to the increase which is normally 28 students. It does have to be voluntary. In this case, the teacher is willing to take the extra student and we're grateful to whip for agreeing to do this. So, we're not, you know, trying to hire a teacher midyear. However, we already have created an extra 0.5 RSP teacher at this site so that next year we'll be within the state mandated case load maximum. So, this allows us to get through the remainder of the year and then we'll have a new position for next year. >> Any questions? Do I have a motion? >> I'll move to approve. >> A second. I have
061a second. And this is roll call. >> That's probably a mistake. I apologize. It should be a roll. >> This is not roll call. >> Sorry, that's my my mistake. >> That's right. Uh all all in favor say I. >> I. I. >> All oppose. Passes. 7.7. My mistake. >> Always fine to I should have seen that. And finally for me tonight, uh this is the approval of the TA, the tenant agreement between Western Park School District and CSEA in connection with salary and benefits. This is a 2-year agreement uh with the details listed there, but just to verbalize them quickly, it encompasses a 3% raise to all cells effective January 1st of 2026. So that obviously has a retroactive application and then a 2.5% raise that would be effective January 1st of 2027. So
062it's a 5.5% raise spread out over 2 years. It does contain contingency language in terms of if other groups um agree to a compensation package that is of a higher amount that does not include contractual concessions that the CSEA group would also be able to get those same um raises as well if there is a gap between that. So this is a a real win a positive to have a two-year agreement means that we can focus on other work with our CSEA team. I'm grateful to the CSEA group to work towards a a solid outcome for all of us. >> All right. Any questions? >> Do I have a motion? >> I'll move to approve. >> Second. >> You're saying, >> do I have a second? after six eight of them. I was wondering. Okay.
063Uh any discussion? >> All right. >> Real quick just to make clear this does improve also the attendance salary schedules along with also declaration to the county that we can afford this raise. So all of this agreement uh also encompasses all the supporting documents as well. So we're not having four different items. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Uh all in is it? Okay. All in favor say I. >> All oppose. All right. 7.8. Oh, that's carry. That's you. That's >> Go ahead. And after you got all the reminders from me in the board update to be really good about your microphone. My microphone battery is dead. So I'm using my teacher voice so on the camera. Okay. Or or this. Okay. So, um we so 7.8 is approving the resolution 2526.38 declaring an election to
064be held in its juris jurisdiction. So, uh we have three board seats that are up for reelection uh for the November election. And so, prior to uh June 1st, we have to um declare the election for Plaster County Elections. And so the resolution is before the board this evening for that declaration. And so just to um kind of speak through a couple of the logistics and and I spoke with those of you that are ultimately impacted by this. As the board recalls, uh we uh recently shifted to uh trustee areas of district areas uh where uh uh people who reside in those areas only um vote for people that are um running in those areas. And so because we are by district now and we are kind of shifting. So that first shift shift happened
065when uh Jason and Christy ran uh two years ago or I guess a year and a half agoish now. Um and so now that final shift is happening with the other three folks that are are now going to be up in November. And so uh for the three um that are going to be impacted now uh whatever decision ultimately uh you make given the fact that this is a redesation of the trustee areas um that there will not be incumbents officially um because you're now running in a different um area than where you were elected um previously. And so the election um opportunity for candidates to submit is going to be um August 7th. There won't be an extension because again there's not uh the incumbent timeline. So um we are looking for the board
066to approve the resolution declaring the election to take place in November. >> Oh yeah, we need that right. >> All right. Any questions? >> No. Do I have a motion? >> All right. Do I have a second? >> A second. >> Okay. Any discussion? All right. Roll call. >> Member Dra. >> Yes. >> Member Profett. >> Yes. >> Member Price. >> Yes. >> Member Nitz. I'm sorry. Member Freeman. >> Yes. >> Member Nits. >> Yes. Thank you. All right. Uh this is the adoption of the policies we we discussed last meeting and I don't think we had anything major on these. Nope. No changes. Um so are there any questions? Okay. Do I have a motion to approve these changes? I will move to I will make the motion. Do I have a second? I'll
067second. >> Okay. Is this >> Okay. All in favor say I. >> I. All oppose. >> All righty. >> All right. Now we are in the >> Oh, I'm sorry. 7.9. >> Okay. >> I think the rain or something. >> Uh Jason. >> All right. 8.1 California Purple Star School Program. Uh member of profit Hi everybody. Um I have Mr. Pete Constant from Roseville School District here um to present I would say or give more information on the background. Just for a little context um over the course of my husband's career in the military, I would have loved to have had a program like this to support our children. moving into a new neighborhood, a new state, a new city is is traumatizing sometimes for kids when they have to pick up and move. And
068this program will help our military students transition better into our schools. Pete has all the great details because Roseville is already doing this. >> Well, thank you. I know many of you have had an opportunity to meet my son. needs to come and talk to you before. And he was back in Washington DC doing an internship for college and he called me one day and he said, "Hey dad, how come your schools aren't Purple Star schools?" And I said, "Well, hey son, what are purple star schools?" And uh he explained it to me and I I start thinking, you know, this is definitely something we should do. Uh so let me tell you a little bit about it and then tell you how we went through the process of becoming the first schools in Northern
069California to achieve status. Uh Purple Star Schools is a public statement of support for military families. It's a recognition given by the state for school districts who create a very open and transparent process to help military families as they either deploy out come home from deployment or get moved from station to station. As you know, we have military bases close by. We all have students uh from military families. Uh the commitment from the school district is important and significant, but it's not a big hurdle for us to meet. Essentially, what you do is you set up on each of your school sites uh one person who's kind of a key contact person. That person is the go-to person for military families. Think of it as sort of like an ombbudzman type role where when someone
070has a problem and they go to one person, they help them through it. Uh in addition to that, you have on your website for each school district and for your uh each school in your district and the school district the program so people can easily find it. Then when a family is transitioning in, transitioning out, contemplating what might be happening with their orders, they have one person who goes and helps them get the students into school as quickly as possible. Making sure that any roadblocks are anticipated, any bumps in the road are smoothed out for them so that we can get our kids in the seats learning as quickly as possible. And same thing on the way out. Sometimes there's a lot of chaos as people are moving. Um that making sure that they have
071that support. I give an example. Uh today I got a phone call from a family uh that lives very close to me. They're not in my school district. They're in the feeder district. Uh but they're having problems. They're the father has been deployed and his deployment has been extended because of all the stuff that's happening um over in the Iran area right now. and uh they've been having enrollment issues and they haven't been able to find a person to go to and so they reached out to me thinking I was Roseville schools and um now I'm helping to facilitate them. But a school that has the Purple Star program, the parents know where to go. It's readily accessible. It's visible um and it's just simply sort of like a handheld to help our military families.
072You know, they sacrifice a lot for us. We do a lot for military veterans. We do a lot for those who give the ultimate sacrifice. We often forget about the families. The families are the ones who um I would argue sacrifice as much if not more than those who are serving our country. So I encourage you to do it. We did it when when I talked to our superintendent about it. We said, "Okay, let's do a few schools this year and see what it takes." Our administration, not only at the district office, but every site principal was gung-ho to get it done. Um, it was relatively easy. It does take time. It doesn't take money. That's a good thing. It just takes time and commitment. Um, I put together a fact sheet, which I believe
073I emailed to you already, uh, that I created to make sure that all school districts have all the information they need to do it. I personally commit that I will come down and help. I'll roll up my sleeves and help if you need it. Um, John Becker, our superintendent, our staff, is committed. They'll help any school district in the area. And I'm hoping that all school districts in Northern California will do this. And my goal personally is to get Classer County to be the first county that has universal adoption across our county. No counties, even counties, counties with big military bases, haven't made this commitment yet. So, um, I'm here for questions. I'm here for moral support. Um, and I just hope you can join us in doing it. It's a great thing. >> Great.
074Thank you. Martha, did you have anything to add? >> I just want to make a motion that we adopt this. Let's see if there's any questions first. >> How long does it take to get all our schools? How long do you estimate? >> Well, I don't know about your workload and your bandwidth, but we started about this time last year. We submitted our paperwork by the um submission deadline, which is in the fall, I think it's Septemberish, and we we received the designation at the end of the year. pro you're probably doing everything right now but just nobody knows about it. So, it's just a matter of making the awareness and making um making the visibility a little clearer for >> and uh >> yeah, Jen, can you So, when when you brought it forward
075to us, Jen started doing some homework and so can speak to kind of what she's um laid out in terms of map and kind of her understanding, which is exactly what Pete beautifully spelled out. >> At least one person at each school. Is that right? >> Yeah, there would be a point of contact. So, Jen Jen can speak to um kind of where where she's at in kind of making this happen and and just for uh logistical purposes. It's information discussion tonight and we're we can move forward. We're looking for you guys to direct us, but you're not necessarily taking action tonight, but but we can >> if the will of the board is that you would like us to pursue this, then we will we we will do that. So, but Jen can you
076want to just >> So, um Yes. >> Hey, how are you? It's good to see you. Um Mr. Cotton and I go way back. Our kids were in scouts together. Um his son that's in DC now and my son that's graduated from college and so it's good to see you. >> Yeah. Um so, uh thank you for bringing this up. I also have a military brat and believe deeply in the work that we do with our military families. There are some things that are already happening. We've got some really great connections already with BER Force Base. They actually have a school community liaison person that I've been in touch with since I was at Lincoln Crossing actually like for probably close to a decade. So, we've got that connection going. Um, we also it would
077be very easy for us to put the things up on the website and those sorts of things. One thing that is tricky that we don't have and I'm curious about how you all have handled this is we actually don't currently have a way of identifying our military students. when students enroll with us, there's not a box they've checked that indicates that they're part of a military family or engaged in that that we need to capture those kiddos. So, when we're when we're supporting families, um it's just because we happen to know and not because we're we're we necessarily have any concrete data. So, later maybe we can talk about that to how you all are doing that and I have reached out to Kevin Perry to find out if there's a way for us to
078add that to our registration piece. Um there is already I think people um whether it's counselors or community leaison that could help provide that like onbudsman support. So I think that this would not be a heavy lift for our district at all. Um and I would love to see us support that. And I just want to give kudos to Roseville joint. They have three. They're the only three schools in Plaster County. I didn't realize it was four. I didn't real Oh, I saw Oh, maybe it was four. Yeah, I didn't realize um it was all all in Northern California though, too. I thought it was just the county. So, we'd love to join them. I think it's great. I don't think this is something that is difficult and I think it's the right thing for
079our families particularly given our proximity to military um bases and >> yeah so let's um has a model for that for tracking their military students so great we can check with that to see how are you guys handling that do you know >> well I think military families know about the purple star program so they look for it so it's really making it available and visible for people to know so that they selfidentify and contact you if you have a network to reach out to them, even better. Um, but it's really designed for them to be able to see it's here. I know where to go. >> I want to ramp it up. I want I want I want to reach out to them, too. We're going to do it later. Right. >> Is is
080the process largely different for the unified district? I mean, do you focus like if you were going to give us advice on where to start? Do you think the families are looking more for support around, you know, our elementary school age kids? Uh would it would it be middle high? I mean, give me some sense as to like if we were to take this on and try to eat the elephant bite at a time. >> Well, we're only a high school district, so I only know what we did. I will say we took the cautious approach in doing half of our schools. Okay. >> We have um six schools plus the alternative school and the independent high school. Um so we said, well, let's do four and see how hard it is. And we found
081out it wasn't very hard at all. Um, so I would say I think parents with younger kids face a lot more stress than parents with older kids. So if it were me, I would probably start at the lower grades and work our way up. Um, but I think once you have it mapped out, as Jen mentioned, it's going to go pretty quickly because it can all happen simultaneously at the sites. >> If I can add to that too, I would say that it it I think that it matters a lot for both. Um when I was at Lincoln Crossing and at Lincoln High School, I worked very closely with a couple families where people were deploying out or coming back. And um the needs are tremendous um for older kids and for younger kids. So
082I I I feel like I appreciate Roseville's um approach. They they started small and are growing. I don't I don't feel like that's an obstacle. Like I feel like this is something we can do because the need is there for children. And we have a lot of supports whether it's our wellness centers, our counselors, our wellness coaches. Like there's just people who can help provide that support. I think that we can deploy those people at every school site to be able to support kids as it's necessary. >> I think that's right. We were going into a big unknown. >> Yeah. And and we let's we we can learn from them is how I feel. >> Is there a centralized component of this as well or is it all side by side? I >> think each
083site has >> there would be probably a district. >> Yes. >> I mean we would provide the support and direction so that there's consistency across our school sites. As I understand, there needs to be like a district thing, like a website um that you can go to and then we would replicate that basically at every school site. And I'm sure that Emma can help us do that with relative ease. Yeah. >> Um and then it's just about having a point person that might be different by every site. Um and then making sure that the contacts we do have at our local military installments know that we're we're here, that we have that resource so that they can then connect their families to us as well. >> Any more questions? I have one final comment and
084I'm I'm happy that I see the positivity here, but I would just ask you that after you officially give your direction that you join me in trying to get every other school district to do this because my push is to try to get everyone in Northern California to do it, starting at home, of course. >> Amazing. Thank you. Thank you for coming, Pete. Appreciate it. >> Well, thanks Pete. Good seeing you. So, is the will of the board to direct Carrie and her team to move forward with this? >> Yes. >> All right. Unanimous. >> Thank you, Jen. Thanks for getting on it. >> You got it. >> Awesome. >> Thank you. >> Pete, it looks like you got a unanimous. We're going for it. So, >> way to go. >> Thank you. >> All
085right. Thank you. All right. Oh. Oh. Okay. 8.2. Consideration of excuse me naming the sound and lighting booths at Lincoln High School Theater in honor of week of action. >> So even though Yeah. >> Even though your yours was was Lincoln red, it was still working. But okay. So, uh, you may remember a couple of years ago, uh, we had a member of the community, uh, approach us about the possibility of renaming the Lincoln High School Theater after Lee Basham, who's been a longtime full-time volunteer um, for Lincoln High School uh, theater um, program and and also now 12 Bridges High School as well. And um we um we are re asking the board to revisit the possibility of doing something. So at at the time we uh at the board's direction after we received
086the community request, we did a a bigger outreach to the community to just kind of assess like where was the community on us moving forward and doing something like this. And um there was a lot of support for Lee and then there was support for another individual who served as a longtime band director for Lincoln High School. And uh it was kind of a 50/50 split and so the board ultimately at the time decided you're not going to do you're going to do nothing and so we did nothing. Um and that's fine. Uh but uh Lee is uh officially retiring this year and will be leaving um the drama program and he is going to be sorely missed. So, um, he is, uh, almost 20 years in. He started in 2010, um, serving our programs
087literally, like I said, full-time. And, um, and so we, uh, I talked with a couple of different, uh, folks including, um, Hank Florence, uh, and I talked with Mike and Jen a little bit, and Carrie Carlson's daughter was one of the, uh, beloved, uh, uh, drama, uh, students that that worked under Lee as well. And um we we thought at least maybe starting with and there's some other thoughts or ideas is uh perhaps in instead of it being the entire theater um perhaps the sound and lighting booth at Lincoln High School uh because that is where what if he was not behind the scenes building sets for our productions, he was in the sound and lighting booth doing the actual work the nights of the productions or supporting with um with the practices and and
088whatnot. So, if if the the community is is kind of split, I respect and recognize that. But I I I would it would it would hurt my heart if if we didn't do something for for Lee um uh to recognize the incredible time and energy he put in um for free for our community and for our programs. And so um whether it's the sound booth and lighting or sound and lighting booth or u Mike had the idea of what if we named one of the uh production events you know the the spring production is the Lee Basham spring play or you know there there it could be multiple things but I just am wanting to get a sense from the board if you are open to us pursuing another go at this and reaching out
089again to uh community staff to just try and get a sense of what would be the best way to recognize and honor him um without it being the theater per se. >> When was the naming conversation? >> It was like three or you were you were all somebody. It was right when I started at least probably about 5 years ago. >> Yeah. Four or five years ago. So >> we were we were here for that. >> Yeah. You were Yeah, you were you were on the horn. >> I remember hearing Yeah. >> Who was the other person that they wrote on consider Paul Crab? >> Paul Crabtree >> who was a long time music teacher. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Well, he was so we have two he was a music teacher volunteer and we went
090right. Yeah. Paul Crabtree was an employee of the of the district and worked um mostly out of the band room and then obviously did uh production, you know, the the music productions when they would have the >> Ed performances. Ed Cumins, that's right, was another name. >> Wyatt, do you think you all the community for naming like Bridges after him and one? If I can speak to that, I think with all respects, I think the Lincoln Theater particularly to all three of those people is where the the the huge scope of their work was done. I think you take either of them as an honor, but if you ask any of them like where their heart lies, I think >> that people Sorry, it's just he just said how like the people the the director
091and they've just been at Lincoln for so long and they're just so established there that like even though it has been an honor to be with like their heart. >> Well, there's two theaters aren't there, >> right? But the but the point is that that Lee Lee and and Paul Crabtree and Ed Cummings like their their time served was at Lincoln High School >> and and Lee is the only one of those three that has done service at 12 Bridges High School, but it's it's was limited to the the time and and it wasn't always at at 12 Bridges even the entire time that 12 Bridges was open, right? So it was >> Yeah. >> So >> Okay. I would be I would be for honoring him in any way you'd like. I would like
092to see the theater not to cause trouble, but uh I know him. He's a wonderful guy. I don't know Mr. Pratt, but it'd be a great honor to be in the theater. He put in 20 volunteer years. That's that's not bad. And the sets he built I was I did theater but the sets he built they were and the way and it wasn't even like like he literally dedicated his whole time like it wasn't paid full time >> and and like have you guys seen like we long listing >> yeah that whole set the house he built that >> the set for um what's it called little woman that was and of course like the stages were painted alongside the um club of like the fashion club and like clubs buyers but like most of
093this has a built like that around >> I know he's retiring in a sense but I'm sure you're going to see him again next year >> I I think he'll have a hard time >> staying away in that said I mean he'll be there in in audience for sure um he is he he is um uh getting older and um and and his health is is something that he's he's working to preserve for as long as he possibly can. And so we had a a very lovely conversation a little while back about his his need to really step back and um but it was with a with a heavy heart that he's he's doing this. So I I agree though. I think we'll still see him for as long as he he is able to
094come and and and be a part of it to the extent that he can. >> So >> George, I agree with you. I've been thinking about this because we talked about this and and I was and I didn't want to ruffle any feathers either, but I I just don't think naming the sound booth after him is worthy of to to the service he has given to this community and to his school and I know I don't even I don't even know him but the but I but I know what he's done and I know what he means to the kids. So I I just don't I I think >> I think it's I mean I I think it's a disservice. I think my opinion is that is a disservice to only give him the the
095booth and not the whole he's own it. >> Um I just would offer that when we nominated Lee for an award through the friends of Sacramento Arts which they're going to come present to him and um Debbie To at one of the main meetings um thing I learned about Lee is he's been in over 300 productions in his life and only one of those was he on stage. Every other single one he was backstage um were behind the scenes doing light and sound and props. And so I hear you um but I I really think that his heart is in the back of the house and not in the front of the house based on the it's the way he's contributed to the arts over the years. So I just wanted to share that with
096you. >> So any more comments? >> I I just I don't have enough background speak intelligently. I would love to see staff come with a recommendation and and then I'd be a lot more I think thoughtful around whether or not I I feel like us trying to come up with something might be a little shortsided. Well, I I can speak for my kids being in um in in drama with me um over the years and he used to just been a great asset to uh I wouldn't have a problem naming the theater after him. Well, if you've seen, we've all seen his shows, I'm sure. And they are, I mean, Adam's Family was out. I saw it on off Broadway on in at Music Circus. It the one at Lincoln High School right after that.
097It was absolutely incredible. And so, that's um >> I don't know where to go from here. >> Would you entertain a motion? >> No, we can't. It's an information discussion. And so, board board policy requires and and you'll be doing this uh May 5th uh when you have a public hearing ahead of you taking action on the naming of the new school. So anytime uh the board it is your discretion. You essentially have the authority to make a decision on the naming of of facilities or renaming of facilities. And there's typically a um process that you will choose and there's uh one could be that you literally take my recommendation, right? So it's staff recommendation and you make the decision. Um it could be that you um put a committee together to go through a
098process and make a decision. Uh it could be that you're gathering input via survey. So the last time we entertained this, it was a request from the member of the public. We then did a survey. We gathered, we gave you that data. based on the data, it was kind of like and you we didn't move forward. And so >> we won't entertain a motion. >> We can't tonight because it's not an action item. >> We can't tonight. >> So you would you if you would like to direct me to put an action item, I can do that. We have to have a public hearing ahead of that. Um, which would be then the opportunity because we would post a public hearing at least 10 days ahead of the meeting which would give members of the
099community to come forward, express support andor concerns and then you could um make changes and or uh adopt whatever a decision would be in in that evening based on a recommendation. Um, so the public hearing would be in uh related to what the recommendations are or considerations are and then you would have to hear the public hearing related to anything related to the theater, sound booth, whatever and then um and then take action at an action item which you can do in that same meeting or we can say we're going to do a public hearing. We're going to then digest it and then do an action item at a subsequent meeting too rather than doing it all in the same night. So there's different ways that we can go about it, but I I'm ultimately
100looking for direction for a a next step and kind of what process you want to take. >> Okay. I want to be clear, the board policy requires a public hearing prior to us changing >> correct or naming. >> So before you can take action, you do have to have a public hearing. >> Yes. >> Should we move forward then with the public hearing? >> Are you all okay with that? >> Yeah. >> Go ahead. Yes. >> Do you want the public hearing to um be related to naming the theater after him or theater or components of the theater? We could give >> Well, what it sounds like I'm hearing from you is that naming the entire theater might not be your first recommendation. I I only brought forward what I did because of the the
101last >> and then also here >> that perhaps he would feel most honored in back of house as opposed to front of house. So that's my suggestion is that the board >> try and take some recommendation from staff as to what we hear. >> Um perhaps during the public hearing we hear from public in a way that sways us from staff's recommendations and we make a change. But I just want to be thoughtful that there might be context here that we're not privy to just having not been on site for a very long time. I don't like that Lincoln High is not publicly represented, you know, currently as we have this conversation. Just a thought. So >> my thinking is if we had staff recommendation, we could decide from there with how >> just to
102I'll be I the other two contenders. She's not working. I I had the honor of working and and being a student of both Paul and Ed and I'm happy to add whatever context that would be as part of the conversation including reaching out to them. >> Okay? >> Because I I honestly don't think I don't like to speak for them. I don't think they would feel stuffed if it ended up going some other direction. I think maybe their >> generations and the influence might be, but I don't think that they would be the ones that make it for what that is worth. appreciate >> and and I we can have a conversation with with Lee too. He had >> if he's watching or others are he now is aware that this is being resurfaced. Don't
103tell Lee >> and we're talking about this cuz it's surprise. >> So, you know, having a conversation with him too about I mean, I'm sure he knowing Lee, he would say, >> you know, I don't I don't need that. I I you know, I would do that for the recognition. I did it for the love and so but I think he would probably just say I would appreciate anything. Of course, even though >> maybe sounding booth have the public here anymore. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, the public any any facility or I mean >> well ultimately you could still do whatever you want but you have to host the public hearing. Correct. >> You ultimately have the authority. >> Yes. This is one time that you truly lost authority. Yes, you do. Yeah. >> It stretches
104out, right? And and can we since you're LHS, you will get the word out for that public hearing either way or will people have >> um opinions? What date you sent? >> Uh, it's I know. We'll we'll have to >> I'll let you know. I'll let you know. Okay. Yeah, definitely email me and then I can >> do an announcement like I can even announce the open school. >> Yeah. >> I mean, it would be really great to hear from the students >> at like since it affects >> they can put >> Well, and and we have to post the public hearing, too. is a role >> and I think I'll have Oh, and also actually speaking of all this um drama talk uh what's it called? Um there will be next week Chicago opening.
105>> So and this is Mr. Bash's last show. So it's opening next week Thursday >> um the 30th I believe at 7. So yeah, >> what I do think we can do is we can certainly like I hear what people are saying. We can come up with a proposal or a plan and then we can move forward there. Like it sounds like there's interest in at least moving forward with something. You got some ideas on back here that we can talk about, right? But ultimately the board the board is allowing us to make a recommendation as a process for addressing. >> That's one of five. That was just my recommendation is that >> consider I'm the sense is right that you're you don't you don't want me to put it a need or committee together.
106No, >> you don't want me to to do other than us having a public hearing. You don't you aren't looking for me to do another survey, right? So, it's a we come with a recommendation. Whatever our recommendation is, we now have to hold a public hearing related to that recommendation. you can then adjust, >> okay, >> based on the public hearing what action you ultimately take >> at pro maybe a subsequent meeting instead of trying to cram it into that same evening. That way you have a chance to kind of digest and process what you hear at the public hearing. So, I'm thinking probably the first meeting of in May, then second meeting in May, but we may just cuz I know we're also honoring him >> and Debbie and it might be a little
107bit like I >> that could be odd. So, it might maybe it's even into >> All right. Sounds and that's it. Yeah. Okay. Okay. That was a good one. All right. Public comments. Yes, I just went too far. At this time, any 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 board. Each speaker is allotted three minutes and a total public comment on anyone item is limited to 20 minutes. Crystal, >> good evening everyone. Can everyone hear me? Okay, great. This will be short. Um, just want to keep everything top of mind for um this ethnic studies, cultural studies course. Um, I believe the last meeting I attended was early March. So, um, just want to keep
108that um, top of mind, especially since the school year will be wrapping up within the next month or so. Um, I'm interested in the next steps. um when can we expect this to be on the agenda as either a discussion topic or action item and um that is it just a status update from the board at some point. >> Thanks Crystal. Can you um address one uh that we're going to do a second? >> Uh yeah. >> Yeah, sure. So, hi. It's good to see you. Um so, the board has given us some direction. They'd like to revisit uh this concept. It may look a little bit different than ethnic studies and we actually have a course that we use at Lincoln High School that's a a cultural studies class that we're revisiting. I actually
109just got access to that class right before spring break which has been part of the delay. But I anticipate that we'll be working with some students and community members in order to get some feedback on that course and bringing a proposal to the board probably um uh at the very beginning of the well it'll be this summer like in August um which is in line then for a potential for a 2728 roll out. >> Great. And Crystal has volunteered. >> Yes. >> Thank you, Crystal. >> All right. All right. Any future any future agenda items? >> Do we need one for the purple star stuff or is that just something we would do? >> Okay. All right. Now, that's it. Anybody? All right. Upcoming meetings. May 5th, a regular board meeting at city hall and
110May 19th will be at Sheridan. Yes. And this meeting is a journal.