1/20/26 Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees

001like to call this meeting to order. >> Uh, can I turn this down? >> Yep. >> Thank you. Member Cho, will you lead lead us >> in the pledge of >> allegiance? I pledge allegiance 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. >> Okay. We uh the board the board has been meeting in close session and Uh 2.1 uh conference of labor negotiator no action. 2.2 conference for legal council. We have a report out by our uh the board voted 4 Z with with abstensions by board member profit to decline to hear an appeal of a complaint pursuant to administrative regulation 1312.3. >> Okay. Thank you. And then 2.3 personnel no access. Okay. So we'll

002move um 3.4 announcement of public comment during open session. The board welcomes public participation and encourages respectful and civil discourse. The board does not condone profanity, vulgar language, or personal attacks. The 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's conducting business or disrupt speakers while they are presenting. This includes clapping, shouting out, or other interruptions. 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 on the agenda. While the board may not deliberate or take action on non-aggenda items, it may refer concerns

003to 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 allowed 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. So we will move to four um section 4.1 school spotlight. Right. and Miss Curtis is here. Thank you for being here. And the board we're going to move down into the seat so that they straight down your turn. Retaining. All right. Thank you for coming tonight. Um I'm the interim principal at C Bridges High School.

004My name is Chris Bombard. Um I'm filling in for Heather Pierce as she's going through her journey with breast cancer. So um I will be here for the rest of the year. Um but what I thought would be kind of appropo is to start our presentation off with um our students. So we have some amazing things that are happening at 12 high school and I thought what better way to tell you about that than to start off with our students. So, the first uh student group we'll do is STN. I'm Brendan Howard, the producer of Trash TV, and I'm here to talk about our win at STN, which is a student television network. We recently attained first place on Morning Show, which is like our regular crash TV show. And this week was na a

005national competition where schools from all over the country participated in submitting one of their 10-minute morning shows that we produce every week and we came in first this week first this competition and it was a super rewarding experience and I'm super proud of everyone in Crush TV for obtaining this honor. So, I'm Pho. I'm also producer of Craft TV and it's really exciting to talk about our win at SGN student television network because it is a nationwide competition meaning that we competed with schools all across the country and um there's not an exact number for how many students we competed against, but the upcoming convention in Tampa, there's I think 3,000 students registered. It's a very exciting thing and it's really just exciting to be in this pathway and learn a lot of skills like

006how to meet deadlines, overcoming challenges, becoming like detail oriented stuff like that. So it's very exciting when we win such a big title for this place. I made a mistake. How do you turn the mic on? >> That's that's the school system. >> Yeah. Um and then our next group, we have a really exciting new club that is competing on the weekends and um winning and doing some amazing things. So um our next club will be speech and debate. >> Good evening. My Good evening. My name is Koshika and I'm the academy president of the 12 British speech and debate team. In under a year, a small group of students built a speech and debate team program from the ground up. We researched and competition requirements established weekly practices, recruited members across all grade levels

007and registered to compete all while balancing full academic schedules. What began as an idea quickly became a structured studentled program. Speech and debate developed skills students use across every discipline. members learn how to research credible sources, write clear and organize arguments, and speak with confidence in front of others. Just as importantly, they learn how to listen, respond thoughtfully, and engage with ideas they don't automatically agree with. Those ideas carry directly into classrooms, leadership roles, and everyday academic discussions on campus. From the beginning, we were intentional about building a program that could be accessed and sustained. With guidance from our faculty advisor, Mistri, we created systems for peer mentorship, case writing, and preparation so new members could grow quickly and feel supported. As the program grew, we also recognized the value of learning from more established

008teams. More recently, we began receiving mentorship from Wood Creek High School, one of the strongest speech debate programs in our league. Their guidance has helped us refine our preparation, better understand tournament procedures, and strengthen how we train new members. The support has allowed us to build up early work and move forward with move forward with clear expectations and stronger structures. To support the program responsibly, students organized fundraisers over the summer and continued planning community- based efforts. These act activities are not just about resources. They teach organization accountability and follow which mirror the skills required in competition and leadership. The competition activities and results you hear about next reflect consistent participation and steady growth. They are the outcomes of preparation structure and student ownership, not one-time success. Speech and debate club is is designed to last

009beyond its founding members. We are developing student leaders, training new members, and putting systems in place so the program can continue contributing positively to our campus culture over time. Izzy will now share the specific events and achievements. Thank you for your time. >> I know my project, but it's okay. Okay. Hi everyone. I'm Missy Wur and I'm the treasurer of the 12 Bridges High School speech and debate team and I just want to share a little bit about our story. So when we first had the idea to start the speech and debate team in the spring of our freshman year, we honestly had no idea what we were doing. So a small group of us went online and started researching the National Speech Innovate Association. And then we quickly realized that we were jumping into

010an entirely new world. Um and then at our very first tournament on September 9, 2025, we exceeded expectations and got many awards. And you know, it wasn't always glamorous. Before the first tournament, I remember calling Oshika and asking her, "Do we really have to research for 30 hours just to write our cases?" And she said, "Do we? Well, I guess we'll find out." And it turns out, yes, we had to research for 30 hours. Uh there were moments where I've wondered what my what I got myself into, but honestly, sticking with speech and debate has been one of the best decisions I've made. It's taught me research, writing, and public speaking skills. And more importantly, I've uh made lifelong friendships and connections with students across California. Um, specifically at the Aggie Invitational in UC Davis

011in October, um, Hoshica went three and one in Lincoln Douglas and then Garrett Culp placed 11 out of 50 in his very first Congress round, which is like really, really good. And then, um, by early December at the Oakidge tournament, our growth was really undeniable. Garrett improved to fifth place in Congress. Hosa went three and one again, and then me and my debate partner Caroline went 3-1 in public forum. And then as a tweet, as a team, we told Bridges plays nine out of 40 schools by the end of our fall semester. Um, what makes this especially meaningful is that we were competing against schools with paid programs, in-class debate courses, and decades of experience while we are still a brand new self-taught team learning the culture of debate as we go. Uh, looking ahead,

012we're gearing up for an exciting spring season. We have our speech tournament on January 31st and then debate state day qualifiers on February 20th and the 21st and then national qualifiers for both speech and debate in March and April. Uh in such a short amount of time, our team has grown from complete noviceses to varsity competitors and we've improved rapidly despite the challenges that we face and I truly have never worked with a more determined and resilient group of student leaders. And I'm so incredibly proud of our speech and debate team here at TVHS. Thank you. All right. And then our last student celebration I'd like to highlight is our student store, the Crash Corner. >> Hello everyone. If we haven't met before, my name is Alyssa Jansen. I'm a senior here at 12 Bridges

013this year. This will be my this is my third year in the business program. So I've been there since the very beginning. I'm also part of our CEO team for our studentled store, the Crash Corner here at 12 Bridges. So, we have so many wonderful, amazing courses here at 12 Bridges, but we don't really have that many that are going to teach us for some of the more typical jobs that most people have, although everyone, I'm sure, would love to be um digital producers or um dentists and doctors. But for regular, more business jobs. So, a couple things we do at the Crash Corner is everything is run by students except for purchasing the goods. So, we have students in the younger classes that make some of our t-shirt designs and other things that we

014sell, including 3D printed products, where we also have a partnership with the middle school where we partner up with their 3D printing team, and we service some of their products as well. And then we also serve a couple other things such as snacks, all healthy of course, some sugar-free gums, Izzy's, things like that. And so far, we have made almost $3,000 in profit in the Crash Corner, only being open for a few months or so. So, yeah, that's it. >> Um, so yeah, that's just some of the things that are happening at High School. And again, I thought it would be way more powerful for you to hear from the students that are putting in the work than be just kind of recapping. Um, you're doing some amazing things. One of the exciting things about

015being part of a new school is you're constantly growing. Um, these are our AP course offerings that we have currently right now. Um, but the exciting part is in 2627, so next year we'll be adding AP 3D and 2D art and AP psychology. Um, and those are classes that we are getting lots of student interest from. So, we are able to get some um, teachers AP trained and we're going to be able to offer those classes next year. um as along with their AP offerings that are going to be um more we're going to have some more dual enrollment offerings at Fidge High School as well. So um 26 27th school year we're going to be able to offer dual enrolled Spanish 3. Um and that's going to be through SAK State and then we're

016going to have two business courses that will be dual enrolled through Sierra College. Um so not only will those students be running that student store but also be getting um college credit when they're running that student store. So again, it's just really fun to see the growth in our dual enrollment offerings and also our AP course offerings. Um some of the neat courses that we offer um at 12 Bridges High School is we were actually going to have a girls flag football class next year. Um so we had a huge interest in that. One of our athletic conditionings has a huge contingent to girls. We have 41 girls in my class that are going through flag football class. So we were able to get that for them. So they will have a football class. Um

017we offer ASL 1 through 4. We have science and strength and conditioning which we hope someday will be a pathway for us um for sports medicine. Um we have dance one through four. We have a severe multiple disabilities class that we partner with PCOE. Um so they're housed on our campus. They are um in the same classroom adjacent to um our iOS program. Um and then something that we uh kind of stumbled upon is walking for fitness. Um it's going to be able it's going to be a course that we're going to be able to offer at the end of the day for our athletes so they aren't missing so much core content. Um and what's nice is it doesn't need a facility. Um we can walk our walking trails around um our community which

018will be fun. And then another class that we um we have that is creative Friday. So this is one of the unique course offerings that we have 12 high school. These are our pathways. You heard from two of them um through our student celebrations, but we have the biotech, software systems development. We have our digital commercial art, video production, broadcasting, business management. So those are the CC path uh pathways that we have at Children's High School. Um we really try to have student leadership opportunities um here. Um those are just some of the um student leadership opportunities that we have. Um just to highlight a couple um Next Level is really neat. We have our football players come on Saturdays and they work with the uh kids in our community um coaching them in flag

019football. It's really cute when we have our high schoolers first graders try and teach them how to uh play flag football. It's like control chaos when you see that. My boys have been in that for years. Um they love working with their coaches. They just think they are the same as San Francisco 49ers. They love doing that. Um our athletic leadership class um they go to our surrounding um elementary schools and they teach PE. Um, so that's a really cool um, software that we have here. Um, we have our crash board that we already went through. Um, and then um, our service clubs, they do a lot of hours and they're donating a lot of their hours on our campus and they're constantly working with different clubs and different organizations. So, um, they do a

020nice job with that, too. Again, these are just other leadership opportunities we have. We're going to be getting some data. So, uh, our eight assistant principles have been working really, really hard this year working with our students to get them to school. We've kind of revamped how we, um, interact with our students that aren't coming to school on a regular basis. And you can see that's really working. So, we we're up to 95% school attendance right now for the first semester, which is really really good. Um, we know we have some areas that we can grow. continue to go higher, but it's really nice to see the effort that our assistant principles are putting in to see the data um that supports that. Um so it's really nice to see that uh our college and

021career readiness numbers um you can see that there we had 64% of our students were APG. Um 40% of our students were path computers. Um 64% of our students had 3.0 or better. Um and then 95% of our students um graduated last year. Something we're going to do, um, it's kind of a secret, but something we're going to do very quickly is students that were on an honor roll for the first semester, we are going to buy them leather beads. So, we're going to have a flex where everyone that got corner of leather is going to get another scoop of ice cream. Um, so we're going to make that happen for them cast. Um, we got I got to give a shout out to Mr. Jurgensson. Put a lot of time and effort to try

022to figure out how we could get our students to come test and keep them here. So, we um highly incentivized our students really trying on the um CASP test. We kind of um revamped how we had our students coming and revamped our schedule with the CASP. And you can see we had huge growth in ELA. We went from uh 49% to 62%. And in math and that's I'm sorry, that's getting a three or four. And in math, we went from 33 to 40% that are getting three or four on the test. So, we had huge growth. We want to see that huge growth continue. But it was really nice to see that um our efforts again and kind of revamping how we did cash here support that. Um and then um our AP pass rate,

023we actually just received a bronze medal from the a from AP. Um 629 tests were given and we had a 75% pass rate. Um that picture we um actually gave all the students that were coming back that got a five. We went to their house over summer and gave them that long sign and students love that. So we're going to do that again. So, we were able to give out um students who got five. They um Mrs. Snder came up with that idea. Um wellness center um they have become just a part of what we do. Um we meet with that staff regularly. They're always out in the quad interacting with our students. Um they are in our classrooms constantly. They did 56 classroom presentations last year. So, they're always working with our students. um

024we are one and the same when it comes to making sure that our students are getting the social emotional help they need and like I said they um they become an integral part of what we do here and so I just kind of gave you a lot of data and what that culminated to was some really nice colors when it came to our California dashboard indicators. So everything on there is red or blue I mean sorry not red green or blue um green or blue. So, um, that was we were really proud when that came out this year and all the hard work that we're putting in um is really paying off and the hard work that our students are putting in is really paying off. So, that was something really proud of um when

025that came out. Um, another incentive that is part of kind of part of our culture is our academic excellence course. So, this kind of came out in student senate that students wanted to be recognized for all the hard work that they put in um when they're at their high school career. So, these are all the different things for just our academic excellence course that students can have um when they graduate. And that's just kind of a perfect example of what that looks like for a student that puts in a lot of hard work. Those chords represent all the time that that student put in when um she was coming to our 12 Bridges High School. Um we have cords for sports stuff, too, but those are just the chords that we have for academic excellence.

026So, um again, it's become a huge part of our culture. Um, we have a display case in our office and students are constantly going through making sure they're taking the right classes so they can get their course. So, it's really neat to see that students are pushing themselves because they want to have course. Um, some of the support services that we have for our students um are on here. Um, we're really working in PBIS. We want to we're trying to get that tier 2 PBS school. So, we're working on that. Um, we're really trying to revamp our flex intervention. Um, we want to make sure that's targeted. We want to make sure we're finding the students and even intervention based on data. Um we uh have like I said we work with our wellness team

027and we um are doing the crisis intervention and safety planning when we have to. And what's nice is that these all kind of work in cohorts with each other um and and every piece is always speaking with one another. So it's really nice um to see how many supports we have for our students. Um so our areas of focus where we're trying to get better is we want to strengthen um our instructional um effectiveness through our PLC's and GBC's and just really make data informed decisions. Um I know that's a district initiative but we really are trying to push that here at our site as well. Um we are always trying to um revamp our safety policies especially when around the bathrooms and safety in the bathroom. So that is something that uh we are

028constantly trying to strive. We have looked at how we use our campus monitors and we have adjusted how they're interacting with students um and how police our campus monitors are out on a daily basis um on campus. We have really tried to support um families through um vape intervention. So we're going to be giving a vape training um this spring. We gave a vape training to our teachers through district day um and it was really well received. So, we are going to do the same training for our families. Um, and we're going to open that up to the district. So, we're going to do that in this spring. So, anyone in the district that would like to get trained on vaping, they can come out um come to Bridges High School. And then, um, just

029strengthening our shared decision- making throughout all the parties of 12 High School, students, staff, parents, we want to make sure when we're making policy and making decisions, we're doing that together as a team. Um something that uh Heather has really brought to this campus is our staff culture. It's it's really important um that adults want to come to the place so that students want to learn. Adults are happy, students will be happy and um so our staff culture is really important. Um a shameful plug, we're two-time champions of the 12 Bridges Rick Cookoff. Um so part of your bag of goodies for it is our barbecue sauce that has won. So that's in there. Um we had a buckorn cater staff appreciation dinner. We had over 160 um staff members and families show up to

030watch our football game um and have buckorn um and then we are constantly doing staff get together, staff parties um so that people are just interacting with each other on a different basis. And then the other um fun um treat that's in your bag is that my teacher after she retired, my mom um started a business where she sells toff. So that's the sweet stuff also there. So what that bag kind of represents is just our community and our staff culture. So um and then just some more and celebrations that we had. We're doing so many amazing things. I could stand up here for hours and talk about all the amazing things that we're doing. But we had our integral inaugural girls flag football um season this year. They actually won the league which was

031pretty impressive. We have four girls who were chosen to go to San Diego on an all expense paid trip um to play an All-Star game that's sponsored by the NFL. Um they'll be staying at a resort on the beach. It sounds horrible. Um so uh so we they were recognized won five section titles last year in sports. Um so uh that's pretty amazing to win that many section titles. And like I said, 75% of our students passed the AP tests which is amazing. Um, we got our AVID certification. Um, so, uh, we're just doing a lot of really neat and amazing things. And so, um, thank you for listening to me. Very nice. Before I go, does anyone have any questions on anything? >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> Uh we do have one speaker.

032Um All this hear me? Okay. I just wanted to thank the board and the staff for approving the speech and debate club. It's made a huge difference in my son's life as well as the club's life. I also want to thank Jen Hadden and those board members who have taken their Saturday to come out and either judge or support the team. These days are long days. They start at 7:00 a.m. and sometimes awards don't happen until 7:00 p.m. So, in addition to the 30 hours that they research for speech and debate before each tournament, they also spend a 12-h hour day on a Saturday and sometimes both Saturday and Sunday doing this. I'd like to remind you that this is very academic. Although it's not a class, it's a club. It would be great for

033this to be allowed to be done during flex as well. I understand there's been some changes in what's allowed during flex, but it's only academic items. And yes, it is a club. I would love to see this become a class and if it can't become a class, maybe it can become a dual enrollment class with Sierra College and then it would be a class and would potentially be allowed to have a flex time. I'd also like to thank Mrs. Tree and her family. She brings her husband, her daughters, whatever we need for judges. For every two students that participate in speech and debate, you need one judge. Sometimes we have 10 to 12 kids. We don't have as many parents participating. My husband and maybe two other parents are coming to each speech and debate

034as well as Mrs. Tree, her husband, and her daughter to make sure we have enough judges to make this happen. So, it's parents volunteering their time as well to get these kids to these tournaments that are not local. So, there is drive time, but it's an amazing experience for these kids and they're doing great. So, I would love to see it as a class. I would love to see it in flex time. And school's more fun when they get to go to clubs during flex time. It breaks up their day a little bit. Just a reminder. Thank you. >> Great. Thank you, Robin, for that perspective. Appreciate it. >> Okay. Section five, consent agenda. All items on the consent agenda will be approved with one motion which is not debatable and requires a unanimous vote

035for 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 approval of the consent agenda. We do have one speaker on this uh fella. I'm not sure exactly how the consent agenda is working. There's been changes, but I didn't know if you could speak a little bit about the Williams Uniform Quint report or hear details about it or so. Um, I had an opportunity to hear Plaster County speak about this from the class board of education office education and um it was it was curious to me in regards to um the history of this and how our schools are listed on there. But one of the things that I noticed on this quarterly complete report was

036um the zeros and I didn't know that um parents may realize that this is a place that we can voice that. So I I don't have in front of me of which schools they're listed there. I do remember Faucet Ranch was one of the schools I want to say plus two other schools. I think there were three total um on the Williams report. But um I know at one time when I was at GEMS um there was constant turnover of teachers and I didn't know how to voice that and so I just wanted to bring attention to parents and to um the public that the Williams um report is something that if we are um not seeing um continuity of um either education or training or teachers or you know in the classroom that this

037is a place that we can go and voice that. So if anybody gets a chance to kind of do some research on their school and why you're on list, it's really about not having sufficient materials and things that comes in play. So I apologize I don't have more details on >> you. Okay. Do I have a motion? >> A second. >> Call member Der. >> Yes. >> Member. >> Yes. >> Member Price. >> Yes. >> Member Profit. >> Yes. Okay, sorry. We have a new system and I'm one side I can use my screen and the other side I can use my finger on my screen. The other side I can't. So, sorry. Okay. Okay. Section six, board um board reports. So this is where we get reports from student board members, board of trustees

038and employee associations and superintendent. So first would be kel go first. >> Yes. You guys hear me? >> Yeah. >> Um, so to start off the sports, uh, the LC winter sports uh, with soccer, basketball, wrestling, boys tournaments and competitions. Um, we also have spring sports underway. We have conditioning for them. So, for example, tennis and track and field that have already been done and also swimming. We have LSA fundraising for the boys basketball team in partnership with team pizza. Um our s club is hosting a empower her day where any female identified student will have the opportunity to participate in a workshop and conversations in order to connect with others, reflect and feel more confident. U blood drive or school weather tomorrow right now. And I just had a very successful zebra showcase. We

039were able to show our upcoming eighth graders uh different aspects of chess. So they got to go around the classroom, see what they have to offer. Uh they heard me speak and they saw all the different clubs that you could join. So yeah, thank you Charlie. >> So going We haven't been here for a while, so I'll try and catch you up as best as I can. But we have three students who were selected for an exhibition at the student show at the Crawford Art Museum in April. So, congratulations to Naomi Patino, Bailey Stanley, and Dale Short. This is a great honor for them, and it really shows our representation in our school. We're also having the Empower Day, which is on January 30th. And they're also running self-defense, and I thought that was very

040interesting. So, I just wanted to point that out as well. And we're having a lot of new clubs on campus. And to name a few, we have the book club, the criminal justice book club, and the Dungeons and Dragons Club, which will be meeting or have met very recently. And we also had our rhino roll out, which was a big success. For sports, we actually have a basketball game tonight. So, if you want to go after this, of course, you can. It's ESPN themed. And I wanted to highlight our girls varsity soccer who is currently first league. So, congratulations to them. >> Thank you, Charlie from Phoenix. Hello everyone. It's been a while since we last met. But uh start off we uh we have started our basketball with just some practice right now. A

041lot of people have joined our um our basketball with all the people that have been joining. Uh we go to tournaments and we win uh trophies. once in a while. Um, some students have also been starting to work on our wershed, which is a project where many students help out our environment, such as um, putting in cameras and lakes to make sure our fish are living in a safe and good environment. And, uh, also helping out with recycling, wasting compost, and making sure none of that goes into any of our the bad stuff. Okay, we'll move to the board of trustees. Member Dra. >> Oh, thank you. >> Um, well, first of all, I I knew a lot of the things that are happening at 12 Bridges, but the rest I heard is absolutely spectacular,

042and I didn't know all of it. My hats off to these folks. Wonderful time. And the other thing is I want to commend the debate team. A big supporter of the debate team to have a great school. You need a debate team. And probably it would be great if we're a class, too. I think we can promote that. I like that idea. And I just talked to you about perhaps thinking about a team at Lincoln. >> Oh, >> you're in speech and you might be interested in doing that. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> We have speech contest. >> Okay. So, I think Lincoln would do well. advocate to as well. So this uh this past short period of time I spoke with uh board member profit um and uh the question I asked her and

043one we discussed was uh what quantifiable accomplishments do we as a board want to see this school year? I think it's a good topic and as usual Marjorie has great ideas along those lines. So, at Starbucks, we talked about quantifiable accomplishments for over an hour, and I think we came up to some good ideas. I also had the opportunity to talk with uh board member uh April. I got a little ton of time there. Yes. Um and we both serve on the academic excellence committee. Uh together we're both continually seeking new paths to bolster and improve Western Plaster's academics. Soon we're going to be highlighting high achieving academic students, honoring the long hours they consistently put in, as well as recognizing students who have worked especially hard and both for their own personal academic achievements.

044We do know that being a student is not easy. And as a board, we want students, parents, teachers, and the community to know we recognize and honor all hardworking students. And you'll see the outcome of that the next board meeting, I hope. >> Thank you. >> No price. >> Christy and I attended the uh city 2 by two. >> Okay. And one of the cool uh things that I think came of that meeting was the idea of having their leadership meet our leadership because there's a lot of overlap in the terms of the things that they do within the city and then the the way in which our administrators interact in the school district and I think there probably could be some shared momentum between the two maybe some synergy. So um I think more

045to come on how that ends up you know almost like a take your city per person to school day. I don't have it worked out and we're working on the branding, right? You were supposed to do that this weekend. Um anyway, so I thought that was uh that was meaningful and a lot of conversations around um making headway with uh with different village projects and schools and school sites specifically. Uh I think we've I think the way in which we're interacting now with the city and its development is uh is unique and deserves to be celebrated. So I'm celebrating now. Um, I spent some time with my Shark Tank companies. Uh, they started a conversation with their current valuations. So, this is something Scott and I had worked on, I think like a year and

046a half ago, where effectively they take fictitious money and they can allocate it into different uh revenue sort of uh, you know, buckets for lack of a better term. And, uh, there's multipliers for what they can actually see in terms of valuation. So, let's say you put $100 into a sales and marketing budget and it has a 10x multiplier, which is typically what a sales leader would want to see. If I hired someone, paid them a salary, I'd want to see 10x what I pay them in sales for return. Um, and now I've got these kids saying like, we're number two in the class. They're very intense about it. It's it's a lot of fun. Um, I as they ask for funds because we're their investors, so they want more money. What do you want

047it for? Then I ask them, "What do you think I want to hear you say you want it for?" and they say uh to to pay back my loan. No, I don't want to hear that. I want to hear that you're going to invest in ways in which more money will. So, all these really interesting and it just it shocks me all the time that this education these kids are getting just around um like what you heard uh the students speak about earlier these really, you know, fundamental cash flow, cash management stuff. Really exceptional work. Um very proud of the work that Scott's done to be celebrated. Um I think to close you know we yesterday was uh we celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King's uh King Day and um this word that stuck with me

048was contribution. Um I think I find a great deal of pride in the way in which our district contributes uh our staff and teachers contribute to students but also our our district contributes to uh to the community. If you've sat in a conversation with our superintendent for more than 30 minutes, you've heard her bring up uh day of giving 100 days, 100 ways. Um I'm saying that because I adore that you make sure that that makes it into every conversation. It's my favorite. That's how I know what phase of the conversation we're in. It's like, oh, she's hitting them. She's hitting them. Um this stuff I believe starts at the top. this vision casting the, you know, a leader who who impresses upon those that look for uh guidance around how important it is to

049be a contributor in your community. Um, and then of course all the folks that do that work, right? I mean, it's one thing to have vision, but without action, it's it's just a dream. So um I want to just commend and sort of make a little space for all the ways in which uh that our our community benefits from the contribution of our students and then all the way out to uh to the administrators as well. So thank you for that. Thank you for your leadership there. >> Thank you. I have to follow that. >> Um actually well Jason stole my fun on the 2 by two committee meeting. >> Take the take the city manager of the school day. What? >> Yeah, >> we're workshopping. >> Uh uh yeah, we did have a great

050conversation with him. Um and then um I attended the Club America uh meeting last week where I'm actually here um and he's a great speaker. Spent time with my granddaughter. >> Y that's all right. >> Um I attended the Club America meeting as well with most of you. I don't know if Jason was here. It was a packed room. So, um I want to um first of all thank all the students who came and participated because they were all very um kind, respectful and thoughtful of one another which I thought was really great. I want to thank Mrs. Paris and Mr. Bmore as well. Um, I know this has been a very challenging time for you guys and you have supported the students admirably, all of them. So, thank you and I appreciate the countless

051hours and efforts put forth to support the students of the club and the students on campus. Um, I took a public speaking course with Dr. Victor Rios. Um, that's probably been my biggest challenge. Very diverse um, group of educators. I'm probably the lowest of the educator. They're all superintendent that are in this course with me. So, I'm learning perspective from your seat now and it's quite challenging. Um, I had a good and a great meeting with Reno about how to best support the district with our increasing our um testing scores. So, I'm looking forward to that future scoring and going to the Phoenix Atlas fundraiser on the 31st. I think there's still tickets available if anybody's interested. Let's raise some money and Saturday I'll be um judging the path of the debate club for older

052school. >> I still need training. >> Thanks. >> All right. Thank you. So, um thank you for the spotlight that HS gave us today. I always sit back there and shamefully I'm jealous about high school these days and and school our schools in general because I remember thinking back we didn't have clubs way back when when I went to high school and I just absolutely love not just 12 bridges what you guys do but all of our schools the more I I learn from these spot I just love these spotlights because I get to learn what our schools are doing and I'm amazed more and highway time. So, thank you. And I I'd especially like to congratulate the Crash TV for placing first place. I had that in my notes today. I was so proud

053when I when I read that today. So, again, congratulations on that. Um uh I will um so for four committees George and I have an academic excellence committee coming up on the 27th I believe and we'll update the board next meeting on that. I'm sure we'll have lots of fun stuff and George gave you a sneak preview of what we're going to be talking about. All right. Uh, I'll be attending Pastor County Board presence meeting tomorrow. And um, and then I wanted to thank each of you for meeting with me or talking to me on the phone. I think we probably got between all of us over 10 hours um, talking me talking with you all. So, thank you for making time for me. And then of the um event I wanted to talk about

054that uh I did I did attend um I did judge the FFA um speaking contest on Monday. So, we were there all day and it I was so impressed. The first speaker, we had speakers from all over the place, not just um our school district, but this first speaker came out. I almost jumped out of my chair. She was so energetic. Um, and it was just amazing to listen to everyone. These 14, 15, 16 year olds, 17 year olds, their their how they command an audience at that young age is absolutely impressive. So, I was I was really thrilled to participate in this on Monday. And I think that's all I have. So, no, it's you have anything Okay. And then >> so over to you. >> Okay. All right. Um, we have not met

055since 2025 and I think today might be the first day that I actually used 2026 appropriately when the date. So, uh, happy new year. Uh I uh had the opportunity to uh deliver years of service pins to Lincoln crossing Leman and District Office employees uh last week and this week I will be at Boscet Ranch, Creekide and the maintenance department. Uh we every year uh recognize uh employees that have hit certain landmarks in their time in Western Placer and um each year we recognize um staff that collectively have contributed well over a thousand years of service to Western Classroom High School District. So it's one of my favorite things to do and Mike tagged along with me last week and I think he will be uh doing the same uh this week as well. So

056look forward to doing that. Uh thanks to uh Jen Paladin and our uh other members of our student senate team. We had another student senate meeting um last week that went very very well. Uh we although um something died at Mcbine um and it was really awful. So um everybody was troopers in terms of handling the u the it smelled worse than a middle school classroom. Um, and I can speak from experience because I was a middle school teacher. Uh, so, uh, we are getting really, really close to finishing our edspecs for the TK8, uh, school in village 7. So, that'll be coming to the board, uh, probably at the February 10th meeting. We have a meeting, I believe, next week with all of the folks that contributed to um, the development of that document.

057And uh we are very um excited about what our collective team has come up with in terms of what the future of schools looks like in in Western Pler. And so look forward to bringing that to the board. And then uh shortly after that, we will be bringing you the survey results um that we did with the community related to um the naming of the new school. So, uh, as I had shared previously, Lewis Holmes, um, has asked that, um, the word liberty, uh, be a part of the school because that it's Liberty at Lincoln and giving the partnership with, uh, with Lewis and with the city, um, to fully fund the school over there. We thought it was appropriate to honor that request that Liberty be a part of the name. So it'll be

058liberty something >> or something liberty like how one just throw out one that give us one that that might not make the list one one option that is being can we can't even do that. >> No be a surprise. >> I there were some decent there were some decent decent options and it was name and mascot. So, keeping with that jungle theme, so to speak, or animal theme, there'll be a a couple of different options for the board to consider and give us some direction on >> you. The Liberty Lemur will be >> Well, I know, but their lemurs are already taken. So, yes, >> and then that is uh that's my report. >> Okay, thank you. >> We're already sidebars. >> I know you want to take bets and not be probably further. jungle.

059So, okay. All right. So, now we go to section seven. Let's see. Okay. So, we'll go to 7.1 and that is resolution 25. >> Hi I actually have the next three items. Um, this first one, uh, item 7-1 is to, uh, update the approved signers on the Lincoln High School ASB account at Columbia Bank, which was now is Columbia. The uh, clerk three there is uh, has resigned and we have a new clerk. So we are adding we're removing him adding her and then also adding Louis and the director of business services as a signer on that account. >> Do we have any questions? Do we have a motion? >> I'll move a second. Any discussion? Okay, this is me. Yes. >> Member. >> Yes. >> Member Freeman. >> Yes. >> Member Price. >> Yes.

060>> 7.2. >> Yes. The This one is to update the authorized signitories on the Glenn Edwards Middle School ASDA account which is at Bank of America. And so it will be uh Jesse Fernand as the principal, Jen Fernand as secretary, Steve Roman assistant principal, and then uh me as the CEO. >> Any questions for K? >> Do I have a motion? >> I'll move. >> Have a second. I'll second. Any discussion? >> No. >> All right. Roll member. >> Yes. >> Member Price. >> Yes. Member profit. >> Yes. >> Member. >> Yes. >> Member. >> Yes. >> Okay. Last one. This is to update the signitories on the 12 Bridges Middle School ASB account which is also at Bank of America. So it will be Jack D, principal, Michelle Row, school secretary, Amy Patterson, assistant

061principal, and me as CEO. >> Any questions? All right. Do I have a motion? >> Yes. >> I'll second. >> Great. Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Member Price. >> Yes. >> Member Dra. >> Yes. >> Member profit. >> Yes. >> Member Freeman. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> 7.4. How about you? Good evening. This is kind of a funky setup tonight. Microphones at me. So 7.4 is anou uh to provide different tiers of pay for our par profofessionals. Our paraprofessional positions have been some of the most challenging to fill consistently. And what we've noticed is that there are within that same classification, not all jobs are created exactly equal. And there are certain positions that are time and time again either having quite a bit of transiency from people moving in and out of

062them or just not gaining applicants. At the same time, we were reluctant to just change it to its own classification for some of the pair professionals who maybe are connected on onetoone students who have significant behavioral or medical needs. By changing the classification, then all of a sudden those those employees are kind of stuck in that class and we don't have the flexibility to move, which sometimes we need to do. So, we worked together with CSCA to come up with a bit of a a new way to figure out how can we pay more but keep them in the same classification. And the way we've done that is they're all still going to be pair professionals as far as their class is concerned. But based on their assignment, they will get either four or 8%

063bonuses uh connected to their pay to account for the fact that some paras are doing types of work that are a little bit more challenging uh physically intensive or dealing with behaviors that present quite a challenge. And we hope that this will yield uh richer applicant pools for some of these positions that right now we are paying contracted people um which is at a significantly higher cost than even these raises would would have. So this is new but we work together long and hard on it and we're excited about what it can be. Um there will be some devil in the details and determine exactly you think you have three clear classifications for the uh tiers and it's not always that clean. There's going to be some gray, but the union is committed to working

064this out with us. And so we recommend that this MLOU be approved. >> Thank you. Any questions for Mike? >> Do I have a motion? >> I'll move to approve. >> Do I have a second? >> I'll second. Okay. Any discussion? >> All right. This is not a roll call. So, uh, all in favor say I. >> I. I. >> All same. 7.5. >> Yes, 7.5 is a reduction of one and elimination of another classified position. It is a reduction of a campus monitor position where the hours were not seen to be the best investment of the funds that were paying for that. So that was reduced by I believe half an hour. While a PAR position is being eliminated, the reason for that is the IEP team determined that um the services that generated

065that parents presence were no longer needed. In both cases, these positions were vacant, so no employees be adversely impacted by this decision. >> Great. Thank you. Any questions for Mike? Do I have a motion? >> Yes, I move. >> I second. All right. Any discussion? All right. So, this is our roll call. Uh, all in favor say I. I. >> All right. 7.6. >> Yes. This is the creation of a new classification along with a job description attached to it for a van driver. This is a passenger van driver. However, in the district at this point, we had bus drivers for kids and we had like a delivery driver for boxes. We didn't have a van driver position for kids and at this time we're sometimes outsourcing uh transporting students usually because of some kind

066of medical situation and because we didn't have the staff to do this. um we were using companies like Medicaid which is a very expensive uh outfit to work with. So again rather than contracting outside we hope that this position's creation will eventually be a savings for the district even though there could be an immediate expense by creating the position. So this is our attempt to keep some of this work in house. >> Thank you. Any questions? >> Okay. Do I have a motion? >> I'll move to approve. Second. >> All right. Uh, all in favor say I. >> I. >> All oppose. >> All right. 7.7. >> Okay. This is adding a date to the pair professional calendar. As of right now, our pair professionals who are um very strongly tied to the education that

067takes place within special special education classrooms. Their first day of reporting is the same day that students show up. And that's a challenge because they're sometimes even for brand new pairs, they're showing up and okay, what are these kids that I'm trying to help support teaching and learning with? So, we had the mutual idea between the union and us to propose to the union that we add a day to their calendar uh amongst those three days where teachers are here but students are not to allow the parent to work with the teacher and prepare for that first day where kids are actually here. It sounds great in vacuuming but we need to make sure that we did our due diligence. We checked with both the teachers union and the pair of professionals who had be

068impacted in this and the um desire to move forward with this by both unions was very very very high. Um and so at a relatively small cost of adding one day to the calendar we can have a parent professional group that we hope will be far more better prepared to provide the services that are so desperately needed for these students. >> Thank you. Any questions for Mike? >> All right. Do you have a motion? >> I move. >> I'll second. >> Great. All in favor say I. I >> I all oppose. >> All right. >> 7.8. >> Yeah. And this one is probably the most complicated of the Mus even though it doesn't cost anything. It's just just a name nomenclature. Um we currently and it also creates a new job description. We currently have

069a position instructional aid and there are instruction aids during the school day. Those are TK and kinder instructional aids. And then there's after school instructional aids that are connected to the care program which is an after school program I'm sure that you're familiar with. They're all grouped under this one classification called instructional aid. What the instructional aids after your school were doing is significantly different from what's going on in the TK and K classrooms. And so the job description just didn't match. So we worked at the union to create a job description that made more sense for the after school instructional aids. We're now calling them before and after school aid. and it has a job description that's much more along the lines of organizing activities, supervising students because they've got kids of all grade

070levels for a variety of different hours. So, the job description actually matches what they're doing. There's it's the same pay range. They lose no seniority. It's just a way to keep their position separate from the instructional aids in the kinder and uh TK and K classes that are a very very different job. Additionally, we have an old job title called instructional aid special education. Now, that job title is the PAR professional, but we had about four employees that were still under this kind of grandfather grandfathered in under this old job description instructional special education. It was confusing for everybody. We asked, does anybody want this title to still exist? Everybody said no. So, we're removing that old job title. the people that were in it are being absorbed in the par profofessional position which is

071an exact match just a new title. So now moving forward it's much cleaner. A lot of changing names to make things much cleaner and appropriate for the jobs that they do. >> Thanks Mike. Any questions for Mike? >> Do you have a motion? >> I'll move. >> I'll second. >> Second. >> All right. Uh any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> All opposed. All right. Thank you. 7.9. >> And finally, the classified salary schedule needed to change because of all these changes we did with new job descriptions and or um um changes in position. So this new salary schedule um captures all the changes you just agreed to via MU. >> Any questions? All right. Do I have a motion? >> I move to approve. >> Okay. Second. >> I'll second. >>

072All right. Any discussion? >> All right. All in favor say I. >> I. >> All oppose. >> All right. >> Thank you, Mike. All right. So 8.1 got hard and so we're going to just let the screen drop so that Good morning. He disappeared. Okay, you ready for uh on January 9th, the governor um put forth his uh proposals for the 26 27 uh state budget, which feels kind of crazy because we're barely halfway through 2526. And there's still an awful lot to um to happen for the rest of this year, but it's a great opportunity to uh give us sort of a first look as to what he is thinking for next year, what his priorities will be. And of course, uh the governor alone does not determine the state budget. He will come

073out with a revised proposal in May and then work with the legislature to adopt an on-time budget in June. But to start with, um, looking at sort of globally the California economy, um, some of the things that we're dealing with are, um, we're we're seeing growth. Uh, what I learned today from school services is that, um, our investment in AI in California is hugely positively impacting our economy, which is wonderful. And we have businesses such as Google and Meta that uh are investing highly in artificial intelligence that's sort of masking um a not so great um economy otherwise. So we're fortunate in that that's pulling us up and that also brings us a lot of risk in that there's really one sector that is providing so much uh income into our economy. But overall, our

074income trend is positive. Um, our labor market currently, um, our unemployment rate is about 5.5%. And housing is experiencing relatively flat prices, low levels of new construction. Um, we there's some uncertainty about the Supreme Court's rulings on tariffs and the Federal Reserve's independence. And we always have the risks in California because we get such a huge portion of our revenue from the highest uh the highest earners or our billionaires for the most part. And so um sort of as our highest earners go, so goes the California budget. So there's always a risk inherent in that. So real quickly, uh the good news about Prop 98, which is the major state revenue uh piece of the budget, the governor is proposing to fully fund the COLA. The COLA is projected to be 2.41% right now. Last

075month I told you it was projected to be 2.51%. So it's gone down slightly and we still don't know the final 2627 cola. You will know that in April I believe. So um when the governor comes out with his May revised that will have the final 2627 cola in it. The bad news is the governor is actually proposing to not fully fund Prop 98. So that is protected by um state law. It's codified in the state constitution. And he's basically uh proposing a uh something that was done similarly this year to a lesser Yes. A maneuver. >> Very nice. Yes. So he's proposing another maneuver. This year that was $1.9 billion. Next year is to the tune of 5.6 6 billion where they maneuver is a really good word for it because basically they're saying

076it that there would be like a settle up in the future for Prop 98, but there's no saying uh when that would be or how much that would be. Um so it's not that is not great news for us. It's like they call that in the private market world. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Oh, that wasn't for me. >> Okay, good. >> So, let me get that straight. So, Prop 98 death supposed to be guaranteed in the Constitution. California Constitution. >> Yeah. It's basically >> And it's not being honored. Is that what we're doing? >> That's the proposal. Um, and that was what the governor and the legislature had agreed to this year in the 2526 budget and he's proposing to continue and increase that next year. >> CSBA sued him already. So the lawsuit's

077already going to be pending if this comes back in. So >> where did the suit from last year go? >> I think it's still in >> Oh, it's still in process. So until those settle, we have to account financially for the discrepancies, right? >> It it just means that we get less funding. And then the hard part is that the shore up is in the tune of one time funds which are always so great when you have ongoing expenses. >> Oh yeah. So >> right, April and the impact of May. Yes, in May we'll have the uh the governor's actual um yeah maybe reise and then of course it'll be June before the the budget is actually adopted. Y. All right. Thank you. >> I brought a slide that Audrey used last year for fluctuating

078statutory cola projections. And I think that it's really helpful um just to kind of see every time I stand in front of you, it's it's I'm changing the colon numbers while I'm providing with new colon numbers uh that we receive for um protections for future years. And these numbers are really important. We rely on them when we are developing and updating our budget and when we are making uh plans about future expenditures such as um salary adjustments. So, uh, eight data points are used to determine the cola in the future, which is why we won't know until May what next year's actual cola is because that eighth data point comes in in April. And um, the COLA is a calculated percentage. There's no getting around that, but the governor and the legislature can determine whether

079or not they're going to fully fund that cola. And if I can if I remember correctly, it's been a while before since uh that that has not been fully funded, but in my early years in education, it uh it was consistent. We almost never received 100% of our funding. So, it's been great the last um couple of decades that we have been able to at least receive the fully funded COLA. Um if you look at the the writing in red so looking at for next year as I mentioned the cola has slightly decreased from 2.51 last month to 2.41% this month. That's uh it's negligible about.1% but it is a reduction in revenues to the district of about $100,000 next year. And then for 2728 the cola sorry that says increase it should say decrease

080from 3.42% last month to 3.06%. Uh equates a net decrease of about 350,000 in funding for 2728 and that would be on top of the 100,000 that we already lost in 2627. That's about $100,000 next year and then an additional $450,000 in 2728. Okay. I like stealing um slice. So, this one's from school services of California and it gives a a quick glance at the dart board that they are known for providing. So the top half of the slide is revenue planning factors. So the 2526 information we already have our total is 2.3% and um lottery revenues are projected to be $190 per ADA for unrestricted and then $82 per ADA for restricted. Uh that's the the lottery projections are carried through for all of the um projected years. And then you can see the

081cola going across 2.41% for next year, 3.06 for 2728 and then up to 3.34% and 2829. Uh down on the bottom half under expenditure planning factors I just want to point out uh the calsters rate is projected to remain stable at 19.1%. It's been up for a while now. Uh calers is 12 uh 26.81% 81% this year, actually expected to decrease slightly next year by about 4/10 of a percent. Um then increasing in the following year and then decrease slightly after that. Uh that 26.4% is not yet certain but is likely to be um the amount for next year. So we will see slight savings from that. The governor has some new funding proposals in his budget. Um the student support and professional development discretionary block grant or spud bug as we like to call

082it. Um he is included in the proposed budget $2.8 8 billion statewide in uh as as Krie mentioned uh if this is one-time funding and so it's great to potentially get the money. We're actually looking at close to $4 million for the district if this were to come through. Uh but we would certainly prefer uh ongoing funding as opposed to these big big pots of one-time money. There's also uh the learning recovery emergency block grant. We've talked about this a bit, we the state after allocating us these funds in I think 2022, then took some of those funds back in 2023. Then this year we got back about 1/3 of the amount that the state had taken back. So, the governor is proposing that we get the rest of those funds back in uh 2026

08327, which for us would be about $520,000. Also, with community schools, great news. The governor is proposing to um to allocate 1 billion a year in new ongoing funds for the community schools program. you know, we have our own community schools grant. We're in year two of a $1.9 million five-year program. Uh, and our um we have done amazing things with those funds and with that uh ability. And it would be super if we could continue uh to do that work after um the 5-year grant has expired and hopefully get some ongoing funds for that. A couple of others. Um the ELOP program, the governor is proposing um making that funding $1,800 per pupil ongoing. Uh this year we are receiving about $1,575 per per pupil. So that's a nice increase and that would stabilize

084that amount because it it fluctuate the amount that we get per student fluctuates. And so it just be nice to be able to know exactly what that's going to be. And then finally, the governor is proposing equalizing the state special education base rate uh at $999 per ABA. Um which is uh again great news because it's an increase in that increase in revenue. It's about $400,000 a year for our special education funding. So that all um does sound wonderful and um other than the point where the governor doesn't want to fully fund Prop 98, it is uh for the most part really good news. But I have a huge uh caution warning along with all of that because uh a couple of things. The this is just the governor's again January proposal. We're a long

085way from the budget actually being adopted. We um we'll have to wait and see what happens the next four months before the governor comes out with his main revise and then he and the legislature will do a bunch of debating and then uh they should come out with a final budget by June 15th. And so that's my way of telling you we should not in any way bank on any of the items that he is proposing right now. Additionally, um there's some disagreement between the the governor and the legislative analyst office as to what some of those revenue numbers look like that are involved in his projections for next year. And the governor's proposed budget shows a $3 billion budget deficit, while the LEO's office would put the deficit at $18 million or $18 billion.

086So, um, so again, while good in theory, um, I just don't really have confidence about how much of the governor's proposals will come to light. So, stay tuned. So, what's next? Um, I've kind of beat this into your heads a little bit, but January through May, we'll see some trailer bill language from the proposals, budget subcommittee reviews, and then the LEO will issue a detailed review of the governor's plan. Also, the final cola for next year will be determined. We will get the May revise on or before May 15th and then we should have an on-time budget by June 15th. I believe uh every year since the voters passed um passed a law saying the legislature wouldn't get paid uh if the state budget wasn't on time. Now miraculously every year the state budget is

087passed on time. So that's good news for us because it used to be a lot of the time we didn't even know what the state budget was um by July 1st at the district level. So, um, for us as far as developing next year's budget, we, um, we have developed some enrollment and staffing projections. We're currently in the process of meeting with all of the schools and then the departments talking about uh, their enrollment and staffing and budget allocations for next year. We also just student started uh opened new student registration last week and that's going well. Um I'll be back in two months to provide the second interim report and um we'll have our actual P2 data in uh P2A in early May. So that will provide another uh piece of information and then

088I will uh present to you the governor's May revis um also the LCAP the local control accountability plan for next year. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. Any questions? >> That's a huge deficit difference between what the governor is saying and what the legislative analyst office. Would it be possible that you could email me or the board with um what you project the bud between those two deficits? What we're looking at as a district from the proposed budget? Let's just say the analysts office is correct. It's actually $18 billion deficit. How will that affect our district versus this proposed budget right now going off of the governor's? I know that's hard to do, but >> I don't I don't know that I'm able to do that. Um because I think that would change probably the

089entire state budget and I'm not sure how the governor would work that into the education part of the budget. I just don't think I have the ability to do that in any way that um that I would have confidence in. >> Okay. How much of this do you count to be true though? >> What we should be receiving? >> He's basing right now his his assumption is that there's a $3 billion deficit. So um if it's really 18 then we're talking about a 15 million or 15 billion difference >> of which 41% is for education. So that means over 6 billion >> less for education. Now, he's right now saying that he's planning to maneuver >> 5 billion away from education and not fully fund Prop 98. So, that's a portion of it. Um, but

090it would likely result in lesser revenues that Carrie explained like this. We might not get as much in equalization for special education funding. We might not get as much onetime dollars. They might not fully fund the learning recovery and re give that back. um in terms of kind of the base funding, we can anticipate that that will be the same. So, particularly because of the maneuver that he's he's probably doing the maneuver right now because there's a difference between what he's trying to hopefully say the revenues are going to be versus what probably the realities are going to be. Hence the maneuver because if he if he were to offer us the $5.9 billion right now, what's probably going to result in the May revise is going to be drastically different than what gets proposed

091in January. And he doesn't want to look like a in my opinion, he doesn't want to probably look like a fool by offering up way more. That's pro than probably is going to be the case. And so again, that shortfall for us if there's a $15 billion difference between him and what LAO are saying >> is about 6 billion for us and he's maneuvering 5 billion. So >> So is the district budget advisory committee planning for these shortcomings already? >> The district budget advisory committee um is really a an educational committee at this point. It's not a we're not using it as like to make recommendations. Um it's really to provide information so that people hopefully understand the budget well when that for when that time comes. >> I didn't know if it was still

092going like when I was on it previously. >> Not currently. >> Okay. So, a lot of lot of up and downual typical >> Well, I think what's unusual this year is because the governor is talking about giving us so much in one-time money that that amount itself is unusual. And so, that's also just part of the reason that I'm so uncertain about it. Thank you. >> Thank you. This is just information. >> Okay. >> So, because John Adams County Lincoln is um one of our independent charters. We received their audit report and so um we have that for you in your um Okay. I don't have a lot to say about this one. So, the main thing that I wanted to point out to you about the John Adams audit was well, two things. Uh

093the first thing is on page one. It's the independent auditor's report. >> Am I okay volume? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Um under opinion on that page it says in our opinions and consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the organization. So that's great. So the auditors are saying that basically the numbers in this report are reliable. So that's what you always want. Uh the bad news and I highlighted this in the uh the board item was that it was very difficult for them to actually wind up with those numbers. And um the auditors issued what's uh it was a finding and it's called a significant deficiency. And without reading the entire thing aloud, basically what they were saying is that the books weren't fully closed

094when they arrived to perform their audit, that there were consistent changes throughout the course of the audit. and um they came to the conclusion that the staff really were not um competent to to close the books. So hugely concerning. Um the good news is that the uh John Adams corrective action uh was to hire a um basically an outside entity called Academica California um to perform their um their reporting process. And it says month end close. So, I'm assuming that they're closing monthly, which I've never done, but that sounds great if that's what they need to do. So, as long So, I did ask John Adams if they wanted to um have anyone here to answer any questions or if they wanted to provide any sort of written response, and they just pointed me to

095the line in their um in the audit report which says, "The organization has hired Academica California as its new management company since year end. The new management team has brought in additional resources and procedures to improve the month end close and reporting process. I would like to see more than that or you know have them honestly tell me a little more than that but that was that was what I got. >> This material findings are new right? I don't think we've seen that in the past. >> We have not. Um, Verizon had a couple of very fun meetings with John Adams. Not that I know. I haven't done this. >> Was it a change in staff or something here that perhaps threw him for a loop or >> No, they they had the same internal

096financial person for quite a while. >> Might have been what the auditors were looking for this time or just >> Yeah. I don't know how long um this company has been their auditors. They're they're using Gilbert who is um to my knowledge a very well respected audit firm. >> John Adams falls under our jurisdiction. Correct. I know they have their own separate governing board. >> We authorize them but that's it. >> So we're not financially responsible for them. >> We we do oversight. So we're kind of like their county office. >> Okay. So could you ask them or refer them to hire somebody. >> Well, I mean they did, >> but I mean on site so that I mean that monthly >> they have an employee on site. They've hired an outside consulting to support

097their internal staff too. >> So it's not like a way. So >> we're not their dollar. >> Okay. Okay. >> But these are these are things that the board will in the totality of a reauthorization, right? renewal. These are things that may come into play as the board considers for next year for when they submit. I believe next year is when they do have to submit their >> Is there any way to determine how long it will take them to tighten this up? >> I think it's done. >> I think it's closed now, right? Yes. The auditor's findings and they were just like the month end close process isn't good. You should hire someone. They're like we did. >> Their findings were fair. They they audit ended up being okay, >> but red flags about

098the closing process, >> Okay. So, this is me. So this is you have just one uh policy in front of you and this is for review. It'll come to the board for um adoption consideration at the next board meeting. And just want to make a a note that that the policy and and you'll remember that uh we changed it a bit back after learning that the policies are obviously the boards um hence board policy and then administrative regulations are essentially the the procedures that we establish in alignment with board policy that are fall under um my curview and working with our administrative team to ensure that we're in alignment with policy. So, the policy that you have in front of you um for safe routes to school programs doesn't actually indicate any language change that

099may um uh uh be significant for our community to know based on communications that Emma's put out uh after some uh collaborative efforts with us and Lincoln PD as well as with some of the other uh surrounding districts and the the local PDS like Rockland. Um, for example, in the administrative regulation, we are noting, and this is in alignment now with new um, uh, local ordinance that the city of Lincoln has passed related to safe routes just in general, but obviously for us, it's to and from school related to ebikes and scooters, uh, just based on the significant number of issues that they've been having related to, um, the improper use of, um, uh, both of these motorized uh, vehicles. So, uh, what I just want to note for the board is that in our

100AR and so it's bolded in in this item, the policy itself that you're going to be approving doesn't change much, but I want to make sure that there's clarity and transparency for the community that the administrative regulation that's going to align with this policy is changing. Specifically noting that elementary middle school students are going to be prohibited from operating or storing electronic scooters or class 2 electronic bicycles on district campuses. So um we are we are responsible for them to and from school um but we will not be um we will not be u monitoring them per se to and from school. that is going to be the police's job and they had made it very clear to us that they are going to start increasing warnings and potential ticketing um of of students that

101are not riding the bikes um legally um because many of them are not. And so, um, we they asked us in turn if we would support them in their efforts by not allowing them to be on campus, which we obviously have the right to do. If they're not legal, um, based on the city ordinance and or state and federal regulations, then we shouldn't be allowing them on our campuses and uh, supporting police in that regard. So the other is that only class one pedal assist ebikes and non-motorized scooters may be brought onto and stored on elementary and middle school campus campuses. So in designated areas. So essentially the counter to the first part and then that students who violate this um may be subject to disciplinary action. So, um if if we have if we

102see students attempting to store uh unauthorized ebikes or scooters, then our administration may be uh addressing it in collaboration with Lincoln PD. So, they've essentially said they're going to handle it for us and working with parents and educating um them initially. Their goal initially is to educate because probably 90% of the ebikes and scooters that are being ridden around our community are not lawful. So, and they if they get ticketed and or have issues prolonged, they could lose their opportunity to get their license at a later date. So, um just wanted everyone to be aware of that. So, we are seeking board approval on the policy at the February 10th meeting. And again, that's minimal, but we will be updating the administrative regulation internally with those uh with those three statements. And and that's it

103unless you have any questions. Has there been any push back against this since you've been Have you been messaging it out that we're no longer going to allow students to do that? >> Yeah. So, before the holiday break, we communicated that out um that this was going to be a conversation that we would be having at this meeting. Um and then since then, we've just had meetings with with law enforcement and they noted their support and and the enforcement piece of it too. Um they also just like they just at their last city council meeting uh updated their um what was it? >> Yeah. >> Not allowing them on by pass and things like that. So it's just kind of like it was the timing was all kind of in alignment. So >> but we'll

104continue communicating and as this moves this work. >> Any other questions? No, this is this is going to be a big problem. >> Well, what will be the least of their worries? Because if they're bringing them on campus, it's going to be a hey, you can't do that and contacting parents. But if they get pulled over by police to or from school and get ticketed, they're going to be way worse ramifications long term with license or revoking license or other other things. And ultimately, I know this I I look at our students down there and it's a it's hard because there's the, you know, what do I do? How do I get to school? >> Once upon a time, there weren't those ebikes or scooters and people still got to school um in some form

105or or another. Um and ultimately it's this is related to safety because they we are seeing a significant increase in the number of very very um uh uh let's injury prone accidents that are occurring not just in in our area but surrounding and so most of the um police jurisdictions are cracking down on this to ensure student safety. I'm not going to try and use the mic because of business working at home, but I understand like literally for I'm right next to TE school like you see so many kids on the EI and people keep complaining about it and like how it's supposed to but it's just it's just like increasing so much like I don't know like any probably like 8year-old like 13-year-old boy that doesn't have a bike right now and I don't

106know it's just >> it's going to be hard. >> It sure is. Krie, one more time, what's the timing on on on the school starting to enforce that? Is it after the board? >> Yeah. So, the police have heard it's already taken effect at the city level and and police, I think, are starting with kind of that education and pushing out their own attempts to educate the community and then we'll be doing warnings and those types of things. and then they won't be ticketing a first offense. But if students continually are getting pulled over by police because they're not adjusting their um their behaviors, then they will start ticketing them. And then uh for us, it will be um February 10th after you take action. >> Y $50. Yeah. >> They were discussing at city

107council whether it was going to be 50 or 100 >> and it's going to be 50 >> 50 each time. >> Each time. >> Okay. All right. Thank you. All right. We are on to public comment. 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 any one item is limited to 20 minutes. I don't think we have to go through the rest if we don't have that. Okay. So, uh I will call you up and then I'll call who's on deck and I guess you come right over. Okay. Lewis Britain, you're up and sell you're on deck. Good evening everyone.

108>> I'm here to bring up the Assembly Bill 101 for ethnic studies. The mandatory stud. Oh, is that >> okay? Can you hear me now? >> Yeah. Okay. All right. We lost your time, so you're >> sure. Okay. >> So, I'm here to uh raise awareness and and ask for an update, a status update on the Assembly Bill 101 um for ethnic studies that's mandatory for all the schools in California. Uh the last that I've heard from this district back in December 2024 was that it would be part of the curriculum. And I understand that it's for um it's mandatory for the class of 2030. However, it was also my understanding that it would be a part of the curriculum for this school year. So, I've not seen that. Um I am a parent in

109the community um specifically here at uh 12 Bridges High School and I would like to see this um agendaized or at least an update provided to um to the parents to the community. Um it's important that this is seen as that we're proactive. Um and we were told, you know, that um over a year ago that it would be part of the curriculum for this school year and it is not. And so um I would like to just bring awareness to that and um if there's any assistance needed on my part, I'm sure there's other parents in the community. We're happy to assist. We're happy to elevate it. We're happy to get involved. So that is my comment for today. >> Thank you, Crystal. Um, can we have Jen? We'll have Jen um talk to

110you, Crystal. There is a lot of history uh and a reason that it's we don't have so she'll be able to give you that information. Thank you. Thank you. All right, Sally, you're up. And Renee Fernandez, you're on deck. Hi, I'm going to come with some excitement um because I thought Hong Kong was first and I I wasn't prepared for the Williams. But um I want to talk to you guys about a term I remember when I was a kid. Not a term, but I'm a saying, but ignorance is bliss. Gosh, how many people like to go back to that blissful state? because um I I really want to think about a few things that I want to bring into the air in our schoolwork. Um you know, I was ignorant when I came to

111schoolboard and said, "Hey, I can't get my kids to school." And now I'm like so entrenched in all these different meetings that are happening, all the different communication and collaboration and also um hopefully spiking um some care in what we're to do in our roles. But I I want to I watched the last board meeting. I stepped in for a moment, but I I have a a student that's playing basketball that was more important for me. Um but there was a term that was said and I want to um bring out I want to talk about that. But before I do that um I want to say nine words. These are really important nine words. Okay. Um we're excited to love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. And as our public and

112our students and our board and our parents and our teachers and our are all working together here in Lincoln to I'm going to use um board member um Price's word but synergize and seeing the the continued board members that are here representing and um there so I want to bring those nine words but the word that really kind of struck with me was the word bigotry and one of our very um prominent students that is coming used that word and it was very important to me because when I was a kid in Folsson High School there was this term of associating guilty by association like your kids if your friends are stealing, don't go with them kind of thing. Um, but that's really important to me because we're all prejudice. We need to accept the

113fact that our job is if we're walking down the street and we see possible danger is to prejudge it. Do you cross the street or do we stay right here? But when prejudice turns into discrimination is when we don't keep an open mind that our judgment might be wrong or might be right or might need a little bit more information. So ignorance is actually just a state of unknown. We don't know. It's a lack of information. It's not bad to be ignorant on a topic. It's bad to not have an open mind to a judgment you have and thinking that somebody else might have information that can help you. So as we work to change our prejudice, >> I really hope that we take those things. >> Thank you. All right, Renee, you're up. And

114Stacy House, you are on deck. >> Hello, I'm >> Hello. Hello. >> Hi, I'm Renee Fernandez. I'm actually one of the parents at 12 Bridges Elementary. Um, there was an incident that happened earlier in the year and I just and it involved the safety of my child and other children. There are plenty of other parents that are very involved in this. However, where I feel there's a lapse in communication is how one particular child and the rest children's safety on campus is being addressed. I was recently um made aware that a particular child's aid because there was one aid given to this one child and this aid has been taken away. Now my biggest concern now is not only for my children but as well as the other children in the class and this particular

115event wasn't been brought to light to other parents on campus. So, that's what I just wanted to make the board aware of. >> Great. Thank you, Renee. >> Okay, Stacey, you're up. That's it. >> Can you hear me? >> Yes. >> Hi. Um, my name is Stacy Holl. Good evening. Um I am here to um for support. I'm a parent of a student here at 12 Bridges High School. And the assembly bill that um Crystal was speaking of actually um and and the support of ethnic studies actually started because our children had um some unfortunate experiences at uh the middle school and where racial slurs were used. There was violence um you know, things that um just aren't acceptable in this community. I've been here for 16 years and my kids have grown up here.

116Um so to see the um the side of ignorance and racism and um um you know the opposite of inclusion. I just uh really ask you that you support ethnic studies, that you support uh diversity in your schools and uh really push for that. I think um you know the issue with Charlie Kirk because he was such a controversial debater and a right-wing activist and um you know like I've said before you know every we all have our own beliefs um and support you know we support who we want um based on our own experiences but um we have to be neutral and diplomatic when it comes to our children um because they come from all different backgrounds and you know and we all learn differently. So I think the issue is that that club

117was allowed to be named uh Club America in the likeness of Charles Kirk. Um which is offensive to uh other people that didn't agree with his views that don't align with his views. I think if it was named something else, we wouldn't be here um having this this problem. Um if it was just speech and debate or if it was a debate club because would you align or would you advocate for clubs that were uh Muslim studies, Muslim American studies, how would you feel about that? Or uh Brown Berets or Black Panther or prison reform clubs? Would you be okay? Would you be accepting of that in your schools? And I bet you wouldn't. or I bet you'd have some um you know you you you'd have some push back. So uh just be aware

118that these are our children that um are in your schools that you're responsible for. They're learning their um development falls in your hands and so and ours too. And so we ask that controversial issues like that um political sexual that you leave that to us the responsibility to uh you know the education of that you you leave that to the parents um and and still allow for children to express themselves give them a platform which uh I think you know it it has but it's just it's too controversial and it's offensive to people who didn't align with him. So, I just ask that you consider >> Renee. >> Oh, Rachel, I'm sorry. >> Stacey. >> Stacy. So, sorry. >> Thank you, Stacey. Now we are at future agenda. Okay. Okay. Uh do we have any

119future agenda items? >> Yes. Go ahead, George. >> The academic excellence committee is going to meet and we want to present to the board soon a way of honoring as I honoring students that are achieving very well. Students that are improving their academic excellence and to recognize them and let the community know and their parents and so forth that we're were happy and want to support them in their endeavors. So we'll explain all this a little bit in more detail once we open. >> Okay. So so you're asking for an agenda item for u and we had talked about this about awarding students based on academic text. as we discussed this a little bit further. We'll have details. >> How does a board of course? >> So, George and I had talked about this as

120well. Um I already purchased two trophies because that's what George wanted to give two trophies and we want to do it every month >> and have the high for the three high schools pick out the students. I don't know you and George because you're on the academic excellence committee would figure that out. But I think this is the board need to approve that though. I went ahead and ordered them. They take time. come in. >> Yes. So, >> but the point is to approve it, right? >> Well, the board has to do something. >> I think we have to hatch out >> our committee and then present more formally. >> Make sure. >> Yes. >> More presentation students. >> So, that's separate than the academic excellence presentation that's already noted. >> Yes. This is a

121discussion. um of an idea that George had >> to hash it out about what you want to do to recognize academic excellence. >> If we would like to discuss or to present awards, okay, >> to students on behalf of the board on behalf of the the academic excellence okay >> so you want the item to discuss >> it. >> Yes. Okay. doesn't necessar I don't action but >> we'll have to >> well you would you would provide some direction then at that point for potential future >> yeah know hopefully the board will agree with us >> okay >> go along with this >> okay >> so that may have been something different >> no I think that's what you wanted right >> yeah I sure what was your question >> that you wanted to present

122to students every month >> with the other board yes >> but again. >> Okay. >> Anybody else? >> Um, I just had a question. We have on here and we've had it for at least a year now. Um, the SBA scores on student transcripts. I mean, are we putting those on the transcripts or what what are we doing that? It's been on there for a year. We haven't >> I don't know if it's been on there for a year. Maybe we I've been talking with our administrators at the high school. um as recently as today about that and I can bring you an update um in the next couple of weeks probably. There's a lot of mixed opinion about that and not um any I'm not prepared to bring you a a suggestion recommendation to

123Steve yet, but seeking information from you. >> Okay. >> So, it's it was my item. Um I've forgotten why. Well, well, I think that the question was the students not uh the students weren't taking the test >> seriously and they either refused to take the test or weren't showing up or just filling in whatever they wanted to. And we felt that it might be more and it was affecting our scores as a district. uh and we felt it might be if we put it on their transcripts they are more likely to take the test more seriously. I I think yes that was the context of it. It was based on Reno doing a presentation about aspect scores and how do we motivate I think an unintended consequence and I'll use my son as an example.

124He's a high functioning RSP student, special education, who has dyslexia, and he doesn't test well. And if his ESPback score is forced to be on his transcript, that could have a negative impact on him. Even if he works hard, is a great student, does well, but doesn't test well. And we have a lot of students who don't necessarily test well. And it it and it could be countered by the good grades cuz he's got A's and B's in all of his classes. He's probably we're having an IEP meeting next week and he's going to be exited from special ed. So it's but he's probably would not benefit from having an Sback score on his test and it doesn't necessarily mean he didn't work hard for it. So it's those are the conversations that are being

125had is >> so so >> so I think we leave it because it was on there unless you want to remove it. >> I I would suggest we remove it. If the district would like the board to >> consider it then we bring it back >> and bring it back to us as an item that you you've brought. When I said I didn't remember I said I I don't remember why it was added as a board item. >> Yeah. >> It's like >> you brought it up as a future agenda possible. No, I understand. What I'm trying to say is I at this point don't really understand why it's been sitting for as long as it has. >> Um because if I understand the future agenda items, that's for the board president to say, "Okay,

126we can fit this in at the next meeting." It hasn't been fit in. So, it's I I read that as the district doesn't have a clear position on it. And since we're not asking for it to be given a date and you're not asking for it to be given a date, why don't we just take it off? And then that way if at any point in time you decide it's important then you can bring it back to us because I didn't intend for it to be something that happened but rather did does the board need to have a conversation? I at this point I just don't I don't see the value. >> I'm hearing you say remove it. >> Yeah. Can I can I >> um I there'll be an email coming to the board

127members um in the next few minutes um that has to do with other way that we might be monitoring student progress um that that maybe give us a more complete picture of the health of our academic progress which is something the board's been talking about over the last month. >> How is that going to affect our test? So there's something coming to you for you to preview. It's very very introductory but um I've got some some talk about that in the future. >> I think what we saw too in today's presentation the way that 12 Bridges has been able to increase that means >> do that. Let's do that. do that at scale as we've talked about every time Reno presents and says kids just don't take the test and we go hey Reno why

128don't kids take the test and he says well there's a lot of reasons and we say what and pizza and then there's all it's like whatever has happened here has been effective I don't know that that I would have a lot to add to that conversation but >> I actually talked with Reno about that as well >> we'll move on I think we're we're crossing the line now >> yeah as far as talking about a topic that's not on our agenda >> I would I I think I already emailed with Carrie that you got the report will be presented three times a year annual annually three times annually common assessments for each school so we can track how our students are doing and how what methods are working >> to improve the test scores. >>

129Yep. And I know Jim Green on that. >> Okay. Anything else? Any other So we have now we have the AI. When are we going to have um a an AI policy update for just just to say CD and well Emma Emma just communicated out to our little AI work group. So CDE has just um updated um policy so to speak at CDE level so there'll be some updated stuff and we had other a second round of policy that came through. Um so in terms of additional policy it's only if if CD updates um any policy beyond what's already been done. So, >> so it was just as needed. >> Okay. I do have a question. I don't know if it needs to be an agenda item. Um, and I heard George say he supported

130it about absorbing debate and speech into a class next school year or if there was already a class that could collaborate with that. Who would I How would I >> Why don't I give you a call to talk about that? >> Okay, that's okay. Then we have uh early literacy success followup. Yeah, we're in the middle of our second round, but we're beginning our second round of this assessment. So, I discuss bringing something to you after the second round is done. The first round was really just like, can we get our toes in the water? >> Sure. Probably Marchish. >> Okay. >> All right. Then, uh, academic excellence presentations December, January. I mean, December. Yeah, December, January. So that >> that was going to be an update just based on you all meeting and and

131>> Okay, that sounds good. Uh board policy, we're still waiting for that. >> Yep. And then AM kindergarten. >> AMP kindergarten. I'm waiting to have a conversation with Carrie about that. We just literally have it at time and I'll send information out to can do a presentation if you like. >> Okay, perfect. >> Yep. >> All right. Upcoming meetings. Uh, February 10th is our next one. 6 o'clock at First Street. So, we'll have a spotlight. Okay. And there's nothing else. We are journ.