001like to call the meeting to order. Welcome to the Western Plaster Unified School District Board meeting on December 2nd. We'll start off with the pledge of pledge of allegiance. I see uh Mr. Sean Skully in our uh in our audience tonight. Would you please lead us in a pledge? Sure. 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. >> Thank you. >> The board has been meeting in close session. 2.2 student discipline. No action was taken. 2.3 Conference with labor negotiator. No action was taken. 2.4 Personnel. No action was taken. 2.5 The board completed the superintendent's evaluation and it was positive. As a result, the board will take action at the next board
002meeting to extend her contract another year. 3.4. announcement. The board encourages public participation during the meeting and requests ability and the use of courageous language. The board does not condone the use of any profanity, vocal language, gestures, or any other inappropriate behavior, including attacks [laughter] or threats directly directed towards any member meeting participant and or any district employee. There will be an opportunity for members of the public to speak to the board on items not on the agenda during communication and reports as well as opportunities to speak to items on the agenda when that item comes up for consideration. The board is not permitted to deliberate [clears throat] take action on non-aggended items but may refer the matter to a staff member for followup. Request forms are located at the entrance to the meeting room
003and are to be submitted to the superintendent's exe executive assistant prior to the start of the meeting. Speakers are limited to three minutes and the board will limit the total number of p public input to 20 minutes. However, in exceptional circumstances, when necessary to ensure full opportunity for public input, the board president may with board consent adjust the amount of time allotted for public input and or time allotted for each speaker. Any such adjustments shall be done equitably so to allow for a diverse diversity of viewpoints. Uh consent agenda. All items on the consent agenda will be approved with one motion, which is not debatable and requires a unanimous vote for passage. If any member of the board, superintendent, or public request items to be removed from this section and be placed on the regular
004order of business [clears throat] following the approval of the consent agenda, >> no. Okay. The consent agenda items are 4.2 through uh 4.20. No. Two. >> Two zero. Yeah. Um are um any are there any discussion? >> No. Okay. This is a roll call vote. Maria, I'm sorry. Do I have a motion? >> I'll move to approve. >> Okay. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Okay. This is a roll call vote. Maria, can you please call the role? Um >> member profit? >> Yes. >> Member Dra? >> Yes. >> Member Nitz? >> Yes. >> And member Freeman? >> Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Um, do we have any communication? >> We do. >> Um, what kind of >> not on the agenda? >> Okay. All right. At this time, um, at this time,
005any member of the public who has submitted the request form to speak to the board regarding ma regarding matters not on the agenda will be given three minutes to address the board. I have uh Amanda, Amanda, >> Obine, >> OB. [laughter] >> The V or the X look like a V. Sorry. >> I mean the oxidine. Yes. >> Yep. Absolutely. >> Good evening. My name is Mandy Oxundine and tonight I want to offer you a sincere and heartfelt thank you on behalf of ISC student exchange. Our international students and our host families whose lives you've touched more than likely in ways you may never fully understand but it's deeply invaluable. Your district has opened its schools and hearts around the world. [clears throat] It's more than education. It's diplomacy. It's cultural exchange. It's building bridges
006between families, languages, and nations. Tonight, I'm here with a small group of exchange students and host families, and this collection of letters from past students who'd like to speak about exchange. Right now, I have multiple host families across both high school campuses requesting enrollment for their future exchange students. My partner Heidi and I have respectfully asked via email for ourou to be updated from wording that was outdated to match our successful commitments made to Western Plaster Unified. We hope for more collaborative communication going forward so we can continue to work in a way that honors your district's mission. >> Thank you so much for letting Exchange students come into your schools. >> Thank you. All right, we have uh Kelly. Oh, did I say that right? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Um, hi everyone. My
007name is Kelly O and I'm from South Korea and I want to share my exchange student experience in the United States. Before coming here, I had never have been part of school dance team, but when I joined with the dance team at Lincoln High School, everything felt completely [cough] new. I've performed at football games every Friday night, which was one of the most exciting parts of my year. In Korea, we don't have school football games and we definitely don't perform at them. So, dancing in the huge stadium with the crowd cheering was totally different cultural experience for me. In July, I also went to a dance camp with my team. At first, it was really difficult because in Korea, I had only learned hip-hop and here I had to learn jazz and another style that
008I had never tried before. I struggled a lot in the beginning, but I kept practicing and eventually I was able to finish the camp successfully. That challenging helped me to grow not just a dancer, but also as a person. My favorite moments were homecoming and prom. We don't have these kinds of things, school, dance in Korea. So, getting ready with my friends, taking pictures, and enjoying the life night together like something I could only experience in the United States. It made me understand why America High School is so special. In the winter, I went to snowboarding for the first time with my host family. I'd never tried it before, but instantly, I fell in love with it. now is one of my favorite hobbies and it came a memory I will keep forever. It also
009helped [clears throat] me a bond with my host family and experience another part of American culture after um that I have had in Korea. Living here made me realize that the things I experienced were not just head fun activities. They were me moments I could never had had if I stayed in Korea. Dancing in the Friday Night Light, going to homecoming, learning new dance styles, and snowboarding with my host family. All of this worse experience that felt truly unique and special. It wasn't just studying abort. It felt like I was living a completely different version of high school. One of that I could only experience once in my life. Through these experiences, I realized how different American school life is compared to Korea, especially strong story school sports culture and the way student participate in
010activities instead of just watching everyone actually gets involved and that energy make me feel included and supported. Being an exchange student has taught me how to step out of the com my comfort zone, try new things and understand another culture by living inside it. Not just learning about the far from way. I'm really grateful for everything I've experienced here. >> Thank you very much. >> Uh Kristen Rose Hi. Yes, board. Thank you for having us. I am a member of the Lincoln community. I've been here since 2014, but was born and raised in Plaster County. And I personally had the opportunity on the young side when my parents hosted a foreign exchange student in the summertime way back when, 25 years ago when I was young. Um, and was able to enjoy that experience. I've
011been looking to offer that same experience for our community here in Lincoln. And I've been wanting to be a host family oursel after an unsuccessful um opportunity last year of not being able to have um be a host family because of capacity and limitation at the high schools. I again reached out to try to be a host family again. and have ran against the same problem of the high schools not wanting to um offer this opportunity for us as a community and the family. So I just wanted to reach out and come today before the board and just ask that if we could just have at least two or three students per high school just make that room. I do feel it offers a lot of opportunity for our community for the students coming from
012these other countries but also for the students at our own high school. So first the foreign exchange students enrich our schools academically and socially. I had the opportunity myself as a young student and would like this opportunity for our students currently in the high schools. I have three children. I have a high school student, I have a a middle school student, and I have an elementary school student. They bring different perspectives, cultures, and lived experiences that expand the world view of every student around them in classes like history, government, English, and world languages. They add depth that no textbook can match. Their presence promotes open-mindedness, empathy, and curiosity, skills our own students need to thrive in a global world. Second, they improve the school climate. Exchange students naturally encourage kindness and leadership. Our students step
013out to welcome them, to support them, and to communicate across cultures. It builds confidence, compassion, and genuine interpersonal skills. These are the moments when our kids learn what it truly means to be inclusive. Third, the benefits extend well beyond the campus. When our district hosts exchange students, our entire community becomes a little more connected to the world. These students become ambassadors, sharing their positive experiences of our town and our schools when they return home. It creates lifelong friendships and global ties, all at no financial cost to the district. Finally, hosting exchange students aligns perfectly with our district goals. It strengthens college and career [cough] readiness [clears throat] by building c culture competency and communication skills. It supports diversity and inclusion and it gives our students access to global learning opportunities without requiring new programs, staffing
014or budget. As a family who's eager and prepared to host, I'm simply asking the district to allow this opportunity of allowing exchange students to come to our district. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right, that's okay. [clears throat] >> All right. Uh board reports. Oh, the kids aren't here. They've been busy all day today. Uh, Trusty Nets. Yeah. So, I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Haven't done much since the last meeting except for spend time with family. I have my daughter here. Um, and her family and now my sister's here from Germany. So, we're just spending family time. But I did have an opportunity to go shopping in the support local and get a whole bunch of goods from [clears throat] local stores. That's it. SD profit. Let's see. Um, donated a couple
015turkeys to the firefighters here of Lincoln to their turkey drive. Attended Phoenix High School Thanksgiving lunchon. It was delicious and fabulous. Love the new facility. um attended Dancing with the Rockstars competition where Carrie, Miss Callahan, and her husband were phenomenal and should have won, but I [clears throat] have compensated them for that loss. [laughter] Um, that was a national tragedy, just so you know, [cough] that you didn't like. >> I'm glad I got the the uh disco ball. I think you should advertise [laughter] that dance on the district website, just so you know. Um um I'm excited to be ordering that Miss Zimmerman put together a toy toy drive for our less fortunate students and that's exciting for me because usually every year she finds me a student in the district that I play secret
016Santa for. But now I get to pick out of a hundred kids to play secret Santa for. So I really enjoy that. Makes my heart happy. And um I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my family and looking forward to Christmas. >> That's extra. >> Yes. And I I wish I could have done at the Phoenix uh >> thing, but I I had another thing at Sierra College, and that's the uh I'm going to talked about this before, but I will again. Um [clears throat] it's the uh Metronics uh symposium. Electronics is basically amongst other things it's machines building machines and our high school I high schools will become involved in that. I hope we're headed in that direction. Several high schools in the area have done it and uh this was a symposium mainly uh
017that had well who let me let me see who was here. It was uh uh Bosch Semiconductor, Micron Technology, and Seaman, some of the big players [clears throat] in that. And they all had booths there to uh talk to high school kids. And I saw a number of high school kids from the area, certainly a lot of Sierra College kids. And the way that I would explain how great this is is they can take college courses. Our kids when we get this established can take college courses and get credits for college. And uh the other thing is they uh will be extremely employable once they uh they start there's eight eight different units in this and I I one time thought it wasn't uh strictly engineering but I realized th those speaking of that who
018are more versed or ready for engineer are going to do even better but you don't necessarily have to be an engineer type you can do very well in uh with not a an awful lot of heavy mathematics and any of our students that are fairly competent can do it and in years to come we're going to look back at this and say what a great program and it's a great way to get involved more with Sierra College and these kind of programs and there'll be others and I I want to commend us for uh for latching on to this and and and running with it. do it. We're going to We're going to be very pleased we did it. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Um well, I didn't do much. I was on vacation. Uh
019>> where were you? >> I was in the Caribbean on a cruise for 10 days. >> Um actually got back last night or this morning at 1:00 a.m. So, um yeah. So, I was busy. Got to spend my birthday on the cruise and Thanksgiving. I didn't even realize it was Thanksgiving. I didn't know what day it was. >> [laughter] >> So, um that that's all I have. Um is Michelle here? >> No. Okay. Uh Heather, >> no. Nothing to report. >> Nothing. Okay. Uh Superintendent Callahan. >> Okay. Uh just a uh I won't reiterate what was already said, but uh I did have an opportunity. Uh Kelly Ward, uh Lincoln High School AVID teacher, invited me to do a college talk with the AVID students. And so I got to go in and talk about
020my path to college and my experience in college and my path after college. And uh they had some amazing questions and um I I think I offered them some decent advice because I was told that every speaker previous had shared the same advice. So I think those of us that have gone to college and been fairly successful all know that there's a few key things that you need to do. Uh with the number one being that you need to get to know your professors and go to office hours. >> Yep. And so that was that was shared. Great. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. So, um and then, uh Monday, uh Yep. So, yesterday we uh had a parent meeting at Sheridan uh regarding the village one boundary uh assignments that uh were uh adopted by the board
021um just about a year ago now and um the impact that we anticipate that that could have on the Sheridan uh community. And so, it was a good meeting. We have some good questions and we will be having another one uh next week which I won't be attending. >> We got you. >> We Yes. So, uh, because, uh, and I'd like to thank my team ahead of time, so the board knows and the team knows, uh, but for the purposes of the public, uh, I was selected today, uh, to be a criminal grand jury member, um, and have to report to jury duty for, uh, the next 90 days on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. So, I will not be on Tuesdays [cough and clears throat] and Wednesdays. Um, and so, thank you, team. >> Sound like
022apply. >> Yeah. No, I I I did not. I was very much hoping to and I like I absolutely believe in doing your civic duty and your I like absolutely believe in that, but I um was hoping that my job duty and role would be a hardship and apparently your occupation has no bearing on whether or not they expect you to do jury duty. So, um so we'll see. Um, so I uh I will be rearranging some of my uh schedule and uh doing some probably virtual meetings during the lunch hour and in the mornings before I have to report. So >> Carrie, what time is that meeting next week? >> Uh the one next week is 1:30. Um uh Miss Yes. Uh 1:30. Uh she has held some parent meetings the hour before school
023gets out and she's had some better luck in getting parents showing up for those. Uh we had about seven last night which was a which was a good turnout but um hoping to get a few few more next week. So >> sorry say the time one more time. >> Uh 1:30 >> next Tuesday the night. Y >> you got it. And then uh speaking of uh village one and just boundary assignments and growth in our district, Mr. Sean Skully is here and he's gonna kind of speak for a moment or two. Um, as the the board knows and and Sean and I have had uh discussions just about the the growth in in Lincoln and our partnership as a city and and school district in navigating the the growth um certainly in in a on
024a smaller scale for us in the school district, but on the bigger scale uh for the city and uh there's been some uh misperceptions kind of in the community of late and I think it it's related to some of the meetings that we've been having in the school district related to boundary changes. Um our facility needs committee um conversations kind of as we've told our story about um development in the in the community and the impact that's had on our district and uh a perception that the district and the city are not in good partnership and not working well together. And that could not be further from the truth uh today as it stands. So, um, we wanted to, uh, both kind of take an opportunity for Shawn to come here and for me to
025go to city council next week, um, to kind of reinforce that our partnership is strong and that we we worked very well together of late in developing a uh, mitigation agreement for a funded school uh, TK8 in village 7, which I am super proud of, and uh, I I think Sean is as well in terms of just our uh, ability to work together. That path has not always been um as as smooth as it is now. Um which I think has maybe lent itself to uh some of the the um conversations that have been had um as we've kind of shared some of the hiccups we've had as a as a school district over the years in dealing with development. But um want to just make sure that it's very public that our partnership is
026very strong and that I am very grateful for for the partnership of the city and um and and hoping that we will continue to work together in that and then give Sean an opportunity to kind of say a few. >> Can I just >> Yeah, go for it. >> Um I don't feel like I don't need to say anything. Um so I'm Sean Skully and I'm with the city of Lincoln and I really appreciate the board and and Carrie for just giving me a minute or two. Um and kind of what she said is um more or less what we've been hearing uh a lot about the facility needs and challenges of a kind of expanding community. And um you know if you think about it like most communities things kind of come down to
027sort of three basic needs. Safety, education, and health. You have those things and everything else is sort of gravy on top right. And so it's obviously a super sensitive issue when things change. And um we I just thought it would be nice to come here just for a quick minute and talk a little bit about the relationship of some of the successes and plans for the future with you. Um from a city's perspective, we understand on a different scale um the frustration that community members can have with compaction as you grow. Um, and we also understand that not everyone has the ability at time to understand the complex, you know, ball of yarn that is building schools in California. Um, I would have thought before I got into public service that it's simple. You know,
028a school, you get money and the state builds one or something. I don't know. Um, turns out that's not really how it works. And um and and so but you know what? Um it it isn't really the community's responsibility to understand that. We're the ones that need to understand that. And so um our perspective is that um they have every right to want to understand it and to have it explained, but at the end of the day, it's really our jobs uh to make sure that that it happens. And so whether that be schools or police, fire, all the things that I worry about on a daily basis, all really is the same. there's just different ways to kind of crack the nut. Um, but the funny part is is that so we get the
029Village Seven deal done, whatever that was. Um, and the funny thing about public service for me is that every time I work on something really hard, and that project was really hard, Carrie and I had to drag that across the line, kicking and screaming, but I go into a mind wipe the next day. I don't remember what we did, how we did it. I forget about it. I move on to the next thing. There's no time to sort of rest on your laurels and be happy about it. Um, and so if there's a failing in that, at least on my end, is we did a really poor job of explaining to the community why this was unique and that to our knowledge, it hasn't been recreated in California or hasn't done California before. And so
030something to be really proud of. We're super proud of it. Um, and so I'm really just here to kind of reaffirm so that there's no lack of clarity. Um, sometimes I don't spend a bunch of time out talking about this particular issue, but um, if you don't say something, people fill that space with other noise. And so I think it's really important that just so I'm here and I guess I'm probably being recorded. >> We're just reaffirming not to just talk about being partners with Western Plaster, but to actually being one. We're going to keep doing it. If you find out someday that Carrie tells you that Sean's being a buttthead about something, you know that I was here one night and I said, "We're going to be partners." Um, and feel free to, you
031know, hunt me down in the supermarket or something. Um, [clears throat and cough] we obviously can't fix some of the shortcomings that have occurred past planning. Um, and we at least can't fix them quickly. And you know what? Our successors are not going to be able to fix whatever our shortcomings might be today. Um, so it's really easy in hindsight to say they should have done X, Y, or Z, but you know, I live today. Um, I always like to say I'm not not Marty on the fly. I can't go back in time. I can only deal with what I've got today. Um, so just to make it super clear, we really value our relationship with Western Plaster. We're super grateful um to be a more active participant in taking a big step in village
0327. We want to recreate something like that in village one, probably in 52. I hope that that for the time being that's going to be kind of our area. Um, and now that we have a little bit of momentum, we're willing to find some other creative ways to to help the uh district achieve the goals that they want to achieve because truly, I mean, this sounds silly, but your success is our success. Without a really great school district, there's no point in us building at all. So, just want hopefully that's clear enough. I'm happy to answer questions if you have any, but that's really my field. That makes me happy to finally have you both in the same room together at the same time. We're getting the same story. I love it. Some truth. So,
033well, and and uh I want to um kind of reiterate the the piece in terms of because as we've dealt with the facility needs piece and and talking through the boundary change as well and you all sat through and and took a lot of heat as it relates to the boundary and the woes of the past. And I appreciate Sean's like the reality is we can't fix we can't go back and fix what happened. We have to move forward. We do have to acknowledge it and and in in our work in acknowledging it, we did express stuff related to the lawsuit with the city in as in relation to village one and that village one continues to be an issue. Hence the reason why we've assigned kids up to Sheridan and we're working through some
034of that detail. But but I I think that some of that and the frustrations that people have about what's occurred in the past overwhelmed the really positive and where we are today. And so I will make sure that that's very clear to city council next week too that yes, we did tell our story. It is an important part of our journey. We need to we we need that to be known, but we can't dwell on it. We do need to move forward. And I am certainly grateful that we're going to work ferociously together to try and come up with a plan that's different than what currently exists with with village one to the extent that we can. And we have a really great deal in village 7 that we're um confident that we're going to
035be able to do something similar in village 5, which is really um extraordinary. And um and it will put us on the right trajectory while we work to still try and write some of the stuff because we can't go back and fix it. But we still do have to address the issues that are present today because of the past. So, thank you for being >> I want especially thank you for coming. Yeah. And I I think it'd be a great idea if you guys could occasionally tour go to each other's meetings on a much more reg I know giving you more things to do but uh a much more regular basis because we don't see you here and they don't see you there and uh the more you see one another the much better chance
036you're getting along. you had mentioned that uh uh you did something that was unique in California, but you wiped it from your memory. Do you still have some [laughter] it's post-traumatic stress disorder? Um so what uh for those who don't know the novelty of the village 7 bill was that um usually their uh funding for city infrastructure, school infrastructure is bifrocated, right? And one of the ideas we came up early on, Carrie came and said, "Hey, we're we're in the pits. We we don't know what we're going to do in village 7. It may be many many years before we ever stand a school up there." Fortunately, we had a willing developer and one of the ideas we came up with, it bugs me very much as a taxpayer when I drive by a school
037that's right next to a park and never the two shall meet, right? We're paying money to manage that park or your your tax money to manage that park and we're using your tax money to manage that school. Right? So the idea we came up with was why mostly city parks are not used the whole time during the daytime. It's usually after hours. Is there a way that we can combine these facilities? That's not new. But what is new is the way it was funded. So, we found a way to sliver in the school district into the CFD and bonding capacity the city runs and manages. Thereby, we're not worried about maintaining that park because it's part of school now. And so, we were able to peel off those dollars every year, which is roughly $40,000
038an acre. I don't remember how many acres it was, but a lot. And they were able to use that amount to borrow against and some other little tricks we threw in there uh to accelerate the school build. I don't remember what we said, but it I thought we had said that it could have been as long as 15 or 20 years before there was enough cash on hand to build that school. And now we're maybe looking at five, did we say? So, so you accelerated a school built by 15 years and I'm not aware, I could be wrong. I'm just not aware of that model. >> That sounds wonderful. >> Brilliant. That's wonderful. >> So, I I have a question. So, I I I know you reach out to the builders or they reach out
039to you upfront. Um, how how are we different than Roseville? Because Roseville, their school district gets money thrown at them to build a school by a developer. So what are we not doing in our in our in our city that we don't have the the capability to tell the builders we need a school you need to because Lincoln's Lincoln's becoming a great a city to live in and very desirable just like Roseville was. So what are you guys going to do to make sure builders pony up front? >> Well, there's there's two answers to that question. The first is is that um the only leverage that really exists is prior to annexation. So the problem in my opinion the problems that existed initially with village 7 and one were that those properties are annexed into
040city limits and it may have been that the school district tried at some time may have been that the city wasn't supported. Don't know but in any event they get annexed into the city right once they're in they have rights. So they're in city limits. We they could come to our permit desk tomorrow morning and give us 5,000 units and we as long as they're complying with our rules, we have to let them build. So then what happens? Well, >> your leverage is gone. So they're going to say, well, we're paying it's a business. They say we're going to pay >> less than your oneird, >> your level two, whatever it may be. >> Um, so that's sort of like the term of art, right? But the more realistic answer is that Roseville um has
041uh we are Roseville 25 years ago. Um and so Roseville has gotten to a place in the last 15 years where the demands that can be placed on development prior to annexation can be quite clear because there's lots of different people. You know, look, you're not willing to pay. Well, there's 23 other developers that want to build here than are too. We're getting there. We're not there yet. Um, so the the good news is is that village 5, the most recent annexation, while I still think there's a little work to be done, that developer, if you want to talk about a sea change, came to the district and agreed to pay more, I don't remember how much, Gary, but more than um the level two fees, and that's a step in the right direction. I
042don't I'll be honest with you, I don't see any additional annexations occurring in [clears throat] Lincoln for a good long while. So really what we got to worry about is what we have in town which is why we're trying to come up with some of these creative ideas to sort out stuff handle at some point >> and that's I mean village 7 was already annexed 15 years ago right? I mean, it was annexed before I started in the district. And so, it's been that many years that we've been attempting to try and negotiate. Um, and and it's it's easier because village 7 was essentially one developer. Village one has many developers, all of whom collectively will create the need for a school. Um, but individually they're not necessarily big big enough to justify why would
043I be the sole funer of the school because that would end up costing them a fortune too. Um, and um, uh, and then, you know, in terms of what we'll collect from the statute, because we just shared it at Sheridan last night, we will over the course of the 20-year build out in village one, we will collect 50 $50 million in developer fees. And you all know that the cost of an elementary school right now is about 70 million. So, and that's over the course of 20 years. So, that's there in lies part of the shortfall. So, uh absent some additional funding then then we've got to figure out how to divvy up those $50 million in existing facilities. And as you know, we've got facilities that were not built with the ability to easily
044expand them. And so, that there in lies some of the problem. So, I know Sean in our more recent conversations um has been very supportive of trying to get the developers together in the room and have some conversations about how do we make something work? Um and and it may not be as doable as what happened in village 7, but if we can get something because there's there's 2,000 kids that are going to be coming out of village one. >> I think the simple answer to your question is is that the relationship that once was can never be again, >> right? >> So, >> absolutely. As long as >> this all continues to go well, then I think that should >> Yeah. >> Did you have many parents come to city council meetings? >> Uh
045maybe a couple very few. We got we got a lot of phone calls and emails, you know, um just folks not knowing who to talk to and how do we learn about why there's a you know why there may be compaction issues or why schools aren't getting built faster and you know so I came up to give a two-minute spiel and I could be here for 20 minutes talking with you about like how and so it's difficult on the phone with some members of the community unless they really want to listen and take the time to understand. Sometimes it's just better to say, "Hey, listen. You're absolutely right to be upset." All I can tell you is that there's better days ahead and we have some actual success stories to share now. >> So, it's
046not smoke. >> And we are going to we have our 2 by 2 on Friday, which is not a Tuesday or Wednesday. So, we don't have to reschedule that. So, uh, >> on the 25, uh, until until next meeting, it's Christy and Jason. As of from last December, >> um, then it's next on December 16th, you'll all have to make decisions about who's on which committees. But, um, as of last December, it was Christy and Jason or I think, right? Yeah, Christy and Jason. And so, um, that's who's going to be on Friday. And we're gonna plan to do that more regularly so that city council and board can be together as well and have some of the conversations. >> Thank you. >> That's my report. [laughter] >> Any uh no nothing? No. So >>
047All right. We're going to move to 6.2. Adoption of resolution number 25 uh-26.27. Mr. >> All right. >> Uh, good evening everybody and um I wish you had um I hope you had a great Thanksgiving as well. I sandwiched in my younger son's birthday uh one weekend and then my older son's birthday the next weekend and Thanksgiving in between is a little busy for me. >> And turkey. Awesome. >> And yeah, doing turkey. Um so uh John Adams Academy has submitted an application for charter school new construction funding um for its Lincoln campus um under the state's charter school facilities program which is an allocation set aside specifically for charter schools from the last state bond and under the um statewide um school facilities program. Um and as [clears throat] required, John Adams submitted a
048letter of intent uh [cough] to apply for those funds uh to the district on September 30th. So the ball came in our court and um one of the requirements in order for them to apply for funding is the district that they physically reside in has to have new construction um eligibility in the school facilities program, which we do and I update every year. So we met that uh requirement. Um the other requirement as a condition for OP the office of public school construction to process their application is the school board um needs to pass a resolution certifying the number of the district unhoused pupils that the charter school project will house and the methodology we use to generate the certification. So enclosed is the resolution itself as well as exhibit A which is the methodology.
049So just to kind of quickly go over how we came up with um what we are certifying is the resolution certifying new building zero unhoused uh pupils um that will house any district unhoused student. So um the application itself they're requesting up to 540 pupil grants for grades 9 through 12. So this is going to be a high school application. um their current enrollment um ranges from a low of uh 24 students in 11th grade and a high of 140 um students in 7th grade. Um [clears throat] so as you can see in exhibit A, we do have eligibility at the high school level of 1,255 students. Um they plan on applying for up to 549 for the pupils. Um their current charter school houses I said before um 9 through 12 people. So their
050um anticipated application is project is projected to serve an additional 366 students. So right now they they they fully load um basically K through 8 and then 9 9 10 11 12 is they have a room and they're doing the high school level. So they're looking to actually have a a a comprehensive high school program. So um the the majority of those higher enrollments are in are in the younger grade. So the district um does not consider these additional projected pupils unhoused. Um therefore we came up with a zero Adams and what it's basically going to do it's actually be give the ability to John Adams for the younger grades to metriculate actually rather than some of them getting in if they're lucky others I think majority probably go to Western Sier come back so
051the resolution is before you to certify those numbers if you have any questions we have it answered Okay. Any discussion? >> All right. Do I have a motion? >> I'll make a motion to pass. >> Do I have a second? >> Second. >> All in favor say I. >> I. All >> oppose. >> Well, okay. We'll hear it. >> Sorry. Yeah. >> Okay. Sorry. >> We don't do your script as good as you do, obviously. [laughter] >> All right. library and can you please call me extra? >> Yes. >> Prophet? >> Yes. revised uh 2025 2026 classified management salary uh salary schedule. >> Yes. Uh good evening and thank you. Uh you see before you um an item to approve uh the adjustment of two of our classified management uh salary schedule members. They are
052the food service director and transportation director salary schedules. As we continue to try to be competitive in salary across all of our member groups, including teachers, classified, [clears throat] and our management, we are finding some of our particularly classified management salary schedules that we are not just uh towards the bottom. We are significantly non-competitive with our districts to the extent of in some of our opening salary schedules. We're more than $20,000 behind the next lowest district within our comparables, which makes us just there's there's low and then there's very uncompetitive and I would assert that we are non-competitive in those two classifications. So to ensure that we can retain the quality people that we have in those spots and to bring us a little bit more competitive um we have suggested raises to both of
053those salary schedules. Um, and these two raises would bring them both to um, two spots for the bottom. For the food service director, they would be six out of eight. For transportation, they would be five out of seven. There is not a uh, Roseville City does not have its own transportation department, but that's why the numbers are different in that district. They use Roseville joint transportation. So, it's basically kind of been where we've been trying to at least get to with our groups to be not at the bottom while we have higher aspirations in the future. Um, this is a start in the right direction. So, the proposal does suggest that the um food service director position be raised by uh an average of 21% across the cells and the transportation director raised by a
054percentage of 28.5% across the cells which the vacuum is a significant number. Even outside of the vacuum, it's a big number, but that shows just how far we're behind to get to only get to sixth and fifth respectively for those two positions. So, that's a real base run through if you have any questions about that. >> Where does that uh put both of those salaries in relation to local school districts? >> Yeah, great question. So, currently for food service director, they are eight out of eight at the first cell. >> Meaning at the bottom. >> Correct. At the bottom. So at the low when I say eight that is the lowest correct [cough] and they are seven out of eight uh we get a little bit more competitive towards the higher cell for food service.
055This would put the food service director at six out of eight across [cough and snorts] for transportation we are seven out of seven at the lowest and seven out of seven at the highest end of our current pace structure. This would put us at five out of seven across the way. This would still leave us below the average of our district comparables. Um currently the high um total comp for food service would be 168. That's total comp including highest salary plus benefits 168,000 and change where the average in our comparables is 171 171,000 and change. While in transportation this would put the highest comp at 164,000 just under 165 actually while the average is almost 170,000. So this is by no means bringing them to anywhere near the top. In fact, they're still a little
056bit below average, but at least it does make us much more competitive. Thank you for your question, George. >> When I was reviewing this, I it's like amazing to me that even like the transportation director, I'm looking at it again, $60,000 less annually than the Yuba City Transportation. Where are they getting their money from? How how can they afford to pay their I don't have to look at their district budget dollars even. I'm like amazed and food services too. Another $60,000 difference in pay. They have a higher unduplicated pup count than which brings in additional revenue. And as [cough and clears throat] we shown in the past, we were um last year eight out of eight in our comparable groups per pupil funding. So all of our comparable districts make more money per pupil than
057we do. So we're at a we're at a deficit from the get [clears throat] needed. >> Hey Mark, is this effective immediately? >> This will be retroact. It is with retroactive to July 1st. >> Retroactive to July. >> Correct. Okay. >> All right. Thank you. >> All right. Any other questions? All right. Uh do I have a motion? I would like to move that we accept this. >> Okay. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> All right. Uh, all in favor say I. >> I. >> All opposed. >> Motion passes 40. >> If you like, um, we'll do 6.4 review of revised policy board bylaws. So, this is a first review. Um, there is um a slew of them. They were all gems this time. um from uh services program areas. Um and
058um based on our our review of them, there was there was nothing um that seemed out of the ordinary or concerning on our part. I know Marjgerie, you had a couple of questions that um related to the district residency question. >> Yeah, that one. And then I know there was another one I think emergency >> about the ads. >> Yes, about the ads, right? >> Every school is equipped. Yeah, she responded to that >> as well. >> And then the and the district residency one just because that's actually an internal update just so the board has understanding of kind of why we're pursuing this is because our capacity is continuing to get tighter and tighter. We're um and and we've we've heard from rumblings in our community of people potentially falsifying addresses to try and
059get into our district. And uh so we worked with legal to try and beef up um you know what what we can do legally to hold people accountable for their residency verification so that we're ensuring that we are serving students who actually reside in our district and not potentially giving up seats for those who do not reside. So >> also I had questions in regards to policy 5142. I did see that you answered that, agenda, about leaving the suicide prevention lifeline on stuff that was talking about that later. >> Yeah, >> I do have I do want to pull bylaw 9005 the governance standard for discussion. We can do it next because next vote time, right? >> Yeah, you would vote next time. So, >> so that'll be one that I will discuss. >> Yes,
060we agree on that. >> Okay. And then uh just maybe starting in the new year, can we limit the number of pages to maybe 30 and under because we're reading all of it, not just the changes and reading 70 pages is >> a lot. >> Yeah. >> Um break up the batches. >> Yeah, that would be really a lot. Um, we've been we've been talking about [clears throat] uh mandatory underpaw versus the SBA recommendations. >> Is there any we don't want to cause like a lot of work. Is there any way to like in red >> but what's mand just what's mandated? >> What's what's law and then what's recommended? Like can we color code it or >> I guess if we just put just what's law but what should be recommended? Yeah, always put
061the Yeah, put the what is law that we have to change to up front in the back and then recommendation near the back because what's lost, but it's most important that we get adopted immediately. So, >> and we can we can potentially work through CSBA contacts to try and see if there's something that they can either provide or we would work with our own legal to help with some of that stuff because cuz I know like I don't know the laws in and out well enough in some regards to know all the nuances about >> usually says like this is right like in the summary says it this is updated as a result of legal changes or whatever but like as you go through some of the pieces in terms of being able like I
062don't know that I would feel confident or my team would feel confident and read some of that language piece to know exactly which so I we can we can do it talk about that later but maybe in the new year >> but yeah I think we can definitely work through that. >> Yeah. One question I have about CSBA. Um, >> they make so many recommendations. Like I feel very overwhelmed. I don't know how you guys feel who have to deal with, but is this really necessary >> that we have to like change our board policies for just recommendations if they're not legal? I mean, I kind of find it overwhelming and ridiculous. I know we pay them. >> Yeah. But some of them are just we're having to review a two-page for two words to
063be scratched out. I'm like, "Oh my gosh." >> You know? Um >> well, and it could and it and it could be that we uh [clears throat] we could work through that when when they're in the summary because there are some that come through that are just based off of recommendations. >> Yeah. >> And then others are because of legislation. Right. Um, and so we could even just if if the right desires, then we could just say we're not going to we're not going to update our policies just because there's a recommendation to update language if there's legal requirements to do so. Obviously, we're obligated to [clears throat] do that, but we could we could potentially limit then just from that from that standpoint too. >> That would take off a lot. >> Yeah. I
064mean, we could say the recommendations [laughter] CSVA. >> We'll take off. Is that going to be more work for Maria? >> Oh, no. it would be less work like cuz she's not then having to make all the >> make all the track changes. >> So, but you could still potentially see them and then here here are the ones that are like we are required to update to be in compliance with law. Here are the ones that are being recommended and then >> yeah, you just have to do the extra work on the recommended ones and we can just look through them and see if we want to do them or not. >> Yeah. Recommended law. We'd have to we'd have to look at some of the summary stuff because some some usually I noticed in
065the summary and you probably all do too as you're looking at it that usually it's like recommended you know these changes are based off of recommendations blah blah blah versus these changes are are based on a recommendation that your that your team really feels to us but they don't need to be >> we would review all of them anyway so we could we could also just share that like we support these recommendations and here's why. Yeah, because we've we've read through I've read through them before and I'm like if this is saying the exact same thing the one I had I asked you about before it literally >> they cross it out in one area and moved it down it make it re >> exactly exactly we don't need that right >> unnecessary work necessary
066work >> can I ask the follow question I just want to be sure I heard you right you want to you want to talk further about um 511.1 right is that the one you call district No, she got she got that. Yeah, she wants the bylaw. The one that you guys put in there. >> Yep. >> Is that yours too, Jen? >> No, that one's actually mine. >> Oh, >> I I I was concerned. I thought I thought I thought I misheard and that 501.1 is is important timing wise because we're coming up on um registration and so I was just having a little bit of a You answered all my questions. I >> glad that you're comfortable and happy and satisfied with their answers. >> Yes. [laughter] Yes. So, >> okay. All right. Is
067that all? Okay. So, future agenda items. Um, is there anything that you would like to add that we already have? We have uh two, four, six, five, seven. >> I have seven. Wow. Um what we talked about um a possible position for curating land and school funding that we talked about? Make that agenda item to discuss? >> No, we just Is that what we just talked to Dan about? >> Yeah, I would like to make that an agenda item that we can discuss >> or does that need to be done? I don't know how you guys feel about I think we need a discussion first with car. >> Okay, I'll email you. >> Thank you. I won't ask for it yet. Okay. >> Okay. Uh, next meeting >> [snorts] >> uh is December 16th, their
068annual reorganizational meeting. Yay. >> Is it here or here? It's here at 6 p.m. >> Okay. >> All right. Meeting adjourned. So,