001Holiday carols to sing as well and the kids have been working really hard and they're super excited about the performance this week So glad that we get to share a little bit with you tonight Into the spirit. I haven't seen anybody yet. You know who's here. Well, you have a supervisor chafee You have a lot of column callous board member of anaheim elementary you have one Alvarez board member Yeah, Ryan Rallis Do you have Jose Moreno, city council member? I'm the good girl. Go Contreras. You went to Anaheim, right? I did. Nice. Oh, nice, nice. Was the ambassador program there during the pandemic? I think it was. Oh. Who our ambassador was. APGA, wait a second. Did you see APGA here? I see Lacey here, so I don't know if she's here for... Are you
002here for APGA? Who's... You have Jesse. So you have Hilda here. Oh, Hilda. Here you have James. James is here for... I'm assuming he's here for Grant. I attended the... Lisa said earlier that... The SBA. Grant is here? Yeah, Grant's here. For the student trustees. They were like... Right, right. They became like school board members. Yeah. Juan Alvarez, Bortover. Yeah, he's got Juan Alvarez. Paulo, Mark Lopez, Ryan. Is Mark here? Mark is here. He's right next to Ryan. Mark Lopez. Jesse. His name is Alvarez? Yeah. Oh, Corey Kretz is here. Corey Kretz from APGA. How are you? I'm happy to see you. Do you have questions that you did? Did you get a chance to ask them in closed session? Yes. Do you have a title? Probably. No, yeah, they asked my question. Because, I
003mean, I noticed you had made notes, and so I was just wondering if you had questions. Oh, these were... I think she's on first five. God, awesome. I was just making notes on litigation. Thank you, though. Hi. How are you man? Doing well, how are you? Good. Wow. Look at this. Holidays. Oh wow, we're gonna go home with all kinds of flowers. Almost. Almost? That's just college applications time. Yeah. I find out my first decision. Yeah. So. This is gonna be a fourth district holiday. It really is. You got to go to the conference. I did. CSBA, how did you like it? It was amazing. There were a lot of really cool people there. Where did you stay? Oh, I went for one day. You just went for one day? Yeah. What did you do?
004It was a Friday. It was a student trustee training. Oh, okay. I was there Thursday, and then I came back Friday. I was there for a little bit of Friday. How would you consider the future of the art school? Oh, I do see Al. You put me to shame. You are always so thoughtful. I haven't even started my Christmas shopping. I wanted to do something and didn't have anything done. It was really good. It was one of my finances. The other was about everything. thank god i love them always i didn't have to do anything that's wonderful speech oh good evening everybody welcome to our board meeting this evening uh we're gonna we're reconvening the meeting at a closed session and we will have um where am i bottom of page three pardon me thank
005you but we changed some pages around so um We will now have a Pledge of Allegiance and moment of silence led by our Student Board Representative Omkar Khatri. Please stand. Put your right hand over your heart. Ready, begin. And I'll continue on to the moment of silence. Okay. So I'd like to hold this moment of silence on a more serious note. As we are approaching the holidays, I know we have many important things to consider. The color of our wrapping paper for gifts or where to livestream the New York ball drop. However, as the holidays approach, there are many that have to face a different kind of adversary, one of the mind. All of this spikes up mainly around May and June. Seasonal affective disorder does occur, and many have to face such an issue,
006as well as a plethora of other mental health struggles. As such, I want to take this moment of silence to stand in solidarity with our community as they combat numerous difficult emotional and social struggles and celebrate the achievements of our community in coming together. So now for a moment of silence. Thank you, Omkar. Next, we'll have the report from closed session from the clerk of the board. Thank you, Mr. President. Item 9.1, no reportable action taken regarding public employee performance evaluation superintendent. Item 9.2, no reportable action taken regarding anticipated litigation. 9.3, no reportable action taken regarding negotiations. 9.4, no reportable action taken regarding personnel. 9.5 no reportable action taken regarding existing litigation item 9.6 no reportable action taken regarding personnel item 9.7 the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to dismiss employee HR dash 2 0
0072 2 dash 2 3 dash 0 7 Thank You madam clerk and I'd like to recognize a few people in the audience this evening We have Orange County Supervisor Doug Chafee from the District 4. We have his wife, who is the ambassador to 4th District, Paulette Chafee. And today we changed a person up here at the dais because he is no longer on the board with us. He is in the audience, and he is Mr. Al Jabbar. You know, Mr. Jabbar, you just extended the meeting with all that. We have Mr. James Goran, who is the vice president of ASTA. We have Corey Kretz, who is the... We have the representative co-president from APGA, which is our counseling group, Corey Kretz. We have from ALTA, which is our Anaheim Leadership Team Association, Hilda Vasquez. Where's
008Hilda? Way in the back. Thank you, Hilda. And the next group of people, they get the prize because there's four out of five board members from Anaheim School District. I'll read their names, and please recognize them. Mark Lopez, Juan Alvarez, Dr. Jose, Paula McCullough, and Ryan Wallace. Give them a hand. And let's see, there's a couple more here. We have Sergio Contreras, who is from Anaheim United Way. Jesse Alvarez from PTA. And we have a representative from Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva's office. Thank you, everyone. I'm sorry. Jose Moreno from Anaheim City Council. Sorry, Jose. Looking right at you, I didn't see you. I went right past you. I'm sure it's never happened before. So tonight we want to... Recognize or some we have some recognitions that are going to be presented The first one is Doug
009Chafee Orange County. Whoops I'm sorry They I changed my position from reading out the clerk's report now in the present and social know everything so but I need I you know I need some some help once in a while that we're gonna have the public administration of the oath of office So we're gonna start out with Jesse Guerrero Jessica, I'm sorry, Jessica. The Oath of Office will be presented, or should be sworn in by Mr. Al Jabbar, our former board president. And I think there may be some family members joining, Jessie. Be careful of the cord, yes. The camera's over there, so you want to face the camera. Is that good? Are you ready for this? I'm ready. All right, please raise your right hand. And please repeat after me. I. I. State your name.
010Jessica Guerrero. Do solemnly swear. Do solemnly swear. That I will support and defend. That I will support and defend. The Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States. And the Constitution of the State of California. And the Constitution of the State of California. Against all enemies. Against all enemies. Foreign and domestic. Foreign and domestic. That I will bear true faith. That I will bear through faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that I will well and faithfully Well and faithfully. Discharge. Discharge. The duties upon. The duties upon. Which I'm about to enter. Which I'm about to enter. Congratulations. Jessica. Jessica. Is the microphone over there? There
011it is. Take it off the podium, yes. Thank you. Thank you so much. I'm new to this. First and foremost, thank you everyone that joined us here today. I would like to say a few words. It is often said, education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. As a daughter and granddaughter of immigrants, first generation college student, the first person in my family to receive a master's degree, and having just become AUHC Board of Trustee, I stand before you today with truth behind this statement. There are so many individuals to thank that played a role in who I am today. I first want to thank my mom and dad. My father migrated to this country from Zacatecas, Mexico with an elementary level education who began working at this very
012same district as a custodian. With my father's hard work and perseverance, he received his GED, becoming the first person in his immediate family to have a high school level education and today is an equipment operator. My mom is a proud product of this district as a graduate of Anaheim High School, and though she didn't have the opportunity to obtain higher education, she ensured that my sisters and I would have that opportunity. She attended countless college workshops, parent meetings, school events, read over our essays in preparation for college applications, and waited in anticipation for those acceptances. She did this three times and then did it once all over again when I decided to go to grad school. Mom and Dad, thank you for all your sacrifices. It is because of you that I can dream. Everything
013that I am and everything that I will be is because of you. Quiero agradecer a mis padres por todos sus sacrificios. Es gracias a ustedes que puedo soñar. Todo lo que soy y todo lo que será es gracias a ustedes. To my sisters Brenda and Melissa, who are tired of probably seeing the color purple everywhere, thank you for rolling up your sleeves, for having my back, and for supporting my dreams. To my extended family, including my grandparents, my madrina, tios and tios, and my cousins, thank you for your unconditional love, support, guidance, and prayers. To all of Team Guerrero, who is a community of friends, leaders, elected officials, parents, especially the moms, educators, including the Anaheim Secondary Teachers Association, youth, and the voters. Thank you for your belief in me. Thank you for your belief
014in your vision for AUHSD. Thank you for your belief in the education of the future generations of students. As I reflect on my education journey, I think back to many moments. I think about the teachers and advisors that sparked my passion in education, nurtured my leadership skills in my early days in Gold and AVID, some of which are here today, and some of which are no longer with us, like my mentor, Mr. Michael Solis. I think about my history classes, in particular my U.S. history and government classes, which turned my, hey, I kind of like this, to, hey, I think I might make a career out of this. I think about the school staff like my father who worked tirelessly to ensure the campuses are clean every day for the students to learn and the
015teachers to teach, that the fields are ready for the students to play. I think about receiving my first college acceptance and celebrating with my mentors and advisors and my friends who were on this journey with me. I think about the counselors, career counselors, gear up staff, instructional aides, assistant principals, bus drivers, principals, and all staff that take the time to listen to their students, to mentor them, advise them, uplift them on the bad days, and celebrate with them on the good days. I think about my avid students who I had the pleasure of tutoring while I was receiving my bachelor's degree at Cal State Fullerton, who I was there to teach, but in reality they taught me. I think about my peers on our high school graduation day, where like myself, some were first generation
016students going off to college, some becoming the first in their family to receive a high school diploma, and some even first in their family to receive a public education, all embarking on the next chapter of our lives. These were the educational moments that changed me and my world. And I am hopeful to working alongside all of our AUHSD staff, administrators, teachers, classified staff, and my board colleagues to creating more educational moments that impact the future generations of AUHSD students. I know the aspirations of our parents, who want our children not only to have a great education, but to have opportunities. As a trustee, I look forward to working together. to expand the education opportunities and access to resources for our students and communities by supporting 21st century learning that provides students with diverse learning opportunities
017including enhancing our programs like AIM, cybersecurity, and biotechnology. I look forward to expanding community collaboration by supporting and empowering the work of our community schools and supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion, ensuring teachers, staff, parents, guardians, and student voices are heard. I want to thank my board colleagues for the work that you have done to put this district on the map and changing the worlds of our students. In particular, I would like to thank my predecessor, Al-Jabbar, for his years of leadership and exemplary public service on the board and in the community. I hope you know what an impact you've made in the lives you have touched, the people you've inspired, and in the hopes and dreams you've helped come true. Thank you for your belief in our AUHSD students, and thank you for your belief
018in this AUHSD student. And last, but not certainly the least, to the 27,768 students in AUHSD, some of them are here today, I wanted to know that your possibilities are endless, that your dreams are real and valid, that there will be moments of uncertainty and doubt, times when you fall down or are rejected, but know that what is in you, they can never take from you. Your dreams are limited only by your imagination, determination, and your willingness to never give up. You are unlimited you. I am incredibly honored and humbled for this opportunity to serve my community, my schools, and the AUHC family as your AUHC trustee. Thank you so much. Very nicely done, Jessica. Thank you. Thank you. Next we have... Anna Percy to be sworn in by someone that is near and dear
019to all of our hearts and that is Dr. Jan Billings who was superintendent back in the 90s and I think he left here in 2003. Yes, just after I came on she I guess I scared her away. I don't know. Yeah, she's been in education even ever since then so we're very pleased to have her here. I love this. Hi there Jan. Oh I Anna Piercy. Okay. Do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of California against all enemies foreign and domestic that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of California. that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion and I will well
020and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I'm about to enter. I have a few words. I have been around this district for a long time. and I am glad to embark on another four years of giving back. This district gave me 38 beautiful years of a teaching career, and I felt because it gave me so much, I wanted to give back, and I have been doing that over the last few years, and I am still wanting to do that even more. I love this district, and I love being a board member, and I thank you all. that had anything to do with getting me re-elected. So I am going to work another four years loving it and being involved. And I want to thank Jan. I want to go back because I was blessed to
021be able to teach Jan's two daughters when I first started teaching at Trident Junior High. And then as she moved on and became an administrator in the district and in the district office, I will never forget that one day she came into my English class. And she walked up to me and she says, take a break. I'm going to take your class. And I thought. Fantastic. This was lovely. And it was just, that's the type of an involved leader she was. And I thank her so much for being the one to give me my certification again today. Thank you. Next, we have Anne Marie Randall Trejo to be sworn in. I was telling him to announce you also as the AXA director. Since 2003. So she's still working, folks. Still working. I, Anne Marie Randall
022Trejo, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States. to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California. That I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter. Thank you all. I first want to congratulate my colleague, Anna Peercy, and my newly elected colleague, Jessica. I am so thrilled to be a trustee and I'm so thrilled that you got reelected and you got elected so congratulations to them. Good to catch my breath. I am
023this moment after 10 years of being on the board I really wanted to thank her personally in person because I came into the district in 1999 as a parent leader and as the teacher that you are teacher here started at Magnolia taught for many years English and then became our principal many schools Cypress and Walker. Dale Walker. Okay. But throughout your career in being a superintendent, she had the heart of the district in her hands, and she cultivated. And I know I'm not the only person that feels this way about her, and I know that everybody feels the way that I feel about you because you make everyone feel so special. And it takes an amazing human being to make everyone that they touch feel this special. I feel like she and I are best
024friends forever in life, and I know that everybody feels that way about you. The teacher in you cultivated my interest. I wanted to come into the district, and I wanted to help, and I wanted to serve. I didn't really know what I was doing, but I... I just tried, and I was there. But she takes your talent. She takes what she thinks that you're good at, and she says, hey, why don't you serve on this committee? Why don't you serve on that committee? And I was just a parent coming in, right? Think about all of the students that she's affected. Think about all of the administrators and teachers. You have left a legacy in this district, and I truly honor you. Thank you so much. I have Mr. Matsuda's approval to say a few words.
025I cannot tell you what this means to me to be asked to do this and to also welcome Jessica. And I know so many of you are here for her. Truly the American dream. I will get to know you. Yes, we will. She'll be wonderful. She'll have a lot of role models, but I also want to say that after I retired in 2003, it seems amazing, long time ago, I have a second career working for the administrator organization of the state of California, the largest organization in the United States of school administrators. but I do Orange County. How lucky am I? But what that experience has shown me, and I'm so proud to say to the board, whose back is looking, that no matter where I go, and we have meetings in Sacramento, and there
026are 19 executive directors representing everything from Shasta to San Diego. When they say, where were you? Where did you spend your career? And I say, Anaheim Union High School District. You've got to know the reaction that gets every single time. And I get prouder and prouder because you are so very special. That's why it's so easy to love you all. The last experience I had was a young man who was just appointed the superintendent of Coastline ROP. And he had been around with several jobs. And I met him at the Orange County superintendent's meeting the other day. And once again, he said, and where were you? And I said, the Anaheim Union High School District. And he said, I understand it. That's the best district in the state of California. And he's right, right? So
027let me just close to say that my heart is full. I'm so honored to have been asked to be here tonight. And I read a little quote that I like, and it says that all heroes don't wear capes. Think about that. This is a room full of heroes, whether you have a cape on or not. And certainly the Hope School, and teachers and administrators this evening was more, it was overwhelming. And if there's people who are heroes who don't wear capes, it is they. So once again, thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve in this district and to be back here tonight. Thank you. Thank you. And so I know that we're going to honor you in a minute, but I also wanted to take the minute to honor you. You're my friend.
028You're my colleague. You have taught me so much. You have done so much for this district. We will miss you. But I know that you're still going to be fighting the good fight with us and for us. And you're not going to be too far. But I want to thank you so much for serving eight years with me. And it's going to be different not having you here. But I know by the reaction, you know that everyone here really appreciates you. And we all appreciate you. We know you worked very, very hard. And I know that you're not dead. So Al-Jabbar, thank you so much. I just want to say thank you for allowing me to serve another four years. And it's been a wild ride. We've done so much. And I can't believe our
029new trustee just really named and hit a nail on the head of all of our wonderful programs that we've established. But there's more work to do, and I'm here to do it. So thank you so much. I want to thank you Dr. Billings for being here this evening. It's a real honor to have you here. So moving on to recognitions. I think the board can come out here in the middle for the recognition. The first recognition is to recognize Doug Chafee, the Orange County Supervisor for District 4. Mr. Chafee, you want to come up? The Board of Trustees would like to recognize Orange County District 4 Supervisor Doug Chafee for providing funding in the amount of $98,152 to provide three greenhouses for the Magnolia Agri-Science Community Center called MAC. These greenhouses will serve the farm
030for cultivation of seed growth for market row production, as well as a place for students and community members to educate themselves on urban farming best practices in small spaces. Greenhouse number one will serve as an aquaponic learning laboratory. Greenhouse number two will serve as a wet lab where students will be able to use the space as a laboratory or laboratory for horticulture and applied botany classes as part of dual enrollment. We are grateful for Mr. Chaffee's generosity, support, and partnership. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Supervisor Chasey, you want to come here and maybe say a few words about what we just presented you for, and then you have something for us. Or not for us, but for some other people. Well, indeed, it's a pleasure to be here. My mother and her
031sister graduated from Anaheim Union High School, and then, of course, we moved to Fullerton, which is a rival of Anaheim. But more important, my grandfather, more than 100 years ago, was a teacher at Anaheim Union High School. So I have some really great memories. It is a great district, and you've done so many fine things for the students that have been fortunate enough to go through your school system. One point of interest, the oath of office that you've heard is a universal one. It's one I will take. Judges take it. City councilmen take it. The state assembly. And Senate, they all take that same oath. It's identical, very universal. And it stands for respecting the order of law and also the rights that are embodied in the Constitution. So if I might recognize, I thought
032that's why you're calling me up, to recognize. Well, first is Jessica. No, I'm sorry. Ann Marie Trejo, sorry. I'd like to congratulate you on your re-election. I understand you didn't have any opposition. I think they recognized your talent and the good work you've been doing. So if I may present you with the plaque. Next, I'd like to recognize Anna Piercy. And I heard your remarks, how you want to serve another four years, serving others through the school district. You've done a great job. I'm glad to have you back. Thank you. Next is Jessica Guerrero. You know a little bit about her. She was an intern in my office. Then she took a little time off to get her master's degree at UCI. Then we had an opening. I was so glad that we had an
033opening, and she had graduated, and she does still work in my office. So as some of the great work she's done, we do have a thing called a Future Leaders Program where juniors and seniors from various high schools in my district, it's not just Anaheim, are given an opportunity to explore different career options. And who was in charge? She does great work. I'm glad to have her as part of my staff. And she will do marvelous things for you on this board. Well, you know, so that there could be a spot for Jessica on this board, somebody had to go. So Al would like to present you with a certificate of recognition for all you've done. And thank you for being my deputy chief of staff as well. I often ask Al to... Be my
034substitute in various committees. He has a great job and we're working on a number of issues concerning health care juvenile justice not juja but criminal justice in general and some marvelous programs this last board meeting We declared racism as a health crisis and so thank you for working on that and it passed unanimously Thank you Doug for all that you do for the district and all the for that you do for the county too Next we have recognition for Puente statewide academic and leadership award class of 2023 the Puente project is a national award-winning program that for more than 30 years has improved the college-going rate of unrepresented underrepresented students The Puente Project Statewide Academic and Leadership Award recognizes their top 12th grade Puentista in California. Applicants had to meet the eligibility criteria including must
035have been in Puente English grade 9 and 10, overall academic GPA a 3.5 or higher in 9th to 11th grade. Be a full-time 12th grade student enrolled in five or more academic courses and demonstrate community leadership. After a thorough review of the students' academic transcripts, community leadership involvement, and personal statements, the Puente Project statewide office recognized five students from the AUHSD. And they are, and pardon me if I mispronounce your name, Fernanda Cisneros. And she is from Anaheim High School. From Cotella High School, Melissa Uyacab-Gonzalez. From Loara High School, Alexandra Escamilla. From Savannah High School, Jaslyn Garcia. And from Western High School, Farima Marisco-Gimenez. You want to stand up here some more? Okay, great. We have one more honor award. We do? Who's that for? We're honoring former trustee Al Jabbar. Mr. Jabbar, come on
036up. The Board of Trustees would like to honor former trustee Al Jabbar for his service as board president from December 2021 through December 2022. That was as president. But also serving on the Board of Trustees since 2013. Well, Brian, I'm going to prolong your meeting a little bit more. Be ready to do I got like three pages. I I just want to thank you all for the overwhelming appreciation First off I want to start off with thanking my wife who's sitting in the front and my two kids. I know the past ten years Yes, I have been the public servant, but they've been the brunt of everything that I've done is because of the work that they allow me to do and they've been very understanding so I want to thank my wife and Asia
037and our home and I know I'm those at home But I want to thank all of you guys for that. So thank you and I also want to thank Brian O'Neill Anne Marie and Kathy for giving me the opportunity 10 years ago voting for me to serve the community when the vote came up to appoint me. So I appreciate that and thank you very much for that. And I truly, truly appreciate all four of you for. dedicating yourselves to AUHST and bringing different perspectives. Each and every one of you come with passion and I know that AUHST is going to be well served even with the addition of Jessica Guerrero. I am so proud of you Jessica. And I know that you bring a lot of leadership to the table and you're bringing the whole
038community with you to the table. So we're behind you two in terms of supporting you in District 1. That's the district that you got elected for. But I want you to know that we are all proud of you. So thank you. I know we have some amazing teachers here in the audience, but I want to thank the teachers. Without you, AUHSD won't be achieving all what we've achieved. So thank you to all the teachers. I know Grant's not here, but we saw the teacher leadership here. So thank you very much for being here and supporting. I also want to thank our counselors and social workers. We owe you our debt of gratitude. I know these few years have not been easy, especially with COVID. Our counselors and our social workers stepped up. So I want
039to thank you on behalf of the community. And I want to thank you because I know we worked with you very closely to make it a better place for our students at AUHSD. So thank you. And I want to thank our staff from the custodians to Our secretaries and our attendance clerks without you guys This district wouldn't be able to run. So thank you for all your service and thank you for working with me During those years, especially the leadership. I know we had some tough battles with negotiations But at the end of the day, I was so happy to sit down with you guys and have those discussions and make it happen so thank you very much for all your services and Our principals and assistant principals, man, you guys put a lot of
040time and effort that I don't think the community knows the amount of time you actually invest in each and every one of our sites. I want to thank each and every one of you, especially our Anaheim team. and our Sycamore team. I probably was a pain to you guys during my tenure as a board member, but I truly appreciate each one of you. Special shout out to Robert Saldivar. I want to thank Gary Brown, who's not here, but Ruben Cairos and the Anaheim team, Nancy Cortez and the Anaheim team at Sycamore. You guys have been amazing to work with and do a lot of work to improve our community, and you guys have always supported me throughout the work, so I want to thank you personally for that. I also want to give a huge
041shout-out to Abros and Crown at Anaheim High School. You guys produced amazing leaders. And I know that you're going to be continuing to produce amazing leaders. And I'm going to be tapping into your leadership to do a lot more community work in the future. So thank you for being leaders. And thank you, Ryan, for being part of that and helping it grow. So thank you very much to you as well. And I want to thank our cabinet. I know we're missing Manuel here, but I wanna thank you guys. Again, like the principals, I don't think anybody in the community sees the work that you put in day in, day out, taking sometimes my calls at 11.30 at night when we have a unfortunate incident, right? But I think those are things that our community doesn't
042see, but I wanna recognize you for that. So thank you each and every one of you. I don't wanna miss anyone. Jaron, Brad, Nancy. Carl, Ann, and also obviously Robert being part of the new team, but I want to thank each and every one of you. You guys have been amazing to work with, and I know you'll do a great job in the future as well. Paulina and Connie, I know I didn't see Connie, but Paulina, thank you for keeping us on track and keeping me on track. Appreciate it. Last but not least, Mike. What can I say, right? You are a super superintendent eight years ago eight years ago when we made the leadership change and I took the boat to make the leadership change and Voted to bring in Mike took a lot
043of flack from people I remember walking out of that dais and I had a community member walk up to me and say We will not elect you again And I looked at her and said I'm okay with that because I could go home and sleep at night And I could tell you Mike for the past eight years. I've slept nice That's the part you don't sleep well, but I do So I want to thank you for the service and the vision Please continue to bring those great vision to Anaheim Union High School District Our community needs it our students need it our parents need it. So I I won't doubt it that we will back, we'll be always be at the top, like Jan Billings said. Everywhere that we go, we talk about Anaheim Union
044High School District, and that's for the great work that you brought with your leadership. So thank you very much, Mike. And to everyone here, take the message. I want to ask, I want to ask for forgiveness. If I've done anything wrong or been impatient with you, I'm sorry, but sometimes I'm not very patient, especially when it comes to our kids and our community. I want change done soon, so I might have been a little bit rough on the edges when it comes to it, but I ask for your forgiveness. And finally, I want to thank every single person, not only in this room, our moms who are here. I see everybody who's not only supported me, but also they have been the backbone of me being a good trustee. of actually talking to me and
045talking about issues that are happening in our community and Making sure that I get the tools to make the right choices when I take the votes So I want to thank all of you and I want to thank the Anaheim community for giving me the opportunity to serve you For the last ten years. Thank you very much We have another presentation from a single woman in Quirk-Silva's office. Oh my goodness. How can I follow that up? Well, I'm here on behalf of Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, and I just want to say we are all totally inspired and impressed by the way that Al-Jabbar has led with love and integrity. And I'm going to keep this short. I'm just going to read this. There's only so many words we can fit on this page, but I want
046to read it. And this is from Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva. On behalf of the 67th Assembly District, I commend your incredible leadership as the first Sri Lankan American to hold public office in the United States. Your work has opened the doors of opportunity to countless students, including resources for immigrant students, the Parent Leadership Academy, and putting students on a pathway to college or a technical career. Thank you for your commitment to the students, families, and school faculty of the Anaheim Union High School District. Congratulations. I have a few words for you. So, you know, this quote is by Teddy Roosevelt. Many of you have heard this quote before, and it really goes out to all elected officials, people who put their names in the hat and who fight the good fight in the arena. But Al,
047this quote is for you. It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deeds, who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be. with those cold and timid souls who
048neither know victory nor defeat. Thank you so much, Mr. I'm sort of speechless after hearing what everybody else has said. But I want to, I reflect back what you said when you came in here, into the room here for your interview. and the questions we asked and we were all impressed in what you had to say and what we thought you could bring to the board and you proved us wrong because you brought so much more. It's an honor to have been sitting next to you at the dais, wherever we were, to be next to you, to work with you, to see your leadership and to see your community activism. Working for the kids it was always for the kids I think that's why we're all on the board is for for the kids could
049care less about you know being recognized myself when I go out in the community I'm just doing it for the kids and When we can't say that anymore we shouldn't be doing what we're doing But I know that now that you're not at the dais in the educational arena, you will not be leaving the educational arena. You will continue on. And I look forward to having you coming back and bugging us. Keeping us going down the straight and narrow path and bringing us concerns that you hear out in the community to our ears that we don't hear but I'm sure that Maybe your replacement Jessica will be already be hearing them So so she's gonna keep she's gonna keep you on your toes boy. I understand so thank you for all that you've done It's
050been a pleasure Does anybody else want to say anything? No Okay, we can go back to the dais Oh, I'm sorry. Yes. It is reception time. Go out the hall down to the left. He can lead you there.