001Testing 1234 testing 123. Testing 1234 testing 123 testing 123. You don't understand. Leonard? Leonard? Leonard? Leonard? Leonard? Leonard? Leonard? Leonard? Leonard? All right, everybody. It is 536. We'll call the meeting back to order. We have sound. We have our green light back. So you will all now be watching that green light. To speak on behalf of Coach Stone, K6A6, David Hooker, Barso Youth Football Cheer. I'm going to try to stand still. I'm a minister at heart, so I like to move. I'm going to try to stand still here. Good evening, board members. I'm Dave Hooker. I'm president of the Barstow Youth Football Injury. I was called to come up and speak on behalf of Coach Nathaniel Stone. And I was trying to think of all the great things that I could say about him, but
002the letters have spoke. But the one thing I know about Coach Stone, he's very passionate about sports. But in the last 16 years, I've had the privilege of coaching beside him or with him. And he's got a deeper passion, and it's the welfare of these athletes. Coach Stone is not only a football coach, he's a life coach. He teaches them about resiliency. He teaches them about leadership. He teaches them about integrity, and he holds them to a higher standard. He's been with Barstow U football for 20-plus years. And I wouldn't be standing here today if it wasn't for his mentorship and leadership in guiding this old soldier on how to coach the youth of Barstow, how to reach out to the youth of Barstow. And the one thing that I learned about Coach Stone the
003most is it's not the X's and O's. It's the welfare of these young men and these young women. I sat and watched him do homework on the sidelines during practice. I've watched him pick kids up. to get them to the games. I watched him come out of his pocket and pay the registration fees because their family couldn't afford it. He was taken from his family to ensure that the young men and women of Barstow had an opportunity to better themselves. So I look at Coach Stone not only as a football coach, but he's a life coach to these young men and these young women. Everybody talks about, oh, he's a great football coach, but the cheerleaders loved him just as much. He got involved with them. He would cheer them up. He would get them
004pumped up at practice. They would start screaming and cheering louder. But every time I walk onto any kind of field, who do I see? Football, Coach Stone. The basketball courts at the community center. Coach Stone out there coaching too. The only place I haven't seen him is the soccer field. I don't go to the soccer games. But I've known him for 21 years. He's coached all three of my sons. And when my oldest son found out that Coach Stone went to the high school, he's like, oh, man. I wish he would have coached me. Vince Williams just said he took a job four years ago at the high school. I thought I lost a good coach. He said, Coach, I'm going to be here. Not only did he coach at the high school, he left
005and came out to the youth field right after practice and coached for the last four years the sophomore team, and he took those four teams to the Super Bowl every year. So on behalf of Coach Stone, I think you just need to go ahead and let him coach here at the high school and continue his legacy and what he's built down there at the youth level. God bless you all. In support of Coach Nathaniel Stone, Christopher Mulitalo, Barstow High School of Football. President Eldred, Vice President Pereira, Clerk of the Board Yeastless, Trustee Givens, Trustee Williams. Good evening. My name is Christopher Mulitalo, and I serve our community and our Barstow High School football program as varsity defensive coordinator. Thank you for the opportunity to be heard. as a supporter of Mr. Nathaniel Stone at his
006clearance as a Barstow High School football coach. Each of the distinguished members of the board have a foundation of service to others, whether it's through military careers, classroom experience, community outreach, or volunteerism. It's evident that the leadership here today is operated with the intent to make someone else's life better. Nathaniel Stone has the same foundation of service to others and operates with the intent to make someone else's life better. Mr. Stone has served our community for over 20 years as a youth football coach and most recently the last three at Barstow High School. Mr. Stone has been recognized by the city of Barstow for its volunteer service and is a pillar of the youth football community. Mr. Stone is passionate. about the success of the youth that he encounters. The vehicle of football allows for
007Mr. Stone to create the connections that he has maintained for nearly two decades. Mr. Stone is passionate about Barstow. He loves our city and he loves our citizens. He proudly represents Barstow, whether it's across the sideline or down the grocery aisle. I urge you to consider the magnitude of the decision you are entrusted to deliver today. The importance of Mr. Stone being a football coach at Barstow High School has rippling effects. Please have those effects be positive by granting this request so he can represent a core value shared by all of us to serve and uplift our youth. Thank you. Nathaniel Stone, high school football coach, speaking on K6A6 on behalf of himself to coach. Good evening, everybody. My name is Coach Nathaniel Stelman. I'm asking today to be approved for the upcoming football season.
008This opportunity means a great deal to me, both personally and professionally. I started playing football at the youth level, continued through high school, and played. and a few adult leagues while coaching youth football. The last two years, I've coached at Barstow High School, and I coached a youth football team, the sophomores, 9, 10, and 11-year-olds, where we went two seasons. We're only losing one game and two championships. I also coached at the, I was... The JV head coach for the last two years, too, went into JV league titles. And I took over last year as the offensive coordinator for Barstow High School. And we finished the season winning league championship. I've been coaching for 22 years now. This is what I do. You heard the speeches from everybody. I knew I was a good coach,
009but I didn't realize how many people I touched. And I appreciate all the support from everybody. I'm still not even sure why we're here. I ask for your approval so I can continue doing what I do best. One of the things I do best is coaching. And thank you, guys, for all your support. Everybody here. And thank you guys for your support over the last few years. And I just hope you guys approve me. So, yeah. In support of Coach Stone, Matt Haefel, KDM, Haefely, KDM Building and Construction. I don't know if I'm supposed to follow that. Hey, Stone. I grew up with Stone. I've known him for probably close to 30 years now. And he is, he's not a friend, man. He's family to my kids. He's kin to us. And hearing those speeches
010too, the touch that he's had on these kids in this community, it's crazy, man. I hope that I can do and have that kind of impact someday. But I'm not going to take a whole lot of time. He's a good man. And there's no reason for him to be here. And with all due respect to everybody here at the board, y'all vote doesn't matter. This is the vote right here. That's the vote. Every child in here, every parent, everybody that aspires to do something, they've all been touched by that one man. Okay? You broke down on the side of the road at 3 o'clock in the morning, he's going to get you. Somebody they butt-whooped, he's going to get you. You guys, vote him in and stop all this foolishness, okay? Love you, Coastal. Miss
011Amy. Amy McDonald, Barstow Youth Football and Cheer. and parent of an Aztec on item K6A6 to speak on behalf of Coach Stone in support of my son, Wyatt McDonald, and all football players at Barstow High School. Good afternoon slash evening. I'm here today just as I'm saying I know that I know all of you and I appreciate you all very much for the role that you play in our school district. But today I'm just here as a mom and an athletic director. My first role as athletic director was head athletic director for that man right there. And he pretty much had me up to load when he asked me to put together a progress report because it was really important to him growing up in this community that he could teach his athletes how to
012be student athletes. He said, Miss Amy, I know that this is your realm and I trust you in your realm. If you could help me just get it to where we can help hold them accountable. I don't care if, Parents are calling me. I don't care if teachers are calling me. They can have my cell phone number, anything I can do to motivate these students to do what they're supposed to do in the classroom, even before they do it on the field. I watched him have arrangements with so many of our teachers in this district, watched him step to the sideline and take that phone call and call the kid aside and give him that talk. Would he get in their faces if they need it? Yes, he would. But he'd be the loudest one
013in their corner. I'm here. Because my son, my only son, I've lost eight. I'm blessed to be a parent of four. But my only son had about eight different words for ball before he said anything else. He loves sports. He's played every sport that he's ever had. The opportunity to play. He asked me to play tackle football when he was two. I told him, absolutely not until you're 11. And when he was 11, Coach Nathaniel Stone was his coach. I've lost track of how many coaches my son has had. I've lost track, many of them in this room, phenomenal coaches. But if you ask me to name one, one coach that has made the biggest impact on my son, hands down, it's Nathaniel Stone. He's got a D1 offer already coming in as a freshman.
014Are you kidding me? He has a quarterback coach down the hill. What he means to my son, I could not possibly put into words. The one thing I want to say is, I know to you, this is just a reinstatement and we do it every year. but to me to know that that man coach would be akin to firing him. I have been accused, defamation of character of lots of things over the course of my career. I absolutely appreciate your support and your passion for making sure things are safe, but unless there is some legal reason that I cannot anticipate because he has passed every backroom check since he was 14 years old, and I know he's passed one again this year, unless there is some legal thing we do not know about, I beg
015you. on behalf of all of these kids that are mine and especially that one that is my son. Don't take Coach Stone from my son this freshman year. All right. Staff reports. Vanillism, what could report? This will go over to Mr. Beacon. Yes, thank you. There are seven schools reporting vanillism in the fourth quarter. That's April 1st, 25th through June 30th, 25th. That total was $14,096.43. The district had to replace wiring three times during the quarter and restore a breaker block. That total was $11,745.80. Mr. Fed has presented as an informational item. Thank you. Anybody have any questions? Next, we'll move to the superintendent's report. Yes, thank you. Good afternoon, board members, staff, and guests. I'd like to say welcome back to our students and staff. I'm excited to see so many returning staff members
016and to welcome into the BUSD family all of our new staff members. The school year has gotten off to an amazing start. I was at school sites the first three days of school and witnessed excitement and enthusiasm from our students and staff. The smiles and happy faces were contagious. I'd like to give a huge shout out to our maintenance, grounds, facilities, and custodial staff. Their extra effort over the summer to guarantee our school sites were ready for the start of the school year goes beyond expectation. The FMNO and summer custodial departments overseen by Director David Hooker are unsung heroes, working long hours over the summer to repair, improve, move, move again, and set up classrooms, offices, and school sites. They are not the individuals who get the pat on the back or the knuckles from
017students, families, and the community as we return to school. They are the employees who stand in the background and allow our schools to return from summer break prepared and ready to support student success. They deserve a very loud thank you. This summer was very busy for the superintendent's office. We held cabinet retreat on Friday, July 18, management retreat July 22 to the 24th, and board retreat on July 25. I'd like to extend my appreciation to all members of cabinet, management, and the board of trustees for their attendance. We spent a lot of time planning for the 2025-2026 school year and even found time for a little fun. Our welcome back mingle was on Thursday, July 31st. The event was attended by all BUSD employees, the Board of Trustees, and the Personnel Commissioners. Our 2024-25 Teacher
018of the Year, Mr. Michael Kralovic, and Classified Employee of the Year, Ms. Maria Carrillo, gave insightful speeches, and our keynote speaker, Molly Grisham. provided guidance to help all of us to consider building bridges and not barriers this school year. I owe new BUSD Barstow Intermediate School teacher Florence Thornton my gratitude for helping me to remember my BUSD identification badge. I ran into Ms. Thornton on my way into the Performing Arts Center. She addressed with me her BUSD identification badge after hearing me speak. about board policy 4157.23 mandatory badge requirement at our new teacher induction. This conversation sparked a light bulb moment for me when I realized I was not wearing my BUSD identification badge. I'd like to thank the EA president, Stacia Lawhorn-Lewis, for walking classrooms with me at Barstow Junior High School and Barstow
019Intermediate School. I enjoyed making connections with returning teachers and greeting new teachers. I'm eager to walk more sites and more classrooms with Mrs. Lawhorn-Lewis. It was great to see classrooms prepped and ready for the start of the school year. I look forward to working with CSEA President Renee Gonzalez as we support our amazing classified staff. Finally, I am excited to see and be a part of our students' lightbulb moments during their academic journey this year with BUSD. It is going to be a great year. Thank you. We have board reports. Ms. Gibbons? Hi, everybody. Thank you guys for coming out. I really appreciate it. Strong messages, for sure. I don't really have any updates. I'm excited for this school year. My agency, we are doing back-to-school workshops for time management for parents. We'll continue to
020support the community like we always have. Thank you for having me. Thank you, everyone, that gave their piece today. Ms. Williams? Wow. I, too, did walkthroughs with Ms. Lewis and with the junior high school and BIS. And I went to a few first day of schools or the open house nights. I came, you know, Crestline and Montero. It was a lot of fun to see the see the students there. They were all excited about the new year. See the teachers there. They were all excited about the new year. That's really important. Other than that, I've just been thinking and working on things and how we can make things better in the district and for the kids. And yeah, I'm ready for the new year. Thank you. Mr. Eastless? Nothing at this time. Thank you. Mr.
021Perea? Well, I also would like to welcome everybody back for the new school year. And I know it's been a tough, it's tough to start the year. It's tough for everybody, tough for students. And I know that you've got a lot of guidance in the beginning school year. So reflect on the guidance you're receiving. I appreciate the fact that we have so many people here tonight. I think it's great. It'd be great if we had a board meetings. With everybody coming like this, we get a lot of input. And that's where we get a lot of information. We make connections, even if it's with just our eyes, just to see people in the room. So I wish you luck this school year for everyone, our staff, all our administrators. I also saw a lot of
022classified employees working on. fields and cutting down weeds and so forth to make everything look nice. And I really appreciate the fact that they're out there doing it because they do it for us. They do it for you as students and staff. And like I say, it's great to be back. Thank you all for being here. Thank you. I would also like to say thank you to everybody who came out tonight, all the different speeches and input and everything on this and everything else. I just want to let everybody know you all are heard. I know sometimes it's like there's kind of like almost an invisible barrier or something because you talk and we can't say anything. So there's not a direct dialogue. That's just how it has to be. But I just want you
023to know you are being heard. whenever all these comments are being made. So I want to say thank you all for coming out. And just to solidify that, you guys do know that you are heard. I also want to second everything as far as just to start of the new school year. I do hope everything is going good. Everything that I have been hearing has been positive from the M&O projects. to the school site administrators, to the teachers, everything I've been hearing so far has been good, has been positive. So I do look forward to continuing with all of that moving forward. So thank you. Student representatives report. I can't. What's up, family? So we had a spirit week this week and it went pretty good. And we had also our assemblies. Our assemblies were
024very interactive. We had very positive energy and feedback with our assemblies. Upcoming events, we have Club Rush this Friday, and I'm excited for it. I hope you guys are too. I hope you guys see you guys there. For this school year, we've tripled our numbers in people joining ASB. So we have a lot more excitement, have a lot more help, and a lot more feedback in our student body. From last year, our budget was $6,000 that we had to spend. Now we're lower on the price there. So I come here to ask you guys if you guys can help us out and maybe consider it. Consider giving money to our student body to implement more structure. And as of now, I'm speaking on behalf of myself. I'm here today as Elijah Sanchez-Perez, a teammate of
025a Barstow High School football program. Coach Stone is a dedicated coach, coaching at a high level of football with passion and heart towards our students, treating everyone like family, teaching us hard work, dedication, along with perseverance and consistency. It's been a pleasure having him as a coach and even more playing the beautiful game of football with him. Thank you. All right. Next, we have the representatives report, BEA. Good evening, everybody. I just hope all you had a wonderful summer. As you may have noticed, VA took a short little break for the summer and we kind of disappeared. But we're back, recharged and ready to kick off another exciting new school year. We want to thank the district administration for all the support they have given VA last school year and already this year. Special thanks
026to Mr. Gutierrez for his hard work and dedication to hiring so many wonderful new teachers this year. VA would like to thank the board members, Mr. Eastless and Mrs. Givens, for doing a walkthrough at the high school with our Vice President, Leslie Hess. Appreciate that. I also would like to thank Board Member Mr. Williams and Superintendent Ms. Swearingen for joining me on a walkthrough at the junior high and BIS that was very successful. All the walkthroughs were very successful. VA is looking forward to building a positive and collaborative relationship with the district administration and school board this year. Our focus this year will be community involvement. Ms. Scoringen has already approved a VA to form a committee and to work with Dr. Vinnie Williams on this. And we have many members that are so excited
027to get started on this. Together with open communication, mutual respect, and shared commitment to our students, I'm confident that we can make this year truly outstanding. CSEA? Hi, CSEA, Gary Thomas, Chief Communications Officer. We just like to say that welcome back to everyone for the new school year. We'd like to thank our employees that do your work around as June and July tend to be very hectic months. It feels that it comes too soon for the school year. We are looking to start negotiations here in September. Hopefully by that time, both sides will have their openers approved and ready to negotiate. We'd also like to thank both... both personnel departments for staffing the sites properly, both with Daniel and Mr. Gutierrez. We've had little to no reports as a chief jobster. I've had no calls
028from the start of the school year, which it's been a few years since I've had them. So I'd like to say that things seem to be rolling through smoothly so far. So we're looking forward to have an equally less entertaining. update at the next report. Thank you. Personnel Commission? Yes, good evening board members, staff, and guests. This is the report from the Personnel Commission. We have two interviews in progress. Two recruitments are in the testing stage and we currently have two recruitments that are open that will close tomorrow. So please let people know to check those recruitments. We currently have 380 classified employees, 178 eight-hour full-time, 122 benefited part-time employees, and 80 non-benefited part-time. And as always, we have 15 classified management employees. On the vacancies, we do have two vacancies in the campus safety
029classification. We have exhausted that list, so we're currently... scheduling testing for campus safety so that we can generate our list and then move to interviews. We have Novacus as a custodial still. We will be scheduling more interviews for the TK paraeducator positions. We had a very good list with 65 candidates. However, multiple candidates refused the interview. We exhausted that list. However, we did made offers for 13 of those candidates. So those you'll see them in the board agenda later on. We're working on the following tests, translator, interpreter. The paraeducator again. So certainly once we close that list, the recruitment will move to testing. Paraeducator SN, special needs. Nutrition services worker one. And again, the campus AT that we have to move to testing. What else do we have for you? We have completed our campus
030AT and security trainings. We held three days of trainings. July 28th, 29th, and 30th at the junior high school and PR room. The trainings were ALICE training and team building and two days worth of the CPI, which is the crisis intervention training. Let's see what else. We do have some interviews underway already at Nutrition Services for Nutrition Services 1 and 2. And we're conducting a lot of onboardings for substitutes. for office assistants, paraeducators, and also newly hired employees. Our next meeting for the PC Commission is this Thursday, 4.30 p.m., so please join us. And that is my report for this month. Thank you. Next, we'll move to the adoption of the agenda with one corrected copy L6B1, establishment of classified positions, one school accounting technician, two campus safety assistants, and four paraeducators, TK. Can I
031get a motion for the adoption of the agenda with the corrected copy? So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. All right. Next, we have the consent agenda. I guess I'll go first. I have items to pull is K11, K23, K6A8, and K6B3. You have those? OK. Is anybody else Mr. Useless? Yes. K6A6, please. OK. Ms. Givens or Mr. Williams? Do you guys have all those? Okay. Yes. Can I get a motion to approve the consent agenda with items pulled? So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. First, we'll go into the items pulled. K-1-1, Professional Services Agreement, Empowered Ed. Yes, I'm going to hand this over to Dr. Williams. Yes, ma'am. The professional services agreement for the board tonight that we're asking for approval is for a company called Empowered Ed. Empowered Ed employs the court-appointed
032educational monitor between the Department of Justice and Bars Unified School District. And so as part of that agreement, we agreed to work with Dr. Ng in the monitoring of our... judgment implementation and she also provides training and other technical aspects along with our agreement with the Department of Justice. So this contract allows us to have that relationship with her company and be able to work with her. I'll take any questions the board might have. And so this is... For this just for this school year. Yeah. So like many of the contracts, we bring them up for annual renewal. And so we are we have agreed with the Department of Justice to have an independent monitor and we've agreed that it'd be doctoring. And so this is the mechanism in which we execute that. And so
033we're asking for the board to approve the contract tonight so we can continue that. You guys have any. Can I get a motion to approve? So move. Second. All in favor? Aye. Next is K-2-3, Memorandum of Understanding for the Parent Institute for Quality Education at Montero. I'm going to hand this over to Mr. Gott, Ms. Fisher. Monterey Elementary is requesting approval from the board to work with PK, the Parent Institute for Quality Education. This would be their fourth year in working with PK. PK is a California-based organization that brings in parent training at the site. And so Monterey is looking at their signature family engagement. package, which would include AM classes for parents at the site, and then PM sessions that would be online for parents. And PK works through all of the different sessions
034involving just navigating education as a parent, social-emotional, goes over information with that, digital literacy. career and career in college readiness. And then in the end, when parents complete the courses, they actually have a graduation on campus for the parents. So again, they're asking for approval from the board. Nice. Would it, I don't know, would it be possible, could they let us know when they have that? Absolutely. That would be nice. Yeah. Whenever they're doing that or for the, you know, for the graduation or whatever at the end of the year or just to, I don't know, check in and see how it's doing. So that sounds like a great program. Thank you for that information. Does anybody else have any follow-up questions or anything? None. All right. Can I get a motion to approve? So
035moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Okay, and next we have. Okay, you're there. A6. We had a lot of items in the consent. A6, a 6 extra duty employment, athletics, 2526 school year. So, we have in front of you is. We recommend to the board to approve Nathaniel Stone for assistant coach for the football program at Barstow High School. And the superintendent recommends approval. Okay. Anybody have any questions or comments at this time? Not at this time. Well, I would like to say thank you all for coming out, supporting Mr. Stone. Very heartfelt. I know he's made. made an impact in this community. I've known him for a number of years now. And to hear all of you guys speak on his behalf and the 270 signatures, and I went through them, it was amazing.
036Thank you. And it made a big impact. Anybody else? All right. Can I get a motion to approve? So moved. Do I have a second? Second. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? No. All right. The motion carries four to one. Next item is K6A8, agreement for classroom observation, field learning experience with Barstow Community College. Yes, thank you. So I'm pleased to present this to the board. We have strong ties with Barstow Community College. We've been working together. an initiative to promote generating our own teachers here in Barstow. And this is just another extension of that. This MOU will help Barstow Community College students come and do field work at our district, observation hours for those students that are going through the Child Development Program and the Equal Studies Program, which is we're in dire need
037in California and here in Barstow. So it's presented to the board for approval tonight. Well, I would like to say I think it's just exciting, just kind of all the way around, like slightly the full circle part that we're getting everybody, you know, that I'm sure a lot of these are going to be prior students from Barstow that are now coming back to be educators and also fill in a critical role for the district. I think it's all good stuff. So thank you for that. Does anybody else have any? I just like the idea of teaming up and working together. for these programs. These programs are out there, folks. It's really important that you know they're there because they help our community. I think it's fantastic. I wish you would have been around when I
038was here. I think it's great. I think it's a great program. I'm looking forward to seeing it. Can I get a motion to approve? Second. All in favor? Aye. Oh, K6B3, changes in salary and or classification of classified. Yes, thank you. So we have in front of you here, I'm pleased to present to the board, we have TK positions that we're trying to fill so that we meet the requirement for the state. We have transitional kindergarten, all our school sites. We also have a lot of people promoting from the substitute positions and also from within the ranks of classified. And I'm pleased to present this board item because it's good to see how our employees are promoting and able to continue to grow in our district. So the financial implications are presented to you there
039as well as listed based on the step and range and step. And it's presented to the board for approval tonight. I just want to say thank you for the information. And I just wanted to pull it just to kind of take a minute to highlight all the classified workers out there on this, but all throughout the district. I mean, yes, they do a ton of different things. And sometimes they don't all get recognized for it. So just wanted to recognize good work and say thank you to everybody. We wouldn't be able to operate without them. Thank you. Can I get a motion or does anybody else have any other comments? Sorry. It's great to look through the list and to recognize people to know that they're moving up forward. It's great. I move we approve.
040Do we have a second? All right, Mr. Eason. All in favor? Aye. It is 618. At this time, we're just going to take a quick recess. You're all more than welcome to stay. If you'd like to continue the rest of the meeting or if you'd like to exit, you're more than welcome to do so. Thank you. Thank you. Board, everybody. Okay. Going once, going twice. It is. 628 and we'll call the meeting back to order. Starting with discussion items. First is L6. Is that L6 or L4? L4. Excuse me. L41. Purchase order listings July 2nd, 2025 to August 4th, 2025. Mr. Beaton? Yes. The district is recommending the board approve the 260 purchase orders listed in the attached purchase order board report totaling $12 million. 783,772 dollars and 96 cents. The majority of the appeals
041are for the startup of the school. And they're here for your approval. What was the number? 12,783,773 dollars and 96 cents. Okay. Anyone have any questions or on any items or. I'll pitch in the 96 cents. Don't take it. You take IOUs? We got that money, man. If we don't have any questions, can I get a motion? So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Next, we'll move to personnel services. First is certificated L6A1 public hearing for provisional intern permits for educators for the 25-26 school year. Recommending the Board of Trustees adjourn to a public hearing to provide an opportunity for the Board to receive input concerning the proposed. Excuse me, the proposed provisional intern permits. Tongues are there. It is 630. We're adjourned for public hearing. Does anyone have any? Is the Jeopardy song a
042minute long? 30 seconds. Second. Second. Oh, sister. Perfect. All right. It is 631 and we will resume following a public hearing. Recommend the Board of Trustees approve the submission to the state of said permits pertaining to the California state teaching requirements. You will have a motion. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Okay. Next is L6A2, Employment of Certificated Contract and Hourly Personnel for the 2025-2026 school year. Recommending the Board of Trustees approve the employment of Certificated Contract Personnel as listed effective the date indicated. Yeah, no public hearing. Just making sure. No, no, thank you. Yeah, so the public hearing was in regards to these employees that were recommended for approval tonight. We have six employees at different sites, and the superintendent recommends approval. Any questions? Just glad to see. Love all the classrooms and
043positions being filled. Just good to see. So thank you. Can I get a motion to approve? Don't move. Second. All in favor? Aye. We are L6A3 public hearing for waiver for educators employed in specific positions not fully meeting California credential requirements for the 2021-26 school year. Recommending the Board of Trustees adjourn to a public hearing to provide an opportunity for the Board to receive input concerning the proposed variable term waivers of California education codes for the educators listed. covering California credential requirements. It is 633. Public hearing. I do have a question. These waivers are good for how long? Usually we would like for them to complete within a year. Got it. Yeah. But you know, sometimes it takes a little bit longer. Do we have to come back? Yeah, they can't get an additional credential
044until they meet this requirement. So, yeah, so from a variable term to a PIP to a STEP to an intern. So usually that's the pathway. How do they meet the requirement? They have to take a course to be able to teach English learners. The three mentioned individuals here do not meet the requirement for English learner instruction. So they need to develop that pedagogy. Just one course is that it is? Okay. Any other questions? It is 634 and we will reconvene. Following the public hearing, recommend that the Board of Trustees approve the submissions to the state of the said waivers pertaining to the specific California teaching credential requirements. I move we approve. Second. All in favor? Aye. Okay, next is L6B4, Employment of Hourly Personnel, Career Technical Education, CTE 2025-26 school year. Recommending the Board of
045Trustees approve the employment of certificated hourly personnel for career technical education as listed for the 2025-2026 school year. Yes, thank you. So these 2 individuals, Jessica Gonzalez. For medical medical core and Lauren Mitchell. For child development, you guys just have the public here for the waiver and we're working in the board approval. For employment in our district, make sure for this year. Questions comments. All right. Yeah. Good. Yep. Just following on the same train. Yep. Good to see. Good to see all the people coming in. So appreciate it again. Can I get a motion to approve? I move we approve. Second. All in favor? Aye. Okay. Next, we have L6A5, establishment of three career technical education CTE contract teacher positions. Recommending the Board of Trustees approve the establishment of three career technical education contract teacher
046positions, seven hours per day, 185 days per year, beginning with the 2025-26 school year. Thank you. So this recommendation is to kind of clean up some of the systems that we have in place. The CT designated subject teachers have to turn in time cards, and that creates a lot of workload for fiscal. Creating these positions and approving them will allow us to actually pay them on a monthly basis without the time card process. And it'll benefit both the employee. the school side and fiscal services. It's just a matter of mainstreaming the work and kind of eliminating some of the archaic systems that we have. And it's presented to the board for approval. Anytime we can streamline it and be more effective, I think that's a good thing. Does anyone have any other questions, comments? This
047is including the welding instructor also? Good. Yes. You said to clean up. And how many other employees that we have to do have a time card? We have 11 designated subject teachers and then the three that you just approved tonight. So 14. But we're going to take these guys aren't going to have to fill out a time card now. No. Why aren't we doing it for all? because they're hourly employees and that's the way the county was tracking it in the past. And that's the way we did it in fiscal. They were required to submit a time card for the hours that they worked. Yeah, I understand that. But you're not going to require these three to do it, right? We're not requiring any of them to do it anymore. That's what I'm saying. So
048all the employees. 11 and three, just like the salary. Gotcha. Certificated, single subject or multiple subject. We're trying to bring everybody together in simple. Okay. I was just, I guess I got lost there. No worries. Okay. All right. Everybody's good? Okay. If we don't have any other questions, can I get a motion to approve? I move we approve. Second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Next, we're moving to classified. First, we have the corrected copy, L6B1, Establishment of Classified Positions, 1, School Accounting Technician, 2, Campus Safety Assistance, and 4, Paraeducators TK. And are we, am I still reading this block or are we going to him first? Well, that's all part of the recommendation. Yeah. Okay. Recommending the Board of Trustees approve the establishment of the following classified positions at the schools indicated. One campus safety
049assistant, seven hours per day, 215 days per year, range 26, effective August 13th, 2025 at Monterra. One campus safety assistant, seven hours per day, 215 days per year, range 26, effective August 13th, 2026. Is this? Yeah, that's at the wrong date. I should say 2025. Yes. Please correct that to say 2025. And. For paraeducators, TK, 3.75 hours, 215 days per year, range 24, effective August 13th, 2025 for Montero. Yes, thank you. So Mr. Dominguez has identified a need to increase the safety of his school site. So he's bringing forward a campus safety assistant for seven-hour position. Same with Barstow STEM Academy. We have increased the student enrollment at STEM. So the need is there now to increase the campus safety. And we have four parent educators that we're bringing to the board to meet the
050requirements from the state. Our TK numbers right now are actually 240 and they're growing. So we have to increase some classes at some school sites and we're trying to meet the demand. to make sure that we have the appropriate ratio in those classes. And that's what we're bringing to the board for approval today. What does a campus safety assistant do? So they monitor hallways. They also support arrival, dismissal. lunches. They also support classrooms when a certificated employee needs additional assistance. They work alongside the principal or if there's a dean of students under the direction of them to make sure that They identify, if they identify safety situations, they actually communicate with the principal so they can address them immediately. So it's an extra set of eyes. They go through training. We just had like the
051CPI training. They know how to intervene physically in a fight situation or in a safety situation. They also keep the campus safe. If we have intruders, they're able to communicate effectively and quickly with. with the front office and the principal. And they also support the public with directing when they're visiting the class, the visitors, and also support students feel safe on campus when there's an adult around that they can actually seek when students are not being on their best behavior. Anything else? Questions, comments? Can we scratch the school accountant technician? Yeah, we scratch that. All right. Then can I get a motion to approve? Approve. I motion that we approve. Second. All in favor? Aye. All right. Next is L6B2, transfer of classified positions. Recommending the Board of Trustees approve the transfer of positions as
052listed below. Yes, thank you. So what we have here is we have three health assistant positions. And 2 pair educated special needs brought before the board. We want to. Kind of reorganize a little bit and put these under the people services department. To meet the immediate needs of the students at the school sites. And it's presented to the board for your approval. So, with. Moving the positions, is that basically like they're more like going to be roving positions to like different school sites or how is that working? So not necessarily. So, for example, I just said we have a para SN, right? And they have a one-on-one student. That one-on-one student leaves the district, transfers for graduates. Dr. Heather Reed is able to immediately. reassign that employee to meet the student needs. So at another
053school site. So they won't be assigned to the school. They'll be assigned to the pupil services. Okay. And will they do the same requirement at pupil services? Yes. It's the same position, same job description. Yeah. But it's not necessarily like those school sites are losing staffing, basically. That's what's kind of my concern, that they still have the same resources available to them. Kind of like a cross-train type, you know, jumps right into it. It's to meet an immediate need. Yeah. I got that, but... You're putting them up to pupil services. You're putting them up to pupil services, but they're at, say they're at Montero. One is at Montero. And they've been at Montero for a while because there's a need at Montero. So now they go to pupil services. Yeah, I don't understand. I mean,
054it's a change in location. Yeah. They're tied to the school, right? Right now they're tied to the school, right? So under pupil services, they're tied to the district, meaning that that gives them the leeway to put them where they're needed versus having to go through each school site, you know, to change it. It's like they're under pupil services, so we're going to put you here for now. If we've got to move you, we can move you. I understand that. Who decides that? Yeah, I mean, I don't. We're deciding it. See, that's my question. Do you mean on the person removing the position? So you're thinking you're thinking we're moving the person? Yes. Away from the school site. We're not moving the person. We're moving the position. The position is going under people to be directed
055over to the person for now will stay where they're at. If in the future there is a need elsewhere, then the position can be moved by the director of pupil services where that need exists. So it's not the person that's going from the school site to pupil services. It's the position. Got it. I'm good now. How about you, Ray? Yeah. I was a little confused. So, everyone's good. Can I get a motion to approve? So moved. He said it first. Motion by Mr. Eastlis, second by Mr. Williams. All in favor? Aye. Next, L6B3, increase in work hours of classified positions listed. Recommending the Board of Trustees approve the increase in work hours for the classified positions listed. C-I-A-T-K-0-1-1, Paraeducator Cameron from 3.75 hours to 6.5 hours per day, effective July 28th, 2025. C-I-A-F-L-0-4-5, Paraeducator English
056Language Learner, Barstow Intermediate School from 3.75 hours to 6.5 hours per day, effective August 13th. 2025. C-I-A-S-N 068, Paraeducator, Special Needs from Linwood Elementary, 3.5 hours to Pupil Services, 7.0 hours per day, effective August 13th, 2025. CFSW 1028, Nutrition Services Worker 1 from 2.75 hours to 3.7 hours per day, effective July 28, 2025. CFSW 1030, CFSW 1037, CFSW 1042, CFSW 1043, and CFSW 1052. Nutrition Services Worker 1 from 3.0 hours to 3.75 hours per day. Effective August 13th, 2025. And CFSW1032, Nutrition Services Worker 1, from 3.5 hours to 3.75 hours per day. Effective August 13th, 2025. Mousel. I know. Now, the educator, the paraeducator at Cameron started in July. Correct. July 28th. The effective date for the increase of hours would be July 28th. So is there any, there's no problem with that? That employee's
057on the job now? Yes. I'm assuming maybe like either some kind of summer school or after school program. So that's the effective date that we're using. The contract language in Article 8.4 triggered the increase in hours. Okay. Yeah, that's when we start. All right. Does anybody have any additional questions or comments? Smile for the employees. Yeah. Hey, you know, good to see you. Thank you. Thank you guys. All right. Can I get a motion to approve? So move. Second. All in favor? Aye. Okay. Next is L6B4 Resolution 1, in the matter of reduction of classified school services for the 25-26 school year. Recommending the Board of Trustees adopt Resolution 1-25-26 in the matter of reduction of classified school services by reducing or eliminating the services listed in the 25-26 school year. Mr. Yes, thank you.
058So this is brought to the board in order to maintain an efficient, physically responsible staffing structure. We're recommending that we eliminate this position. I'm 99% sure of the answer, but I'm going to ask it anyways, just to make sure this is not a listed an actual individual. This is just a unfilled position. Yes. I move. We approve. Did you? Sorry, I just did. Do you have a question? No. Mr. Williams? No. Okay. You just really think you look like you had something you wanted to say. Well, yeah. Okay. I do. We're higher in Paris. So why are we that? Why are we eliminating a position? So we're readjusting based on the site needs restructuring. So the, what is this? The high school didn't need this position. It is a junior high. Yeah, junior high. Didn't
059need the position. Now, if you eliminate the position and next year they need another para, do you have to authorize that position again? We'd have to bring it back to the board. So wouldn't it be easier just to leave it there just in case you have to use it? I'll have my CBO answer that because we're trying to clean up the budget. So if you did have that position there and you then attach a budget for it. That would reduce the budget somewhere else. So in a matter of fact, keeping the budget in line with what our needs are, that's why we have to go through that process. You always want to be able to clean decisions that you're not needing or using for budget purposes is the main reason. Okay, because I'm looking at
060it as a, can't you just make it an unfunded position for now? That way you don't have to eliminate it, just make it unfunded. We could, but it's a good practice to eliminate positions that are not weighted. Okay. It is for your approval. I will say one, well, a couple, two different things. One is we do have a large, unfortunately, a large amount of paras that we do need to hire. So we're bringing in as many as we can. I don't, so this isn't limiting our filling of positions by any means, but what it would do for. I'm not saying that this is what is happening just as a for example. But whenever we're asking or say like we want funds for other things for, say, you know, the school programs, you know what I
061mean? Like we were talking about with the youth sports and funding it. If you unallocated the funds for this, you could then use those funds in the budget to allocate for that. Now, I'm not saying that's what we're doing. I'm just as a just a given example. That's all. Because I've always money up. You can have an unfunded position because what's going to happen if Barstow Junior High School decided they needed another para, you're going to have to bring it back here so we authorize a para for that position. If it's unfunded, just unfunded. You're not shelling out any money for it. You're not putting it in a budget because it's unfunded. So I don't, this is like, this process, that doesn't make sense to me. May I add something else? Sure. The other thing
062to consider is Boston Union High School has actually declined enrollment, and the funding is based on enrollment. So we have to look at the funds from that standpoint as well. When you have positions that are approved based on students that are attending the school, and the enrollment is shifting or moving, then you don't have that funding at the school site. At the school site, they're making these determinations in terms of how they want to allocate and support the students. And so that's that as well. One other part I would add to it is that I would highly, highly think it's unlikely that even if we were to bring this position back, that it's going to be at exactly five hours. And then you're going to have to bring it back anyways to change whatever the
063hours would be anyways. So it's going to be another line item brought back regardless, unless you brought back. that exact same position at exactly the same amount of hours, the exact same amount of days, you're not like, it's not just a generic employee, like meaning, and I shouldn't say generic, but mean like if you have a teacher and you just have a teacher spot that's open, you know what I'm saying? These positions are all based on the exact range, the exact days and the exact hours. So the odds that you would fill this position with that exact same person is extremely unlikely. Does that make sense? That makes sense. But it's still a, I don't know if declining enrollment has anything to, I understand enrollment affects your funding, but if it's an unfunded position, it
064shouldn't make a difference. It wouldn't on your budget, but if we left all this hanging fruit, then you would then, this is one position, but we do this like multiple, multiple times. Then you're going to be creating separate spreadsheets of things that are now going to need to be tracked as far as funded versus unfunded position and accounting for all those things. It's basically for people that aren't even here and aren't even doing a service. Yeah, I understand that. So we're providing, we're creating extra work without getting anything being done. I understand that. But we're still going to have to, if they decide they want another pair, we're going to have to vote it. We're going to have to vote it again. So it's just, I'm never in the process. And I just think, but.
065Okay. You guys are good. I'm good. Yes. Yeah. You know, usually this would come up, the hair on my back would stand up and I don't have no hair on my back, but you know, you know, we've been hiring a lot of people, you know, and we're doing it by needs and I'm sitting here being quiet and yelling. So yeah, I'll go along with it. I'll take people's word. You know what I mean? And, you know, give and take, you know, and that's, that's why I look at it. I mean, I'm. I don't like seeing any reductions, classified, certified, any. But when it comes to needs, I get it. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Does anybody know what this para did? What was their function? They were funded by people's services. So serving special needs. Okay.
066I'm good. If we don't have any further questions or comments, can I get a motion to approve? So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Do we have any items for future board meetings? Yes. I can. You are talking to the board members, right? Yes. Okay. We were discussing the... athletic department funding and we were looking at what the students have to pay and and we talked primarily we were talking about stuff that is needed for play football play basketball whatever referees and that was the way he had it set up was coming out of the student side it was 40 000 a big chunk of chunk of funds but the students came out of the students portion of that and i would like it I don't know how you would word it, but have that
067paid by the district and not out of those funds because it takes away from the students to a point. But you're required to have those referees and umpires to play football, play basketball, whatever you're playing. You're required to have them anyway. And I just wanted some way we can work on that funding and not take it out. On the student side? I'll address that. Is that fine? Well, there are a lot of other fees, too. Sure. Yes. So I will be... League fees, CIF fees, all of that. Mm-hmm. I will be working with Mr. Beaton, which is not with the start of the school year. We haven't had time, but I will be working with Mr. Beaton as well as Mr. Williams to look at those things. The one things we have to be cognizant
068of is whether or not we're doing something that would be considered a gift of taxpayer funds. So I'm going to have to work with Mr. Beaton along with Mr. Williams to find out exactly what we can absorb and what we cannot absorb. And move forward with that, but that's a work in progress. I was aware that you brought that up on the July 8 board meeting. Oh, you brought it up. I knew it was brought up by somebody and that I also talked to Mr. Heldreth about it. So we will be looking into that and working on what we can do and what we can't do. And then I'll bring that back to the board of trustees either in Friday report or at board meeting. Thank you. You're welcome. Cool. Any other items? Yes, you
069see you have a meeting tomorrow with a city manager. I do. As long as it doesn't cancel. Could I have a courtesy call after? Sure. No, I mean, you can call everybody else, but I wish we'd have a full house on the issue about our restrooms. Yeah. You know, you bring in the modulars. You know, when we're in D.C., that's what we use when we went to the cemetery, you know what I mean? And I was at a football game scrimmage the other day at a high school, and the visiting side was a modular just. Yeah. I mean, I was looking at it. God. Some of them are nice. They're nice. They've got a handicap. Air condition. I mean, I was really, you know, at first I was saying modular. But anyways, before I get
070off the subject, I'd like to get a call on that. I have several other things, but we'll bring it up at another time. I think the restaurants are more important than anything right now. Thank you. Everybody else good? You're good? Okay. Can I get a motion to, or do we have anything we need to go back to closed session for? Everybody's good? No items. All right. And can I get a motion to adjourn? I move. Second. All in favor? Aye. Don't you get there.