10/9/2024 - English - Chula Vista Elementary School District Board Meeting

001this regular meeting of the chula vista elementary school district board of education is now in order welcome everyone all board members are not present uh president today are trustee dominguez cervantes trustee bishop and myself trustee fernandez absent are trustee tamayo and president ugarte we will now approve the agenda is there a motion so moved Second. We have a motion by Trustee Bishop, seconded by Trustee Dominguez-Cervantes. Those in favor? Aye. Aye. And those against? Motion carries unanimously with two absent. Oral communications, oh no, are there any oral communications? Okay. So we will now adjourn to closed session in accordance with the following. Government Code Section 3549.1D and 54957.6, collective bargaining, employee negotiations. Agency negotiators, Fagan, Friedman, and Fullfrost, LLP, and Adam, Sylvan, McNally, LLP. Employee organizations, Chula Vista Classified Employees Organization, Chula Vista Educators, Nonrepresented Employees,

002Administrators Association, Chula Vista. Government Code Section 54957B1, Public Employee Discipline Dismissal Release. Am I supposed to read all of these? Yep. All right. You got it. Government Code Section 54957, Public Employee Appointment Title, Principle 2. Government Code Section 54957, Public Employee Appointment Title, Chief Operations Officer. Government Code Section 54957B1, Complaint or Charge Brought Against Employee. and government code section 54956.91 conference with legal counsel existing litigation and office of administrative hearings case number 202 407 0076. to open session uh with all board members present except for president ugarte closed session announcements will be made by the clerk thank you mr president fernandez Let the minutes know that I arrived to the meeting at 3.48. Government Code Section 54957, Public Employee Employment Title, Principal II, Liberty. On the motion by Member Tamayo, second by Member Bishop, the

003Board approved the employment of Elizabeth Diaz-Tucker as Principal II of Liberty Elementary School by the following vote. Ayes, Tamayo, Bishop, Hernandez, Dominguez-Cervantes. Government Code section 54957 public employee appointment title principal to Hillcrest on the motion by member Bishop second by member Tomayo the board approved the employment of Krista Cardenas as principal to Hillcrest Elementary School by the following vote ayes Tomayo Bishop Fernandez Dominguez Cervantes Government Code Section 54957, Public Employee Appointment Title, Chief Operations Officer. On the motion by Member Bishop, second by Member Dominguez-Cervantes, the Board approve the employment of Jovany Martinez as the Chief Operations Officer by the following votes. I, Bishop Dominguez-Cervantes, Fernandez-Tamayo. Absent Ugarte. Government Code Section 54956.91, Conference with Legal Counsel, Existing Lineigation in the Office of Administrative Hearings, Case Number 2024-07-0076. On the motion by Member Bishop, second by Member

004Dominguez-Cervantes, the Board approve the settlement agreement by the following vote. Ayes, Bishop, Dominguez-Cervantes, and Fernandez. Absent, Ugarte Tamayo. Final one. Government Code Section 54957B1. Complaint or charge brought against an employee. On the motion by Member Bishop, second by Member Tamayo, the Board took action to deny the appeal of the District August 16, 2024 Uniform Complaint Procedure Investigation Report by the following vote. Ayes, Bishop, Fernandez, Tamayo, Dominguez, Cervantes. Absent, Ugarte. That's all I have to report. All right. Thank you, Clerk Tamayo. The open session of the regular meeting of Chula Vista Elementary School District Board of Education is now in order. Welcome, everyone. All members are present except for President Ugarte. We will now do the Pledge of Allegiance. I will call on our new Chief Officer of Operations, Jovenin Martinez, to lead us in the

005pledge. Mr. Romero, if you would introduce the new members here of employment. great thank you uh president fernandez uh our governing board uh superintendent and our chula vista education uh school district community it's my pleasure uh today to introduce our newest administrators uh i'd like to start off by introducing uh kristen carlas krista if you'd like to come up krista has been an employee with our district for many years She's served multiple roles and has worked on both coasts, the Pacific Coast and East Coast. Her last assignment has been at the fabulous Camarena as an associate principal and current acting principal at Hillcrest Elementary. And it's my pleasure to introduce our newest principal, Krista. Thank you so much, Jason. I stand before you today with immense gratitude as I take on the role of principal

006at Hillcrest Elementary. a place that has been instrumental in shaping who I am. Having attended this school from K through six, it is truly a dream come true to return as a leader. I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to each of you for believing in me and providing me with this incredible opportunity. Your support means the world to me, and I'm excited to work collaboratively to create a nurturing environment for our students. I'd like to also take a moment to thank my family, my mom and my husband are here today, for their unwavering support of me and for always being my number one fans. So thank you again for this opportunity, and I am truly honored. Thank you, Krista. Our next principal is Elizabeth Diaz-Tucker who is going to be our principal at Liberty

007Elementary Elizabeth has a ton of years of experience in the Chula Vista Elementary School District serving many roles and one of the things when we asked our liberty parents and teacher community what they were looking for they were looking for somebody that knew chula vista but knew dual immersion so we have a dual immersion teacher resource specialist coming to liberty school that my children attend so it's my pleasure to introduce our newest principal at liberty elementary elizabeth ds tucker thank you jason good evening esteemed school board members Vice President Cesar Fernandez, Taylor Dominguez Cervantes, Francisco Tamayo, Kate Bishop, Superintendent Eduardo Reyes, and Executive Cabinet, I stand before you today with immense gratitude and honor for the trust that you have bestowed upon me to lead Liberty. Liberty is a high-performing school filled with dedicated educators

008committed to excellence, enthusiastic student scholars who love to learn, and supportive families who strive for the best for their children. I am truly excited to build upon the incredible work that has already been done and to support Liberty Elementary as we reach new heights together. Working in collaboration, I firmly believe that we will be unstoppable. I also want to take a moment to thank my colleagues past and present for your continued guidance and support. You have been invaluable in my journey. And lastly, I would like to extend a special thank you to my family, my parents. My incredible husband, my amazing children, Alyssa and Dylan, and my loving sister for always being my rock. As an ELL daughter of immigrant parents, they have instilled in me the values of hard work, perseverance, and to achieve

009my dreams. Mami, papi, si se pudo. Thank you for this opportunity. I look forward to our future together at Liberty Elementary. Thank you. Thank you. It's my pleasure now to introduce our newest administrator to our group. I'd like to call up Juan M. Martinez. Juan M. is our Chief Operations Officer. Juan M. comes with a ton of experience in the public sector and his last few years working with us here in Chula Vista, excuse me, in the private sector and the last few years working with us in the public sector here in Chula Vista has done an amazing work and is now in charge of making sure that our district is not just academically through our team over here to my right, the most amazing district, but our facilities are the most amazing facilities. A

010ton of experience, two master's degree, finishing up his doctorate degree, our Chief Operations Officer, Mr. Jovani Martinez. Thank you members of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Reyes, Executive Cabinet, I'm deeply honored to stand before you today as your new Chief Operations Officer. I'm deeply humbled by the trust you have placed in me to lead our facilities construction, long-range planning, maintenance and operations, transportation, child nutrition services, and warehouse operations. My vision of these departments aligns seamlessly with the board's strategic goal of excellence. I'm committed to ensuring that every decision we make and every service we provide supports our district's mission of delivering a high-quality learning environment for all students. I will foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability among department heads working together to optimize our operations and ensure our facilities are safe, clean, and

011well-maintained. I'm excited to join a team of talented, dedicated leaders and team members who are passionate about supporting our district's educational goals. I look forward to working closely with Dr. Reyes, the Executive and Leadership Cabinet, union leadership, site leaders, and the operational support staff. Their tireless efforts are essential to the success of our schools, and I am committed to building upon their strong foundation. Thank you again for your confidence in me. I'm eager to embark on this journey together and achieve operational excellence for our district. Thank you again. Thank you. Mr. Martinez, before you take too many steps in that direction, we have a new seat for you right at this table. Okay, we will now approve the agenda. Is there a motion? Second. Moved by Trustee Tamayo and seconded by Trustee Bishop. All those

012in favor? Aye. Motion passes unanimously. Communication to the Board of Education. We will hear first from the Chula Vista Classified Employees Organization. Ms. Angela Reed. Thank you. I just want to say congratulations. I have a great relationship with all of the new administrators up here today and I look forward to working with you all in the future. It's fantastic. This current school year I have become increasingly aware of and alarmed by the district's utilization of contracted services that overlap duties which are currently provided by classified employees. While CBCO may accept that certain specialized roles might be better filled by an outside agency to fill a short-term need, we do not and cannot accept what appears to be blatant workarounds of our negotiated working conditions, pay, and benefits. The magnitude of this practice has become untenable

013with the renewal in July of various contracts for special education contracted workers with a value exceeding $18 million. $18 million in July. And this will continue to grow with even more vendor agreements coming before you tonight. Needless to say, it has become immediately apparent that the practice of utilizing contracted personnel to displace employees, particularly classified employees, is widespread. And this both devalues the service of our members and limits opportunities for those same members. CVCO might not object to filling positions with contracted workers if the district demonstrated an ongoing effort to fill those positions and it was simply using the vendor contract to fill a gapped position until a permanent employee could be brought in. To make such a case, I would expect to see an advertised open position for each and every vendor contract filling

014a role that is met by our members. What I see, however, tells a different story. For example, there are currently no postings for the registered behavior technicians, yet we currently have 24 contractors to fill this role. Similarly, we have no postings for LVNs, yet we have 19 vendor LVNs. There are no SLPAs or OTA postings, even though we have three contractors providing this service. 13. of the 27 occupational therapists, nearly half of our OT support is being provided by contractors with only two postings to fill this. Last month, we approved a job posting for the ACERT to support fire and security alarms. Yet tonight, up before the board, is a request for a $99,675 contract for outside services from Standard Electronics to essentially do the same thing. There are also two vendor contracts up for

015renewal tonight, one with Hopskip Drive, which costs the district $180,000 per year, $15,000 per month. transportation services that could and should be provided in-house with existing and available district van drivers. Another one is with the Covello group for a hundred and thirty three thousand two hundred dollars to support LVN services. These vendor contracts hide money within the district's budget. This is not the transparency the district touts. CBCO's expectation is that the district puts employees first. In this case, that would entail diligently working to place classified employees in the roles that they fill and only begrudgingly rely on contractors to fill positions on a very temporary basis. This would mean intentionally minimizing the use of contractors to perform classified functions and in places where they are being used to actively seek in to fill those gaps

016with permanent employees to do otherwise devalues classified employees and weakens our organization it also sends a strong message about the district's core values and how it views employees cbco requests that any any vendor contract affecting classified employment including those that are up for tonight's approval be reviewed with the utmost security, and a job posting be advertised to show the district's good faith efforts to fill these needs with classified employees. Thank you. Chula Vista educators? Okay, no one here for them. And there's also no one here to speak for Administrators Association of Chula Vista either. So we will now move on to oral communications. Oral communication guidelines. The oral communication section provides the public with an opportunity to address the board on non-agenda items. Persons wishing to be heard may attend in person and should complete

017a request to be heard card and submit it to the recording secretary before the start of the meeting. Speakers are requested to limit their remarks to three minutes and speak in a respectful and professional manner. The board shall limit the total time for public input on each topic to 20 minutes. With board consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public comments depending on the number of persons wishing to be heard. No board action can be taken. There are 12 requests to be heard. What's that, there's more? I got 12. Okay. 12. You want to do three minutes? Two minutes? Okay. We will do two minutes for each speaker. I'm going to call three people. Please be ready. So first we have Bianca Carbajal. Then we have Charmaine Estolano. Then we have,

018it looks like, Laura Lola. Will you three please come up? And Bianca will be first. Hi good evening my name is Bianca Carvajal. I'm here to address a couple things that are happening at my son's school. He currently attends the Allen Elementary the Aspire program. We've been noticing for a couple months that he's coming home with bruises, scratches on his back that have dried up blood. The bruising is not somewhere where it's Like normal play it's on his ribcage. It's on his abdomen. It's on his chest He again is in the San Diego. Sorry the special day classroom So he has an IEP has his disabilities. He's verbal but doesn't speak very much limited communication When I ask about these bruises he gets very emotional in a very distressed state Almost angry a trauma response.

019He doesn't want to talk about it Recently we noticed a piece of skin missing on his hand. I asked him what's going on? This time he did let me know that when his 101 aids that have provided by VBA pinched him and I asked if he let another adult know and he said no it's called a secret my son does not know how to very speak very much so that is very um heartbreaking to hear um not just that but in the esy program my son um brought up sexual assault but it was it was minor on minor but still what is the school doing that it's negligence they're not watching them um But yeah, that's pretty much what I wanted to bring up today and some sort of Investigation I guess would be nice

020Thank you Superintendent following up on that. Thank you. Thank you next Charmaine Estolano Excuse me. Just just give me a brief moment to get my paper up. Thank you I'm sorry. I touched the computer and it went back Good evening board members, superintendent and fellow community members. I stand before you today as both a concerned resident and a parent deeply disappointed by the recent revelations involving questionable practices within our Chula Vista Elementary School District as outlined in the Voice of San Diego and other respected publications. First I want to address the alarming issue of quid pro quo dealings that have emerged in connection to our certain to certain district decisions. As a district, we expect our leadership to operate with integrity and to prioritize the well-being of our students and community, not to bow to

021interests of a few individuals with influence. These questionable exchanges, where favors are given in return for personal or political gain, erode public trust. It is unacceptable for our district, which is meant to set a high standard of ethical behavior, to be marred by these practices. In addition, the shocking details about Cesar Fernandez as highlighted on dumpcesar.com paint a disturbing picture of corruption and deceit. Not only do we see a pattern of unethical behavior, but there's also evidence that Fernandez misused taxpayer money for personal indulgence. One particularly egregious example is the fact that he used public funds to support himself from a karaoke bar to another bar located at 440 Castro Street in the Castro District of San Francisco. This type of misuse of district resources for personal entertainment shows a blatant disregard for the trust

022that was placed in him as a public servant. I'm chapped by this. For someone who is entrusted with the responsibility of serving the public, his actions demonstrate a complete lack of respect for the community and for the hard-earned money of our taxpayers. Our children deserve role models who exemplify honesty and accountability, and it's imperative that we ensure those representing the district uphold the highest ethical standards. I'll be back next meeting to finish. Next will be Laura Lola, Jennifer Conite, and Jesse Sanchez. It's Loza. I was nervous when I was writing, sorry. It is a Z. I am nervous, sorry. Laura Loza, Jennifer Conite, Jessie Sanchez. Thank you. Okay, at the August 25th, 2021 board meeting, I stood right here at this meeting before Cesar Fernandez was selected, and me and lots of other community members

023spoke to you and expressed our concern with regards to you hearing your plan to fill an empty seat ahead of time. Word on the street was that Cesar was supposed to get the seat, and the plan was then to move. Reyes into that seat. And as everyone can see in the room, that's exactly what happened. Efforts were made to recall Caesar. And in September 2021, Caesar told the San Diego Tribune a special election would cost 1.5 to 2.5 million dollars. Those that seek this as a remedy cannot claim students are their priority. It's funny how that can change when moving your moving your political career forward as an option. In 2022, Caesar ran for election to his seat and was rightfully elected. He raised over 50,000. dollars for his campaign his largest donor was the

024san diego democratic party fast forward to november 1st 2023 city councilman our dan a woman sorry andrea cardenas is charged with felonies essentially making her unelectable andrea was who that same party that gave caesar money to get in that seat had endorsed for the seat caesar then throws his name into the hat november 15th then the san diego democratic party announced they're going to revisit their decision november 21st shocker i can only imagine what your campaign finances are going to look like for this election i should probably honestly just congratulate you now um now you want us all to trust you as you carefully continue your game of political chess i actually had no clue how bad these meetings had gotten shoot i lost my spot hold on um this last year if tamayo is

025successful in unseating kate and caesar gets to the city council which by the way chula vista educators is supporting you get two more seats to fill We know how this is going to go. More endless bonds will be placed on our ballots, just like Measure AA, which is on the ballot right now. It's funny, so many people get caught up in which president to support, hating each other over that, talking bad to each other when they fail to recognize that the decisions made in this room make bigger impact on their homes. Thanks for your support. Jennifer Conight. I respectfully ask the board president for additional time. Should I run out? Good evening. As you all know, I recently made one of the most difficult decisions of my life where I had to choose between my

026students and my own child. When the district denied my request for a job share, I wasn't happy, but I also didn't protest because the reality is that, yes, there are rules and timelines for my request. As an exception, it wasn't something that was fair to be considered. So with a heavy heart, I strategically and thoughtfully planned an exit that would minimally impact my students, their families, my admin, and their teammates. How? I completed the data and the assessments. I met with the parents for fall conferences. I provided extra SEL for the transition to go smoothly, and I invested genuine time with the new hire. I resigned on September the 3rd. My position was posted September the 5th, and it was open for the mandated days so that an internal candidate had the opportunity to transfer.

027A whole week went by and no transfer was applied or placed by the district. Since no transfer applied, it was decided the best candidate would be somebody who knew our community well, was a former temp teacher that had previously taught at our school for two and a half years and had a B-CLAD, and most importantly, was a veteran teacher with experience. With everything seemingly in place, I informed my parents and a letter... And I assured them that during conferences that I knew this teacher. I trusted this teacher. And while change is hard, I would be there to support this teacher because she was a former colleague. I did this with the students as well as they expressed their nervous emotions, ensuring that everyone would be okay and that a little change to the routine would

028be okay too. I did this confidently because I trusted the process and protocol. Fast forward to the last day of school. As I was about to leave, sad, but at least at peace that everything was in place, boom. Plan aboard it. New hire moved to another site. Transfer teacher coming in. Information, other than that, completely unable to be shared with me. I couldn't even get the new teacher's name. Nothing can be done. It is what it is. Go home, Jennifer. Rest, enjoy your break, and start your new chapter. Thanks for your service. When has this become what's best for kids? It doesn't seem so. I feel people are not doing their job in this district with empathy and correctly. We're not following protocol. So I would really ask this board to please, if schools are

029being restructured, both formally and informally, why are district departments also not being restructured? There are some departments here that really need to be looked into. They are not following protocol. And also, I'm here to bring this to your attention so that this doesn't happen again. I believe you have the power to make this happen, and the protocol is fairly followed. Also, I'm still waiting for an exit interview. Thank you. All right, next up will be Jesse Sanchez, then Cheryl, and then Yvonne Wright. Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Jesse Sanchez. I'm a Christian, a father, and a Chula Vista resident, and I want to make this well known. I said my first, I'm a Christian, and what that means is that the teachings of what I believe comes first. And when this board meeting came

030into... When it came to start, we took a pledge of allegiance to the flag under God, not under anybody else. And we have lost our ways in what we're doing here. There's so much negativity, personal agendas, our own ideologies being poured into others that shouldn't be happening. Remember, we took that pledge. What does that mean to us? Does that mean, is that just empty words? Or are we going to actually take that to heart? And in doing that, I just want to read this to you out of love. In Matthew 18, 6. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believes in me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and be drowned in the death of the sea. Matthew 7. Matthew 8.

031It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown in eternal fire. And if your eyes cause you to sin, gouge them out and throw them away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two and go to burn. Thank you. Thank you. Next up, Cheryl, then Yvonne Wright, and then Christy M. Cheryl? Yes. Good evening. Rules for thee, but not for me. A common saying that refers to the arrogant attitude of certain people that rules are meant for the rest, but not for them. During the November 2022 campaign season, residents of West Chula Vista were very unhappy to see their neighborhoods littered with campaign signs and telephone poles by three Chula Vista elementary school district candidates.

032Numerous complaints were made to the Chula Vista Public Works and other city officials, and we were told what the public could do about this littering, and we did it. But here we are again, another election season with telephone polls, and it's not just a telephone poll here and there. It's numerous telephone polls on a single street littered with the campaign signs of Ugarte and Tamayo. Has not first-time candidates you must be aware of the rules and in case you forgot the rules on political signs the Chula Vista City Attorney sent you all a letter dated October 2nd titled reminder that Chula Vista prohibits private posting of signs and public rights away this letter notes cities of rules prohibit the posting of signs including campaign signs and public rights away and The public right-of-way includes city

033parkways, landscape strips adjacent to streets and sidewalks, medians, open spaces including any fences, utility poles, and structures located therein. And where campaign signs are involved, the city holds the candidate responsible for the violations, and this is the case even if the campaign workers, whether employees or volunteers, post signs on their behalf. Over the weekend many of the signs were taken down and resulted in a much better view on our streets in Chula Vista in the west. But there seems to be reposting of the signs on telephone poles in some areas again after only a couple of days. I've noted in my area that now yard signs are in the ground being posted on public property. You give us parents and students rules that we have to follow. What kind of example are you setting that

034you do not follow the rules of the city of Chula Vista? Your campaign signs are a form of your voice. You limit our voices here by stopping phone in comments and limiting our time to speak. We want your campaign voice via your signs posted excessively on public property and so many of our streets limited to the rules of the city. Thank you. Thank you. We have Yvonne Wright, Christy M., followed by Jade. Good evening. My five-year-old son is in the SDC program in kinder class in Wolf Canyon and I'd like to talk about the culture of institutionalized discrimination that this board is seemingly allowed to foster over the years. My son has been in three schools, Burton for preschool, Jeffers for TK, and now Wolf Canyon for kinder. And while these two school changes made

035reasonable sense, what has never made sense is the us versus them mentality that I've seen these schools treat these students with. When starting the school year I went to Wolf Canyon for the district letter indicating to do as such and was immediately told that while my son was registered for the SDC program he was not registered as a student despite it being his second school year because as I was told by the front desk staff SDC is different. When I called the school later to confirm that kinder had orientation that would include my son's class as he's autistic and gets easily overwhelmed especially with a bigger school than Jeffers I was told no. Only the general education kids get orientation. SDC can have it on the first day or not at all. Shockingly, it was

036not at all. Then I proceeded to ask what the teacher's preferred name was so I could prepare my child for meeting this new person. And I was informed by the front desk staff that they don't know what those teachers go by. This is a student, a teacher that was previously there for five years and you don't know the person's name? While in that conversation, I asked what the protocol was for eloping students and was told that eloping students are, and I quote, the teacher's problem and no one else's. I've witnessed myself, my own child, and other SEC children, in fact, eloping. My own son eloped for over an hour before school break. And it was, in fact, no one else's problem to make sure that the children were safe. I could go on and on

037with all the points about how rainy it when it was raining the day before fall break the students had to stand in the rain even though general education children got to stay in the multi-purpose room I could tell you about how the fun run our kids were not included in the dance time because they were forgotten about I could tell you how I last year's Jeffers school thing school trip our children were not included in the tour bus because they were not thought of yet again I could tell you all of that but that would be purposeless because this treatment is only okay because it's okay with the principals And it's okay with the principals because the fish rots at the head. And while my child's behavior is actively regressing because there is no appropriately

038credentialed teacher at Wolf Canyon for over 11 weeks now, and I have asked three different times over 60 days now to have an IEP meeting and have been not responding to in any way, shape, or form, I know that a new teacher is coming, but that will not change the culture with which we're allowing the teachers to treat these other teachers, support staff, and students. Thank you. Thank you. Can we follow up, please? yeah we got it we're on it yeah yvonne wright we have christy m then jade and then rosemary christy m good evening i'm here to continue my advocacy for increased resources at rogers elementary inadequate resources and inexperienced leadership have detrimentally impacted my child's education safety and mental well-being After the last board meeting, I left feeling hopeful that the board heard

039my concerns and would begin to address the severity of the situation immediately. I appreciate the board members who took the time to visit the campus and I look forward to hearing about their experiences and what their observations were during their scheduled visits. With that being said, I'd like to address transparency within the school and the district or rather a lack thereof. Some examples. I was shocked to hear when my daughter told me about how often They have to evacuate the classroom due to unsafe behaviors displayed by other students. Although I understand why they would have to evacuate, what I didn't understand was why this information was not being relayed to parents. We deserve to know what's happening within the classroom environment. We deserve to know when they aren't learning and when they are supposed to.

040especially due to unsafe behaviors. At the school site council meeting, I was distressed to discover that no emergency drills had been scheduled for our children. Not only does this violate ed code, but given the recent threats, credible or not, we should be proactively preparing our students. Conducting regular drills would help reduce anxiety and panic and increase effectiveness of response should an actual emergency occur. I am deeply concerned by the high turnover of excellent teachers at our school, including two just this past week. This alarming rate of staff departures is unnerving. Even more so, you can only imagine how I felt when I learned that a teacher on campus who led an after-school club and supervised students in isolated areas is currently under investigation for inappropriate touching. Despite these... concerning circumstances the administrative staff has provided

041zero communication to parents about this matter which is beyond reprehensible rogers was recommended to my family and well regarded at the time of transfer from our home school what once felt like in a unified school quickly dissolved once the leadership changed i noticed that the requirements for a school principal also changed back in january this You're and no longer requiring teacher experience I am asking you to reconsider this change because once you deviate from what the recipe calls for you risk the quality of your outcome in our Situation proves just that I'd like to end with this. I'm a person who does not like to help who asked for help at all I try to exhaust all options before doing so despite my reluctance to ask for help. I have reached a point of extreme

042urgency to rectify this critical issue at rogers elementary as the largest elementary district in california this cannot become accepted as a standard culture across our schools we deserve experienced capable leadership not an experimental placement of inexperienced personnel where we can only hope for the best we can no longer continue on this path and i am begging you i am begging you to please step in and address this matter with the utmost priority oh god we got jade Rosemary and then Randy Lynn Herrera Thank You Christy for that my name is Jade Bautista I'm here today to follow up on the safety concerns expressed at the September board meeting at for Rogers elementary school alarming incidents including elopement aggressive behavior bullying injuries to students and staff are a stark reminder that immediate effective action needs to

043be done So three things I did ask for was comprehensive behavioral support. And while I appreciate the addition of one on-site MTSS contact confirmed by Principal Portas, it was expressed that the path forward is still unclear and the staff lacks guidance on what the support entails. We need more full-time counselors, we need behavioral specialists, and we need instructional aides. Community designation, I spoke about the high percentage of socially economically disadvantaged students, disabled students, and foster youth. We all need community schools to provide equal access to resources. Has this consideration been under review with you all? Third, I asked for a school site visit, so I want to thank Ms. Casey, Trustee Fernandez, Trustee Tamayo, Trustee Dominguez-Cervantes for visiting the school site before fall break. I hope it will not be your last. I also encourage

044Trustee Bishop and Trustee Ugarte to do the same, but I did confirm there has not been effort to pass this visit to address concerns. Will there be a comprehensive needs assessment done to identify the root causes of these issues and develop a plan to address them? So since our last meeting, several issues have come to light. Ms. Christie has explained some of them, including the disturbing teacher incidences, reports of inadequate supervision at recess. Right before fall break, we had our first school site council, and we learned about the no-fire drills and also that we didn't have an updated budget that included the $5,000 they raised for Autism Walk, and we still do not have a sensory room, and about the continued teachers. vacancies and retention. I did want to share that the SPED TKK class

045still does not have a teacher since the start of the year. And she did post on ClassDojo that she resigned to do the student safety and her own safety and well-being. Lastly, I want to say that I'm here to advocate and collaborate with the school district. I came from a school that my son developed anxiety at our home school. He was bitten multiple times, metal objects thrown at his face, developed self-injurious behaviors, and came home with bruises in his ears. He finally has a classroom he feels safe, so I'm here to protect that, and I'm here to advocate for Rogers to be the school I know it should be and could be. Thank you. We have Rosemary, Randy Lynn Herrera. Mary Davis Sorry, it makes me a little emotional seeing my strong friend getting emotional

046Good evening. I'm Rosemary Lowry a parent of two children who attend CVSD schools I would like to inquire as to the status of the special education parent committee and community advisory committee appointments The special education community is seeking a timeline to be posted publicly for transparency of both of these vital committees due to recent urgent incidences Which we have been made aware of by parents at various CVSD schools As parents of a very vulnerable population, we often turn to each other for advice, and as such, we have noticed some troubling trends. For instance, I have been made aware of the unreliability of some third-party aid companies, such as VBA, and of allegations of physical abuse, as well, from that same company. I urge you to consider bringing these jobs to classified as soon as possible

047so the district can have immediate oversight over them. I appreciate that when I have spoken you have heard me and our community by the result of your actions. I have trust that you will work urgently to sort out these pressing issues. I also want to thank you for hearing my community pleads last year and hiring the amazing leader, our principal Mr. Selleck. As another parent mentioned at the last board meeting, I just wanted to reiterate how thankful we are to have a transparent and collaborative leader at the helm of our school who brings out the best in his community. As a school site who last year had many issues, which I know that I communicated and a lot of us communicated to a lot of you, and now it seems like a total turnaround, I

048want to give hope to parents who feel none to keep advocating, keep strong. When you feel no hope, stay the course. You deserve community. You deserve to belong. You deserve to not be bullied out of your schools. Leadership makes a difference, and I know CVSD will make this consideration for sites that continue to struggle unnecessarily. Thank you. Thank you. We have Randy Lynn Herrera and then Mary Davis. It's Randy with an I. Yeah, Randy. Randy Herrera. My name is Randy Lynn Herrera. My son attends Rogers Elementary. At the last board meeting, I shared my concerns about his safety. Today, I want to provide update on the situation after I took him out of school for two weeks before fall break after witnessing the disturbing incident during a parent drop-in, observing how there's nobody watching them.

049Sorry, it's off. First and foremost, my mind was finally at ease knowing that he was home and my son, I knew he was safe with me. I could ensure his safety, which had been lacking in school, leading to harm and harassment. He was now in a secure environment and actively engaged in learning. He was able to complete all of the given work before the two weeks were even up. Gaining greater insight into the learning style after teaching him directly and requesting a meeting for an IEP. During the IEP meeting, I expressed concerns about the classroom environment and how running away from classes, because he would run out of class and there was multiple times where I would go to pick him up and he would not eat. No one knew where he was. So I

050shared that he was falling behind in class and needed additional support. I was emotional and overwhelmed, feeling unheard, and the principal was visibly distracted and not really paying attention to me. It wasn't until I mentioned potentially withdrawing him from school, which I... Was planning on home schooling him, but it doesn't after that And that's when I was given any sort of attention I left the meeting feeling confused and helpless without any clear resolution. Before the return to school, I requested a safety plan and asked to be notified any time my son ran off from the classroom. As a parent, I have a right to know when my child is not where he should be while in school care. Yesterday was his first day back, and he was sent to the counselor office after an certain

051altercation. This incident only reinforced my concern that my child is not safe or learning efficiently at the school. I am here to ask for help in changing the problematic environment and standards that are being tolerated. No parent should feel the level of worry and stress I express every time I drop my child off. All students deserve to learn in a productive safe environment. and provide school school should not be the only option that provides that something needs to be done and i'm here to ask you to help please thank you are we getting her number i mean davis yours says oral comm number eight is it is this on a non-agendized Yeah, I just don't know why it had that written on there so because eight is the oral communication. Oh, yeah She knows you

052got a Mary Davis is not this ain't her first barbecue Hi, good evening. Mary Davis, government watchdog steward and accountability partner. And I'm here, I know this is not agenda and not action or discussion, but I am hoping maybe later on you can talk about it or give some information because that's really what I'm requesting, information and feedback about an item from April and potentially June meetings for Power School Group. And if I recall correctly, it was supposed to be some kind of enrollment or database or something like that. there was a comment made about nicknames and how built into the platform was a nickname and that parents would have access to get information in that robust partnership right with schools and parents and then there was a comment made about there was a special

053coding by your district that would actually hide that information from parents and that really alarmed me so I'm wondering like does that coding exist did you code it yourself did you buy it from a vendor how much did it cost and is this something that you are actively hiding from parents because i have great concerns we are here as partners i was always a partner in my kids district most of parents here they want to be partners with you also we assume the best from teachers There have been many instances of teacher misbehavior, but we don't operate under the instruction that teachers are out to harm. In fact, quite the opposite. Teachers are honorable. They deserve respect. And all I'm asking is that same standard be applied to parents. And so if they're hiding nicknames,

054whether it's, you know, Barbara and Barb. or something else, parents have a right to know, and especially if you're deliberately coding to hide that, especially given this critical time of the year in October right before November, parents have a right to know who is doing what and who is hiding what from that relationship. Thank you so much. Thank you. All right, consent calendar. The following items listed under consent calendar are considered by the board in one action. There will be no discussion on these items prior to the time the board votes on the motion unless members of the board, staff, or public request specific items to be discussed and or removed from the consent calendar. Are there items we'd like to? Sorry, we skipped over nine, the district safety and health update. Sure, we all

055want to hear the safety update. My wait. Do we skip a speaker as well? Okay, I Exhausted all of them. Sorry about that. Mr. Romero. So let's go ahead and move on to item 9 oral presentations and written reports Mr. Romero, please Thank you. Acting President Cesar Fernandez, Governing Board, Superintendent Dr. Reyes, and our community. It's my pleasure to present our weekly safety update. We have a couple items for today. The first is we have an upcoming CVSD University Presents on October 28, 2024. We're super excited because we know that... our parents are invested community members in our district throughout the entire part of their education a lot of them attend our board meetings because they're those invested community members and october 28th from 5 p.m to 6 p.m here at the district office we're

056going to have information on how to navigate difficult conversations with your children so attendees will learn parent and guardian role in an emergency recommend topics to talk with your children about and how to support your children after a tragedy. So super excited about that coming up in two and a half weeks. And the last thing for today is we are in the midst of finalizing our request for proposal for our camera project. We had three companies submit RFPs, and we received those on October 4th. We reviewed them on October 7th, and we have vendor interviews for October 18th, 2024, and we're hoping relatively soon to start our process of... putting cameras in the remainder of our 26 schools that don't have cameras. So exciting to move on with that process. Any questions? Trustee Dominguez-Cervantes, do

057you have any questions? Yes. I'm hoping this is the appropriate place here to speak about site council, school site council meetings, right? It's the safety section. If it's related to the safety committees. So I'll ask Dr. Reyes here. So I'd like some clarification on what the school sites councils responsibility is as it pertains to Decisions that are made there to how to spend funds and they're the partnership between the school the administration the parents the district so the schools that councils are composed of teachers, classified, parents, and community members, and the principal. And basically the role of the school site council is to see how the funds, the federal funds are going to be spent. And the way they do it is the way the funds should be spent is they should be aligned to

058the school site plan. So there should be an alignment to the school site plan. So first the school site plan is developed It's approved and then the school the school side council funding is used to Pay for for the different programs on That support the site and that includes the instructional aids that noon duty Correct. So it could be resources, it could be consultants, it could be personnel like an instructional assistant or a counselor or a resource teacher. And then that's probably explains some of the disparity we see between school sites and others where some may be a little on the top heavy, I'm exaggerating, top heavy versus not having. much of support so the decision is made by the school site council which is led by the principal well the so two things the

059i'm gonna call disparity i would call it that the every school site council votes on the specific needs of the particular school. So each school has individual particular needs. Now can they be overridden by the principal? No. The vote is a vote and it's the majority vote. Does the principal have a vote on it? Yes. Okay, and how big is the school site council? How many members? So, yeah, Ms. Barlis. It's typically ten but it's important that it is even on both sides school staff as well as representatives of the parents of the community The reason I'm asking because I'm getting asked some questions about exactly how those funds get allocated and I need to be able to understand it and Who can I refer some of these inquiries to so if i'd be happy

060to to if you give me the name and the contact number of the persons i can have our executive director lonnie press contact them And she is in charge of overseeing all of our state and federal funding. So she's in charge of monitoring compliance? Compliance of state and federal funding, which includes school site council meeting. And there's a report that goes to Lonnie once a month, every quarter. What do Lonnie? So she oversees it. As expenditures are made so whether it's staffing or purchases they all route through her department for approval to make sure that it aligns with the expenditure plan to include the staffing like if they have additional support during lunch or recess right so that that would all be part of their School plan and that's what Lonnie confirms alignment. Yes. Thank

061you for I wanted to get a little bit understanding because when I meet with miss Angela and we're hearing sometimes some disparity out there I'd like to be able to Be a little bit more informed. So for example, let's say the school sound let's say the school does a purchase order for materials or does a power to hire someone. And they're seeing that they're going to be using state or federal funds. Then before it goes to finance and before it goes to payroll, if it's about hiring someone, it goes to a state and federal department that Ms. Perez oversees. She looks at the funding source and sees whether or not that's an appropriate expenditure for that funding source. In addition, is the playground material like bouncy balls, jump ropes, that sort of thing comes out

062of the site funds? So it would, okay, site funds are different. Okay. Site funds are different than- Different than the school site. Than a federal. Okay. And so- Once she says yes, it's aligned to the school site plan, yes, it's a... It's okay to spend it's a allowable expenditure Then it goes to finance to make sure they have the funding and it's if it's to hire personnel Then it goes to human resources and reason I'm asking because you're aware of a situation where I purchased the bouncy balls and jump ropes and things for a particular school a class and I needed to understand where the hiccup was but I didn't think it was right that children should be waiting two months for a ball Trustee Dominguez-Cervantes, while your questions are important and I know you

063will find a way to ask them, these are not related to the safety and health. I appreciate you. Do you have any more questions that are related? We'll connect it somewhere else. Thank you. All right. Trustee Bishop, do you have any questions? Thank you for your presentation. Mr. Romero I really am interested in a little more information on the navigating different conversations with kids that's all regarding like safety or it's all kinds of different conversations yeah so as part of our classes that we're offering through our Chula Vista you know University program and so Giovanna and our safety team are working on finalizing the presentation but It will be encompassing those topics that you mentioned, yes. Great, thank you so much. Thank you. No further questions. Trustee Tamayo? I have none as well. Thank you

064for the presentation. We will move on to consent calendar. I'll try this again. So the following items are listed under consent calendar and are considered by the board in one action. There will be no discussion on these items prior to the time the board votes on the motion unless members of the board, staff, or public request specific items to be discussed and or removed from the consent calendar. The public has pulled G, which is what I was going to pull. Trustee Dominguez-Cervantes, do you have any items you'd like to pull today? Yes. 10B. 10C and within that 10C subsection 10CM as in Mary. 10F, 10G as well. Okay. Hold on. Yes. C, F, G, and M so far. Yeah, we're pulling C. 10. C, F, G, and M as well. K. K. N. T. K,

065N, and T. Trustee Bishop? N-K-O-T-B? No, just kidding. Can I get D and E, please? I heard giggles from my 90s kids there. All right. Yep, just D and E, please. Pulled the rest. How's that? No. No, no additional ones. None? I was going to pull G, which has already been pulled. I have M and C, but... It's already been pulled. It's already been pulled. Okay. So this is an action item. Is there a motion to approve the consent calendar with the exception of items B, C, D, E, G, K, N, and T? Was there F? Yes. And I thought. I thought F was within C. I didn't read off the subsections of C. The only subsection that I called out was subsection 10CM. And then separate from that was F. Oh, F and G,

066got you. Thank you so much for that clarification. I'll try this again. So is there a motion to approve the consent calendar with the exception of items B, C, D, E, F, G, K, N, and T? M. M was also on the list. Okay, and M. Move to approve. Second. Moved by Trustee Tamayo, seconded by Trustee Bishop. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. All right, so 10B, Trustee Dominguez-Cervantes. Yes, in regards to the September minutes, page 43, it makes a reference to the August minutes. It states I requested an update on my previous request. I don't believe that that is accurate, but because the August minutes are still not posted, it makes it difficult to accurately capture the correction I was requesting. And by the way, the July one isn't up

067either. Then item 14, we're talking about the minutes, right? You said page 43? 43. In reference to the August, it states that I requested an update to my previous request. Okay. And then in that same minutes from last month. Then item 14 it jumps from item a to then D. I'm just wondering if that's correct ladies but in regards to 14 D the report calendar to Board of Education Which I should believe should be 14 B The September minutes state that we can see images, but I don't believe that Jacob told us that I believe the minute states that line-wise software has not released an update on video or audio and that we can only see images. That seems to be wrong. If we were told that, then I would have had a lot more

068comments on that minute. Yeah, so... Right, but it's saying... But look at what it says, has not released an update on the video or the audio. I'll have it say, listen to the audio and correct it. Right, because it's supposed to be, yeah. Instead of we can only see images, it should likely say we cannot see images. All right, thank you. Okay, is that all? Yes. All right, I have a motion. Move to approve with any corrections. I second that. Okay, cool. I'm so glad. Seconded by Trustee Dominguez-Cervantes. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. On to item C, Trustee Dominguez-Cervantes. Consultants, the subsection 10CM. The Covello Group Incorporated, which was previously spoken of as well here. I wanted to get a little bit more of an, could someone elaborate and where are

069these nursing services being provided that someone else was stating we're still not even doing a good job at that? Ms. Morales? It's on page 8 of 12. I reviewed these agenda items with Ms. Casey so I'll provide you the information that she provided me and then of course we can give more information if it requires it in an up board update so for the Covello group we have two of them because one is for registered nurses and then one of them is for LVNs and there's two because they're paid at different rates and so there has to be separate contracts This is a not to exceed for both of those items and they are on here to be able to fill vacancies that we have but also importantly to cover absences that we have. So

070if we were to have, we don't have a sub pool for LVN or RN. So if we had a student who required these medical needs at a school site, we'd be able to provide a substitute through this agency to be able to have that student attend school on that day. Ms. Jessica, thank you for trying to clarify that. Could I ask you to meet with Ms. Angela Reed so she could enlighten us as to what's really going on out on the? Of course. Thank you. Thanks. Food for kids. Also, could you share the extent of the outreach? That's page 8 of 12. Food for Kids is a program that we're also running at Los Altos. Can you tell me a little bit more about the outreach question that you have? I just want to know

071what the extent of the outreach is. So what they're doing is they are at this school site and we've actually had it at other school sites in the district. Loma Verde is another example. They have food and backpacks for families and they also have an ongoing food distribution record to track the number of bags that families would receive over time. They give a new backpack to students in August and they also follow up with the schools to have regular food distribution opportunities throughout the school year. I have a whole write-up that I could provide in the next board update. That would be nice. Thank you. And Q. Sarah, what are the RISO and DUPLO machines at the 20 school sites? What do they do? Copies. Copies. Oh, they're just copy machines. Massive amounts of copies.

072Thank you. That's simple. And then this is sort of like in a cluster, the Nisha's Dance and Music Academy, the Some of the other partnerships that we have out there, from what I understand, it appears we have the Teen Rise, the Tippy Toe, the Tippy Toe South Bay San Diego, the Drama House Productions. It appears that they're all paid by ELOP monies, but they're partnerships. That partnership, when you say partnership, I'm hoping that they're giving a little bit more than just us paying them. Correct, dr. Reyes Right, I know I know though I know some of these organizations, but I'm hoping that they're donating some of their services I don't know that but I'm hoping There are some actually that do donate in addition to the services they provide. For example, the Teen Rise program

073actually offered services at no cost for us in the beginning to be able to showcase that program to see if we'd like to continue with it. And then like at our junior academies, we had as part of the contract not only the fun activities that we had, but we had two Olympians that also came and they spoke to the kids. So oftentimes what they'll do is throw in added services that we can take advantage of. of so some do and then as we develop long-range partnerships with them of course our lead team is always talking about ways I'm hoping I don't recall reading but maybe I missed it that these programs are also on our lower income schools So what we recently did as a lead team is we did a program analysis in quarter

074one and leading into quarter two to see whether or not we have balance within the programming across the district. Where we have schools that have lower programming, which sometimes does happen on some of our west side schools, what we do is we supplement that program with vendor opportunities. Also remember that our schools receive money based upon the number of unduplicated students that they have, and so they might have... increased budget to be able to provide services and vendors and we're going to have a question about that later as well okay but I'm just hoping to see that there's some equity in some of these partnerships and I don't if you could provide us a list of the different programs and partnerships that are out there for the different schools They are all children. And the

075Elliot Paul DDSD. Big smiles. I just want a little clarification on page 9 of 12. It says define as needed. I don't know any kid that doesn't need to have their teeth checked. So what does that mean, as needed? It's page 9 of 12. And if you could share which schools are benefiting from this outreach. Let me see which one this says Eliot Paul Schling DDS professional Corp DBA big smiles This is not one that miss Casey reviewed with me so I can get you more information about it Thank you. So do you have any information? Hey, all right. Thank you, Josh Clutch hit her here So when it comes to the community schools requests, when they've been asking for more services, dental services were one of those that they were requesting connected to physical

076health. When we've had some partnerships that have brought in dental screenings or dental hygiene kits, however, the feedback that we got from families afterwards was that they were looking for something more robust and more all-inclusive. So through this Big Smiles agreement, we would actually be able to have a mobile dental clinic. onto the school so that students wouldn't have to miss school in order to get full dental services not just the dental level of cleaning but also potentially sealants even dental extractions if that was necessary with the family's permission and where do we have these services available at where do we have them so far nowhere but we're looking that we can expand them to our community schools So as needed is really just means as you're developing this partnership? What does it mean? Are

077schools requested? Correct because we have a variety of schools that have a variety of needs and priorities so even though a lot of our community school surveys have expressed this as a need for example a lot of them have a first priority need for more sports and more art and then for example food and then mental health so based off of the school sites leadership with their shared site steering committees we're going to base that on the scheduling based off of the site leadership reference okay you can give us an update as you're building this ship absolutely thank you since you're standing right there can i have really quick um question for josh is it about this item um it is about you're going to try to make it about this item oh my god

078can i get a motion uh i just thank you Can I just get one sentence on how a community school is built is it from the district telling you to set up a community school or is it from the group at the school setting it up? In regards to the this dental partnership? Just any community school setting up. Oh grassroots. Thank you. It's come up twice in public comment. And I pulled my motion. I still had one more item chair person. I receive my draft agenda when I come in and there's just bear with me for a second. No, not Josh. Okay, thank you, Josh. I'm sorry. I got distracted here. So Stapleton Enterprises was originally on my draft and there's a connection here, but it is no longer on the final draft. In the

079draft, it followed the consultant standard electronics. Of itself, it wouldn't matter too much, but for the connection there is to the Solis group, which is still on this final agenda in a different version. So keeping that in mind, that Stapleton has disappeared off the final, but when I was reviewing my material, I start from the first day I get my draft. I spend days on the agenda. I want to make sure that this responsibly does not lie with Araceli. It is not Araceli's job to monitor what every department provides her. When the final goes out, you know, I want to share that I appreciate that there's changes that come your way that I can't read this and then get a change and then I don't know where the change is and expect to read it

080all over again. I would miss the meeting, which some people would like for me to, but I won't. A few issues with having pulled that Stapleton off of the draft. The services were supposed to commence July 1st, 2024, which is a few months ago, and they were supposed to continue through July 31st. So if Stapleton Enterprises is providing services, it should have been on this agenda, albeit late, but it should have been here. But Stapleton is directly related to the Solis Group, which is on this final agenda. It stayed on the agenda. So Stapleton stated that there was an on-site inspection for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment at $110 per hour. And it identified Tiffany and Vallelindo. And I'm wondering why not the older schools, thoughts that are going through my mind. Is Stapleton

081a sole source contract? Is it PLA? What is it? But then after that, the soulless group is listed here on the final. But now the complete description of the soulless group is not there, whereas it was on the draft. A whole paragraph is missing. The paragraph that is now missing in the final agenda that was on the draft agenda stated... Page 10 of 13 on the draft, it's to provide project labor coordination services of phase eight heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, and roof renovations at Tiffany and Vailindo Elementary, not to exceed the cost of 46,000. So I'm trying to get an understanding at what was I missing here. So if the first request was to hire Stapleton Enterprises, because they are experts, and I'm expecting that we're hiring experts to address the heating, ventilation, and

082air conditioning issues. But then again, we were being asked to hire another set of experts, the Solis Group, to oversee that the first set of experts were doing their job. That doesn't make any sense hire another set of experts that are that are not even us It's another vendor to go monitor another vendor First of all, I thought that the justification for PLAs is that they're experienced, they're union-backed companies, have a strict adherence to safety and uncompromising ethics, focusing on the positive work environment for everyone. Everyone states that as part of their qualification as to who they are. But if the first company is good enough to hire, why do we need to hire a second company to monitor the first company? So I just find it rather strange that... This other company Stapleton was

083pulled off the final one when the Solis contract is to monitor that other one. Good thing I read. Dr. Reyes? What's the question? Why is Stapleton off the final agenda? And if there is a reason for it. There's several questions and built into it if they're doing a job that they started doing since July 24th Which is what the draft said? Why are they not on the agenda now? And if they were on there I'd be asking the same question that I still didn't reframe from ask so mr. Pond could you explain why two things? why we made the revision on the board agenda from the draft and you know that as we are building up the agenda there are constant changes right throughout the week so why was the change from the draft to

084the final And the second is, what is the purpose of this group? So why do we have Solis Group here when we're contracting for services with another company, whatever the company is, another company, yet we have this group here. And that other company is not on this agenda. Well, for that particular job, it's a different job. Right. So this was for phase eight of the HVAC project. And we had some. Which one are we speaking of right now? Stapleton or Solis? So let me first clarify. Stapleton is a division of state architect inspector. And then Solis group is a project labor agreement compliance monitor. So there are two different vendors. They don't monitor each other. They monitor. the DSA inspector makes sure that everything is in compliance with the DSA regulations and then the Solis

085Group monitors payroll and things like that that we're paying prevailing wage in accordance with the union agreements. So there are two different vendors. So are you saying that we can't monitor that we're paying them correctly? Because you just said about... Prevailing wages not that we're paying them correctly that the vendors are paying their their employees correctly So when we hire a union company We still have to hire another entity to monitor them that they're paying their employees correctly So doesn't that build more cost on top of cost? Yes Thank you So in regards to Stapleton then are they doing work right now? that they started in July as the draft stated and why was it pulled off if it wasn't approved of before why are we going on with this contract with them if they

086weren't approved? Dr. Reyes? Yeah, again I refer back to the why the revision why was that particular one taken off and the other part is is there work being done right now and Or where are we with that work for that for that particular project, right? So We're currently in the process of finalizing bids for that. So the work hasn't been started yet. So We will change that date. But the goal was to bring that back to the November board meeting Stapleton you mean? Both of them. Both of them? Because we had some last minute changes on the bid and so one of the projects will not be moving forward or will be changing on one of those. And in fairness to Ms. Araceli, if you... Whatever department if you change something from the draft

087to then the final if you could let miss out of selling out because poor miss out of selling she knows that when I find out later that something was pulled and I would have had to dig through all of this stack it just makes it that much more difficult for her because I know she doesn't just work for me right so It's an action item Is that for the entire content? Yes. Or C? C. I will move to approve. Second. Motion by Trustee Bishop, seconded by Trustee Dominguez-Cervantes. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. On to item 10D. Thank you Mr. Acting President. I just wanted to pull in order to say out loud in the meeting that both for D and E to speak out loud about what what these things

088are. Is that cool? Yeah. Groovy. Okay. So for D, we're adopting a resolution designating September 15th to October 15th as National Hispanic Heritage Month. We have a large population of Hispanic students and family members, and we want to take this time to acknowledge the meaningful contributions that these folks make to our community. As part of it, I just like if we can read the background information that would be helpful if that's okay Chula Vista Elementary School District educators wish to recognize the Latina, Latino, and Latinx culture, traditions, and contributions of the many students, parents, and community members who participate in the educational programs and opportunities in this district. The history social science framework for California public schools supports the recognition of different ethnic groups through incorporating a multicultural perspective in the curriculum. Students learn that

089the national history is the story of many peoples and one nation. Schools leaders are encouraged to involve students in appropriate lessons and meaningful instructional activities and programs during this special month to commemorate Latina, Latino, and Latinx heritage. The Chula Vista Elementary School District is proud to recognize and celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, during which time we honor and celebrate the colorful cultures, rich histories, diversity, and contributions of the American Latino slash Hispanic community. Move to approve. Second. Motion by Trustee Tamayo, seconded by Trustee Bishop. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. On to 10E, Trustee Bishop. Yep, it's the same, actually. Sorry start do it to us elementary school district educators wish to recognize the Filipino culture traditions and contributions of the many students parents and community members who participate in

090the educational programs and opportunities in the district the history social science framework for California public school supports the recognition of different ethnic groups through incorporating multicultural perspective in the curriculum students learn that the national history is the story of many peoples in one nation school leaders are encouraged to involve students in appropriate lessons and meaningful instructional activities and programs during this special month to commemorate filipino americans Move to approve. Second. Motion by Trustee Tamayo, seconded by Trustee Bishop. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. And can we really quickly, can we make sure that we are building curriculum, supplementary curriculum for these things please? Thank you. On to item 10G. Who pulled that? F. F please. F. F. All right. Who pulled that? Red Ribbon. I did. Adopted resolution endorsing the 2024

091Red Ribbon campaign. It's just the tip of the iceberg in regards to recognizing the effects of tobacco on substance abuse. I know I brought this up before because I know how important this is. My family, unfortunately, knows all too well, as do so many other families, the price of having a family member fall victim to... drug addiction. I've shared it before and I share it so that people know that we're victims. My ex-husband's addiction didn't just hurt him, it hurt my children, who suffered in silence. The physical violence, the mental abuse, it all goes hand in hand. Thank God he is now a recovered addict, but my kids' entire childhood into young adults was horrifically affected. We know death related so well as well. Like I said, some children suffer in silence and others act

092out. Thus my persistence in always calling out that there's other children out there that are suffering for different reasons that we know not why. I hope we are able to provide the children with that little something extra just to steer them away from the ills of drug addiction and tobacco abuse. So my question evolves from Is staff provided material they can use that's age appropriate for their grades or is there material that we provide in a resource library or something so that teachers can take advantage of it? Dr. Reyes? Are you talking specifically about Red Ribbon Week or in general? It's the combination of the purpose of the Red Ribbon to help them. to help them understand. Ms. Carroll, so could you share with the board what are some of the materials that we have

093to support teachers so they can obviously age appropriately, talk about the dangers for prevention of drug abuse, alcohol, tobacco. Right, thank you very much. One of the things that is really important that our teachers... work with our students in is really making those healthy choices and talking about how we make those healthy choices all year long, not just during Red Ribbon Week. And we have books in our libraries about that. We talk about some of our schools have assemblies talking about how to say no to drugs and some of the things that you described. And we will continue to build up our additional resources to help provide for teachers as well. Do we not have anything now that right now teachers could walk away and say oh here it is I can click here. We

094have a few things in our teacher portal but we will pull those up further up and send them out in our ISS reminder and gather some more for teachers to use. Again based around those healthy choices in our health education framework. And I understand that we support those that philosophy throughout the year but the emphasis in this month yes and we will we will we'll pull that up and we again we'll add that to our iss reminders for our teachers and kids and i understand you spent how it was all these ribbons that are being sent out or going to be sent out to the schools correct thought i read something yes Thank you Second motion by trustee tomorrow seconded by trustee Bishop all those in favor say aye aye Motion passes unanimously on to

095item 10 G. This item has been pulled by the public. We have one speaker miss Mary Davis And just you know how to correction also on that one Hi, good evening. Mary, can you hear me okay? Mary Davis, community watchdog and steward, and I am concerned about this. Well, I can't really take a position yet because I'm here to say caution, more information, please. Anytime you talk about data, privacy, surveying students, that should be a red flag. And I actually am kind of surprised that, A, this was buried on the consent and not an action discussion item, and that more information was not provided in. I was very shocked to not see an attachment. And then when I did dig into it, it said that more information was available in the superintendent's office. I did

096not have time to reach out about it. I did do a little digging on Hanover. Research Council's website and I see that they provide to college and also K through 12 but there's very limited information on their website what they do for K-12 when you look to case studies I found one or two one was about distance learning and so in the drop-down it says they do curriculum and instruction diversity, equity, and inclusion, academic program planning and impact, strategic planning, teacher recruitment and retention, operational planning, school climate, research and insights. And again, even in your additional data description here in the item title, it says high quality research and analytics, but it doesn't really say who are the surveys gonna be on. Is it on employees? Is it on parents? Is it? on the students

097and then that again begs the question of how intrusive and what type of questions. I really would have liked to have seen a presentation on this, really drilling down into what is going to be surveyed on who and maybe sample surveys and then also equally important what's going to happen to that data. It mentioned some kind of online archive so is your district data going to get shared, what's a privacy policy. Can students opt out? All of these are critical questions for their transparency that should have been really addressed and not had to have somebody who's a watchdog come and kind of point it out. And I do respect your superintendent tremendously, so I don't think that there was any nefarious intent. I'm just asking for more transparency that any parent would want to know

098for the sake of their children. Thank you very much. Dr. Riz, you have a correction. as well as maybe address uh yes well there's a correction regarding the funding source it says here that on the agenda it says it states that uh it would be paid out of elop funding uh the correction is that is going to be paid out of unrestricted general fund so just the funding source uh superintendent do you have any insight on what is the survey going to Do is it going to students? parents teachers So we've had this survey for many many many years it goes to it's an annual survey it goes to students They have the choice of opting out It is used to inform How our students feel about school? So for example some of the some

099of the questions is are Do you have close friends? Do you feel safe at school? Does your teacher support you? Or do you feel supported by your teacher? Do you have enough time to do your homework? Do you get to eat, finish your lunch during lunchtime? So it's a multiple of questions regarding the student's experience at schools. and it does help us to look at the data and say, okay, so overall as a district, we're doing well in these three categories. We need some more work in these other two categories. It also provides us data on, now, it doesn't have a name of a student or anything, it's just general. data but it does gives us data on particular schools so you know what we gotta put more emphasis on xyz at this particular school

100or in this particular areas so it does support the the district with helping us see what which what are the categories that we are doing well that we need to continue and some of the ones that we need to focus more on again it is parents can opt out. Parents have also, if they want to see the survey, they're more than welcome to look at the survey beforehand as well. Are the results of the survey published? I pulled it too, so I'd like to ask some questions. Okay. Do we have any questions? The results of the survey published. Ms. Morales? We use the results of the survey to inform our LCAP they're used in the LCAP metrics especially around goal number two we also use them to inform the metrics for our SPSAs so after

101the survey is taken each school site receives a school dashboard with all the information pertaining to that school site Any other questions? Yes, I have a sample questionnaire, not of all of it. So I would agree with one of our speakers if we could have a presentation so we see what kind of questions. I know what I've got here. It does ask, but if you're asking a fourth grader. It's fourth to 12th. I consent to having my personal data collected for this survey or I do not consent to having my personal data collected and wish to exit the survey. Some of our fourth graders don't even have first or second grade level reading. And we're asking them to answer this question or the implications of their response. So I think a presentation would help ease

102some of the questions or the inquiries or the uncertainties to see if this is what we want to continue doing. For $58,000, I did some math here. I think the parent is the one that needs to say. They should see the questions first because there's questions in here asking the kids to make some assumptions about their friends. So how are they going to really? Have an idea if they fought with that kid or argued with that kid or they got thrown some cookie at them earlier now they're going to you know I just think that parents should have a right to see this before their kids are offered the option But if we could have a presentation please but for fifty eight thousand dollars that's one thousand one hundred and seventy hours of tutoring at

103fifty dollars an hour or five hundred and eighty five hours of tutoring at a hundred dollars an hour and then maybe by then they can read this and understand what it is they're really completing that's just my not too positive input on this thank you ms riles could you share uh regarding the often out so you're correct that in the beginning of the survey the anyone who takes it a student a parent or a staff member We survey all three categories of those groups. They can decide to take it or not take it. It does give an option for them to opt out and then also tells them that it will be used as a research tool for the district. So that cost of $58,000 is the cost for a three-year contract. We've actually reduced

104that cost considerably by only using the end-of-the-year survey component. We have not entered into a contract with a greater research study. Because the priority for us is to be able to use this data to inform the programs and use it as a metric to determine where are we being successful with the programs that we're implementing. So does this need to be pulled because what we have here is not correct? In what way? The dollar amount? The dollar amount is correct and the item title shows that it's a three year contract. But she just said it was less. No from before The cost has gone down so the only correction to this would be that it comes from the general fund rather than the funding source Could I request chairperson chairman? To have a presentation on

105the handover Could I've got a motion to we'll make sure that that gets asked for on the board member report. Okay calendar. Thank you Okay All right. This is an action item Second. Moved by Trustee Tamayo, seconded by Trustee Bishop. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those against? Motion passes unanimously. On to item 10K. 10K, who pulled that? I did. The Williams report. Williams complaint. Yes. So I've heard it from a few community members about the status of some of our playground structures, and I know that I've spoken with Trustee Fernandez about this in general. and not specifically so I'd like to see if our facilities director or COO could give us an update on the status throughout our district and let's have a discussion Just to clarify your your question is to

106have a presentation I want to see how to Board update what exactly so I know this is I'm calling it out under the Williams complaint But I also know that a lot of parents don't know I know that mr Rochelle clarified for me some maybe a year ago that it's posted on different doors But people really don't know what the Williams complaint entails and what it covers and if you and I were to walk through some of these school sites we would see the disparity and if people were informed about what the Williams complaint really is we would probably have a handful of them so I don't know if you want to call this out at a later time in the agenda or do you want to speak to it now again what is this

107speak to the structures. I want to know about how are the, where are we with fixing holes in the slides of some of the schools. So what we can do is if there's a second, I'd be happy to have a report at a later time. Thank you. Seconded by Trustee Maia and then by me. Thank you. All right. This is an action item. Move to approve. Second. Moved by Trustee Bishop, seconded by Trustee Tamayo. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. On to item 10M, approve renewal for bid number 22231. Who pulled that? I have N. Zameri. I did M. No? Okay. So maybe what happened was when subsection C, M, people were shouting M at me. So this is an action item. Wait, I still pulled it? Oh, you did? I

108did. Oh. I wasn't going to pull it because I thought they were pulling it, but I had it. Skip drive. Skip drive. So it says here that this is to... provide additional transportation for home to school services when and only when the district transportation department cannot accommodate. Can you tell me over the last eight month, year I guess, how many times have we used this and Is it enough for us to post a position to have a van driver or what is this? Are they driving buses? Is it just the drivers and the driver buses? Do they provide the actual van? What is this? Dr. Reyes? Mr. Pong, could you please share with the board how is Hopskip Drive used and for which students? Sure. Hopskip Drive is... transportation provider for our mckinney-vento students and

109our special ed students so when we're not able to support them on one of our existing routes like some of our non-public schools or outside of our area so we need a separate transportation for them in those instances then we would utilize hop skip drive for those transportation services If there's another kid along the route sometimes but if you know sometimes there's behavior issues and a student might need to ride alone. So does this also include the actual transport vehicle? Yes. Okay. So it's like a like an Uber. It is an Uber for kids. Right. Kid Uber. I'm gonna move to approve it if you don't have further questions. Second. Motion by Trustee Bissap, seconded by Trustee Dominguez-Cervantes. Those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries unanimously. On to 10N. Just had a quick question.

110The community facilities districts, the number 10, is that where that 244 unit homes or townhouses are where the Sears building? Is that the same thing? Is that where it's being built? Is that where it was incorporated? Okay, that's one additional CFD of many other ones. I know that there was reference to all the different CFDs, community facility number one, two, three, four, it goes on forever. Is there a map somewhere so when there's references or something that we could have? Yeah, you know, I can ask Mr. Pong to include one in the next board update. Would you have time for this Friday? Thank you. This is an action item. And sorry, may I request as we move forward when we have the... materials attached to the board agendas that we include that map in that

111as well please second that yes second motion by trustee tamayo seconded by trustee bishop all those in favor say aye aye motion carries unanimously on to 10 t a almost done 10 t that is travel requests that was not my phone so um There's some examples here on the travel requests and such but there's been some inquiries being made on what is an approved expenditure and those that are not approved expenditures in regards to travel that this board or any or our our cabinet makes and What is approved or not approved? Is there guidelines? I know I've since I don't travel I don't I've never seen it Correct. So there are absolutely guidelines That we need to adhere to THAT FIRST OF ALL HAS TO HAVE SOME TO DO WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND HOW WHATEVER,

112WHETHER IT'S A CONFERENCE, WHETHER IT'S A SEMINAR, PRESENTATION, WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, THAT IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE DISTRICT SOMEHOW, THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH ADDED EXPERTISE, ET CETERA. but also in the actual expenditures, you know, so there are certain things, obviously, that they're prohibited, such as alcohol or things that are not related to the travel. For example, somebody goes in to, it's in Orlando, the conference, and decides to, you know, after the conference, go to... Disney World. Disney World. Well, no, that's not going to be covered. Right? That's on their own. But so anything related to the actual conference during the conference time, it is covered. But I'll be happy to have Mr. Pong. Send out again in the board update the specific things that are covered and are covered in some of

113the guidelines and some examples of And some examples exactly case the lines are blurry Correct. There's board policy regarding this as well that we can include in that report and there is board policy Thank you an action item move to approve Motion by trustee Bishop second by trustee Tamayo those in favor say aye aye Motion carries unanimously at this time. I'd like to welcome. Mr. Jason Romero to announce our newly hired and promoted employees Thank you. It's our pleasure tonight to talk about our recently hired and new employees We did review our three employees that we're going to be sharing today earlier throughout the day. So that's completed our item already. Thank you Never mind, thank you so much. All right, on to item 11, public hearings. The public hearings section provides the public with

114an opportunity to address the board on specific items. Persons wishing to address the board on any public hearing items must complete a request to be heard card and submit it to the recording secretary before the start of the meeting. Speakers are requested to limit their mark to three minutes and speak in a respectful and professional manner. The board shall limit the total time for input on each public hearing item to 20 minutes. With board consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public comments. each public hearing item depending on the topic and the number of persons wishing to be heard there are no public hearings but i have to read that anyways on to item 12 administrative Actions? None. On to item 13, first and second readings, board policies, administrative regulations, and

115board bylaws. 13A is the first reading. Proposed revisions to the Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School petition. I see many good folks from CVLCC here. Thank you for being so patient with us. And I will turn to Mr. Romero. Thank you. Acting President Fernandez, Governing Board. Superintendent Dr. Reyes, it's my pleasure tonight to bring forward our first reading of the revision to the CVLCC school petition. We have with us today Chief Executive Officer Eduardo Caballero. Eduardo, thank you. Good evening, Board, Superintendent Reyes, staff, and the CVLCC community and the rest of the community. Thank you. I'm here with my charter board, some staff members, and some families to present the updates for our charter. So starting with CVLCC, as many of you know it was the first startup charter in the district. It was opened

116as an innovative hub for dual language serving as a model to in the hopes of opening further programs throughout the district. And as you know we have several programs that are based off the 50-50 model throughout the district. Our first school opened in 1998 serving in elementary K through 6. As TK was implemented, TK was added. As student achievement increased, parents requested the opening of a middle school. And from there, we went to a high school. So over the course of several years, we were able to span the TK through 6 experience for students, making certain that they graduated with seals of illiteracy and all doors open to them to the future. So our charter renewal process started with stakeholder input. Our advisory committees came up with five areas that were incorporated to our annual

117LCAP survey. We had nearly 500 participants from our community and staff. We had over 290 thoughts and over 23,000 ratings. It was based on a one to five star rating and you can see here the ratings of the five sections that were rated. Most are close to the five and receiving the results and the feedback from the parents. We're looking at sections for effective instructional program. They're looking for more STEM and Spanish support. In the four pillars, social justice focus. maintaining our social-emotional supports and increasing academic supports and enrichment opportunities for students through field trips and athletics. We have our restorative practices, parents asking for more workshops in that area. And for our charter board support, they're actually looking for a new facility for middle school. They want to avoid the over-enrollment at seventh grade

118and turning away students in ninth grade and establishing some sort of parent organization. And so that was our feedback that we took as we went into the updating of our charter. And so tonight I'm going to cover 15 elements. These are the elements that charters must address in seeking renewal. Most of the information within our charter remains the same as our current charter with the exception of a few updates that I'm going to highlight tonight. We'll start with educational program. Here, our accreditation visit, this is for us to be able to issue diploma to our high school students, really highlighted the need for a systematic math program. I'm going to talk a little bit more in the results and what we're doing as we get to the dashboard results at the end. We also further

119aligned our courses to make certain that students were meeting the A through G courses required for graduation and UC acceptance. We also strengthened our community engagement and global perspective enrichment activities for our high school students and The theme throughout this presentation tonight are going to be legal updates It has to do a lot with legal updates and so here in this section There were some updates for students learning English as a second language and those with special needs The next two sections are student outcomes and progress. We had to align with our LCAP baseline goals, which are listed there. And then we also had a legal requirement where we were updating our testing of our students. So now we're including the newly formed California Spanish assessment as part of one of our assessments. Next section

120is governance. Really the highlight here is we made the update that all of our community members serving on our board must reside within the enrollment boundary. We also have changed titles. So for example, mine used to be the executive director, now it's a CEO. And in lieu of principal, we are now using director. And so that's been changed throughout the document. Employee qualifications, health and safety procedures. So previously we only had the required teacher requirements. Now we've added the CEO and director qualifications. We've updated our ratios for TK students and adults within those classrooms. We've updated the background checks that are required by Ed Code now for the employees, mandated trainings, the updating of safety plans on a yearly basis, health and wellness. One of those examples is providing opioid the prevention for athletes and

121then finally prevention education such as suicide prevention and sexual sex trafficking for our high school students we also aligned our teacher evaluation to the five dimensions of teaching and learning framework Next sections, student population, admission, attendance, suspensions and expulsion. Of course, we updated our student demographics, which have changed a bit in the last few years. We are also continuing on our efforts. Really, a charter school must mirror the population which it serves, so we're constantly addressing that and trying to diversify. We also had several legal requirements within this section, really making certain that we were in alignment with the new online process through the district and also specifying the steps in our public drawing for the acceptance of students, which is mostly TK and kinder students. We also had the updating of grounds for suspension

122and expulsion, which are in alignment with new ed code. Next section is a financial audit employee retirement rights and dispute resolution. So here again legal requirements are annual independent audit which is conducted by the district and submitted to the county. We also must provide retirement for our employees and we also found within these sections a duplicate resolution process most likely left over from the previous revision. inadvertently left on so we removed that. Finally we have the closure procedures so previously there were 16 elements the Education Employee Relations Act is now embedded into element 5 resulting in school closures moving down to 15. The new requirements do establish a miscellaneous charter provision and you can see there the different attachments that are within that section. Okay, so two pieces of evidence for meeting charter renewal. We

123have our three-year financial projections. So call your attention to the top section, that blue section there. That's our beginning balance or our carryover. We have the green section, which are our total revenues of state and federal monies coming in. And then our projected expenditures are in pink. And finally, down at the bottom, it is noted in... the black section that is our ending balance and so really something to highlight here is the difference between our revenue and expenditures as we project out you begin to see million dollar deficits and so our strategy at CVLCC was to make certain that we were prudent and strategic with our one-time monies coming out of COVID so that we can continue to continue with lower class sizes additional supports social emotional supports for our students the ongoing years as

124when we project the budget cuts from the state. Finally, we have the California dashboard comparison and so just as a refresher here in the areas of English and math, this is the distance from Met. So for example, ELA, if the goal was 100 points, we are 14.3 points above that. In math, we would be 48.7 points below. And so in ELA, currently we sit at 14.3 points above, which is green. In math, 48.7. I mentioned a concerted effort in this area. We have adopted a new curriculum. We've implemented professional development for teachers and established end-of-year grade level expectations for students, making certain that we're moving towards the green section. When we first started we were orange, negative 63 points. We have made significant gains here and are on track to meet green within the next

125two years. Chronic absenteeism, as you can see here, it is significantly less than our comparisons to the districts that we serve and the state. Suspension rates, likewise, are progress for English learners. This measures what percentage of students are making one year's growth from one year to the next in our graduation rate. And so really it is about that last indicator. Constantly we've been near perfect in graduating seniors. Last year all of our seniors graduated with a seal of biliteracy, all of them were accepted to four-year universities. Currently we have students attending Harvard, Yale, Berkeley, and UCLA to name a few. And that's really what CVLCC stands for is making certain that we provide those opportunities for our families that we serve so that every door is open for them in the future. Questions? We'll start

126with Trustee Dominguez-Cervantes. You mentioned sex trafficking, the prevention of, and you also mentioned, I believe I heard you say, just your high schoolers? Yes. What about your middle schoolers? Yeah, so it's a program that starts in seventh grade and articulates through twelfth, so it's part of the AGE courses that we provide for our students, the adolescent growth. And what kind of experience are you having with that sort of danger in the... the devices internet and whatever you're using to support your students electronically yeah that is one of the challenges especially at our high school and being able to mitigate that our students in particular have to check in their cell phones at the beginning of each period we have little pockets that they have to check them into but we are pursuing a more stringent

127policy where we're going to restrict a little bit more, and that's what I'm going to be following up with our charter board. What do you do with your elementary school kids? So no cell phones, no smart devices are allowed at the elementary school. What if they have them? What do you do with it? So basically, they are taken by the teacher, given back to the parent at the end of the day, and just reminded of our policy. It was a significant issue coming out of the pandemic. Now that we're three years removed from that, it's been much better. And also you called out, let me pull out your numbers here, the math, you were like at negative 48.7. What has it been like in the last two years? Yeah, so we've actually averaged within the

128last two years over 11 points in gains which are significant so anything between 5 and 15 is noted as significant and that puts us on track. Actually our preliminary data shows us at negative 40 currently. Those results will be released next week once those the state assessment data is released to the public and so we're anticipating by the end of this year or next we definitely will be in the green area thank you trustee bishop thank you uh thank you for your presentation and thank you so much for coming tonight to support your school we love to see it um i have a couple of questions if that's okay my first question is can you tell me more about your social justice focus Yeah, so really everything we do is embedded through our social justice

129theme. So units of study, for example. The students will learn about reading and writing skills as they are acquiring the theme of reading about how farm workers are growing crops and making certain that they are selling them at an appropriate price to be able to make a living. Our eighth graders, for example, develop projects that they display that are not only a community connection but also giving back to our community. So we might address some of those inequities for our students that are unhoused or those types of events that happen and so they'll put together that project. In the end our seniors have to put together a senior project where they have to elicit each of those pillars in regards to how it's affected them through the 12 years they've been with us and moving

130forward. Thank you. My second question. I'm actually learning more about Charter schools and I met with the California Charter School Association I think it's called anyway, they talked about high middle or low. Is it graded charters? Where are we on this middle middle? Okay, and it's really because of our math So once we have our math squared away in a couple of years, we will be in the high section Great, and I actually had a question about that math score, negative 48.7. It was great to have it within context. My question is, do you have disaggregated data on that? Like which sections of CBO? And you know, really what it is, is that as we transitioned into our... Common core state standards there was an over emphasis on project-based learning and so really it's about

131it's a balance making certain that our students have the skill sets and the number fluency in the math facts along with the Explanation of how to solve problems so that we could have that balanced approach and so within the last few years we've made that Adjustment to have a more balanced approach and what we're seeing is at the elementary level for example kinder through fourth grade students are now uh more in line to what our scores were before and so really it was a big emphasis coming out of the pandemic and making certain we were catching students up so when we're looking at that 48.7 we're talking about a lot of the the impact is coming from the higher grades rather than the elementary school grades okay um and then my last question is What's

132the process for removing a student other than expulsion? Do students have to maintain a certain level of performance to keep their place at the school? There's expectations we have within our charter. They're outlying there in regards to the roles and responsibilities. I would say that as long as a student is making their best effort and we're seeing the student moving forward, we're able to continue forward. There's no expectation or set GPA, for example, that has to be met. At our middle school, for example, students don't receive D's and F's. They receive incompletes and always that opportunity to make up the work. Our teachers offer office hours. We have extended day programs. We provide a lot of wraparound supports for those students to move forward. What was happening before was that we were enrolling 50 additional

133students in seventh grade, which was causing a bottleneck because we only had 100 seats in ninth grade. And so then we had to turn away 50. And so now with the addition of TK for all, now we have 100 students in TK, and we won't have to enroll those 50 additional students in seventh grade. Gotcha. Well, thank you for your answer to those questions. I appreciate your presentation, and I also want to thank the middle school for having me. I was able to visit you guys and do a presentation on costume design very recently, and you guys are always wonderful hosts, so thank you for having me. Trustee Tamayo. Thank you. Now, thank you for sharing the progress and the updates that you're looking to do to your... Charter petition now as we look at

134the data and obviously was the whole aggregated data for the entire school How do you see The changes to the middle school as you are looking for a new location yeah, so really what it comes down to is making certain we have the the space to put forth a more traditional middle school type of field. What we're limited to is using the park for example for PE across the street that becomes a challenge at times because it's not a level playing field. Also when the unhoused are you know displaced that becomes a challenge as far as safety for our kids. So it's more about safety and providing that environment for our students. And also, I applaud you for changing the requirements for the board members to be part of the community that they serve. I

135think that's a great idea and a great step forward. Now, it used to be that there was a requirement for parents to have a level of participation. Is that still a thing? No, that's actually against Ed Code. So Ed Code, I think, changed about 10 years ago that we cannot require volunteer hours. Now, we constantly encourage. Again, where we get a lot of volunteers is with the little ones, and as they grow, parents kind of step away. But we are working towards more engagement from our families in the upper grades. All right. Thank you. You're welcome. Yes, my oldest son went through CBLCC, and that's when Ed Code. I was vacuuming classrooms at CBLCC Elementary and they told me, you don't have to do that anymore. Thank God. Ed code, Ed code, Ed code. Thank

136you for your time and your patience. You said some of your board members are here. Yes. Would you raise your hands if you're a board member? Thank you so much. I see some teachers. Are there any teachers here? Thank you. Thank you for what you do. I think I feel like there's maybe some parent support out there, right? Are there any parents out there? Dr. Reyes, do you have any concerns with this renewal? Not at all. I move to approve the renewal. It said information item only. Okay. We can make a motion to approve it, right? Can we do an action? It's a first reading. You can do a first reading. It is a first reading, but the board always has the option, if the board agrees, that it can be moved as an item.

137So I'm proposing via motion that this is approved. as a second reading um so i mean they've been they've been a great uh partner so i think that it they deserve the opportunity to continue and that's why i'm making the motion to approve the revisions to the charter petition hold on just real quick this is a matter of procedure approve it as the first and the second reading correct yes okay moved by trustee tomorrow seconded by trustee bishop All those in favor say aye. Aye. Yes, discussion. Discussion can happen before we do it. So I do want to agree with the motion with a caveat that if our legal tells us to come back, we're going to be coming back. Yeah, I just want to make sure. Of course. All right. Yes. All right. Those

138in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries unanimously. Congratulations. Congratulations. I'm in it. All right, we will take a short break. Eight minutes, come back at 825. Information items and reports. Report calendar to the Board of Education. Dr. Reyes. Oh, I know, but it says right here on my script, acknowledge Dr. Reyes. And then it says. All right, do you have any reports? Trustee Dominguez-Cervantes. Yes. So the July and August minutes have not been posted online. Oh, was it? When was it posted? Because I just checked last night. Okay, I'll check. But, all right. The turnaround time is normally what? Okay. All right. Okay, the next report that I'd like to see is a report that's tracking all our staff that has received de-escalation training. I know we were going to have CPI training. So

139do we have, who tracks the training? That would be Ms. Casey. Ms. Casey. Second. Yeah, you have to have a second, huh? Yes. Second. You've got it. Thank you. Anything else, Trustee Dominguez-Romantus? A few pages. A few pages? Yes, sir. Motion to, no. Yes. Okay, a parent showed me a copy of her child's report before they went out on break. Yeah. And we have a couple parents here that can, all three of you, can attest that there's no way a parent can tell how their child did on the state exams. There's just numbers. So there's no key. There's no way for the parent to know if their child exceeded, met, almost met, or not met. Is there something we can send these parents so they know how they did? I mean, we asked the parents

140to make sure your child goes to bed at night early enough, feed them their breakfast, have them rested, take them snacks, carrots, this, you know, a bunch of stuff. And then they don't get to know what the other results of the state exam. I think that we should send them an email, Matt. We have emails. Somehow let them at least have the key. So the key they can look on their report to see where they're at but moving forward if we could have that report I'll call it a report card for the lack of a better term if the key could be inserted there So they know how their child did at the state exam Okay, so when it comes to the state reporting, we have a few different ways that information can be attained

141through the Home Access Center for families to get that has that key and has that breakdown. Teachers were also asked to provide the student summary with their conference form and on the student summary it actually does tell you if they met or exceeded at whatever level. It sounds to me like it's a lot of extra steps. Could we just be on that report so it's in one page do you think? On the conference form? Where they have the numbers are on there. I have to go. to my work cell too. Okay and maybe I can just clarify with you after to see which report you're looking at and we'll see what we can do to make sure we have that information available because it changes by grade level and by subject area so it isn't

142just simple numbers that way but yes we can provide more of that. Okay I have a they sent me a screenshot so I'll show it to you. Thank you. And okay Cell phone usage. I know we're looking and dress attire That's what I was asking about the cell phone earlier just so we can get better ideas and I know dr Reyes you said you it was with legal How long does legal keep this I brought this up months ago? I'll check them. Okay. Thank you and during the July 10th board meeting I requested an audit of our contracts to which I was informed quote Mr. Pung will follow up with this request at the time he was new so we knew he needed to kind of get his feet wet first it's reflected in the

143minutes as well Mr. Pung so I believe this was in reference to construction yes So we do have that as part of our annual audit on our bond program. We do a financial audit and a performance audit. And so those are, that process is part of the annual audit. So Mr. Pong, when will that be finished? Or when can we get a report on that? We can attach it to the next, we'll be having that probably in January. Who does the audit? Wilkinson Hadley and King and we'll get a report on the different contracts all right thank you we'll take a look and see if there's anything else that needs to be okay these two next reports that I'm going to request I have to preface with a statement So the first one we already

144addressed, so now I guess it's down to one. But I received a communication from a gentleman who apparently wants me to mention his name, John Brinkley, related to paying one's own health benefits. As a norm, how long can staff go without paying their health benefits before being discontinued? This from our information so for for the staff that I made that's a Jenny. I know she's here, but the for staff that pay their benefits for whatever reason that they In addition to her salary the benefits or that all the district money each month to pay their benefits If they don't pay let's say in one month or two months, at what point would their benefits get discontinued? Okay, so that's a great question. There is no automatic discontinuation of benefits. So there is basically at a

145point the district is taking on that obligation. So if an employee has a failure to pay their benefits, it's up to us to report that we need to stop those benefits from existing. So it could be within. We don't have an allowance, so if they're not paying one month, the benefits should stop the next month. Correct. So what we have done in the past for employees is it has been one month. So, for example, if they owe September, they're due September 1st, and they don't pay the entire month of September. By the next month, on the 1st, they get discontinued. Okay. All right, and that goes for us if we have health coverage anyone anyone who has It should be anyone who has coverage That is part of the CVSD. Thank you. I real quick

146just for clarification. We have to be very careful about Extending what would be considered a gift of public funds? So we have a fiduciary right to ensure that if we're providing coverage and there's a cost of that coverage we need to make sure that we're Getting the money for that coverage. So just yeah exactly so to clarify so if Let's say mr. Romero owes money to the district and doesn't pay and then continues and doesn't pay and the district is covering that part, it could be construed gifting of public funds. That's what you're talking about. And for the record, I don't get those benefits. My husband's TRICARE and now Medicare, so I'm one of those people that are cleared. No, my husband earned it. He was in the military, so the government did not pay

147it, and I paid my taxes. Thank you very much. And the next question is, because I received this, and I'm not going to be used by anyone for their political gain, no one, but if something crosses my desk, I have to address it. I will not be complicit. to anyone or anything, not anyone. I promise the community to be transparent, and that's what I'm going to do. But in the process, I will try very hard not to play right into people's hands, which is difficult when, in essence, they're trying to use me. Okay? So I understand that. But when I get something this thick, I have to look at it. So my apologies to everyone or anyone, but I do have to address what's brought to me. And in the process, I'm trying not to

148go overboard. So another question. So in this particular question that's being asked, do we have GATE in every school or not any school or some schools? So GATE is no longer a program. It's no longer funded. Ms. Rochelle Carley, do you want to talk about it? So we do have students who have been identified as GATE in schools, but it is no longer, like Dr. Reyes said, no longer a funded program. Our hope is that we are able to differentiate instruction for all of our students within our classrooms so our most gifted and talented educated students receive the same kind of differentiated support as any other student in class. Since when? It's been a while. I can get that information, but it's been a while since the funding has stopped. Over a decade, yeah. About

14910 years. Yeah, exactly. About 10 years. Okay, and so I'll only read a certain piece of this because that's what was sent to me, and I'm not going to mention names. I'm not going to give anybody the benefit of mentioning names. So in this particular concern that's being called out, the concern is that There are or is an individual conducting GATE instruction. And so if we don't have that program, which is why I asked the questions in advance. If their GATE program does not exist, why is someone teaching GATE? And whoever did teach GATE, if we did have it, do they have to have teaching credentials? Ms. Romero. So GATE is a program and there is a certificate of qualification. I think there is one run through UCSD and I'm not sure if there's another

150one in San Diego. So GATE certification is an extension of a credential. It's not a credential in itself, but it's a certificate of completion of their requirements. It's a branded program. So to teach a GATE. class that's labeled as GATE you need to have that GATE certification. Okay so are any of our members here on the board teaching in this school district that you're aware of in this school district are any one of us or even Ms. Ugarte teaching in this school district? So there's a board member who said was teaching an after school GATE program. However, and focusing on GATE students only. However, I spoke to that board member and asked the particular board member that the after school program could not be for GATE only because we need to, we cannot. DIFFERENTIATE OR

151NOT ALLOW OTHERS TO JOIN. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ALLOW EVERYONE TO BE PART OF THAT AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. AND SO IT'S NOT A, TO CHANGE IT INTO NOT A CLASS, FROM BEING A CLASS TO BEING JUST A REGULAR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. SO YES, ALTHOUGH THE PARTICULAR BOARD MEMBER DID CLAIM WAS THE I can't remember what the word was. Enrichment. Gate enrichment teacher or educator. That is, it's not being done that way now. Okay, thank you. And it was consistent with what you just said, Ms. Rochelle. Parent I suppose I don't know who this person is I was asking the same thing wanted the same opportunities for all family members So your response is consistent with what this person was asking. Well, thank you and This is also this goes for any school throughout the

152districts any kind of a after school program enrichment program should be available for every single kid every students so what are the guidelines for that enrichment program because I would imagine that there's guidelines there's a board policy that oversees that what are those For the ELOP classes, the guidelines that we follow are directed by ELOP. So they need to be prioritized for unduplicated students and we need to meet the staffing ratios required by those funding sources. If we do not have students who fall into, who are unduplicated students, we do open up those classes to other students who are on that wait list. So what about it? But what about if it's funded by ELOP, but if the person providing the instruction is not being paid by ELOP because it's a board member, then... Then

153it would be just an enrichment class that we would have at schools throughout our district if it was ELOP Then it would be we were be required to follow those guidelines. So it would be based as a voluntary, correct? so if I'm understanding correctly Enrichments go through ELOP If a board member decides Let's say I want to do an enrichment program What is that process? Do I go through ELOP? Do I go through you? Do I go through the school? Do I go and put a tag? So that's where it gets complicated. That's where it gets complicated. And I think that's the follow-up that we need to do. Because then the question that I would ask is, well, are you doing this as a board member? Are you doing this as a parent? Are you

154doing this as a community member? Now... if you're doing it as a parent or community member that it would be paid since you can't get paid because you're a board member then that's when it gets complicated. The other component is how is this being offered? Is it going through the principal? Is it something that the school needs? And if it's something that the school needs and the principal says, yeah, I think we could benefit from this, then it gets complicated because of the power dynamic of being a board member and possibly a community member or parent. Right, because if I show up to Morooka tomorrow, which is my home school, and I say I want to teach something or open a program, I don't expect the principal to tell me no because I'm a board

155member. So if there's no restriction, can I show up tomorrow and teach robotics? Because I could. Or could I say, and here's the other thing, right? It's not just me showing up tomorrow and saying, by the way, I'm going to open up a class to teach robotics after class. But I also want you to open up a space and buy me all these things. Are they going to say no? Am I imposing influence because I'm a board member? So what are those regulations? Because it's not just a parent, right, showing up. Like no parent from the community can show up and say, I want to teach. No one. In fact, we have so many red tape to volunteer, just to volunteer in a classroom. So can I show up and create a robotics? No, right?

156Can I get paid? So no, you will not get paid. $50 an hour, come on. So you will not get paid, and that's where it gets complicated, because as a parent or as a board member, however, part of what legal said is that being a board member supersedes being a parent because there's that power dynamic. It's the same thing of me being part of the PTA, right? As a board member, I sit here. Could I be part of the PTA leadership at the school? Maybe, but that's a gray area. So I think the question is the board. would have to because it's a board member or it could be a board or for board members for board members then the board would have to to let me know uh the the the route in regards

157to or the the criteria so for example do you as a body Are you as a body okay with A, B, and C? Are you as a body okay with one of you doing an after school class or a Saturday class? Are you as a body okay with you doing certain things at a school site or school sites? May I interject or ask? I don't know that it requires a resolution, but I believe that us board members should be held to the same standards that it comes when teaching our students. Any other teacher, we should have the same requirement. I'm not a teacher. I can't teach. So that would mean that we would need to develop policy or an administrative regulation of sorts on what is allowable as a board member. to do because there's

158a there's a there's a role for board members and that role while yes we continue to be parents we continue to be community members there's a hat that even though we can pretend to take it off we can never take it off we're board members walking into Costco we're board members walking into anywhere and that perception carries influence. So I would suggest to Trustee Dominguez to maybe look into developing policy on what are those guidelines, what can a board member actually do outside the role of a board member because it creates very much of a gray area. individual board members like myself can be allowed to go and walk into Morroco tomorrow and open our robotics club or tell them that I'm opening our robotics club. Can I address this? Yes. Thank you. It's a

159very nebulous conversation. I know. Like we're all so confused about who we're talking about. Okay. So just to clarify some things really quick. I ran ran past tense a gate program at Clearview Elementary School where my children went to school it predated my time on the board I want to say that right now In 2020, while I was running to be a member of the board at that time, but prior to that in 2019, I was a school site council member, and I was seeing the school site council agendas come through, and GATE was on the agenda each time. And each time, it was on the agenda as, hey, do we have anything for the school? No, we don't have a teacher to teach it. We have nobody to step up to take on that

160role. And so at that time, as the parent of a gifted child, and as a person who benefited from the GATE program as my own child, as myself, when I was a child. I said, I would like to create something that creates additional enrichment for these students because I, as an underachieving gifted child, was frustrated by going to school and feeling like I wasn't given enough enrichment. I was one of those kids that fell through the cracks because I didn't feel like school had something special for me because I thought. you know, because things were too easy for me or whatever. I believe that gifted children are special needs children on the other end of that bell curve. And we can have that debate all we want, but it is from my own experience and

161my experience as my mother as a gate coordinator growing up. She was the gate coordinator for Capo Unified, Capistrana Unified. So I am very, I have a lot of... background in gate programs and I felt that we needed to address the needs of our gate children at our school in a quasi informal way because I didn't want any money for it. I wanted to volunteer. I was a consummate volunteer. I was on the council of PTAs. I did a lot of volunteer work. So I said. What if every other week after school, we had an hour and a half where gate identified students would have a place to go to get additional enrichment, something that would drive them to want to go to school. And it was implemented during COVID shutdown. In fact, when we

162first started the program, it was on teams. And what we did was we invited people from the community. to come in and share something that they had expertise in. It was more a coordinator of different external speakers. But at other times we were also doing enrichment programming ourselves when we were unable to fill the spaces. So this program, again, predates my time on the board. I have never gotten a single dollar paid to me for the work that I've done in this. capacity. I will also point out that I actually have my CBEST. I did get my CBEST, I passed the CBEST test so technically I am The state of California says that I can teach in classrooms if I need to. But finally, I want to say that because this issue was brought up

163as a potential issue, we addressed it. And I went through the process of becoming an ELOP. An ELOP, I guess, is teacher the right word? What's the right word for an ELOP? Instructor. Thank you. I applied as an ELOP instructor and just and again the class was opened up to anybody that wanted additional enrichment and my position as an ELOP instructor I just refused the money that would be offered to me as an ELOP instructor and I will point out that this is not without precedent a previous board member Leslie Bunker used to work as a substitute teacher on Fridays at at a Harborside for most of her time on the board. She volunteered her time as a substitute at Harborside. So it was not without precedent to actually do volunteer work on campuses and

164I believe as a member of the community, as a parent, and as a person that cares deeply about trying to make sure that gifted kids have enrichment that I have, that I am moved. to create this support for these students that are otherwise unsupported. And again, the class is for anyone that needs additional enrichment through the ELOP program. And I will say when we talk about money spent on the program, over the course of the 2020 to last year, I averaged less than $200 a year total for the program. It was literally just paying for a couple of like, what do you call it, like materials to like create. Building whatever trustee Bishop. I'd like to ask you to not say anything else only because there's documentation in here of you reporting to work even

165as of last year as far as logging in so I would recommend that you guard what you're saying only because it would contradict the paperwork and I'll leave it at that and I know you got your see-best this last year or this year right last year Last year. This last year. But in any case, I just wanted, I was trying to keep your name out of it so that I would not be used as a tool for any of it, but you chose to speak to it. All I was trying to do was to ask for maybe a resolution or some kind of guidance that provides us all direction moving forward. Two questions. One, Trustee Bishop stated that she has a CV. a CVS is that a credential for teaching accepted here? Mr. Romero, can

166you explain what a CVS means and what a CVS and then the next step to become a substitute and then the credential when you explain that process? Right, so under the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, there's a minimum requirements to ensure that our guest teachers meet the minimum requirements for providing instruction in a classroom. uh a c-best is a certification after you've completed a test i don't want to talk about the grade levels but some say the tests are about the seventh grade level um and then that allows you to be a guest teacher in in a classroom it's not a credential it's not an acceptance of qualification it's not an interview it's in no way in shape or form equal to what a credential is it's a minimum qualification that allows you to be

167a guest teacher in a classroom Also, Trustee Bishop mentioned that she has enrolled or somehow applied to be a LEAD instructor. That's right. A LEAD instructor? Yeah, for ELO. For ELO, for LEAD, for the LEAD program. So how is that happening, and how can I get into that? Okay, guys, come on. Are we exhausted on this topic or not? No, not yet. Yep. Trustee Dominguez-Cervantes, do you have any other information or board report? Wait, wait, I do have a question, and this is a valid question. And if you want me to get a second, I'll get a second. So here's the thing. I would have to, because you are a board member, so you can't do both. You can't be a lead instructor through LEAD, because LEAD is an actual program. Trustee Bishop just said

168she did, so. I want to. How's that? Ms. Morales? I'm happy to check into it. Okay. Thank you. Can we just, can I motion just to have some kind of guideline or something provided so that we're all clear and provide a little bit of guidance? Second. Yeah, so let me do this. Let me just to make sure I have the rights so I know what route to take. Okay, so what I'm hearing you ask is for some kind of a resolution, some kind of a guideline, some kind of a guideline, I guess, that... Well, not necessarily could be a board policy could be because you're bored so it could be I'm gonna have to check with legal to see Where do we go in regards to the trustees? So this is not this is not

169about a trustee is about the board. It's not the board but any trustee about the roles that the responsibilities that you do you do have and the roles and responsibilities that you could not have or may not have, and then you would have to vote because there are a lot of different gray areas. What I'm guessing is that you collectively will have to vote and decide. So these are the things that you can do. These are the things that you may not do. And these are the things that depending on how the board feels. So then I can bring that forward, you can discuss it, and then you can vote on whatever decision you want to make. So just to clarify, there's no current clear guidance on this issue is what I'm hearing. No, there's

170not. So it would depend on the board to see what route to take. But you said he couldn't be a lead. Not through lead. So right now, and that's a great area. So right now, for example, she's doing it as a parent or as a leader. I don't even know how you're doing it. For LEAD, community members apply to be LEAD instructors through a... form or whatnot and talk about what they want to what they want to Instruct in what they want to what program they want to do so I filled out the form like any of my other fellow community members And went through the process and and then as we discussed When I when they got when they got back to me I said you know I would not be taking the money

171for the work I would be volunteering my time just like the only thing that I need to make sure is that We have all the fingerprints and all the regular stuff. Yes, I went through all of those processes. I got a TB test. I did all of the processes that are necessary to be a volunteer on campus, and I did that many years ago, in fact. Mr. Romero, when we first got the scan in the district office, I was one of the beta testers for that. I got tested for that a long time ago, and I encourage my fellow board members to go through the life scan process to see. I'm just saying it's not part of requirements, which shocks the heck out of me, and I would like to actually address that as a

172board policy to have that we have to go through the life scan process officially. I was officially life scanned. Everyone was life scanned. Yeah, we were. All right, now I'm going to prolong this. So I saw some agreement over there that... Anyone can volunteer and be a lead instructor through ELOP in this district. Anyone. You don't have to be a classified member, a certificated member. You don't have to be an employee of this district. And Mary's over there like, I'm one of them. Is that right? Is that well advertised? Correct. So it could be. Ms. Morales. Correct. So to be able to capture the different instructors that we would have to provide different areas of expertise. Because remember that with LEAD, we have not only academic offerings that we do, but we have sports. We

173also have enrichment opportunities. So if we had a community member, like one that just recently crossed my desk, is we have a crocheting club. And, you know, so you don't necessarily have to have a teaching credential for that. However, if that... program does want to be added to the lead offerings at the school site they have to go through the same process of submitting a proposal aligned to the guidelines that we have with learning objectives activities they have to then be onboarded for our human resources department have fingerprints and everything like that so we do have a variety of different community staff classified as well as certificated providing classes in our lead program Are they then employees of the district and they're getting paid? They are getting paid. We do have, they will be getting

174paid if they're paid through our LEED program, correct. And they don't have to meet, say, the minimum requirement of an IA? They do. They have to take a test, a minimum requirement of an IA, so that is part of the process that they go through for human resources. Okay. Ms. Morales, so in regards to an enrichment class, but academic enrichments. Mm-hmm. Now, I'm assuming that if I want to do an academic enrichment, I'm a parent, I want to do an academic enrichment class for math or for history, social science, for fifth grade. Now, because it's an academic enrichment, wouldn't the curriculum that I teach be vetted by someone from the school site? Correct, or it would be vetted also by our lead program. Our principals are the first pass at that, then the proposal gets

175submitted, and then we also check it at the lead program. So then if it's curriculum enrichment or academic enrichment, then it's not just the principal but also the lead? We have the coordinators assigned to school sites and when the proposals come through, they also look at what materials and supplies and resources are going to be used. But the vetting of the actual materials starts at the school site because they know the resources very well. We're just looking for allowable expenditures and programs that we want in front of our students. I had a motion and he clarified. Well, I got a lot of questions. It depends on how long you want to stay here. You all opened this can of worms. Well, thank you. We had a motion and Dr. Reyes clarified what we are asking.

176Correct. And I will follow up for next morning. But we need a second and a vote. A second. Yeah, he did second. Okay. Is there any more information items or board reports there? Yes, sir. The last one. And I just want to clarify a vote that I made. We have different ways that we get contacted by our community. And I was contacted a few times to clarify my vote. And so for whoever's watching and for the record, on April the 17th, agenda item 12X, it was to approve power schools, the contract. So I didn't pull the item my colleague trustee Kate Bishop pulled the item and she wanted to clarify and was actually going to abstain or recuse I can't remember which one of the two and The concern that my colleague had was that

177the software updates the database With the alternate names used by children if they are trans if the child uses a different name at school My colleague was concerned that the software outs children to their parents. It was clarified by our staff that there was coding or workaround inserted to prevent parents from having access to that information. And I know my colleague's position is on that, and she makes it very clear she's not shy about it, but I'm not shy about mine either. And I believe in parental notification. my colleague goes to other school district to protest parental notification policies but I want to be clear that we all know what the vote before us was the vote was solely the approval of the power schools contract power schools software does what it's supposed to do

178the issue was not about adding a code to prevent parents from knowing by what name their child goes by at school, it was solely about the contract. So I voted yes to approve the contract. I am of the position though that parents have a fundamental right to know everything about their child. So chairperson I would like to see if there if I could get a motion in a second to see what it is exactly that power schools does and what is it that CV ESD is inserting in the coding So how would you how would you like this report? Like an update update? They show us screenshots Something that gives us a real clear I don't know what else we're doing in that coding. Thank you. All right. Trustee Bishop, do you have any information

179items or board reports to request? Thank you so much for asking. I would like to have a list of our SPED vendors, as mentioned by CBCEO today. That was the part of the thing. Yep outside vendors for that I would like to second. Oh I'll second that So any vendor that deals with any kind of services for special ed, whether it's staffing or direct services or assessments? Yes, please, and can you disaggregate the data by that categorical? Okay, thank you. I would like to know where we are in regards to setting up the SPED parent committee. I would also like to know where we are in terms of setting up or restarting our Black Learners Advisory Committee. I would like to know where we are in terms of setting up our LGBTQ Advisory Committee. Trustee

180Tamayo, any information, items, or board reports to request? Again, all that, board updates, correct? Yes, sir, those can be in the board updates. I just need to see where we are. I got a second. Do we need a second for a board update information? I thought it was just to put something on an agenda. So actually, a board update, no. Right. It's just a report. It's just to add something to an agenda. Yes. So we're good. Thank you. So VLAC, LGBTQ committees were the status. SPED parent committee. And SPED parent committee. Now, are you talking about the CAC or the SPED committee for? Both, please. Both, please. As was mentioned by one of our speakers. I've got one, but you can say it. I'm not sure I want to, Trustee Dominguez-Gervantes. All right, let's see.

181I am, let's dance. I need a report on Title I monies. And we'll do it more update that way I don't need a second so what exactly So there's a concern and I share it that there's a lot of leftover title one. Yes Okay, so much is being left on the table and roll over to the next school year. That's one. Okay? verification Okay, so are you talking about district site? All of it yes, so That's one and then can we get a report that captures that information on an update and How are we help how can we help at the board to ensure that the monies are used in a timely way in an inappropriate? How soon can we oops that's your question how soon can we get it so I will talk to

182staff to see a week from Friday I've asked for two reports for some time now but I'll just go for one and that is a report on the air quality at our schools I would like the public to know that Mr. Pung and we add the water last time too so at the last meeting I had mentioned that we purchased a hydrogen sulfide monitor and so we did go out to different school districts or sorry different schools throughout the district and you know granted we're not scientists but the monitor didn't come through with reportable results that we would report to an agency so we'll continue to monitor that you know that all depends on the day the temperature the wind so there's a lot involved with that so we'll continue to Yeah, so as soon

183as we got it, we actually sent a group of folks throughout different sites to monitor the air, test the air. It has ranges, so it didn't go to any range that is reportable. However... Part of the information that we received is that we have to test different times because it could be They could be there with the wind. It could be the weather. It could be the temperature It could be many different things that can impact so and I think it's a good procedure to I think now it's going to be a one of a new facilities uh new task for for uh mr uh can we check the water quality while we're at it yes and and actually uh mr punk can you talk about the water quality yes so we also tested a

184couple of the schools and um for lead and there was uh came back negative is there other damaging things besides lead that hurt us in there i mean we if we just tested for lead maybe there's something else in there is there a test I mean the kids are drinking the water. I get it. I get it. Staff. We can provide more information. Yeah. So again, the first round was lead, but I agree with you 100%. I agree with you that we got to test for more things. Bacterial? Especially in the schools that are by the IB area. So absolutely. So Mr. Pong and we'll work with Mr. Martinez. Mr. Martinez? Yes, mr. Martinez Okay on to item 15 board communications I'd mine is short Starting with trustee Dominguez Cervantes. Well, it was a short

185month because teachers and you know everyone was on vacation but I did participate in the CV PD Chilvista PD's police foundation they're showing sock drive that they had that sergeant Natalie Caseres told us about when she came and it was really cool Do you know that Solo Shoes that's right there in that little Broadway Palomar Plaza? They partner with the police foundation, and they only make a titty-bitty little bit of money, but we had about 240 people come through and got shoes. The majority were from our schools, and they have a wonderful process they did, and I don't know which schools they came, but... It's really humbling to stand in those lines and help the community that really needs it when some people have a bazillion shoes in their closets and in their parents' closets

186and all the different closets, and these people have just what they're wearing on their feet. And sometimes it's just flip-flops. That was a great experience. Thank you. Trustee, thank you. Trustee Bishop. I think I kind of covered some of the stuff that I did this month already, but I wanted to do a big shout out to Mueller, who just had their 30th anniversary extravaganza. They invited me to participate, and it was really fun. So congratulations to Mueller for 30 years. And then today. Bayfront invited me to come with them to student matinee at Signet Theater so that was fun too so thank you so much to those schools I love it when you guys reach out to me and invite me to do things please continue to do so thank you trustee Tamayo thank you

187just wanna wish everybody welcome back to to school and thank you for taking in my kid I appreciate that and I hope that this month or so well month and a half of instruction is fruitful for everybody and as we head into the holiday season so thank you so much. Thank you Trustee Tamayo. In my capacity as a board member did visit to Greg Rogers as promised. Thank you to the parents that are here from Greg Rogers and the parent that is still here from Wolf Canyon. I'll be visiting Wolf Canyon soon as well. My visits to Greg Rogers are not done either, as neither is our support for Greg Rogers and the team over there. I'm sure we would have heard more if Sharon Casey were not ill tonight. So just know that that

188is a growing concern of mine. what would I call this excessive severe student behaviors and traumas and I'm I'm certain it's not just at those two schools so I will just want to reiterate that we as a district need to be more vigilant and proactive about dealing with this deep concern of mine so thank you for that and on to item 16 superintendent communication dr. Reyes So I think it's the first time in a year that I get to do it. You're lucky. Yeah. So the week before break, I had an opportunity to attend a conference slash training. in Chicago with different superintendents from different states. So there were two or three superintendents per state from throughout the country. And it was really, really interesting. I wasn't really sure what to expect. I thought it

189was just going to be a conference and breakout sessions. And actually, it was a great opportunity to just... to do the training with different superintendents on things like crisis communication, communication throughout the district, working with the different stakeholders and communities. And we worked on different scenarios for different districts. And there were districts, most districts were much smaller than ours. But still, you get to see that regardless of where they are, I mean, Minnesota, they were from, I mean, all over, every single, all states, that educational issues are the same. So the issues that we're facing here and some of the challenges and some of the things that are happening here that we think that we're alone in this work to continue to improve the educational opportunities for students, they're the same throughout the country. And

190so for me, I really appreciated the opportunity. to learn from others and to be able to share with others what is working well. And I also felt really proud because yes, I do recognize that there's things that we need to work on. But I also by speaking to superintendents from many other districts throughout the country, all the things that we are really excelling at and how we are doing things that are honestly, way above what other districts are doing. And so it's nice to be able to share and to learn also from other success stories. That's beautiful. Thank you, Dr. Reyes. We move on to item 17, adjournment. Move to adjourn. The next regular meeting of the Board of Education of the Chula Vista Elementary School District will be held on November 13th, 2024 at

1914 p.m. for closed session and 6 p.m. for the open session. Do we have a motion to adjourn this meeting? So moved. Thank you. Motion by Trustee Bishop, seconded by Trustee Dominguez-Cervantes. I swear to God, if this vote fails. No, it's not. Those in favor? Aye. Those against? Motion carries. Three A's, one A.