001Item 1.1. Welcome to the June 30th, 2025 regular board meeting of the Bannon Unified School District Board of Trustees. The time is 5:30. Please be advised that a recording or broadcast of this meeting is being made at the direction of the board. Clerk Angiano, please take role. Trustee Martinez Lara present. Okay. Trusty Nales not present. President Ruiz present. Trusty Troutman present. Uh me clerk Ano present. Please let the record reflect that we have a quorum. So good evening board president, members of the board and community. um in persuant pursuant to assembly bill 2449 which allows a board member to participate uh tea through teleconference there are some questions that we have for Miss Lucy Martinez Lada so before we ask those questions I just want to go over the criteria number one is that we
002need to have a quorum of the board which we do tonight there are three members uh present And we need to provide a two-way audiovisisual platform and we do have that with Zoom. And three, there needs to be just cause. And one of the causes or I'll just list the causes. There's four, child care, uh contagious illness, uh physical or mental disability or travel while official business. I believe this meets the criteria under number one, childare. And so with that being said, um, Miss Martinez, Laura, I think, um, I just want to make sure you are asking or requesting the body to approve your attendance via teleconference. Is that accurate? Yes, sir. Please. And is accurate? Is it accurate based upon the uh reason that I listed for childcare? Yes, sir. Okay. So, the next
003component, there's two more. One is that this is only allowed in our case given how many board members meetings we have a year up to two time and I believe two times for the calendar year and I believe this is the second time. And finally, Miss Martinez Lada, you have to disclose whether there are any individuals over the age of 18 present at the remote location that you are at. There is not. So, with that being said, I think it's at the board's um purview discretion. Thank you. Uh to allow Mrs. uh Lucy Martinez to participate at your discretion. So, I'm good with it. I am too. So am I. Okay. Very well. Thank you. Would you like to lead the pledge of allegiance? Absolutely. Please stand. United States with liberty and justice for all.
004Item 1.3, adopt agenda. Are there any changes to the agenda? No changes. Are there any board requests to change the agenda? Do I have a motion and a second to adopt the agenda as posted? I move. I second. I have a motion from Trustee Troutman and a second from Clerk Angiano. All those in favor say Oh, I I I You took her away. I wasn't sure what happened. Sorry. I The agenda is adopted with a 40 vote. Item 1.4, opportunity for community comments, close session items. Did we receive any other? No. Okay. At this time, I would like to call forward Angelica Lions. Individuals who wish to address the board on matters which affect the district and its programs are requested to complete a request to address board of trustees card and submitted to the
005administrative assistant. Speakers are asked to limit comments to three minutes while the board welcomes input from the community. They will not respond or take action during public comments. The board may decide to refer matters to the district staff or take under advisement for a future meeting. All speakers are reminded to be respectful and courteous. Good evening, board of trustees. My name is Angelica Lions. I am the president of the bounty football booster as well as the treasurer to the athletic booster. The football booster supports the football team at Banning High and the athletic booster supports all sports at Banning High. I'm here today to discuss what seems to be an ongoing issue within the Banning School District, which is transportation. I've sat in a few meetings and heard from employees about different issues surrounding the
006transportation department. I'm here to offer you a different perspective of the transportation issue and how the department issue seemed to be affecting the students. During our two 2024 football season, we had a transportation issue during two of our games. We were informed the morning of a game that the number of buses that were scheduled to arrive in the afternoon wouldn't be available. Decisions had to be made on who could use the buses that day. Our head coach had to drive his own personal vehicle that night to get all the necessary safety equipment out out there for our players. This is a nuisance for our coaching staff, but had to be done in order for necessary safety equipment to be available for our players. This also led to the cheerleaders driving district bands to the game
007when one of the two when one of the bands broke down. The cheerleaders were left stranded. They had to make two trips back and forth just to get everybody home that night. The football team had an incredible season and made it to the CIF, which hadn't been done in quite a few years. That was a great accomplishment that all of us were very proud of. However, right before the CIF game, our coach was notified that there was a bus issue again and we didn't have adequate transportation to get our players to the game. Instead of concentrating on strategies and getting ready for the big game, our coach had to figure out how to get his players to the actual game. Thankfully, with the help and guidance of Mr. Davis. That issue was taken care of
008and we had buses for our players to get to the CIF game. During the rest of the school year, there were more transportation issues with multiple sports. The girls flag football team had to wait an hour after their game was over for a bus to arrive to bring them home because it had to return to Banning to take kids home after a dismiss a dismissal from school. During winter, there was only one bus available. So, both girls basketball and soccer had to ride together, causing one of the teams to wait for hours before their actual game. Baseball and softball teams also had to share one bus, causing the coaches to drive their personal vehicles again to get all necessary safety equipment down to the game. The baseball game The baseball team also had to leave
009early to a game um because the bus had to return to take kids home at the end of the day, causing the team to wait hours before their game. Track and field had to leave at two different times for one of their track meets because there was only one bus available for a team of 75. There are th those are only a few issues I know of at Benny High. I'm sure there are other issues with other school sites during the school year. I urge you all to please look into the transportation department and figure out what is going on to cause such issues. Whatever issues seem to be going on in the department are in fact hindering the students throughout the district. With the next school year approaching is my duty to speak up
010on behalf of the student athletes to ensure that they have adequate transportation for this next school year. I thank you for your time and I would also like to thank the employees in the transportation department for their countless hours of driving our students safely to and from events. I hope whatever is going on can be resolved for their benefit as well. I would like the item to be followed up on the next agenda possibly to get answers to ensure that our next school year will have better transportation scheduling. Thank you. Item two, close session. The board will now go into close session. The time is 5:38. Item three, open session. We are back from close session. The time is 7:06. Clerk Gangiano, please take role. Trustee Martinez Lara, present. Trusty Nales, not present. President Ruiz,
011present. Trusty Trman present and then clerk Angiano present. Please let the record reflect that we have a quorum. Item 3.1 report from close session. Uh clerk Angiano, please share. In close session, the board of trustees approved the appointment by Ron Williams for assistant principal middle school, Nichollet Middle School. A motion was made by Trustee Troutman, seconded by Clerk Ango, and carried on a 40 vote. Sorry you guys. Okay, so that was item 2.3. Item 2.1, personnel matters. Um, in close session, the board received information and was updated. Item 2.2. In close session, the board received information and was updated. Good evening, President Ruiz, Clerk Angiano, member Troutman, Superintendent Davis, community members. It is my distinct pleasure to stand here before you and on behalf of the Banning Unified School District Board of Trustees and Superintendent
012Terrence Davis, we are excited to announce Dr. Byron Williams as middle school assistant principal for the Banning Unified School District. Dr. Williams. Oh, you you threw me off there with your clap. You were almost going to clap. I'm sorry. Dr. Williams brings extensive educational experience, having held various instructional roles across multiple school districts. Most recently, he taught visual and performing arts in Coachella Valley Unified School District and previously served as a classroom teacher for grades 3 through five in the Palm Springs Unified School District. He also taught music in Desert Sands Unified School District where he created and led an honor choir in addition to his teaching responsibilities. He is also a proud graduate of Banning High School and served our military for eight years. Dr. Williams has earned his doctorate in education with a
013focus on curriculum and instruction from Liberty University. He also holds two master's degrees, one in teacher leadership and the other in educational administration. Additionally, he earned his bachelor of arts and liberal arts from Asheford University. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Byron Williams to the Banning Unified School District. Oh, I'm supposed to speak. Um, thank you so much. It is a great honor and a great privilege to be part of this school district. Um, I am honored and elated um to be again the work that that uh needs to be done. So, thank you so much for the consideration. Thank you so much for the appointment. And let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Item 3.2, opportunity for community comments. Have we received any community comments? No comments. Are there any comments now? Okay, seeing none,
014item 3.3, BTA comments. I would like to welcome BTA President Anthony Garcia to the podium. He is not present, but he did email me his comments that I will read now. Good evening. I was not able to make it to the board meeting tonight, but wanted to make sure I thank the school board for their help in closing out negotiations on a new contract. I am hopeful that the district will actually be willing to have meaningful discussion about sped a camera policy and diapering in the fall. The sudden ridiculous fear of actually putting things in writing when we both agree on something has really put a strain on labor relations. The district should not be afraid of a grievance. It is simply a way of notifying the district that there is a problem and allows
015both sides to work out that problem without involving an outside agency such as OSHA or the California Department of Education. It is only when we cannot agree on a resolution and have to call in a mediator that a grievance becomes a problem. I also know the district has a desire to help with sped and their hope is that they can fix the problems on their own without negotiations. But I remain skeptical that anything will change when the new plan is just keeping everything as status quo. Status quo has led many sped and general education teachers to become burnt out and that is why we can't just let this go. Thank you and I hope that everyone can enjoy some time off before we start the new school year. Thank you. Item 3.4, CSEA comments. I
016would like to welcome CSEA President Jennifer Serrano. Okay. Item 4.1, superintendent comments. Good evening, President Ruiz, members of the board, and our community. Just a few things I want to report tonight. First, I want to start by the fires. Seems like there's been a lot of conversations about about fires. Uh last night when I was talking to Angel on the phone, I said to Angel, "Have you been here when we had these challenges?" And Angel had to remind me, "Yes, I started 2 weeks after the train incident at Kabazon." And so I had forgotten about that. I'd forgotten about the fires that we experienced. We had a we've had several challenges. So we're we're prone to that. We're we're prone because we live in a space like that. Our environment is changing. But I do
017want to say this uh first of all to the firefighters. Uh last night going to the high school and seeing the parking lot filled with uh fire crews from all over the place. I was a little uh taken back by that because they show up and they take care of business. And then going this morning, there wasn't that many people there, but as I was leaving, they were coming in from all over the state. All over the state. They come in to help communities. And I don't know, I'm saying this. I don't think they think about where I'm going. They think about what I'm here to do. And so I just want to thank our firefighters. They did an outstanding job today, Ariel and on the ground making things happen. But also our staff last
018night, there were so many conversations that took place. And one thing that I know about our staff, I know this in my heart cuz I see it. They show up and they make sure things are taken care of. So I want to thank each of you for being masterful, for being here and making things go smoothly. Thank you very much. It means so much to our students and our community and we'll be able to return tomorrow to summer school. The next thing I want to talk about is our summer work. Um we have a lot of things going on uh from and facilities and I just want to highlight one component and that is Nicollet Middle School. Um I think I threw a tantrum in the beginning of the year, the calendar year. I don't
019know if you guys remember that outside of the site. Um, I'm prone to throw tantrums, but I was in a a frustration state given what I saw. And, you know, it takes a lot of money and time to improve things. But, as we speak, some of you guys on the outside, you see that that Nichollet mural has been repainted. It's beautiful. That was great work of keeping it the way it was, but also making it beautiful. The gym inside has been gutted. everything removed, every bleacher, everything has been removed. It will have a brand new floor. It will have brand new bleachers. It's going to be beautiful. And that's the start, right, of ensuring that we have facilities for our students. That way, we have spaces. We have air conditioning units being worked on that
020never came with uh the school buildings over a 100 years ago or whatever it is. So, we're we're doing a lot of things. So, thank you for that hard work. And then I want to say uh to Johnny Baker, I want to thank you for your commitment to our district. I know you are loyal to our district and I know you care about our students 100%. Uh these jobs are not easy. None of the jobs in a school district are easy because we deal with students. Let me change that. We work with students and we work with people. So when you work with people, you think it's going away and it's going somewhere else because everyone has a different thought in their head. and you can't make everyone happy and you can't do everything, but
021you have to do something. So, I will just say that uh Johnny, the partnership that we've had for the last 3 years, I really appreciate that. Uh and I'm really looking forward to your leadership at Himling Elementary. And finally, I'm really looking forward to the start of our new school year. And so, our welcome back will be on August 4th. That will be in our performing arts center at the high school. really looking forward to that and then the first day of school which will be August 7th. Until then, we have a little bit more than a week of summer program left and I hope everyone's getting rest because we're going to ramp it back up and be back to support our students in our community. Thank you. All right, item five, consent calendar. The
022recommendation is to approve consent calendar agenda items 5.2 through 5.4 as provided. All matters listed under the consent calendar agenda are considered to be routine and enacted by one motion and vote. There is no separate discussion of these items prior to the time the board of trustees considers the motion unless a member of the board or administrative staff requests that specific items be discussed and or removed. Do we have a motion and a second to approve the consent calendar agenda as provided? I move. I second. I have a motion from Trusty Troutman and a second from clerk Angiano. All those in favor say I. I. I. Motion passes 40. Item 6.1 academics adoption of local control and accountability plan LCAP. This item is for the board to adopt the 25 202526 local control and accountability
023plan federal addendum to the LCAP and budget overview for parents. Is there a motion in a second to open and discuss item 6.1? I'll move. I'll second. Any discussion or questions? I have a motion from myself and a second from Trusty Troutman to approve item 6.1. All those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed. Motion passes 40. Item 6.2, business services adoption of the 202526 proposed budget financial report. This item is for the board to adopt the 202526 proposed budget financial report. Is there a motion and a second to open and discuss item 6.2? I move. I'll second. I'm going to let Victor speak and then we can have discussion and questions. Hey, good evening, President Ree Clarkaniano, distinguished board members, members of the banning leadership team and the community here in person
024and over the wavelengths. Today I am providing an update on what was a preliminary budget back on June 12th and um being able to refine our budgeting as we continue to make adjustments as it relates to negotiations. But before that, I would like to give a special thanks to Mr. Ramos and the budget team for being able to turn this budget around in such a short amount of time. A lot of work goes into this and definitely appreciative of his efforts and the team to continue to um be flexible. Right. Right. Getting right into the budget cycle. We're now here at the final phase of the budget cycle as we're uh making a recommendation to approve the proposed budget. The LCAP uh was just approved in the last board item here and before before July
0251st we should have an enacted budget by the state. We have great news there. This the governor and the legislature has reached an agreement in terms of the state budget on June 24th and it does include funding for universal transition kindergarten which was at questionable at some point. Also onetime funding in the form of a student supports and professional development discretionary block grant. And last but not least is restoring the purchasing power that we lost in the learning recovery emergency block grant a few years ago. The major changes to the multi-year projections include the impacts of negotiations and we have here two tables. One showing the combined three-year projections for the 2526 fiscal year and two subsequent years. I would like to focus on the table right beneath that focusing only on unrestricted on the
026unrestricted general fund. We do see here that expenditures outpace revenues uh every year and total at about $3.4 million in a three-year budget cycle. The reserves for economic uncertainties and the third outyear 2728 is at 4.98% based on these projections and that is a little above over the 4.5% reserve for economic uncertainty requirement set by the board. Alto together when looking at the reserve cap which includes assignments as well as a component of the fund balance uh we do see a 7.96% 7.07 and a 6.05% uh reserve cap percentage in those three fiscal years. Another major change from what was presented back on July 12th is the budget transparency report as it relates to fund balances and assignments and commitments as well. And do want to point to your attention to the item here uh
027J 5J and the committed balances at $4.39 million. This particular line item is a budget civilization commitment to be able to support the district in providing the same level of service should one-time fundings or when onetime funding is exhausted and provide the district a bit of a soft landing to be able to adjust any uh of the uh services that are being provided as we've currently have built. Um as a reminder we are uh building a foundation. We're adding additional services in the form of human capital to be able to provide services for students and leveraging um restricted resources and one-time resources as well. And so that is one of the major changes. I do want to note that even though we see this dollar amount and 3 $4.39 million every year in this particular
028table, it does not mean that it's a total of $13.2 million. It is a a savings account if you will with a dollar amount. If we have the expenditure materialized for example item G labor's relations that is the cost of the increase to health and welfare. Well once that is exhausted and it's moved up to expenditures in a subsequent year it then is eliminated as a fund balance component or commitment. Um and so all that to say as well that we also um through working on what's on the project list for measure O were able to move out about $2 million in capital facilities expenditures that were uh at some point committed in a general fund. And now that we do have the additional bond dollars and we can shift that over. And so it
029is a continuous balancing act in figuring out how to maximize our most restricted dollar first, move things out of the general fund as much as possible, yet be able to provide a level of service. In this case, making sure that we're taking care of our facilities. We're taking care of keeping the lights on and also taking care of our labor uh partners and overall um staffing needs as it relates to compensation. With that, next steps after the approval, it's um submitting the budget over to the Riverside County Office of Education where we're expecting a budget approval. Also expecting for the enacted budget um by July 1st. And again, good news is that we have a balanced budget here at the state level and an agreement between governor and the legislature. And at this point, we're
030not expecting a 45day budget revision. Thank you very much for your time. Are there any questions? All right. If there's no discussion or any questions, I have a motion from trustee, sorry, clerk Gangiano and a second from Trusty Troutman to approve item 6.2. All those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes 40. Item 6.3, educational services dashboard local performance indicator self-reflection. This item is information only. Are there any questions or comments of how our district has done? Correct. Dr. Kazy Bush. It's a self-reflection of where the district is standing as far as mis assignments and such. Um yes, it actually has to do with the actual indicators um that are not necessarily um mandated on the state's dashboard. Typically on the state's dashboard, we'll see things as it relates
031to suspension rates um actual academic achievement based on test scores um and other um elements of school climate and attendance. Um the local indicators are things that we collect based on a self-reflection and those could include perceptions um of students and parents um feelings on safety and climate um as well as basic materials um do we have textbooks um do we have adequate facilities and the like? Well, I'm going to ask you Dr. Kazzy Bush, since you've been with us already several years, what is your self-reflection as to our LCAP and how we've been doing or yeah, our local performance indicator? Um, I think we have made significant improvement on um the levels of parent and community engagement. um having gone out to each of the school sites um this last cycle for the LCAP
032um and made two trips um to each site to collect input, there's been um great conversation with staff um in terms of number one um our transparency with the LCAP um kind of demystifying it, making it accessible, easily understandable um and then more importantly just talking through what each of the the goals mean. academic achievement. What does that mean? The actions that fall under academic achievement, the money is meant to support the actions to increase student achievement. Um, and similarly for parent and community engagement. What are things that we can do better to improve with? Um, we've had lots of conversations about that. Um, and also, um, student safety. What are we doing on our school sites to create an environment where students feel safe? Um, and perceptions are very important because that determines sort
033of how we engage. But being able to have all of us on the same page in terms of yes, we've made a lot of growth and improvement, which we have. Um, but I also think it's more important to think about ways that we can continue to improve. And so to answer your question, I think we've made a lot of improvement with each of our goals. And I think we still have a lot more work to do. Thank you. No questions. All right. Uh, Miss Martinez, Laura, did you have any questions? No, ma'am. Thank you. Item 6.4, business services, revised certification of signatures. This item is for the board to approve the revised certification of signatures. Is there a motion and a second to open and discuss item 6.4? 4. I move. I second. Any discussion
034or questions? I have a motion from Trusty Troutman and a second from Clerk Engano to approve item 6.4. All those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes 40. Item 7.1, Educational Services, Board Policy, Second Reading and Adoption, Mobile Communication Devices. This item is for the board to adopt board policy 5131.8, mobile communication devices, as provided. Is there a motion and a second to open and discuss item 7.1? I'll move. I'll second. Any discussion or questions? I have a motion from myself and a second from Trusty Troutman to approve item 7.1. All those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes 40. Item 7.2 educational services 202526 student trips. This item is for the board to approve school sites to attend, participate, and represent Banning
035Unified School District and various instate, out of state, and or overnight student trips during the 202526 school year. Contingent that each request be individually considered and approved by the assistant superintendent of educational services. Is there a motion and a second to open and discuss item 7.2? I move. I'll second. Any discussion or questions? I have a motion from clerk Angiano and a second from Trusty Troutman to approve item 7.2. All those in favor say I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes 40. Item 7.3, Educational Services District Quarterly Report on Williams Uniform Complaints. This item isformational only. Are there any questions or comments? Item 7.4, Educational Services, Boys and Girls Club of Sangonio Transitional Kindergarten Kinder Kindergarten Support Agreement. This item is for the board to approve the Boys and Girls Club of Sangonio
036Transitional Kinder/Kindergarten support agreement. Is there a motion in a second to open and discuss item 7.4? I move. I'll second. Any discussion or questions? Is this our first time having the Boys and Girls Club with TK or have we had them previously? I can't recall. We have worked um with the Boys and Girls. The Boys and Girls Club has supported us before um with our traditional before and after school program which did include transitional kinder. Okay. And it's at Florida Street, correct? Um Florida Street does have a program. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Any other questions? I have a motion from clerk Angiano and a second from Trusty Troutman to approve item 7.4. All those in favor say I. I. All those opposed say nay. Did she? Sorry, I couldn't unmute. I motion passes 40. Item
0377.5, Educational Services, Boys and Girls Club Before and After School Program Agreement 202526. This item is for the board to approve the 202526 Boys and Girls Club of Sangorno before and after school program agreement. Is there a motion and a second to open and discuss item 7.5? I move. I second. Any discussion or questions? Do we just want to clarify or state for the record that they won't be at every school site? Absolutely. And so we are working with them um for two separate programs. And this year um we at a previous board meeting um the board approved um right at school to support um some of our schools for before and after school programming and boys and girls club um for afterchool programming. Um and the difference has to do with the funding um
038in terms of maximizing use of our ACES which is our afterchool safety and education support funding first. Um and we have to meet certain attendance requirements. And for those schools who did not meet those certain attendance requirements, um we are working with Ride at School. For those two schools that did, which would be Central and Cabazison, we're continuing with Boys and Girls Club for transitional kindergarten and kindergarten um support throughout the day. will be working with the Boys and Girls Club also who will still provide different level of support for expanded learning at Florida Street and all of our elementary schools. So, this doesn't affect the middle school, right? Because the middle school also has it does not impact middle school. Any other discussion or questions? So, I have a motion from Trustee Troutman and
039a second from Clerk Angiano to approve item 7.5. All those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes 40. Item 7.6 educational services agreement. This item is for the board to approve the ALO agreement. Is there a motion and a second to open and discuss item 7.6? I move. I'll second. Any discussion or questions? I have a motion from Trusty Troutman and a second from myself to approve item 7.6. All those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes 40. Item 7.7, Educational Services, Riverside County Office of Education Agreement. This item is for the board to approve the Riverside County Office of Education agreement. Is there a motion and a second to open and discuss item 7.7? I move. I second. Any discussion or questions?
040I have a motion from Clerk Gango and a second from Trusty Troutman to approve item 7.7. All those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes 40. Item 8.1, human resources, Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Education Specialist District Intern Program. This item is for the board to approve the Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Education Specialist District Intern Program from July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2030. Is there a motion and a second to open and discuss item 8.1? I move. I second. Any discussion or questions? Is five years typical for this type of contract? We've typically uh signed three to five year agreements with the universities and uh county programs. No question. All right. I have a motion from Trusty Troutman and a second from Clerk Angiano to approve item
0418.1. All those in favor say I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes 40. Item 8.2 2, human resources, tentative agreements and me memorandum of understanding 2025 through 2028 successor bargaining negotiations with banning teachers association. This item is for the board to approve the tentative agreements and memorandum of understanding reached as part of the 2022 25 successor contract negotiations with the banning teachers association resulting in a new successor agreement for the 202528 school years. Is there a motion and a second to open and discuss item 8.2? I move. I'll second. Any discussion or questions? I have a motion from tr from clerk Angiano and a second from trustee Troutman to approve item 8.2. All those in favor say I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes 40. Item 9.1 business services notice of
042completion. Kum's multi-purpose room cafeteria HVAC system. This item is for the board to approve the notice of completion for the HVAC system work at the Kums multi-purpose room/cafeteria with leading edge air conditioning. Is there a motion and a second to open and discuss item 9.1? I move. I second. Any discussion or questions? Oh, I thought you were touching the button. I have a motion from trustee Troutman and a second from clerk Gangiano to approve item 9.1. All those in favor say I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes 40. Item 9.2 business services notice of completion. Nichollet Middle School Painting Exterior of Gymnasium Tony Painting. This item is for the board to approve the notice of completion for the Nicollet Middle School painting exterior of gymnasium with Tony Painting. Is there a motion in
043a second to open and discuss item 9.2? I move. I'll second. Any discussion or questions? I just want to say um great job in doing the mural and the painting. I know that our kids are watching. I know when we would drive by my kids would make a comment about it as they were completing it. So, thank you for for making our schools um welcoming and appealing. I second that. I think our school is the beautifification process. I I love watching it. It every day just maybe not every day, but every time I drive by, it's something's different and I like it. I like seeing it improve. Lots of positive Facebook posts. Graduates are coming back and they're loving it. All right. I have a motion from clerk Angiano and a second from Trusty Troutman
044to approve item 9.2. All those in favor say I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes 40. Item 9.3 business services adoption of resolutions 26-003 authorizing fund balance commitments. This item is for the board to adopt resolution 26-003 authorizing fund balance commitments. Is there a motion and a second to open and discuss item 9.3? I move. I'll second. Any discussion or questions? I have a motion from clerkiano and a second from Trusty Troutman to approve item 9.3. All those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes 40. Item 9.4 business services contractual agreements. This item is for the board to approve andor ratify contractual agreements as provided. Is there a motion and a second to open and discuss item 9.4? I move. I'll second. Any discussion or questions? I
045do have one question, but I can't recall which uh contract or agreement it was. Hopefully, you guys can help me find it. It was one where um I think there were six teachers that were going to be sent or go somewhere. Um I didn't write it down. You remember when you did agenda review? I think there was there was one where there were teachers that were going to go through some training and I wanted to know how we were selecting the teachers for it. You see Irvine. Oh, is this regarding UC Irvine and the professional development? Was it that one? I do apologize. I'll do better in writing down my notes. Well, if you um Mr. Bria, if you can take up if you can open up that item and uh there's a there should
046be a spreadsheet on that list. He was there. Yeah. Okay. Go ahead. Sorry. I don't think I have my glasses on. Sorry. I don't remember any being just for six. I know. Was it AMS? That's the new Is that our new internet? I saw it. I just Yeah, I do apologize. I should have written it down town. There's another page. Maybe it's on the other page. Go down cuz I know multitudes is a program. Oh, that was tiny. It's okay. I'll find it later and I can ask about it again. I do apologize, but I know it's in there somewhere. Um, was it Stone Ridge Academy that it looks like we are approving it for what already happened? It was for October 2024 to that. That is correct. There's an amendment to the contract for
047transportation services that were not captured in the last amendment. So this is a second goound increasing this um particular contract. Okay. Any other discussion or questions? Actually, yeah. Sorry. Um, for the transportation contracts, are those also for um will the Sorry, I can't get it out. Field trips, are those specifically for field trips or is that to help say when we're short staffed with drivers? This is specifically for field trips or charter services. Correct. Thank you. So, which ones are we going to use for sports? Would we use these as well for that or no? Generally, we would like to use our transportation department staff to uh provide those services, but I'll invite Mr. Paige here to provide um some information on that. Yes. So, when we become short staffed, if we were to unfortunately
048become short staffed, then like she said, which one would we utilize to help fill in Uh we take quotes from all three of them and we always go at the lowest one if they quotes back to us those that are available. We use them for both field trips and athletics when necessary when we don't have the staff but fortunately we've recently hired a fully certificated licensed bus driver. We're interviewing another one this week and we have two more people in our training program. So hopefully our staffing will improve. But just for the sake of an argument, if there's a um athletic trip planned and let's say something comes up where a bus driver isn't there that day or whatever, do we contact some of these contract agencies to see if they can help us at
049the last minute? Yes, we do. And how much notice would they need? It depends on the size of the uh trip itself. Typically they like seven days notice but they will take as short as four hours notice if they have the availability. Great. Do we ever has the has it ever happened where we have an assignment already contracted out and then it gets cancelled and then it gets filled in by our transportation. uh that has only taken place one time and what has happened in that case is we contracted out and then a driver that was out uh on extended leave came back to work and we were able to fulfill that trip and we were able to cancel that trip and not be charged for it. And what is our communication protocol when that
050occurs? I'm not quite understanding the question. Do you how soon do you inform the school site or the group of students that would be utilizing that? We try to notify them as soon as possible and hopefully that saves us money as well. Correct. Correct. Any other questions or discussion? I have a motion from clerk Angiano and a second from Trusty Troutman to approve item 9.4. All those in favor say I. I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes 40. Item 9.5, business services, monthly fiscal services reports. This item is for the board to approve monthly fiscal services reports, bank reconciliations, purchase orders, warrant summary, and commercial warrant registers. Is there a motion and a second to open and discuss item 9.5? I'll move. I second. Any discussion or questions? I have a motion
051from myself and a second from clerkiano to approve item 9.5. All those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes 4. Well done, ladies. Item 10.1, board member comments. Okay, I'll go first. Um, so first of all, I want to welcome Dr. Williams to the team. Excited to see you at Nichollet. Um, I hope I hope we do positive change and create that safe learning environment for our students. Looking forward to seeing you there, Mr. Baker. Thank you for your service. Um, I know all journeys are different for everyone and with all those journeys, we learn many, many new things and I hope that they're able to help support you as you continue your your journey as a principal and that it goes really really smoothly and well at Herling.
052And um, a few weeks ago, we did a few site visits of our summer school um, schools and it was really nice to see our kids and our teachers in action. Um, thank you for working so hard to provide this opportunity for our students and our families. I know it's not easy and it's it's a lot of planning. I know there's always a lot of planning as you're finishing up the academic school year. You're getting ready for summer school and then on top of that, you're getting ready for the new academic school year. So, I know it's a lot of work and I thank all of you guys for doing your very best. Um, and I'm excited for the new academic school year as well. And I just hope everyone continues to rest and um
053to be kind to one another and be compassionate because I know that we all struggle with different things and this world is unpredictable and events that occur. We have this fire. We've had other things occurring in our surroundings and so hopefully everyone does self-care. Thank you. Okay, sorry. Um, I would like to also welcome Dr. Williams. We you are going to be a welcome addition to the um to to the Nichollet family and I look forward to what you will bring to the school. I know I I know Dr. Thomas will appreciate your hard work and dedication as well. I would also like to thank Mr. Baker for his time and dedication to the Banning Unified School District. we have appreciated your time and hard work that you've done thus far and we appreciate you
054and I'll miss you. And um I'd also like to thank everyone for their hard work and dedication for throughout this summer school year for what they've done throughout this 20 uh 24 25 school year. I look forward to the 2526 school year and what these kids are going to do and and I hope everyone has a restful month of July. Do I go? Yeah, Lucy, go ahead. I just want to say welcome to Dr. Williams as well. Can't wait to see what you do over at Nichollet. Um, thank you, Mr. Baker for all your hard work and dedication as always. Uh thank you to all the emergency services. I saw a bunch of our Benning Unified School District cars um going up and down the street making sure that everything was taken care of. My
055kiddos wanted to donate water to the firefighters. So I got to go down there and I saw the same site as Mr. Davis and it was quite a sight to see. It was spectacular to see all the emergency services out there putting all the hard work in to um keep our town and our high school safe. Thank you to everyone that did all the hard work for summer school. And thank you for everything that you guys do on a day-to-day basis. And as Miss Angiano said, please, please, please take care of yourselves, stay safe, and do lots and lots of self-care for the remainder of the summer. I'm just going to reiterate everything they said. Welcome, Dr. Williams. Thank you, Mr. Baker, for all your love and loyalty and dedication to the district. Um, I
056want to thank the emergency services and all of you for everything you did with helping get the fire out. Um, this community is amazing and I think when push comes to shove, we all come together despite differences and different opinions. Um, I want to thank everyone who's working hard at summer school and I'm thankful for all those little bodies and souls that are attending and learning things. I'm excited. Uh, I think we have some good things that we're adding to our district for next year and we're hoping to see more significant improvement. I'm using Dr. Cosy Bush's words. Um, and just see great things for Banning. And I just want to thank all of you for being here tonight and for your dedication. Please do get some rest and get ready because we're going to
057hit the ground running next year. All right. Item 11.1, future board items. Do we have any future board items? Do we want to add transportation on as a discussion as a followup? You guys agree with adding transportation? Anything else? last time instructional program. Okay. In August. Okay. So, instructional program because he didn't have his mic on. And then at our next meeting, are we going to have like a recap of summer school and our programs? Yeah. All right. Anything else, ladies? I want to thank both of you as well for sticking in there with me tonight and Lucy for being online. Item 14.1, adjourn meeting. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? I move. I second. I have a motion from Trusty Troutman and a second from Clerk Engano to adjourn this meeting. All those
058in favor say I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes 40. This meeting is adjourned at 7:53 p.m.