Board of Education Meeting - February 26, 2026 (Spanish)

001We regrouped the board. Secretaries, Secretary Cent will update us on the topics of the closed session. The topics discussed in the sessions included student affairs, litigation, anticipated employment discipline, employee release, complaints or accusations against employees, and the superintendent's evaluation. The board took action in the closed session. The board considered the appeal of the resolution to a complaint filed under policy 13 12.1. The board voted 4-0 with one abstention to uphold the superintendent's resolution of the complaint for employee E0219 against employee E0768. Thank you, Secretary Centron. Replacement pages for 15.2 Everything is on the table. Mr. SGA will lead us in the oath-taking ceremony at the sash this afternoon. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic which represents one nation under God indivisible with justice and liberty

002for all. Thank you, Mr. SGA. It's time for acknowledgments. Dr. Semen. Thank you, President Garsa. Right now I want to ask the school board to come down for the awards, and Mrs. Carter is going to help us with the awards this afternoon. This afternoon the school board is pleased to recognize the athletes and teams from our district who earned the distinction of CF titles. Staff and students, please come forward while I call your names and stay for a photo representing Mayfir's cheer leadership, coaches Darius Carter, Lily Carter, and counselor Michelle McDo. Receiving recognition from the educational board for fulfilling your commitment, you continue the CIF championship. This marks the first time in the program that the Mayfare cheerleaders have won the titles, and in consecutive years. A round of applause, please. The Board of Education

003would like to recognize the following athletes. Isabela Enguano, Annabel Kramer, Isabela Díz, Nia Sánchez, Amalis Gutiérrez, Jesara Janganen, Laila Márquez, Isabela Méndez, Kiera Owens, Shamar Redman, El Rosales, Sofía Rosales and Anayass. This milestone was achieved by five athletes, Isabela Josery Redman. Go ahead, let's give a round of applause. They are also members of the CIF championship's first-year program last season. Her leadership, experience, commitment, and excellence helped her establish a culture of accountability and high performance throughout the year. The team's success was built on consistent preparation, disciplined drills, and a commitment to improving in every training session. Veteran athletes mentored the newcomers, set a new standard of athleticism, and fostered an every-athlete culture. They were able to evaluate their performance on motivation Mondays. a point of view and a breaking point. They not only defended the

004title, but they also secured their place in Mayfair history. We want to congratulate the Mayer cheerleaders, coaches Carter and counselor Macaro on this fantastic victory. Well done to everyone. Okay, congratulations to everyone and that concludes the acknowledgments. Thank you. Do we have any corrections to the agenda tonight? We don't have a Carsa president, thank you very much. It's time for Belfa student reports. Good afternoon, board members, superintendent, Dr. Simon and president. I'm Ken Vera and this is the report for the February Belfour board meeting. Here I have the clicker. Starting at the beginning of February, we had our recognition of the students and custodians for improving the culture and school staff, being strengths in the community. Here we see Mrs. Camens and other students. Each student received one every day until Valentine's Day. In soccer,

005our teams, the girls and boys, were incredible, very strong, they celebrated their senior year nights and were able to make it to CIF. The boys reached the second stage with a 3-0 lead. Well, the fourth-year high school students were very resilient and strong, they fought hard. It was a great season for the boys. Now the girls also celebrated their senior year night with a victory in CF. They only made it to one round, but they performed very well, they ended up being blindsided and it was a great step for the boys' team because they went from fourth to second place. This week we are celebrating our Renaissance Rally, which we have a tradition of, where we celebrate the winter sports teams, the honors list students and also the coronation of the Saluditorio and Validictorian. We

006have the theme as a teenage beach and each day has a day of spirit. On Monday we had everything except a backpack, which is very popular with the body, their dentil, they bring anything. Next we have your day and then it's forever summer, it was lenses, flip-flops, everything very tropical, very... Then we had Disney channel day, we put on all sorts of things. Disney, I have my Mickey Mouse shirt, it definitely shows my spirit, and then we have our Surf City Sundown which is going to be tomorrow and we're going to celebrate the class colors to prepare for the assembly which is always very big, it's the favorite, it's the last very big event, like I said, it's a very incredible experience for those who are in their senior year because we are honoring the

007Validorian. Because they can feel the class spirit before the events for those who are in their senior years. We have reading about America. Those who are in high school will visit the elementary schools and read to them. It's obviously a tradition. The prom thing is also going to happen, sorry, I can't read it. On March 16th, we're obviously going to reveal the theme, the A-G Breakfast. We're going to honor those in junior high who have already completed their A-G requirements. Obviously, it's a great achievement for them, and then, which is something we're very excited about, we haven't celebrated Mr. Buck's Parade yet, I think it's been 15 years. We're bringing it back for our 75th anniversary. It's a parade where the juniors will be on display and will try to win the title of Mr.

008Buck. She's going to be there, I think it's going to be with board member Amy St judge. I think almost all of the board members, with the exception of the class president, Jennifer, our latest highlight to Sebastian Lewis for the Legacy Maker nomination. More than 11 applicants for this award and only 15 were honored with acceptance. This honors the Afro-descendant students who represent a significant change in their community. And if you know Sebastian, you know how important he is to our community. You can see it here at the Art Museum this year. And I believe that concludes my presentation. Thank you for your time and I'll see you next month. Thank you. This, Seita Vera, representing the flowers Home Education, this academy of independent students, Josana Torres. Good evening, President Mayira Garza, board members, Dr.

009Simon from Student Teachers. I'm happy to be back, sharing the February flower report with you. In this first slide, as you can see, it is the Mayfir football team in the flowers. Students from the flower school were able to participate in sports, accompanying the teams in Mayfer, extracurricular activities, not only football, soccer, but also wrestling, basketball and tennis. and struggles. As you can see in this photo, you can see our students during a CF qualifying match. Everyone is welcome to join us if they'd like, and yes, we are also very proud of the recognition the Lords received from schools across California and nationally for this work. This is a very big achievement that our school has accomplished. We are very grateful to the students and teachers who made this recognition possible for us, and we

010were invited to the League of Schools conference in March and again in Washington DC, the capital of the United States. This month they also had a field trip to the Los Angeles Central Library, learning about the spaces, the Octavio Lab which had transmission rooms. It was a lot of fun, a very collaborative experience for everyone. They were able to connect outside of the classrooms. We found a space that we all liked and were able to explore our interests collaboratively as students. On February 20, students from sixth to eighth grade had their California Democracy presentation in the cafeteria. They were able to present their research on the evolution of the media and the dangers in the media, and misinformation and biased opinions. Each presentation was very informative, and we are very pleased that the students who

011participated in this activity, including first grade, also had fun. On the 20th, they took a field trip to the Pacific Aquarium where they explored ocean habitats and had hands-on experiences in a very memorable and fun way to learn about marine life. Also to end our week of kindness, we had our Valentine's Day disco dance on February 19th, which is the same day as twins. Each student in every grade was able to dance, have fun with the music, with their friends, and enjoy many beautiful photo opportunities, as well as delicious food provided by the student body. It was a really nice and fun way to end kindness week. Spirit Week is coming from March 2nd to the 5th. We also have a visit to Chaquís on March 12, as well as a fundraiser at Chucky Cheis

012on March 16. School spirit day on March 18th, lunch and a movie on March 20th, and to finish in March, our school's student of the month awards. That concludes our school's February report. Thank you so much for those wonderful reports and for keeping us updated. At this time I would like to extend a welcome. Well, I invite you to stay for the rest of the meeting, but I also know that you have other academic obligations, so you have permission to leave now, and thank you. Mrs. Linda Morgan, please, you can join us, and yes. Oh, well, thank you. Good evening, Madam President, Board Members, Superintendent, District Staff, and Community Members. Obviously I represent the council. Alex had a family emergency come up, so let's get started. February was a very exciting and busy month for

013the Belfower PTAs, maintaining contact and connection with the groups, sharing information, and making the units feel supported. That was the goal for this month. There are many things you can see that we do to help and support all PTAs at school sites. This month the council had the opportunity to present at several important events in partnership with the school district, including the elementary school presentations, PTA leaders, administrators conference, college and careers expo, and the district's resource fair and orientation coalition . We were able to collaborate with administrators and strengthen communication throughout the district. At the school site level, PTA units were very active in February celebrations, Valentine's Day dances, parties, mother-child events, other moon events, and 100 Days of School events. These activities also provided opportunities for families to get together, and for students and

014the school community to celebrate . Looking ahead to March, we are very excited about a couple of events. On March 3rd, the PTA of the Baffor Council will have its awards night of reflections. It will be done here on March 7th. We will be participating in the district's third conference on inclusion and diversity. We also want to encourage community members and teachers to continue following us on social media so they can see upcoming events and so we can share them with you at every PTA site. And with that, thank you for all your support of the PTA, your partnership Supporting Our Families and Students. Have a good night. Thank you very much, Miss Morgan, superintendent's report, Dr. Simon. Thank you, Board Chair Mar Garza, board members, cabinet, staff and the community, it is a pleasure

015to be with you today. First, I want to say happy African American Student Pride Month and happy Lunar Day. Uh, let's talk about February 3rd where Mayf and Belf students arrived at the empowerment conference at the Cerritos University College with Dr. Victor Rios. He delivered a powerful message of purpose, hope, and possibilities, helping students build on their own strengths, their stories, and confidently move forward into their futures. On February 4th, Mefer held a special fair night, a special seventh-grade night supporting students' transition to their future at our high school campuses. On the sixth, the district held its second orientation meeting to discuss the commission's mission and core values ​​and the community's responsibilities. Oh, Dr. Ríos also returned to Summer on the 10th . This time, the students met, continuing their message of student empowerment and

016resilience. On February 11, the innovation college and career fair took place at Belfow High School, where universities and Pathway CTA and Kell Apps were present. Thanks to our assistant superintendents Bonnie Carter, high school principal Guil Ceneda and the team for creating a fascinating event for our community. On February 17, the district sponsored a facilities master plan , one with a commitment to the community, talking to stakeholders about needs and necessary improvements. Last Friday, March 20th, CBO René Marques and I had the pleasure of riding the bus with our driver Sequila and the students from Mayfir High School. It was wonderful to see how the bus drivers prepare the buses each morning to pick up students in the community. Thank you very much for the transportation. This bus driver is wonderful. How can they turn the

017bus around, park it, and keep the students safe? Uh, Meifer also sponsored a skills experience where they could explore booths that gave them information about various activities. On the 21st, the district held its second job fair. A wonderful opportunity for many candidates who were able to apply for positions at that very moment, strengthening our workforce for the future. And a thank you to the Bellflower singers at the elementary school. If you haven't heard them, you need to hear them. They opened the presentation with Ran Williams and his presentation was, but he opened with a very inspiring note. On the 21st, we had two wonderful sisters present our district at the Afro-descendant History Celebration at the Bre Tarpets. Mayana, an 11th-grade student in Mayfy, a leading voice among African American students, introduced speakers, special guests, and

018moderated a panel discussion. Her younger sister, Keisha, if I'm not mistaken, who is a dual immersion student in our district, joined her in giving and quoting very powerful pieces at an outdoor celebration. Last Sunday, the 22nd, I went to an event with the Sebastian students from Bellflower. He was honored by the Anthony Ars Anderson Association of Afro-descendant Art and another, and he was also honored as someone who left a great legacy. Of the 13 people nominated throughout the Los Angeles area, he was selected from among 13 students receiving this prestigious recognition. This, Le was chosen for his leadership, his measurable impacts on advocacy, entrepreneurship, sports, community leadership and community service. And his story represents the kind of legacy that deserves to be documented, honored, and celebrated. I am very excited that there are students who

019make a big difference and not waiting for the future to do so, but rather they are people who build legacies. On the 24th, it was an incredible honor to share the initiatives and growth opportunities within this district at the Bellflower Chamber of Commerce . A heartfelt thank you to Ernesto Palacios and Jeff Smith and everyone at the Chamber of Commerce for the invitation. I really had a lot of fun there. Finally, I would like to report that Leico completed the mandates for the second quarterly report for 2526, finding this sharing of supervisions, as required by Williams legislation, focusing on the area of ​​efficiency and instructional materials, facilities, accuracy in student scores, vacancies, and teacher assignments. Este, Steven Faster, Romia Elementary, Washington Elementary and Craig Williams were the sites evaluated. Thanks to the maintenance and leadership

020staff on site, good status was achieved. Steven Foster, Ramona, and Washington received exemplary status. And as you can see, uh, that's the difference between good and exemplary, good means that there are no critical deficiencies noted, including minor signs of things that are wearing out and other things that need to be fixed. That concludes my report, Madam President. Thank you, Dr. Simen. The board has some updates on the committees. Ad Hawk. I have some President Garsa. Earlier we met with the Cal Apps team, we had a board meeting, we didn't cover much, they've been out in the field, they've been at our events, our career fair, we're continuing with that. In May we will have a celebration and recognition of them and also of their careers, and this will be pending in the coming months, as

021well as the environment and culture. Basically, what we did is still in two different, divided groups. We have and you can also talk about yours, Renita and I, member Armstrong, are in different groups, but I'm in equity planning and she's in professional development. Basically, we're looking at data, focusing on suspensions and discipline, and we're going to reach certain conclusions and decide on professional developments that we want to have in our district. Ah, we saw certain things like subjectivity and objectivity, references, how much did the references send? Why are we sending them? And when are they in the hallways? At lunchtime? Before school, afterwards we are investigating those kinds of things in depth and also, oh, I'm going to let you talk about the professional development that we are going to plan for the future. Thanks

022to member Stewart. I will continue with professional development, of course we have both groups as member Steart just mentioned. I'm sorry, Emy. I do n't know what it is anymore. While we're waiting for it, because it's super important, we 're talking about potential professional development that we can develop because of this issue, but we need the data. So, we're exploring and waiting for the data at the same time. I am very excited because what I do know is that we have real perspectives that we need to address if we truly want to confront the environment and culture and if we want to improve it. We're going to have some very difficult talks, and this is what it is. And if we want to change, we have to be prepared to make the necessary changes and

023we cannot be afraid to do so. That's all . Right now we're waiting, but we're working together. I also have another committee. I am in the Los Angeles Trustees Association . We're meeting on Monday. I did n't have the opportunity to search for certain things. They discussed two proposed laws, bill 1244 and the Senate bill, which is legislative. I need to do a search to see what's going on . I haven't had the opportunity to do it. We also talked and we have to ensure, and certain districts are already doing so, that we have to ensure that we have the new immigration guidelines published, and we will need to have joint administrative policies and regulations. I think we have to publish it by March 1st. Do you know anything about it? Okay, we have already

024approved the policies and administrative regulations. We're on the right track, but I'm going to mention it because it did come up. Let's revisit Proposition 98. There have been about eight revisions. We also have to do research to see about those modifications. I also learned something new. Another thing I have to learn, you know, Notebook LM is known by its acronym in English. I know that he does know. Someone needs to teach me these things. Oh my God. I saw the demonstration and I was like, "Oh my God. The things artificial intelligence can do are incredible." But another issue we did address is that as a district, we have to check what we're using. We have to get our regulations and policies in order. Everything has to be in place to protect ourselves, as they demonstrated

025when they used it. It was like, if someone asks you about your policies, Renita, what would you say if I knew how to use Notebook LM? I would put it there and I could access the data and it could give me all the information. According to Brad, you know what I'm talking about. I have so much to learn, and I didn't even know it was on Google Sheets. Did you guys know that? I 'm telling you because if you look at those little dots, there's so much stuff in there . I have a lot of work to do. Oh, what do I have to do? I have to look at the new laws and the amendments to Proposition 98 and all that kind of stuff. Those are my committees, those two. This school board is

026sponsored by Pokelam. 15% off if you use the promo code BUS. It's really cool in my NOP. I have all the policies there because if I have a question, it's incredible. I even download the minutes from every meeting because if someone says I said something, well, I access it and make sure. It's really cool. It's a point we had a legislative committee meeting with Chairwoman Carsillo and Dr. Simen, talking about what issues we're going to present in Washington when we go as the school board in April. Certain other things we're preparing to advocate for and talk about are funding for special education. That's what we're advocating for. I don't think that will ever be one of the things we're going to present. The other thing, as you mentioned, is the artificial intelligence regulations. We're talking

027about several things we can do at the district level with artificial intelligence. That was that committee. Is there anything else you want to add? And the other committee is the school safety committee. This month has been a long one; since the last board meeting, we've been going from threat assessments to how we respond. I was pleased to see The changes with Dr. Yoa. Would you like to talk about that? What was that about? We're updating our threat assessment protocols. We're trying to align them. What we do for mental health crisis assessments, when there is a safety concern, we have a protocol so everyone knows what to do, who to contact, and how to proceed. That way we can ensure the safety and well-being of our school communities. I was very pleased that the whole group

028on that committee—because it's a larger committee—was very happy with the progress you've made. Thank you so much. We also got an update on Black Knight Patrol, and I was very pleased to hear from Principal Jessica Camins of Belf and AJ Cunningham of Mayfir about all the work they're doing, not only monitoring the perimeter but other things that can support and help the school community. It was a good update, a very good committee meeting. I think that's all the committees. Okay, Thank you, Member Krield. Anyone else? Dr. Simon, can you start giving us some dates for Dr. Smith? Can you remind me of that name? Long time ago, you remember the one you and I are in? The one about planning future school sites, so if we can schedule something, yes, have a date to start

029meeting again. In fact, we have a meeting on Monday. Oh, there it is. You're so efficient. Chairwoman Garsa. I think we established an artificial intelligence committee and we still haven't met. It's been several months and we haven't met. Can you even tell us what 's going on with that committee? If we do have an artificial intelligence committee , can we schedule something? Thank you so much, I appreciate it. Okay. Where are the public comments? In, uh, in agenda items or not on the agenda. We do n't have anything for agenda items. We can move on to discussion topics. We have three topics tonight. I'm going to give it to Dr. Samen. Thank you, Chairwoman. We're going to start with a feasibility study, a feasibility study of a bond. Ms. Arques will be the presenter this

030afternoon. Good afternoon, Chairwoman and members of the Board Superintendent Simen, cabinet members, and staff. It is my pleasure to introduce you. As we are gathering at the special meeting we are holding, we are using a past approach driven by data. Our goals for the facilities master plan are in progress and are a focus of our strategic planning. The question we have is, how are we going to finance it, and is a bond measure viable? I would like to introduce Timothy McCarney from True North Research. His team has completed a feasibility study that gauges voter sentiment to determine our next steps. He will be joining us via Zoom, and I will tell him to turn on his microphone. Good evening, Ch. I can't hear you. Good evening, Chem. Can you hear us now? Good evening, Tim.

031Good evening, can you hear us now? I can hear you now. Well, thank you, thank you very much for joining us tonight. I gave a brief introduction of you and your team. I'm going to conclude by introducing Timothy McCarney from True North Research. His team has completed an in-depth feasibility study on voter sentiment to determine our next steps. I'm here, I'll need privileges to share my screen on this side. It looks like it's updating on my side now. You already have it on your side, the blue screen. Yes, thank you very much. Great. Good night. Um, board member Tim Cney, president of True North Research. For the past 25 years, we've specialized with school districts and other state public agencies, using these surveys to help them understand the clients and communities they serve. We're a

032two-person team designed to conduct 15 research studies in public agencies. We've done feasibility studies on bond measures to see if it's feasible or viable for an agency to move forward with a bond measure, to see if we can provide guidelines on how this measure might be supported and how the community might have an interest in supporting it. We've recommended serious measures, certain measures, to go to the ballot. We've been able to raise up to $42 million on other measures in the state, over $7 million in 2020 for California schools and California universities. I mention this because tonight, in response to the board's questions, uh Perhaps I'll refer to how the results are looking in Belfarel, along with similar findings from other research, so you have an idea of ​​what I'm talking about. Also, at the

033end or during this, know that I can't see you from my side; you have to interrupt the presentation if you have a question. With that, I'll move on to the slides. Before we start talking about the results, I want to review the purpose of the study, why this research is being done, and the methodology. Regarding the purpose of these studies as a bonus measure and its feasibility, you can see the three goals on this slide. The first is to answer that basic question: is it viable? If you, as a board, want to take this measure and put it on the ballot in November, will it be successful? Not always. Sometimes I can tell you that we do the work, we have results, and however you look at the numbers, there's no clear path to getting

034it to where you want it to be on election day to make it viable. And I would be the first to tell you that. When we find that there is viability, the second purpose comes into play, which is trying to... to understand how they can structure a measure in a way that is consistent with the type of measure their communities have an interest in supporting. There are quite a few facets and components to a bond package. They can have the bond amount and tax rates as well as the price, let's say, a project list that identifies the things they can or want to do if the measure is successful. There are also these accountability provisions that can be written into the measure so that voters can know how their tax dollars are being spent. One

035question that you as a board will ultimately answer when you put this measure on the ballot, and which you find, is also protected so that we can see how we can see voter opinions regarding these propositions, which can help us in future communications regarding methodology. In this study, it's the same one we always use when we look at the feasibility of a bond measure. The first question we ask ourselves when we're going to design the bond feasibility study is, in which election will this bond be included? Because there are different voting populations, and when a bond is expanded, there are Different voter groups exist for each measure. So, if you want to assess the viability of a measure, it's important to know who is going to vote. In this case, we're thinking about the November

0362026 election. We identified all the individuals in the community who might possibly vote in November: when they voted, when they registered, which elections they've participated in up to this point, and other demographic information. We also collected representative samples of this potential November electorate and compared the profile of those we were looking at with the information we have universally to know how many people are going to vote, their age, where they live, and the district. Other information regarding the balance of our voters was also gathered to see if it matched. When we drew the sample, we used three other methods to gather information: email, text, and phone call. You can be contacted online or by phone, depending on your preference, and also whether it's in English or Spanish. We completed 413 interviews as part of this

037study, with a random sample of The 413 people who responded in the community give us a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8% and a 95% confidence level. The 95% confidence level is within the 4.8% margin of error of what we would have found if we had spoken with every potential voter. Here are the results . The first slide shows the results of what we call the " Importance of Issues" question. On the left side of the slide, we asked, "How important is this to you?" Extremely important, very important, somewhat important, or not important at all. We asked this randomly, but we ranked the results from highest to lowest based on the percentage of people who said it was extremely or very important. This is a very good question to start with, so that

038people want to take the survey seriously regarding community care, such as education. This shows us how much this is valued in terms of competing for tax dollars and how this impacts local schools and tax increases. Well, you can predict that the higher the list, the more importance voters gave it. And it's education in avoiding tax increases, and that way you can know if you can move forward with your legislative measures . This is sometimes equally important in improving the quality of education in each school, but there's more work to be done to achieve that. In this study in your community, the number one issue is improving the quality of public school education. 92% of people said that improving public safety and maintaining streets and highways is extremely important. Below that, it says avoiding taxes is

03973%. So there's a 19-point difference between the two issues in terms of importance. That's a little smaller than what we've seen in most of the surveys we 've been doing for districts over the past few years. It typically comes out at 23 or 24. So that's something you'll see in other slides. We're going to have to keep in mind that the community, while they value education, is also very sensitive to tax increases. Above that is repairing and improving aging schools, which comes out at about 74%. A little higher than avoiding taxes, but still quite a bit higher. uh, below, improving the quality of schools. We see that pattern almost always, which is a reminder that even though bonds talk about facilities—the things that will be fixed, improved, and built—at the end of the day, when

040it comes to education, voters care more about what happens inside the facilities than about the facilities themselves. So, we always have to connect how repairs and improvements to facilities ultimately help the quality of education and the opportunities students have in their schools. So, we have to connect these two issues: facilities and academic improvement. Now, let's talk about the initial ballot test. Before we move on and delve deeper into this conversation with those who answer our questions about potential taxes and tax increases in the bond, the details about the projects that will be funded, and the pros and cons of the proposal, we present a mock ballot test and get their reaction. It's a good way to know how voters might be thinking about these proposals because they haven't seen anything beyond what they see in

041the ballot test. The slide. That's the ballot language we tested, and these are the results. Initially, we had 63% of voters in November who would support the proposal, 25% against, and the rest were unsure. So, in the state of California, a bond of $39 is about eight points over what's needed for a bond of that type to pass. Naturally, support for a bond measure can depend on the price. The higher the price , the lower the support you can expect. One goal in this survey is to make it very clear to voters that bonds means taxes, in case they didn't understand. And it's also an opportunity for us to understand how tax-sensitive your voters are, different tax amounts, and how they might react to the tax implications of a bond. On this slide, we're showing

042the results of the first question in the series, where we started with a high number of $49 per 100,000 assessed. We want to know if they know that property taxes are going to... Increase by $9 for every 100,000 of evaluated assessment. Would you vote yes or no? It's definitely yes or no. We tested the amount at 39 and then lowered it to 28. The goal is to understand how the tax rate alters, how support varies. One thing that may be the case is that there is sensitivity to tax increases among their voters. When we looked at the aggregate bonus to begin with, we had over 60% support. When you focus on the price, it's $49 per $1,000, which drops to 45%. Lowering it to 39 per $100,000, it goes up to 49%, and to 56%

043when it's 28 per $100,000. That's a measure, a conservative view, in terms of voter perception. And one reason is because a bonus measure is a package, a series of things that are going to be done, and one part is the price. When you take the price and focus on the voter, it goes to cool support. Another reason why we think this poll and this assessment is conservative is because when you talk about the implications of the $ 100,000 assessment rate, you have to understand what an assessment means. You have to do the math quickly in the space of a poll to be able to convert that rate into a meaningful number, and not everyone is good at doing that. That's understandable. There's a percentage of voters who know they're talking about a price, but they

044don't know what it's going to be. So they say they're not sure. And the reason we know this is because we also asked them in a different way. This is the column on the left. If they knew it was going to cost $213 a year, would they vote yes or no? $213 a year. Uh, that's $49 per $100,000 for appraisers. That's what a homeowner would normally pay. So they can do the math if they take the rate out of the equation. If they ask what a homeowner is going to pay, they have a better answer. This proposal is for taxes. In the last one, we had 45% support. When they do the math, they say, "It's 213 a year for a typical homeowner." Ah, it jumps to 52%. Similarly, on the right here we are

045annualizing that for $28 per $100,000. That's going to be 122 per year for the average homeowner, and that's how we get the percentage of those who said they would support it. To understand the price range for the bond, how we can set that tax rate so that we are confident that 55% of the voters who will support the proposal will give us certain ideas at the end of the presentation. After the discussion about taxes, here we have the projects and improvements. Here we are trying to do two things. First, we're going to educate the answering machine user about what this bond will achieve , because at this point they've only seen a few words—five words—about the projects they can finance. Here we list the different potential uses, so you have a better idea of ​​what

046the bond will be for. Another thing it allows us to do is understand the ways in which they can spend the money and what the voters' priorities are. This is happening in many districts across the state, and they have fairly new voter numbers showing interest in the projects they are testing. Many of the projects had more than three-quarters of the voters saying they were in favor of spending money on that issue, but there are others that generally have more intensity, a higher level of support. It's a trade-off for the things we normally see moving to the top of the list. When we work in these communities , the priorities for school bonds are first and foremost repairs to facilities, heating, and electricity. In the others, the facilities need attention and updating. That's the number one

047priority. And after STEM, career and technical facilities and also the older facilities to code and salt and access for people with disabilities. These were the main ones, but you can see that the ones further down are also very popular. If you, as an educational board, want to have a fund, you'll see, there will be an election cycle, there will be debate in the community about this proposal, of course, there will be certain people who will advocate for this measure to the community, talking about all the reasons why it is needed and why you should vote this way. And there will also be people who will criticize the bonus and tell their neighbors and friends how this is a bad idea, we shouldn't do it. For this survey to be dependent on the viability of the

048bond, we have to simulate the debate in the survey space. This gives us a good understanding of where voters stand in that initial "ah" test , but also what happens to support when they hear the positives and also when they are exposed to the negatives. We did that to present the positive arguments that you can see here on the slide. The nature of the question is, those who support the measure put x and think whether it is convincing or not at all convincing to support the measure. Here we also see that many of these positive arguments are well received. And the lowest point in the eh they say is that it's not even a convincing argument. In the list section there are arguments that relate to the age of the facilities. Some schools are so

049old that the pipes and underground mud are leaking. Last year there were more roof leaks. If you can be more specific about the conditions of the facilities, if you can put a number on the roof leaks. This could be the main argument. At this point in the survey, voters heard more of the proposal than the initial one. We did talk about tax rates and there was a bit of low support, but we had the opportunity to discuss in more detail how the money can be used and to make positive arguments. We haven't reached the negatives yet. Here we have the proof of the interim grade. Now that we've heard more about the proposal, what are your opinions? Here we have 62% support, 29% oppose, and about 9% are unsure or prefer not to answer the

050question. In the interim electoral test we achieved more than what was required to pass. And then on the negative side, the idea behind the negative is that I want to pressure voters to support this proposal, and I want to give them certain negative arguments, the arguments they can anticipate from critics, because if someone opposes it and they are vocal and try to get their message out there, how will the voters' opinion of their proposal impact them? Here we can, we made a list further proof of negative and it's by design. When it comes to school bonds in campaigns, the groups advocating for them are more organized, raise more money, and have a stronger voice than the opposition. We simulate that difference so that we can conduct the test with fewer negative aspects. The negatives are

051designed to be impactful. How much damage can be done if we tell voters those arguments? You can see that those arguments do have a reaction in the "ah, the cost of living these days" mentality. Those are the arguments that have the most impact. The question is, what happens next? And that's here. In the final electoral test, the negatives drop five points, but we are at 57% support, which is two points more than the 55% limit needed to pass the school bonus. What does all that mean? I have two more slides. I'm going to return to the question I posed at the beginning of this presentation, which is the initial motivation for conducting this research, to answer whether it is viable, whether you as a board want to pursue a measure if it has a chance

052of succeeding. This is what I mean by a qualified yes, but it will require certain adjustments to their proposal and will require very effective community outreach and participation. On the positive side, that's all you can see. We saw that voters want to improve education in local schools; that's the most important thing. Facing the community, there was support for this proposal. In the initial ballot test they only had 57 words, 63% approval. All the improvements they want are popular. We have positive arguments that are important at each point in the survey when we present the same ballot statement, the support goes beyond the 55% limit that everyone. And that was after we did the test with the opposition's arguments, when we see those pieces in the place, in a poll, that's what we want to see

053for the measure to have a good chance on election day. There are also certain challenges we have in our survey, and as we work on the November cycle , we want to be aware of these challenges. One is sensitivity to the tax rate. It is very important that we choose a tax rate that is at least comfortable with 55% of the voters and if there is sensitivity to the rate. The opposition is based on polls showing declining support. We are down 5% after we made the positional arguments, but leaving school and thinking about the overall atmosphere, we are going to have a hyper- partisan election. Perhaps there will be other measures that may have anti-tax sentiments, and there are also certain things that are not unknown. The part we don't know, because in certain ways

054we do know about tariffs and inflation. We know that people are worried about the economy. These are things we already know and everything is already included in the survey results, but we don't know what will happen in the next 8 months. I present these challenges and unknowns, not because they cannot be overcome, but it is important that when we put a measure in place, we consider the voters who can withstand adversity because if the economy declines or if there is opposition, they are in a good position to succeed. Anyway, and as a final point, I have some final observations and recommendations. The first thing I want to emphasize is that it's important to keep in mind that although this survey is very well constructed, it's not a crystal ball; we can't say that they're going

055to get 62%. They give us a good idea of ​​where we stand today. It also gives us a good idea of ​​how voters react to the information we anticipate they will find in the election cycle. But what determines what happens on election day is not what the poll says, it's what happens from now on . It's a reminder that we need to make smart decisions about the measure we put in front of voters so that it's well aligned with the measure they're willing to support. And they need to do the work in the district's communications, which can involve more conversations with the community over the next few months to help strengthen awareness of who needs the facilities and how these facility improvements connect to the core mission of providing educational opportunities for students, and to

056build a consensus around approval. And there also need to be independent, volunteer-led campaigns, independently funded, that can advocate for this measure during the election cycle. Once the board decides to put a measure on the ballot. That concludes my presentation, and if you have any questions, I will stop sharing my screen. Thank you very much for your presentation, board members. I'm sorry, Member Armstrong. Thank you, President Garsa. Thank you for that thorough presentation. I have only one question. Were you able to determine which group was sensitive to the tax rate? There were more than there were others, but in general we can investigate that more deeply, but we usually determine that when we are normally with the owners, the landlords, because when they read the ballot and start talking about property taxes, there is a decrease

057in the number of people who are renting, but even those who are renting will be sensitive to the tax rate because they will not know that it may eventually increase the rent they pay. But we do see a baseline level of sensitivity for all people. I have a question, you're here to answer questions. I think so, but I'm going to ask my question. I'm feeling great, I 'm wondering and thinking about the bonuses. Is it better to order a larger one or a smaller quantity but with more of it? I think things have changed over time. Before the November 2018 election, the doctoral ballot language they used for bonds only had to tell the total bond if they were trying to raise $2 billion. It didn't have to say how long the rate would last

058or the revenue, nothing like what we see today. Right now, you see many cases where districts could pay large bonds based on tax rates; I think the maximum was $69 per $100,000. There were many bonds at that rate. The reality is that many voters did not investigate what the tax rate was, although there was tax sensitivity; they never connected those dots. These large bonuses were good , but less frequent. Today with AB15 the wage rate is in that statement on the 75-word ballot because it is also at this rate of $5 for every $100,000 of assessed value. What we see over time is that it has created downward pressure on tax rates. that voters are willing to support and because of that it is creating a situation where districts are now trying to make bonds

059more frequently, but smaller ones, instead of one large, less frequent bond. OK thanks. Do you want to add anything or not? Well, I'm going to introduce Mark Ferrow. our economic advisory board holds the highest position. I know you ca n't see Mark, but you can't , but well, I think it really varies in the communities and the results. Quite a few districts we have that can put bonds to vote and with this higher tax rate and other districts where we are reducing that amount, reducing the amount of the bond and the term of the bond and various ways we can make it more attractive in the communities in particular. Vice President, yes, thank you Madam President. With the different tax rates, what is the dollar amount for, say, 28,000 compared to 49,000? Well, since Mark

060is there and I know Mark is there, I'm going to let him talk because he's the expert on that. Okay, thanks. Uh, with 39 or 49 there were 135 in the question in the uh in the vote. 39 is like 110 million and 28 is like 80 million. Do you know the BB measurement in 2012? 75 79 79,000ones, but they were a tax rate of $55. I'm obviously watching, and I'm 100% in support of this. Thank you for your work, thank you for the presentation. I think that at a certain point I was pressuring you to make this big, to ask for more because the need exists, but BB measured 79 million, it passed with 73% and that's like 16,500 votes. This was also a presidential election, and the average voter had about half the

061number of voters who voted. What is the expectation? We expect about 50% voter turnout compared to when it happened with 73%. So, how worried should we be about that? Well, he asked some very important questions. I'm going to answer a couple of times in a couple of ways. Firstly, when you look back at Bono's measures before 2018, the last one seems to have been and passed this in a big way, AB15 changed the language of the ballot. What happened was that we had language that was more bond-friendly. And when 81 95 changed the rules about language, we did quite a bit of research in the state. We determined that over 20,000 interviews testing different languages ​​on the ballots. We saw that support for school measures dropped by an average of 7% solely due to the

062change in language in the voting proportion, because there is information in the language that is a bit confusing or very off-putting. Many voters don't know how to translate the proportion of every 100,000 into this insignificant number. a decrease. Everything was the same when comparing a measurement with past measurements. I would expect there to be a 7% decrease due to the language in the bonus proposition. In this, I mean that different elections can have different numbers of voters, and some are very great for positive elections for income measures in the state, and others are not so good. Thinking about November 2018, that election was the first midterm after Trump took office. With his first term as president, it was the blue wave, which was a push in California, removing the government that was there. And what

063happened, the result was that more young students, more left-leaning, independents who weren't normally there, and if they were in that election and the votes increased, there were measures that happened in that cycle that probably wouldn't have happened in other election environments. And there are other examples, the March 2020 election should have been a great primary for voting measures and three weeks before that COVID hit and that devastated that election and it was the worst election for income measures because many people were very afraid and of course because of what was happening. If we talk about the past bonus, we have to consider the election period, being presidential, more voters, there are more favorable results because a demographic is entering that perhaps will not be in other midterm elections, but when they do appear they are

064more friendly to this type of school bonus. There are many in the presidential general elections, but again when you look at this cycle, this cycle in November has the marks of being better than average, let's say, around elections. If I missed part of your question, just remind me, okay? Great, thanks. I agree. I believe that today, in 2026, there is no governor in the election, so in terms of natural politics, we're going to see how the electoral atmosphere is at that time. Well, before this, I'm very pleased that we're doing this voting survey. It leaned more towards the 49, but other districts seem to have made it a safer practice to ask for regular bonds every now and then to maintain facilities and needs. We've had one, and other different ones have had four or

065five. I think that because of that large gap, we're talking about a master plan for facilities now, and I think what's going to come back in that report as the highest priority is more than what we're probably going to get in the bond. So, the 79,000 we received last time was in 2012. 79,000 doesn't buy the same amount today as before, maybe 20-30% less. So purchasing power is less and lower. So you're saying it's like 80 million at the lowest. Ah, 28 per 100,000. Yes, 80 28 would be 80 million. We definitely need a bonus measure, and we need community support for it. And I'm going to say that we'll do anything we can to make it successful, because even though the poll is favorable, it's not automatic. So, any legal and ethical way we

066can support that independent effort is going to be very important because it's not going to happen on its own anymore. We need everyone's help. Ah, I can say that in 2012, if you look at the overall survey, 70% wanted to say yes and ended up at a little less than 73%, which raised them by three percentage points. Briefly, this was quite a substantial campaign in support of the BB measure. We need to think about that. Any other questions or comments? Okay, can you please reiterate the amounts you reviewed at those different levels? Yes, roughly 110,000,000 is $39 of the tax rate and 28 is 80,000 and 135,495 this is $49 per tax rate. No, I don't know, I have a question, I don't know who will be able to answer it. It seems to me

067that in the upcoming election in November, Los Angeles County has decided to put to a vote in November whether cities can increase their local tax. Have you ever seen what the result is when there's a school voucher on the ballot and a municipal tax? In each election you will have, a certain measure of competition, because they are consolidated elections. Yes, yes, it won't be the only bonus in the bot on the ballot. There are things at the county, state, and local levels that can sometimes create a problem, a push, sometimes some resistance to your measure, but we have generally found that when voters consider measures, considering each measure based on its own merits, ultimately, if they are going to vote on something, they are going to vote for their local measure, something that is going

068to affect their community. the local school district, the local city, rather than a regional measure or one that covers the entire county. It results in a tax increase, but it does not guarantee that the money will stay in the community because if it is countywide, perhaps the benefits will be spent in another part of the county. The fact that this is about the topic of education and their voters clearly care about that and it's local to their community, that's a positive thing. I could also say that even among schools, when there is a large school district that covers several different communities, sometimes that can create a challenge because people who live on one side of the district feel that, well, the schools in my area might not benefit from this, but rather the schools in

069the city next door or two cities away. Sometimes that growth for unified or larger districts can have an effect on them, but the county is going to be something at the county level possibly in terms of sales tax and I don't think it can create a density on your scale. Thank you for that. Any further questions? Any comments? Well, without listening to any of them, thank you very much for the presentation. and its very great, very detailed information. It's my pleasure. Thank you, Dr. Simon. Yes, um, thank you, Mr. President. Sim Garcia. Now, the next topic we're going to discuss is the annual audit report. Mr. Marquez Marquez, today we are going to present the results of the annual financial audit. This is vital to maintaining good relations with the state of California and the

070community. This concludes an annual cycle of activities and we are already starting the current audit this month, but I want to introduce our audit partner from Black & Black AIT Firm, Ms. Williams, who has done a summary of our financial records and will be presenting their opinion. It has a lot of information about Gracias. Thank you for the presentation. As I said, my name is Jessica Miller, I am associated with Negro Negro and we serve as their independent external auditors. With this process, I want to review an outline of the process that goes through the year, a brief outline of the audit itself, and I will gladly answer any questions or provide more details. As we said, we are preparing for this current cycle. Audits for our company happen in three stages. They start with

071what's happening right now, which is testing on sites. Right now we're going to the schools, to the sites, we're taking a sample of the sites and we're visiting those sites and during these tests we're looking at the attendance procedures and ESP activities, the attendance and also the ADA is a lot of the funding. So, we want to ensure that there are procedures and balances in place, and how they take attendance, and it also includes independent studies and classroom attendance. When we are on-site, we also look at ABS and review the transactions to ensure that there is proper documentation, approval, and everything related to ASB funds. We have to get ahead of ourselves in the spring; we'll make our first visit to the district. This is the provisional point. The accounts are not yet closed. We're

072not at the end of the fiscal year, we 're not looking at the final numbers, but we are looking at compliance and controls, as I say in control. We are doing a sample of transactions by various parties, making sure that there are reviews and balances, that there is documentation for expenses, cash receipts if they are on time and the tracking of money, payroll and human resources, and we make sure that there is documentation. We also complete questionnaires with different staff members, and they explain their procedures to us. Let's see if they alert us to anything. We are also looking at compliance. Federal and state compliance. For federal compliance, it's a rotation of federal programs that we see year after year, and for state compliance, it's a different list of guidelines that we have to review.

073It could be about allowing an expense for a program, or if a notification was published, or if the policy is updated. There are certain things that are involved in and also the attendance test is also part of compliance with the state. In the fall, after June 30th, the accounts have already been closed. We are shifting to the financial side, please ensure that the numbers presented can be supported and are presented. There are indeed certain compliances and controls in our final visit, but it is more financially focused. Everything ends up in the audit report. It's not the most exciting thing, but I'm going to highlight a few things. It begins at the start of the report with our opinion letter, a few pages in. It is an unqualified opinion. He is saying that we agree that

074the financial statements are presented fairly in all significant respects. That's what that letter is saying. Then it says that the analysis and debate of the audit is about eight pages long. It gives brief versions of the financial statements, but also provides context for the previous and current year to understand those numbers, as well as very brief explanations of why certain things increased and certain things decreased. This is the first part. Then there are the complete financial statements with all the towel and most of the notes. Those are disclosures of accounting policies and practices . There are notes on the bonds of the measures, the repayment in that and several notes, the disclosures that are mandatory. After the notes, there are additional schedules; we'll review them all. There are many things about pensions, many disclosures when

075it arrives, but what is most interesting is the assistance, the average, a budget comparison with real money, and also the minutes of instants and also the federal grants that were spent throughout the year. And then to finish the report, at the end there are three opinion letters so that you have the initial letter, the opinion on the financial one and then the government standards and then there are for federal and state compliance. That 's how the cards are. And after that we get to the determinations for the year and during the audit process and then any resolutions in previous years that also in the back some management comments that are not to the rival, but perhaps will be suggestions for best practices. Here's a brief outline of the process, but I'd be happy to answer

076any questions or go into more detail. Thanks a lot. Any questions? Any comments? I think I have a couple of questions. You indicate that we need to see our ADA and how we take attendance records. Can you tell us more about what measures we need to take besides what we already have, or if we need to change certain things, or what the recommendations are? There are two different things in attendance, I don't know which one it is, there is an accounting determination of attendance, that is perhaps less the procedure and is something secretarial with the calculations. There are many different support parts and they recalculate and update it. It's quite easy for us to miss updates on time. The determination is not a procedure of assistance at the school site level, ensuring that we collect

077all the data. The determination gives him more money, it doesn't take money away. So, nobody likes any decision because there are things that are not being reported. And in fact, in the final part, in the administration comments of ah with ah certifications on time, when they take attendance they have to sign those attendance records on time. If we notice situations where it's taking longer than recommended for them to sign in , that would be something where additional training or reminders on how to take and submit attendance would be beneficial. It's more than the finding is more at the district level, the assistance is more is with they are gathering all the information for the annual ones. More errors, secretaries who may have updated us, please assure us that they are delivering the assistance on time.

078There are none, I have no further questions, members entron. Yes, I read this entire report, but I have to tell you that after page 80-something, I got completely lost. I want to make sure I understand what this report is reflecting . He's doing an audit to ensure that everything is in accordance with current procedures, that things run smoothly. properly. That's the essence, but we're giving it a try if we 're looking at the controls that are in place so that those financial statements are presented to us properly. Perhaps that's not a question for you. The recommendations they gave us in this report are things that are already being considered, that we are considering, or certain things that we are already doing or ensuring, for example, the attendance question, yes, I saw it there, ensuring that

079our teachers can sign the attendance and put the date and on time. To me it seems like something easy. Oh, hello to my BTA people. Did we already address this, or is this something that came up after this stage was completed? One of the things we have already done in response to this report was to make appointments and provide training in Summerset and also in Bellflower. We went to standardize the procedures and controls of the attendance system, certifications, requirements for teachers, and reconciliation of enrollment and confirmed attendance in response to the audit. Tom took immediate action to ensure that the sites knew what the requirements were and, working internally, to ensure that the data we receive was appropriate. I think my only follow-up question is that because we're always talking about training or refresher courses

080, are we going to have a refresher training session for everyone at the beginning of the school year, not just for particular sites, but for everyone in general? You're kind of anticipating my procedures. We're going to do audits before the external auditors so we can help the sites with what they need to do, and in particular, our next step because independent studies are a very difficult issue that most districts are struggling with. I do n't think we should be dismissing independent studies. It's the next step with training. We were there, our director of independent studies is already working with certain sites, and the idea is to come to the board of directors and find out what the procedures for independent studies are and to reach the secretarial support staff, the people who are preparing the

081reports at the sites. Ah, incredible. Also, and the last question I have on this , so basically in general there is something that stands out as a recommendation, it will have a strategic plan in time. In fact, at the end of the audit, they are going to include next year's review of these things in particular more deeply. If you want to give the word on what they do each time there is a determination, a finding in the report of previous years, and demonstrate if they were implemented, partially implemented, each time we do write a finding, we have to re-evaluate it the year they see next and then demonstrate it. It's on page 88; I believe it was a one-off finding and it has already been implemented in the current audit report. Every time there is

082a finding, we do have a mandatory report to the state whether it was implemented, yes or no. Yes, we need to look into those kinds of things. Thanks a lot. I really appreciate you explaining it to me. It's still very overwhelming, but I appreciate the work they do and thank the cabinet for addressing this. I want to thank you for clarifying all this because it's not something for teachers, it could be a conversation with the staff in the secretariat. I know that my data gatherers may slow down the process. There are many that the teachers take attendance on, but then they have to sign it. Thank you so much for clarifying that for my colleagues, and I want to say thank you to everyone who said thank you. I have a question regarding the discovery

083of ASB funds. They've spoken, they've spoken with the people who are responsible for that, because I know how Josep was part of the booster for the whole school, how we do things, we didn't count all the money and we recorded it. How do we do it with ASB? They need training, they need guidelines. We have no findings for ASB. On the back there are findings and on the back we make management comments that have not reached the level of a determination, finding, but it is a best practice comment. There was a comment from ASB, but it wasn't necessarily any finding or determination. We are using that information in the same way we use the attendance information, as we have already created a list for ASP activities at each site, so that when we supplement an

084audit at ASB sites, we look at the different things that the auditors are looking for so that we can explain to them what things they have to do or what things we need instead, certain things that have emerged from the information on the back of the audit which includes a more detailed list and we are also trying to plan scheduled visits throughout the year. Thank you for that question. Anyone else? Well, thank you very much for your great report. Doctoram, thank you, Madam President. Gars, our last point of discussion is the half-year cap and the update. Mrs. Carter is going to present to the board. Good night. Tonight, in collaboration with business services, I will send you the updated control plan. of control and accountability. We are local, we are in the second year of

085implementation. We reviewed the plan with educational partners to see if there are any changes that need to be made. Today's report gives you the status on how to implement the plan. Uh, the performance must be annual before February 28th and has the status of each action, expenses to date and data for each available metric. The expenses and implementation and that information will be presented as something that has not been started, is in progress, is completed. Some metrics are in progress; information is being collected from sources that are not yet complete or available, such as the Healthy Kids survey and the LCAP survey. At the time the summary of last year's budget was adopted, $193,000 was received from revenue sources, as written on the slide. As of January 21, the revenue is 199 million. The funds

086are transferred funds that have been put online. The plan has four goals and 27 actions. The actions included in goal one are the provision of collaborative and safe learning decisions. More specifically, actions specifically show that they give this instructional support and teachers, this instructional information and operations, mental health services, professional interviews, and community involvement to help students who are in broad courses of study. Some are complete and others are in progress. Goal one, data points are collected in five priority areas: basic conditions, student conditions, student climate, and access to courses. They are hiring teachers with the correct credentials, providing materials, and maintaining good facilities. There was a decline last year, but overall the schools are in good condition . in the area of student status that measures expulsion and suspension rates. There is data on

087students' perceptions of safety. 81 results are in progress. 70% of the completed results are final with no improvement and 30% with improvements in the suspension area. Specifically, suspensions of African Americans and homeless students improved compared to previous years. The report on student engagement assesses student attendance, but there are 100% of the remaining metrics that have improved. Reports on student climate and school environment have also improved, with the feeling that the person responsible for students feels overwhelmed to participate in the school. Uh, it's pending because the Halkets survey is still being done, in the area of ​​access to courses, they measure the proportions of students dropping out of courses and when second grade students learn to read, by the time they are in third grade it has improved. Students being readers is in progress. Overall, 68%

088of the completed metrics have improved compared to last year. Goal two includes 10 actions that support academic programs and achievements. These services include purchasing materials online, supporting beginning teachers, supplemental academic support, extended learning opportunities, early childhood education opportunities, language immersion, and many programs are still in progress, measures to achieve goals in priority regarding the implementation of state standards, student achievement, and other student outcomes that include participation and achievement in college and career opportunities. The data were collected to measure progress toward meeting state goals in science, languages, and language and science. 91% show improvement in state exam results. In reading and mathematics, scores have improved for English language students and special education students. Also for students in English in mathematics, groups identified in English language arts have shown improvements. Results regarding student achievement, including spring semester

089scores, are in progress. 70% of the metrics collected to measure student success have improved and have been maintained. It is 11% of students ready for college or who are college-ready, ready for advanced education exams and the achievement of the exams. We have also increased the number of students who pass classes that prepare them for university, with requirements from S and CSU. The metrics have doubled overall and have improved compared to last year. Goal 3 measures progress with the involvement of parents and communication strategies. These are perception data. If teachers feel part of the decision-making process, if parents also feel promoted, that information is still being collected, but data from Instagram, YouTube and the website is being collected and the metrics in general have improved in terms of website traffic, Instagram views, YouTube interaction and other

090content and views obtained. Meta 4 was created to identify actions that support three schools receiving specialized funding this year due to instability over student population to support these students academically and to get them ready for college. They are being implemented. More than 40% of the doctors who were collected for this school are in progress, but 92% of the completed metrics did improve. Over the next 4 months, ELCAP actions will continue to be implemented and metrics results will be collected to determine progress in supporting student success. The ELC surveys are being developed and are scheduled to be distributed in March. In May, the final CAP analysis will be done, and this information will be requested from the community for feedback in June, with a final review and approval in June. That concludes tonight's update. board members

091One thing I want to say is that I like 117 visits to the classrooms in ADCAP 2. I will include that in my board report . Gas presents more data if we can in future meetings; we don't see the scores for each site, nor the implementation to improve them. I would like to see more data in the future so that it can be done. We've done it in several ways, but I want to see that data, those numbers, because from what I've seen preliminarily, we've worked better and I want to highlight that for the teachers and the community. And another thing is related to Him, but I want more information about Friday's memo , about the textbooks, and what 's going on. I saw one in elementary school that has this copyright from 2006, they

092are active. There is discussion about removing health from the teachers' scores. I know there's one less thing to do, but health is very important and I want to see the reasoning behind it, if they can give us that information in the memo on Friday. Anyone else? Member of the Kirchfield Board. President Garcia, I have a question about community schools. What plans do we have for community schools? What about that? I would need to speak with you again when connecting with the team for future plans. There is an idea, there is a plan in Mayfer, but I have to talk to BHS before I give that information to you. I'm just asking to help me out here with something. The numbers shown in this presentation, how the lines compare, the original baseline numbers, I mean, well,

093in the original LCAP the baseline and then year one. These are the two years that we are going to include. They're not going to coincide, but the goal eventually is that once we've created the baseline, we have a target to reach, and hopefully we can, in some cases, see something that's a couple that were completed, but there are some actions that are n't completed, like the website, the traffic. We've already met that goal, but it's still a living document, so we're going to change that goal so we can continue working because some of us have already gone through quite a bit. We'll look at that again and update the baseline and what the goals are. We're going to try to reach higher than where we are now. When we reach the 3-year mark, we're going

094to reprogram everything again. The highest number will be the base number, the baseline. There is something specific that you see in the cap where we are going in the wrong direction and we must focus on it. Well, I don't know if it's the wrong direction, but I think there are some areas where we are still hesitating about absence rates. We have declined faster, but we have stopped. There is work we are doing at school sites to help with that. Uh, suspension, the PBS area is also an area that we are focused on. I also want to add, looking at the UCCSU requirements, we're having quite a few conversations about how we program young people, students. Master programming is an area where we want to increase numbers and the expulsion rate. Well, the expulsion rate is

095low. It's an area you say we should improve or not. We have seen improvements in our expulsion rate. I know absolutely that in the last 3 years we have seen it was 1% now we are at less than 1% which is almost zero. There isn't much of this margin, so it was 1% to go and lower it to less than 1%. Well, I see it as good work, I want to highlight that. I know we're at a record low rate of expulsions. Yes, well, we're working on that, as we were saying, and we're also doing a better job with school dropouts in that area too, and just for your background information, you'll see the expulsion rate again. Metrics that need to be included. Well, I was, uh, thanks Bonnie. Anyone else? I have some questions

096too. How are we communicating that progress to parents now? Well, we've been communicating with this advisory committee. Tell him that he has seen Dipac as well, obviously there is more to it. Our meetings were three weeks ago, so we will continue with our advisory groups and the school sites as well. They will be going to the school sites as well, with their local parent groups. This information will also be available on the website. This presentation will be on the website when this meeting is over. Anyone can come in and look at it. So, absolutely, you're going to see it, you're going to see the slides. And if some members of the community have any questions about it, who can they contact? You can contact my office. Okay, perfect. And then we have all the information

097about our different staff members on our website, and everything is fine, it's in order so that people can contact Mrs. Carter's office if they need to. Yes of course. The division is listed on the website under her name. There's no photo yet, but there's his name. Okay, perfect. Thank you. I also wanted to ask if we've had any unexpected changes in state funding that would affect our outcome at this point. In this mid-year presentation, we were able to update you on all the changes we know about for this year. I'm going to do the second provisional period at the board on March 12 and I'm going to talk about why the governor released his budget and there are reduced queues that were going to decrease to supplemental concentration dollars. I will review those projections at

098the meeting on March 12. Okay, I think that's all. I greatly appreciate your help and thank you for your efforts. I think it was the last one. We're in action. major. We are at the school association members' delegate assembly in 2026. They will consider the selection of six candidates. The first is Sean Contreras from El Rancho USD. Ester Mejilla, the US SD ranch, Tyron Condit of Downy USD, Elisa Magnano of Santa Monica Malibu USD. and Philips Londale, Linda Salamón Saldana of Downy US. The board has any questions, I would comment. I have a question, Garsa presents. In what month do we have an application because I would like to see one of our board members on this list? I do n't know if we don't see it or what happens next time, if you can

099let us know, because we want one of the people to be there instead of Joni having two people on that list. I don't know exactly what month it was, I think it was about two months ago . Please, if you could give me that information so we don't lose it next year. I don't want to be on that list, but we need someone, any other comments, questions. I have a motion to pass. All six candidates for the ESPES assembly have that motion. One second. Please take attendance. Chevique student member. Yes, sir. Sir, yes sir, yes, Mr. Cfield. Yes, Mrs. Garcia. Yes. We are now in the order consent phase. The consent agenda. Do we have a point? I can't hear any of them. I have a motion. Approve the consent agenda. One second. We took

100attendance. Student member. Members. Yes. Members. Yes. Sir, ma'am. Now in the board communications we will begin with student member Cheviqué. Thank you, President Garsa. I have n't been here in a long time, I don't know if I remember how to do this. I'm going to start with a wide selection and then narrow it down to save it for later. To begin with, I have been in the district's collegiality since January. It is a group of many community members, including myself, President Garsa, Vice President Critfield, Dr. Simon, Dr. Smith, I believe Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Arquez, and many other members. We have teachers, principals, classified staff, counselors, many different parts of the community, and we are working on what our vision is as a district because times are changing and we can evolve with the times to

101be a better district. I really enjoy that we have brought together these different people with different perspectives and different ideas so that we have a unified vision. Last Friday, February 20th, I think it was February 20th, Mayfer had its Afro-descendant month jazz festival . We had many members from the Afro-descendant community, from the marching band, we had clubs, different clubs. It was a very nice event overall. I was pleased to see everyone coming together to support each other and listen to good advice. And the Skills USA competition was musical . These events occurred around the end of January and mid-February. We had many different competitors, and the scores were supposed to be released on the 20th, but we had to wait three days. They weren't released on the 20th; we were told they would be

102released at 3:00. We waited on Saturday, we waited on Sunday, and then on Monday, out of nowhere at 8:00 AM, they gave us the scores. We have 53 competitors who qualified for the state competition, including my team. We compete in news and video production. I want to acknowledge the competitors from Skills USA, Mayflower, Pelf, all the schools in the district that competed and worked so hard all that time for that competition. That's all, Member Armstrong. Thank you, President Garsa. I'm going to review it very quickly. I attended Belf High School's sailing night . I attended an event organized by the Rotary Club, "Empowering Women Leaders," which featured distinguished guests. Fionamá and Betilli were there. There was a... oh, it was a nice congress. I also went to a CF meeting and all the people who

103make the decisions for sports were there . I had the opportunity to meet them, to meet many new people and see how they function, how they work to make decisions for CF matters. It was something new for me and I also did my Brown Act training and there was also the cheerleading competition, but I did n't see the Mayfir kids because I didn't know what time they were going to perform, but I was there because my daughter is a cheerleader too. I was captivated; I love cheerleading too. I went to Schoolyard Rap. They had a performance at the Wilshire Theatre. I enjoyed it immensely. It's the first time I've seen a full show and met with one of the ladies from the unified Los Angeles district . How she uses I eOP funds to finance

104it. It's for an after-school program. Ah, member. You know, you saw School Yard Rap, the whole show was amazing. Ah, let's see if we can bring something like this to our students that's very educational. She has an ethnic background of Hispanic, Afro- Chinese, and indigenous heritage. Every time I see this young man, he's expanding more and more. I'm glad I was able to see the whole show, and that's all. Thank you, member. Good afternoon. Before I tell you what it is, I want to give recognition to Sebastian Leis, the fourth-year high school student to win the 2026 Afro-descendant legacy award. I remember seeing Sebastian at a football game. He had the Bacaneers flag, he was running all over the place. I told Mrs. Camings, "I need that person's energy." He asked me if I had

105met her and I told him no. Then he introduced us and I said to him, "What a fabulous boy he was, what great school spirit he had, and what a good boy he was." And he was right, he won the Homecoming King and also one of us drove 2 hours to Santa Paulo, in CF, and he arrived and there he saw Sebastian with the coach, Coach Miller's wife, with the family, they were cheering us on and also Mrs. Carter, we saw them at the college and career fair, she wasn't talking about her baking, she had a 4.0 score. He was standing out by himself. I am so proud of the pride he has in himself. He truly believes in himself and has a very, very bright future. Congratulations. On February 27th I met with President

106BTA Chanong. We only talked about a few things during this visit, but one of them was communication with the teachers and staff. And yes, I spoke with Dr. Simon about it, continuing to emphasize that communication is a priority. We want to ensure that when we're reviewing things or when we're doing things, especially when it's different from the past, we talk and communicate that, and people will appreciate it and won't be so confused when new things are introduced. I hope we will continue to work on communication. On January 30th I went to see Mayfir's Beatle Juice play and it was, as always, so impressive. The actors were amazing and thank you for posting about C apps. Mrs. Sander always does a very good job; he always gives credit to the students and their ability to create,

107and I love that. Thank you for all your efforts and for entertaining us every year. Next year it's going to be Fus and I can't wait to go again. On February 4th I went to the fair in Mayfir. Thank you. the volleyball team for their bread and things had amazing food and raising money for their program. Thank you to Dr. Morgan and her staff for having a great event and thank you to the PTA for always being there to support families. On February 10th and 11th I attended a meeting for insurance and civil protection. I want to educate a little and explain MTS to the public and to my colleagues who may not understand. Ah, Brad MTS MTSS is a multi- level system for success. We shifted to the fact that sleep affects attendance. One

108way or the other? How will MTSS die? They asked the group to go to a level. Level one will be that you fall asleep quickly, you sleep through the night, and you regularly sleep 8 hours. Level two has difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep. And maybe a little less than 8 hours and at level three you almost have insomnia, you have less than 6 hours of sleep each night and sometimes you use your days off to catch up on your sleep. Can you guess what level he was on? If they are at level one, with respect to the students, you don't need intervention because everyone is sleeping well. Typically, 80% of their students fall into this category. The support will be more universal for the number one level, because the dream is important, but they are

109doing a good job. At level two they will have more help. Perhaps 5 or 10% of the students who fall into that category will be designated. We collaborated with the level one participants and they gave us ideas on how to help them stay asleep and we offered suggestions as a group. Level three, which is me, needs a lot of help. Let's create an individualized plan for those people. We had goals, we had specific things we had to do to get those people to change their habits, go to bed at regular times, not use their phones for a few hours, not drink or eat, use blackout curtains, noise reduction, there are different plans. This is how MTSS works. You have strategies for most people, but there's more focus on level two and plans for level three.

110I want to explain that because when they use that dream analogy, I got the number 20 and I was able to understand it. Sleep health is super important because of absenteeism. It's a really amazing thing to remind students of the reasons why they have to pay— health, transportation, financial concerns, and family obligations. I hope everyone can help understand more about MTSS. That was great. One thing I wanted to ask, and I'm meeting with Dr. Sim next week, we created a chart and did it in 10 minutes, and it was basically on chronic absenteeism. We had the school numbers, the percentage of chronic absenteeism. We had eight of our team members. Ah, we entered the numbers and hit level 1 2 3. It was super easy to do. I would love to see some of your

111data, specifically on these sites. No, it didn't take long and I don't think it added much to what we have to do that day. On February 11th I attended the career and university fair. Thanks to everyone who made this possible. I appreciate that, and we're going to build this up. On February 17th, I attended the facilities meeting with the community. On February 21st I met with the president of CARSA. We were able to talk for a few hours next year with her leading the way, and I appreciate that she asked me questions and listened to what I had to say. I really appreciate that, and that was all. One last thing, I know I already mentioned this, but I don't know how seriously they took the budgets and the fact that we're cutting things back.

112I talked about the data. I would love it if you could think about it, put up some graphs, showing which programs we can't live without , and which programs you hardly ever use. In 10 or 20 minutes we can obtain that data, and we can have so much data from each school so quickly when we look at the programs we want to cut. I want to hear from the staff and teachers, and I hope we will consider that. Thank you. Thank you board member Stuart, member Cintrón. Good evening everyone. As you know, I like to keep my reports short and sweet . Yes, I had quite a bit to say about the events I heard and watched, and I also wanted to say thank you for how hard the cabinet, the district, teachers, counselors and

113advisors, every level of administration, work. That's without even mentioning every week, of course. This is what I have in mind for myself. This week in particular I have been bombarded with calls from the community, parents, and text messages regarding safety in our schools. I want to say that based solely on the committee report that Vice President Kurtfield gave us earlier, we are taking safety on our school campuses very seriously. I want everyone to know. Uh, we've had daily talks where we're told what happens , we follow up. If we have questions, we always go to the cabinet and ask them about those updates. But sometimes the time comes when we have to investigate why things are happening, where they come from, and why or how we can prevent them from happening again. And hopefully those

114parents and the community could have more patience, a little more patience with us, especially with many things that are happening this week, and provide some kind of security report and constant communication with the parents to let them know that their children are safe on school grounds, that we take things with the staff very seriously, we are not just focusing on meticulous things, but we do care about the families and the parents too. Even while I'm here in the state, I've received many texts that, let's face it, I can't go into much detail unfortunately, but this just can't go on . We have to respect the people who were part of any situation or on the campuses, but those who know, know, I want them to know that they are not being ignored, it's not that

115they are not being listened to, we are acknowledging everything. The cabinet is working very closely with the staff to ensure these things get fixed. On a more cheerful note, congratulations to all the hard-working students who made it to CF without the support of the teachers and support staff who helped them reach those levels. I want to thank you. Thank you, Board Member Centron, Member Kfield. Thank you, Madam President. A few things. On February 3, school safety committee, that meeting, February 4, I was able to attend Mefer because this was the sixth grade welcome event. Thank you to everyone at that school. It was very welcoming. The staff, the students, all the sixth graders were super excited. My daughter was so incredibly excited, she couldn't even sleep because she was so excited. A couple of days

116later I was able to follow Dr. Morgan, accompanying her, accompanied by Dr. Simon. Great to see everyone in the abiding work team. I was able to see some intervention classes and hear from staff about the challenges they face, compared to some problems I hear about at other schools, such as bathroom accessibility, monitoring, security supervision, and some other challenges we have. I think we all agree on the challenges and things that can be improved in the future. This was very smooth, but the visit was cut short due to the school abandonment. I was there. That's why I want to say thank you to everyone on campus because although my personal preference would be for the students to be inside the campus during class time, I was nervous and afraid of students going out onto the street,

117but everyone, especially Dr. Borgen, Dr. Simon also had a level of attention and care from the staff. ensuring that young people were safe when they were expressing themselves. Being there when the vast majority of our students had left, they showed a high level of maturity in their behavior. I was very impressed with the students and very proud of them for expressing themselves. It was only when it was over that I was able to relax a little, but incredibly, they were quite nervous during the event. But thank you to everyone at that school and thank you to the security personnel, uh, Black Knight, our security, and our partners at the Aguesil station in Lakid, the Lakid City Council, and the municipality who came out to ensure the young people were safe, and I think we all

118appreciate and are grateful for that. University and career exhibition February 11, February 16, this session for commitment to facilities uh about the facilities the month of ability installation, sorry, information about abilities, a student who always makes me cry sometimes, but it was very emotional, very moving the event because it was also fun because they changed it. This time it was experiential learning, experiencing the young people, what young people with disabilities feel. I really liked the work that the entire Emy Sharp team is doing, the entire unified district program, all up to the new Special Olympics information. We've accomplished quite a lot over the years, and thanks to everyone involved. No more talk about inclusion, but at this school I think we are doing the right thing with disabled children. Thank you for that. Uh, this

119is the Lakid High School Hall of Fame . Thank you to all the student athletes. I want to clarify something because the wrestling program is going to be cut, we are not going to cut it. Um, regarding a statement where CBU was going to cut the wrestling program, someone from a city council member asked me about it, and I said, "I'm going to report in the board report that we're not going to cut it." And congratulations to everyone, including the females. Some made it to the state finals, and winning the CIF was a huge achievement. You are not going to applaud. Okay, let's applaud. eh legislative action committee. On February 24, member Stuart spoke about health issues. That's super important. I think that when it comes to and we talk about how important health is

120and we're in the education business, I think it's great that we have counseling services and other supplemental services at the primary level. But if we have textbooks from 2006, a big problem in high school is that e-cigarettes, and if you have a book that never talks about that, then you're putting yourself in a situation where, well, we have n't done our job to educate you on these issues. In 2006, I think there is n't much to talk about regarding social media, mental health, and things that might help you. So I'm not so worried about how we score these things, but rather that we're teaching young people things. We need to think more deeply about these issues. Uh, that's all. Thank you. Thank you, Board Member Curchfield. I'm going to try to be as fast as

121I can with these six. Do you want to add anything else? forward. I was going to say that, regarding student discipline, I had it in my notes. I do think it's something we should look into and investigate. Okay, it's great that we've made quite a few interventions and enabled them, and that we're bringing down the expulsion rate, but when it comes to what we allow and how we set a standard of conduct, it's something we have to agree on. There are some things that young people get away with and they need consequences. And I think I can't speak for anyone else, but I think fights shouldn't happen on school grounds. I've seen the videos and there's no place for that. Of course, our school campuses are nowhere, and I think we agree that this is

122unacceptable, and we must be very clear about what we allow on campuses in terms of safety and security on the perimeter, on the campus with other students and with staff. This, that was what I wanted to share. Thank you, Board Member Kfield, Vice Chairman Kfield. Well, I also attended the coalition guidelines meeting. I was doing a great job, and a very good job to everyone who took their day off to be with us. On the 9th I was able to visit Backstreet Pile IOC. Thank you to the staff, the staff and directors who allowed me to participate and see how things are going. I think I'll have to take a couple more days off to get to the other schools. I want to be able to see everyone. And I also attended the general meeting

123on the 10th, the race fair. eh of the commitment to the community on the 17th also for the master plan of facilities. I really enjoyed seeing the committee come out and give their input. Number 11 is also very important. I'm going to review the exhibition of careers, universities, and colleges. I liked seeing all the young people with so many questions and these different organizations available for them to get information. On the 23rd at the student hall of fame banquet. Good evening to our young people at Mayfer High School for highlighting their achievements and successes in sports. As board member Krchell said, the female wrestlers are in the CF state finals. I also want to talk about a comment I know a director made to me who was very grateful that we have Black Knight patrolling

124the campuses outside. It helped a lot when they had a transient at the school. He was approached in a humane and respectful manner. Thank you. And they're doing a great job for the district. And I want to get back to my script quickly. Does the Board have any questions, well, any information topics, questions about the information points tonight are about uh teachers' services, uh teachers and also field learning experience. No questions about those topics. If the board is not in session at this time, then the board will adjourn at 9:14 pm until the next regular meeting on Thursday, March 12, 2026. Have a good night, everyone. M.