001Session closed. We will convene the session in an open session. CFUL will update us on closed session issues . Well, regarding what was discussed in the closed session—student issues, litigation, employee discipline, and the superintendent's evaluations— the board did not take action in the closed session. Thank you. Tonight's flag oath comes from the president of BUSD, this foundation president, Mr. Alison Celo. Thank you for being here. Please come to the podium. Right hand over the heart. Let's begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic which represents one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you so much. We have a few pages to replace tonight. None of this modification to the agenda either. Well, acknowledgments. It's time for acknowledgments. Present Madam President, present
002of the founding of the school district in Caseros. Well, we are pleased to begin this education, Belfower School District Education Foundation with experiences to increase and accelerate what matters most to students, student success. To begin this important work, I want to announce that the Belf unified district is investing $0 as a contribution to begin the foundation of the Bellflower district. This funding demonstrates our commitment to athletics, sports, and other district programs. Mr. Caseos, thank you for your leadership and for leading this foundation. I also want to acknowledge the staff, teachers, community, and parents who make this program possible. Together we want to uphold values for all the students we serve and improve their experiences at school. Mr. Castellanos is going to say a few words. After their speech, we will commemorate this moment with a
003photograph and an invitation to join them in creating the future that our students deserve. I just want to thank you on behalf of our foundation with the district foundation in the Bellflower district community . We want to take actions that are based on our work, integrity, and community, and I would just like to say that the community should be recognized. Hey, if anyone wants to talk, please come forward and talk. That couldn't be heard. They are doing a super solid job. Thank you so much. Thank you. If we can introduce them. We already did it. Our vice president is on his way. Our secretary. Sorry. Lenda Morgan is on another committee, it seems. Yes, Lenda Morgan is the treasurer. Well, that's how he was voted for. She was elected to be treasurer. Well, and our
004secretary Lisa, other board members are here , they probably recognize Mr. Evens as well. Can we take a picture with them, please? The members of the Belfower Unified School District Foundation. Please come forward, all officials. A series of photographs are being taken of Belfower Unified School District Reinforcement Foundation officials and all officials. Photos with the Board of Education. Yes, for hours. Everyone to your seats. This is what we have in terms of awards tonight. Yes. Well, now moving on to our reports from the introductory representatives for being here. We start with representative BF representing Bellfowers Ken Fer Vera plays softball, he is wearing his uniform. Sorry. Thank you, thank you. No. Excuse me, but the student representative from Belfare Preparatory School ca n't be heard. No, no, we have no sound, we're having audio problems,
005sorry. We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with the audio; the interpreters cannot hear the English audio to translate it into Spanish. Well, none. Uh, the Bor students are showing, the student representatives are showing their activities and everything they've done and what's coming up next. On Saturday, October 11, there's a night at Neverland at the Grand in Long Beach, 4101 East Willow Street, from 7 to 11 pm. This Saturday, October 11, there's going to be a student body activity, and it looks like there's an alumni or student night activity, sorry. And if you're listening, please excuse the technical difficulties we're having right now with the speakers, the members of the educational board. You can hear them when they speak, but right now the different representatives from the high schools are giving their reports. Uh, alumni night,
006students, it seems you're also having a 20-year reunion on July 18, 2026. And the students who graduated in the class of 2006, uh, a reunion for students and alumni on October 10, 2025 at 7 pm. Hey John, join us for halftime of the first homecoming football game. It says, these are the upcoming events, date 1010, end of the first quarter, 1027 to 101, red ribbon week, the 1029 fall festival, uh, November 12. Uh, information night for parents of 12th grade students. They also did an activity where they made social contracts to have respect, honesty, be fair, open-minded, polite, patient, conscious, calm, with reasonable love that they listen. Okay, he says, "Thank you, thank you very much. Can I ask you a question? I know a lot of students have asked about jerseys and all that
007stuff that they can buy at a student store. Can a rural person like me access that student store? There's a link, how is it for the public? We obviously have the online store on the Belf website, but I'm sure it'll be available. It should be in the student store as well. Or I think you can go to the campus, but I can tell my counselors and the people who have parents there, ' Well, thank you, I appreciate it.' Okay, and from Mayer we have Gil Freed, welcome. Excuse me , we can't hear you again, huh? Again we're having a little bit of technical difficulty. This is a presentation about a fall sports meeting: football, flag football, volleyball, women's golf, women's tennis, and track and field and long-distance running. Uh, it's going to be a meeting
008that was held on September 26th." That's their number. I can text because what if they think it's still not working and they're adjusting it? Yeah, what they're doing is checking over there, but I want to let them know. It's working now, they don't touch anything else. There's a concert in the fall that was on October 7th, it seems. Showtime, the Mariners, and Polyphonic. Yeah. Let's see, and it seems they have a campaign to increase membership in the clubs at the high school. There are visits from different universities that are going to come to the CPCF, where students are going to arrive at their CPCF university: CSF, US, University College of Cerritos, University College Long Beach, UCLA, UC Irvine, California State University, Long Beach, UC Santa Barbara, and others. They had Suicide Prevention Day on September
00924th at the school campus as well. They have a program called A Vision for Learning. It's a focus on the future. It seems a van arrived with These are with this program to the school staff as well. And the school's welcome theme seems to be something from Disneyland, it says the country is the happiest place on earth, it says. And coming up, there's a football game and a welcome meeting on October 17th, and the welcome dance on October 18th, and a spectacular Hispanic Heritage party on October 24th, it says, "Thank you very much." We don't have a report from Summerset tonight because they are in session, but we do have a report from Josana Flores about the flowers. "Thank you for being here." Josana Torres, excuse me. It's good to prepare. She says they have
010an independent study academy. They had a superintendent's advisory council meeting, which included, it seems, students and teachers. They reviewed this month's work and turned in certain assignments that were given to them. A day where they awarded certain students for good behavior. No, running. No, they are reporting on some service hours where some young teenagers were giving academic advising to the elementary students, and they had that service, and the Student Association made some decorations for Hispanic Heritage and Pride Month. There was also a handball tournament organized by the school's Student Association, and coming up is Red Ribbon Week. Fall Festival, lunch with a loved one, and Expanded Learning Opportunities classes. Well, that was great for your first report. Thank you for being here. Obviously, we know that you have school, family, things to do, and if
011you have to leave, we totally understand, you can go. Thank you very much. Okay. Well, moving on to our reports from the employee representatives, we have a report Today we have BTA, so we can welcome BTA President John Young, thank you for being here. You can press the button. Thank you. Um, excuse me again, we can't hear from that side of the audience. The microphones are n't working. We apologize for these technical difficulties. From Superintendent Dr. Simon. Now we're going to move on to the committees. I want to let the board know. We sat down with Dr. Simon, we looked at all the business and purposes, and now we're going to have some information from the links. I want to give you an update on the reports we have. Anything to report from the committee?
012Um, you're from tomorrow. On Monday, I'll have a meeting, and it's going to be at LCO. Well, I know that's this week, any other? Well, um, then we're going to move on to public comments. Tonight we do have a request to address an open session item. The board of governors meetings are not open, they are open to the public, and you have 3 minutes to address the board on an agenda item. Scheduled. There is a 21-minute limit for each item according to statute 9322.2. We want the public to know that the Board of Education and Superintendent will listen very carefully to public comments; however, we will not be providing answers during the meeting. The superintendent or designated representative will contact the parent, guardian, or community member if they request follow-up on their comment. Let me
013explain this better later . Our speaker today is Mr. John Paul Dreyer. Welcome. Well, again, excuse me, on the speaker's side, on the public side, the microphones... well, the audio isn't coming through here so we can interpret it for you. Excuse me, we can't hear what he was saying, but someone is working on it to see if they can fix this problem. He is the first speaker of the evening. That's not going to disturb the proceedings, though. Right. Thank you for your comment. We do n't have any public hearings tonight. Let's move on to our topics of discussion. We have one tonight: the survey results. Security. Dr. Simon, Dr. Smith, can you wait a moment, Central Board Member? Community members tell me they can see us, but they can't hear us or anyone on the
014microphone. I do n't know if they 're trying, but I'm getting quite a few messages. Um, I want to bring this to your attention. I apologize. Thank you, Dr. Ryan. Dr. Smith, sorry. Dr. Ryan, good evening. Thank you very much, Presidents, Board Members, Dr. Simon, and our community. It is my pleasure to share with you the results of a school student survey that we gave to students in the course for three weeks in September. This next slide, please. As you can see, we have a number of participants, 2,622 to be exact. The majority of them are from Mayfir and Bellflower High School . And strong participation also from the two Summerset continuation schools, as well as the Flowers, uh, Independent Study Home Academy, and participants from Bay as well. Uh, next slide, please. This gives
015you a breakdown of what grade they are in. The students we surveyed were all high school students, and there was quite a bit of participation across all grade levels. Interestingly, 11th and 12th grade students participated the least, but still, there was good representation across all grade levels. Next slide. The first question we asked was: How safe do you feel at school? 17.7% said very safe. 54% said mostly safe, and there may be a breakdown for the rest. So, over 70% indicated that they felt either quite or mostly safe. Next slide, please. We also asked survey participants how safe they felt in the following areas of the school. We asked about various places: classrooms, restrooms, outdoor areas, the cafeteria, student drop-off and pick-up areas, and hallways. Regarding the classrooms, the responses were mostly safe, quite safe,
016and we received a lot of feedback about the restrooms. Now, about the open-ended questions , the majority of students said they felt somewhat safe, rarely safe, and mostly safe. Aside from that, the hallways, outdoor areas , cafeteria, and student drop-off and pick-up areas were also surveyed. Overall, the feeling was that these areas are mostly safe, but some students reported them as somewhat unsafe and rarely safe. Next slide. We also asked students how they would rate the amount of security present in different areas of their school. We asked about campus staff and security officers. 75% of respondents said they felt there was the right amount of security staff and officers . We asked about teachers, supervisors, and staff in common areas, and 73% felt they had the right amount. We also asked about administration and whether
017they are visible on campus; 72% felt their level was adequate. Regarding security cameras and coverage, 60% indicated that camera coverage was good, suggesting that this is an area that should be investigated further to see if it can be improved. We asked about lighting in outdoor areas, another area where we could potentially improve. 70% of students indicated that the current lighting levels in outdoor areas are adequate. We also asked about monitoring student arrivals and departures. 76% indicated that the amount of monitoring during those times is adequate, again indicating that there are certain areas we can strengthen and improve. We also asked students how comfortable they felt reporting a safety concern to their teacher, counselor, or administrator. 28% of respondents indicated they were quite comfortable. 54.7% indicated they were somewhat comfortable. So, a total of about 83%
018felt fairly comfortable reporting. It's important to note that we did have a percentage of students who indicated they were either not very comfortable or not comfortable at all. This is something we want to continue improving. Please stay positive . We also asked students if they believe the adults at their schools take safety concerns seriously. 35.5% indicated they always do. 44.1% indicated that most of the time, for a total of, sorry, almost 80% of students feel that their safety concerns are taken seriously. Next slide, please. We also asked how much feeling safe affects their ability to learn and participate. 28% indicated quite a lot, 41% said somewhat, with 16% indicating a little and 14.3% indicating not at all. However, the majority of students definitely feel that feeling safe at school affects their ability to learn and
019participate. Next slide, please. We also asked some open-ended questions and received quite a few responses to those questions. The first question we asked was whether there are specific areas on campus where safety needs more attention, and we received about 2,200 responses to that. So, as you can see, the areas of greatest concern are not going to be a surprise to anyone. The bathrooms in particular places, walkways, lack of supervision. There were no safety concerns. It's just that they had n't mentioned nothing. Now we asked what will change or what successes we can make to make the school feel like a safer place. We recommended the following from our students. First, increase security and supervision and have more guards, especially in the bathrooms, parking lot, gates, and custodian's rooms. Again, the bathrooms are a common area
020that needs to be cleaner to prevent fights and smoking inside. And then, ways of communicating, drills, which enrich student support, interactions with faculty, a better resource center, and also phone access and policy. They want to be able to use their phones and have access in general. Now, the last thing we were asked was what else we can improve in the school environment. Some of those recommendations included increasing supervision and security, improving the bathrooms, strengthening support systems, and maintaining a positive school climate. Dr. Simon and I had the opportunity to use some of these results with the student council committee, and in particular, we shared the questions... The open-ended questions and the student summary responses were very focused on perceptions of school safety, which includes the results. President Steart can now return for some discussion. Thank
021you, colleagues. Any comments or questions? Thank you. Now, Vice President Carsa. Thank you, President. I have a question about student support and efforts. I think it's on page 11. Changes that can improve the school's safety and resilience. It mentions access to the wellness center. So, do we know if all students have access to the wellness center, or is there a way we have to request that from the wellness centers? Um, elaborate on this. And is it just like, just walk in, or do you have to request an appointment to go in at a convenient time just to confirm? These wellness centers aren't at all of our campuses, are they? Thank you very much. I have a few questions. First, I want to say thank you . That's a good number, so I was really excited
022to see that, so that was really cool. The question I have is... I have, mine isn't numbered, but what I found is that if you feel the adults at the school take student safety seriously, I know that 97% had said yes, but in my mind, as a teacher, in my mind, it's saying no. So when we're looking at that percentage, then we should look at the whole structure. What are we putting in place? Some opinions to help the students and to let them know that we're taking their concerns seriously. Yeah. Okay. Thank you very much. That was my only question, huh? Member Armstrong. Oh, sorry. You had, I had it on . Okay, Rene, please come closer now. Save me now. Start. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. No, no, it's okay. It's just that
023there's a lot of confusion about what this is, and it's not my fault, so I want you to help me, please, I'm going to be very brief. I'm going to see if you can start from the top down, and unfortunately, that's the best I can do, so it's hard for Mr. to see who's next. So he's putting Her best effort. No, I know she is, but I just want to mention that she's not unintentionally avoiding anything . I mean, Adr, I mean, that's true. And I also saw that all their names disappeared too. It's related to what we're dealing with here tonight. Okay, thank you very much. Oh, it's just that their names aren't there, so thank you very much. Thank you, President Store, whoever wants to speak, please speak. Yes, she says that, so
024I'm going to speak. I do have a question, and it's how much security or safety measures affect the way you participate and learn. I mean, I feel that when you have security and you feel love and that there's care there, that helps put our students to learn. So we have 30 students who say that this is affecting them. So with this, I imagine that we're focusing on what we can do to help this percentage of kids have a better environment at school, because this correlates with access or absence, to see if they attend school as the class, so we need to investigate this further . So thank you very much, that's all I have from me. Now I'm going to go to Board Member Sanchon. I'll try to see them visually, sorry. Okay. So my
025question, my pages aren't numbered, but let's see, how comfortable are you with having a security concern, uh, there was a percentage in green that wasn't identified. We have a percentage for that and then a follow-up on that. When this was presented to the students with the student councillor, we asked for feedback on these things. Comfortable not at all, not comfortable answering questions, and I'm not saying that they have all the answers, but we had asked for additional information on why they feel the way they do, so that we can plan further ahead and what was the thinking behind collecting this. Thank you for your question. I have the member here as well. There were no additions to the open questions, just pure commentary on what was stated on the pages where we can affirm many
026of those things from the student councillor, as they say they have I've seen some of those things happening. I also want to thank the board member for what was said. There's something she said that I didn't quite catch. It wasn't practically any additional comment, as Dr. Simon had said, that the students had said something, and if they wanted to add anything there. And I feel that the student council members are our leaders and advocates, but we do know that we have to get involved so that the students feel they have a voice, and maybe they're doing that in surveys, which are more secure, I don't know what, but several times we can investigate to see how they feel. So I want to let you know or tell you that they demonstrate leadership and advocate, they're
027very involved, especially not this follow-up, I mean, if there's going to be a follow-up survey towards the end of the school year or something, just to see—I don't want to start from the beginning because we always give surveys— but I think this particular one—I don't want to say change some questions, but have more or less a way, like a recording or measurement, if something has changed, if something is being considered, or if it's something that we as a board have I agree. For the survey now, for the address, this allows us to have these aspects as well, but I'll explain that further. So we will definitely continue the surveys we have. Some of those questions are... Yes, Dr. SM. There will be another one like this, but in view of these questions, there are some
028similarities to the other survey we did. We will continue doing that survey and we will continue doing the overview. We will also do that one. Both are done annually. No. 7, 8, 11. Few correct the dashboard. Yes, there is a dashboard. We have notifications, and we monitor who is responding to these surveys. Of course, I have a note made to remind me of that. I will have to gather some specific information about the sites and I will let you know later. I can't think of anything at this point . Absolutely no one will be excluded. I know when we talk about inclusion and safety is a big part of that. Thank you. If Kfield specifically asks about this survey, I do n't know if it collects student information or data. I can talk to Dr.
029SM about that, but for another survey, is there a way to separate that, do it at home, do... Those surveys in the future. Um, Dr. Clarification, can it not be created by grade level? Is that not possible? Can you clarify that question? I was asking if we could get this survey broken down by, like, maybe grade level, or just to look at more specific students. We can do that with this survey. It's possible. Well, regarding the demographics, right? The survey was anonymous, and we didn't collect demographic information with this survey. The best we can do with this particular survey is to separate it by grade levels or range. Look at 78 versus 9 to 12. Any other questions? Well, I think it helps in the student survey. We can separate that a little more, right?
030We can do a survey by grade level and some demographics that come up in that survey, but not as many as if we were creating our own survey. Doing that is difficult sometimes. This is the only way to get accurate demographics. Exactly, with your student number, and that gives us the information. To their sense of belonging, and I think we're we're still doing it, but I I think that that is a really This, we can look, do something specific like I thought of eh well, make some questions more flexible for certain students. We can also do that too. I'm sorry after I asked my question um I'm still a little um curious um is there a way that we can confirm or ensure that these wellness centers are accessible because it just does n't make
031any sense to me that we're getting um you know strengths to support it. want access to the wall center, but I'm we're being told by, you know, you tonight that they do have access. So, I'm wondering what is the kind of dig a little deeper maybe there is some procedures again so that way this comes back if we do this again much better. And Mrs. Garz on that front, one of the things that's possible from the answers or from that particular theme is that we might have an issue that we need to address with respect to making sure that students are aware there is a wellness center. Sometimes students might be thinking or wanting having a desire for something like that and they might not necessarily go to this in place. So that's definitely another
032area, another way we can look at that and try to make sure that we short that up. Thank you. Appreciate that. Um, two comments. Dr. I'm not sure if you know, but I know last year at t At the end of the year the counselor who is in charge of the wellness center at BFO, she sent me an email and it had every single student that went. It had everything you know it had it broken down. It was amazing. So, you might want to look at that. Um, it was really good. Um, and then just the one last thing I had talked to Dr. Simon and I just wanted to talk publicly like we did talk about like these areas on campus and like bathrooms and things like that and um about needing extra security,
033but we did talk about having administrators go out, counselors go out, some of our own staff going out to help with some of those times too. Yes, thank you for saying that. Yes that's how it is. Ok so moving along to major action 13.1 Election of members to the Los Angeles County Committee and School District Organization County. What is OK? So do we have any questions or comments from the board? Okay. So I moved that the board of education cast its ballot for second super sorry that's um a Stephanie Castin and Ralph Mature do I have a second? Any questions? Please. I did it on the All right, moving on to consent agenda. Do we have any items to hold from the consent agenda this evening? Vice President G. Um, I have a couple um
034items. Well, three 14.3, 14.8 and 14.19. Are there any others? Okay. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda with holding items 14.3, 14.8, and 14.19? You have that motion? I get a second. Second, please. I'm all right. Moving to item 14.3, Revision of Cal App's Joint Powers Authority Agreement to include middle school services. Vice President Cars thank you. Uh my question there is the contract mentions that the JPA will provide services to middle school students, but does not clearly define the extent of these services. Um this could this lead to dispute some what is covered under the agreement? If I um so uh over at Cabs one of the things when uh President Star on that board um one of the things I noticed when we're over there, we currently have uh
035some of the staff actually doing some middle school work and I'm totally supportive of them uh doing more. When I looked at the original agreement, the agreement with Windwood and us was that we start at the ninth grade. So this was part of uh not cleaning up but just updating getting our uh official agreements with Lwood in alignment so we can start offering uh more in middle school and at the very least you know uh because we already do have some making sure that we're um just getting online with you know for me on that board I think more in the school and even so in . the programs. All right. Can I get a motion to approve item 14.3? Can I give you a second? Second, please. All right. S are we able to
036identify the one that we can kind of optimize this without compromising the student support? for substitute directors. This, in terms of ongoing discussions for us, for purposes, because we have a limited number of current or permanent probationary counselors, a counselor leaves if they leave a school site without academic support, so the goals for a temporary substitute position are always to have someone to provide local support in case a counselor leaves. We have a counselor who is coming off maternity leave. We soon need to find a way to fill that position, and the fund we have for advisors also allows us to do that with this new job. That's correct. Anyone else? who is away on leave, something is happening during retirement. If we can fill that position completely using our substitute fund to complete and
037fill those positions. Absolutely. This one doesn't work, don't check. Meuring, I don't have anything in place that I can tell you at this moment that I can follow up with the advisors on. I only have these daily records, reports, and accounts of what they do, but I can see if you want to check by site how they measure their progress, the services they provide, and their records, but I can give more specific information as this is for each site. It has different approaches, its students are different, so they do things a little differently from site to site, but I can get you that information. I think there are other aspects. We have a specific tool. You can give an example in Summerset, but furthermore it is perhaps based on the amount of credits that students
038achieve in terms of cooperation between the advisor and the student. Another aspect is also traditional credit-based comprehensive schooling , other aspects and onward, sir. As for me, I can tell you, for example, that in primary schools they do different things, maybe they have social skills groups, family nights, others where parents are very involved. As I said, each place is different, but I can get you more information about that. Students who present all these things very early on and then later while they are accelerating our school programs and systems . I know this isn't the first time we've talked about this, but what are we doing for those students? I mean, I'm the one who said President Store has mentioned that several times, we can get them before then, so how can we look at that?
039Very good. I hope to see that, and also, we still provide training to the counselors. What kind of training are we giving them annually since they are coming into our school system? to build on that so that hatching results is where they are actually looking at what their supports are and that so that's going to um help with um the effectiveness that you're talking about because you're really talking about okay what are we doing tier one and it's not just our secondary comforts it's our elementary and secondary in those meetings so we are looking at like the continue on what's happening in elementary and secondar So, uh, we're working a little bit more on the plan of it this year. It sounds really exciting. I hope to see this process. Yes, thank you very much.
040There are no further questions. I'm really excited to hear that too because I just did a civic training with my district and I'm going to tell the board about that, so I'm really excited to hear about it. Is there anything else anyone would like to include? Okay, we have the motion to approve article 14.8. Yes. Yes. Attendance list. Me, me , me, me, me. Very good. Article 14.19. I do n't want to be recognized for the plan, I'm older. Thanks a lot. The first question is about PPRK's experience . They have experience with similar projects, particularly in school facilities, and have completed more than 100 master plans and school projects. Incredibly impressed, impressed. We were left with his profound experience and quite a lot in California and quite a lot more in Southern California. Yes,
041they do have it, and we've received very good references from them. That's how it is. Sure. Yes. They're going to try, by looking at the demographics of expulsions, enrollments, the appropriate academic data on what we have now. They are going to get involved, they are going to involve the community to look at what the priorities and values of these particular components are. That's what they bring. They follow a five-step process for collecting information. evaluating the data, checking the conditions, assessing, analyzing the development, and then formulating a comprehensive master plan. That's how it is. Yes, that's exactly what they're going to do, all that information focused on our school district. We will have a planning director as the point of contact, a director in charge of the project manager, the three most important people involved in
042the process. And how does PBK architects regularly or in a timely manner? The project timeline is set for 6 months. That's what they proposed when we talked about flexibility regarding the time it takes for community involvement and other aspects. And regarding the budget, they will be able to give us information on how much these things cost, and in round numbers, when we look for grants, state funds, and how we plan for strategic initiatives, they will give us that information so that we can do and carry out all of this, if we look for how to find the money and how to put it all together. Thank you very much, Madam President. What would be the biggest difference between this plan and the previous one? I think everyone agreed that it could be improved. Uh, there
043are some new ones, they were probably already in place last time, but new requirements from the facility's master plan , where they have to go deeper into areas of education and pieces of that kind. We feel that this company has offered a very thorough plan that covers all our bases when we make a fund or state resources will have knowledge of our district's position. I heard about our previous master plan that uh I don't think was was great was I don't think our staff was very included in that process. I understand they just kind of showed up and like absolutely. The contacts say they will have interviews with interested people, including staff and community, doing on-site assessments with staff, especially maintenance personnel. They're going to be very involved in showing him where things are on
044the fields, the school grounds, and it's going to make a big difference. Thank you for reminding us of that. It is also in line with our thoughts and feelings about the value of being ready that they know the community is involved in other processes because they can see all perspectives and all aspects and value the experience of our staff. I know that Mrs. Argues was very committed to aligning herself with those goals, ensuring our involvement in those aspects. Listen. I do n't have that much to report, simply from other members and the Long Beach Community College team, and that surprised and excited me a lot. We competed against, I don't remember the name of the school, but it was in Long Beach and I got most of their stuff and another member of their team
045got the last two, but unfortunately we did n't win, since Car Paul and Pomona don't have one of the best players in the state, as far as I know, but it was a really nice thing to participate in and this is also a recommendation that I've had for a while now. So as a culinary student, I always wanted to know why we haven't been able to bring students into the cafeteria or that area, because we already have those kinds of classes, so we should take advantage of it. I was giving my opinion based on what I heard, I mean, I told my Caps teacher and she was telling me that it should n't have been, I don't think it's something that would affect lunches, so it's better to do it before lunch, maybe the fifth
046or sixth, because I think the others have a block beforehand so that it doesn't affect the schedules. of the students. That's just something I wanted to add. I can ask another question there. When you say "grab stocks" to someone who doesn't understand those terms like me, grabbing stocks basically means lives, like everyone starts with three stocks and there are four players on each team and the way there's a team battle. So if you grab, let's suppose as a first game, I play against another player, they take one of my stocks and I take theirs. When I go now, I grab theirs and then vice versa, and we'll continue until one of us grabs all the stock. Understood? Thank you for clarifying that for me. Okay. Uh, central member. Okay. Did you know? Oh, actually, I
047love your recommendation to participate and I have a joke with my friends. Back in my day, like in elementary school, we did that. We had students in the field to do special work. Yes, we helped out in the cafeteria and one of our perks was that we won ice cream. I mean, I'm not throwing the ice cream around as a profit, but yes, I feel it's a good idea, especially for students in gastronomy. So I feel like it's going to be a good thing. So I see everyone considering that. So I appreciate your opinion and your comment. Thank you. Now, to begin my own thing, uh, I participated on September 20th in the advanced workshop of my first board and the goals that came out in that workshop were very important and interesting and the
048community will see what we had invented. and created. Well, I know that the goals are already starting to be met in our schools, so I hope to see those comments and also those small gains, as our superintendent says. So thank you very much for that and I also participated in the event in the municipality of Unidad. I love that title and yes, I loved hearing the feedback from community members and students. And I know that being a mother in that place and at that particular school, I wish that was something that was already happening at the school, because I really think that's a good way for parents to come and interact in a different and more entertaining way. Since then, I've had several community members approach me and wanted to thank the superintendent. They just
049felt they had a benefit in participating in something like this, and that something like this is going to happen and will be ongoing in different ways. So that was a good experience. Another thing. Okay, I'll leave it at that. Thanks a lot. Oh I'm sorry. Oh, President Ste, yes, I'm excited for Saturday. I have a shirt and I know there are parents who signed up for workshops and are very excited and I'm going to need some extra brochures, so I'll run over to the corner and give them out. Thank you. Okay. Armstrong board member. Thank you, President Storm. Well, I attended. I did n't arrive at our event until 2:30, but that was simply because I was attending the project on water, so it wasn't that far away. So after I finished my section, I
050told him that I was on my way and I jammed in with my colleagues. So I was actually really excited that we were able to get involved virtually and then come and be with them in the last hour. So I appreciate that the conflict in schedules or organization was more than fine, there's no problem. So thank you very much and in the future I would like to bring a water goals project here in Bufflar because it was a great success. So aquatic education with I joined with the superintendent and also me as Mayfir unit and our superintendent put us in it put us in a very vulnerable position. In fact, it got very exciting for some members of the community, as well as the students who were dressed in very nice outfits and their red
051vests and of course they were saying yes, it seemed like they wanted to have more support in their efforts. So we're going to keep up with this for the kids participating in this program and grow it further and provide more opportunities. So congratulations to our uh uh guys at Skill USA. Yes. Um, during the unity night, the community generally shared concerns and had questions, and some of them even shared emotional statements, and they did appreciate that the superintendent stood there and represented them well, and the rest of the members were behind her supporting her. So that was a very cherished moment, and I do want to share that I had been nominated as a candidate for director at the CSPA by the African American community, and I proudly accepted the nomination. Although I received the
052nomination, I want to give the support of my board before moving forward with that decision because it is another commitment that I have to take seriously at the state level. And I just want the board to know that I am very grateful for their support and I will do my best, I mean, not just try, I will represent Bellflower to the best of my ability. So thank you very much for your support. I feel much better going and getting into this with you all, supporting me, and the votes are going to be taken in December, so I have to go for the votes, so if you elect me it's going to be something else. Well, it will be good for us if it happens. Uh, I'm going to take the nomination. I'll take that C.
053So that would be it. I don't know what else I wanted to say, but thank you so much for being here . Thank you. Thanks, Armstrong. Okay, Chrisville. Thank you, Madam President. Someone attended Liquid Celebrates and the two directors celebrated in the community. The unity event was great with Dr. Simon and member Ste, I also think it was very important and I think there's that battle in my head where we should be more attentive, but then we clarified that we're moving forward and we're excited about this. And in fact, at this event I feel that I want to sincerely thank you for your efforts to interact with our community who are there and are authentic. And yes, he appreciated that. So it was an excellent event. I also went to the Bubble Run event and
054that was a lot of fun. First, I want to acknowledge the members of the Parents and Teachers Association. They only had one organization where they won a profit of $35,000 and I just realized that there were only three schools that participated. And they made a huge percentage, and that money goes to parent-teacher activities and some of our district's activities. I mean, I know they all do a lot of work, but I feel it's very important for them to come through our district to interact with us. So you highlighted that in the equity of our schools to know which schools are willing to participate and receive support for parents, and we should focus on that more throughout our district to help our students. And I feel that we are doing it, but I do want to
055clarify one thing. At the last meeting, the parents stopped me asking about this, but we were asking questions about the security measures, and yes, I know we're going to have these meetings to clarify that. So at the next meeting we wanted to get some clarification on some of those things, and there seemed to be a lack of communication in the last meeting regarding the current situation. So let's be clearer about this at the next meeting. Aside from that, thank you so much for being here and thank you to our faculty for all the work you have done. Thanks Garsa. Thank you, President St. Good afternoon, or rather, good evening to everyone. I was able to attend on December 20th, it was very good. You'll soon see the results of that. We are very excited to
056move forward for some of our mayors, as I also attended the unity event, as I reported. He arrived a little late, but he was present. So it was very gratifying to see people expressing their concerns and asking questions, and that the questions were answered. They didn't have to wait for one later, they did n't have to wait a few weeks later. I was there at the time. So, thank you very much to the superintendent, but again, like everyone else. I just wanted to mark you and acknowledge you so I could answer those questions under pressure. It's something we did want to see for the superintendents you represent for us now, uh, for us too, and well, help us all as part of a larger community. The work they're doing every day is helping other students,
057and yes, we hope to work and see this again sometime in a bigger arena, and as you said, the small gains we 're currently seeing. So I was very happy to see that. Thank you very much and have a good night. Thank you, Vice President of Carsa. Good night. The last few weeks were a bit mild. Yes. First, I want to acknowledge the performers who are feeling the impact on the audience because there were some technical errors, so I wanted to thank them. Say your names over the sound. On September 30th I attended the community event with Dr. Simon. Yes, I appreciated the public comments because sometimes as members we see them and we have to listen to the community voices, the opinions there are the best. So to the community members who showed up
058tonight. So I attended the state of the city of Bflower, and Mrs. Camins. It was a very nice time to see other leaders and communities and organizations that were doing what properties they had bought in the city of Bufflow and how much tax we had generated. So it was a pleasure to attend this and the successes we have achieved, and I always tell everyone that I know I hold my own sometimes, but the way they sang the school's national anthem, I mean, when they sing the anthem they should be on a large, central stage, and the variation they use is incredible. So thank you very much for being there and for singing the anthem. I attended an event the other day with Arntel from FMA Breakers in Long Beach and spent a few hours with
059the local leaders. I spent a lot of time with people like Diana Martinez from Panama, Mark L from Cerritos, Jose Salates, Robert Garcia, there were many people there and it was very nice to be able to sit with some elected officials and have conversations where we could talk about education in this world. There were many school members in attendance as well that I was able to assist in All of Orange County, Tustin, and Los Alamitos. Many of the community colleges in Long Beach are like this, so it was nice to be able to see, you know, groups to see how we can support and do things together. So we appreciate their energy and the positivity they bring to our students. Last time we had a workshop in the Panama district and I know we talked
060a lot about implementing the same thing here in Belfour as in Panama and I do want to share a little bit of this. One, if you don't understand the school climate and culture, culture is like the values, practical goals and characterize the organizations and the institution. So these are action items that should support this from the district. Studies show percentages sometimes reflect teacher absences, and that was interesting. They discussed that if they truly want change in their system and school district, they should have six things: trust, vision, resources, and action plans. And they talk about how if you don't have confidence, they'll betray you; if you don't have vision, confusion will arise. If you don't have the skills, you can't. Hey, if you don't have resources, you're going to get angry. If you don't have
061profits, you're going to have sporadic changes. And if you have action plans, they'll have the rest. So one thing they discussed was the change in leadership, and that's a major factor. So teachers and faculty aren't going to talk about it and will think it's something temporary. that it won't last. So that's a reminder that we've taken the leadership position, and I love that we 're focusing on this. Ah, because that's very important. We should treat all students as if they have the capacity to have their academic gaps, their successes. We should have school references and damages, attendance, references for uh, reference of support for absences. When we looked at behavioral strategies, there was an 8-year cycle study that I discussed with Carter earlier. The students' behavior typically occurred in October or February. So if you're
062a teacher right now, in October, have a plan in place. At this time they also documented behaviors and data in three different parts, continuous data, perceptions. So they're looking at these behaviors, we're looking at these things, and they can't affect this system change through individual intervention, and 20% more are not achieving success. So when we get to that point, we have to look at the system, not so much at the individual. So we should never have final procedures without fully involving the faculty. And policies should be linked to these procedures. One thing that caught my attention was the teachers. I think I saw about eight teachers from each school at each table, and they asked us, like, you know, teachers love to talk about their ideas, but they all had different things, and that was
063one thing, I mean, arriving late. They are identifying arriving late as if the student was in their seat at the time. Another teacher had said when the bell rang, another teacher had said, "I don't have time for that. I just open the door and see if anyone is in the hallway, and if they are, I just grab them and bring them inside." But someone else had also said that we all have to be aware and all the faculties have to have very interesting protocols. They talked about different things, like being late to the bathroom, and when we're looking at these things and behavioral interventions, we need to take into account that if we don't pass this on to the teachers and why, without an understanding, then it's never going to be successful. So I just
064wanted to bring that up because I think they did give good strategies. I think that's all for tonight. There are some additional questions for additional articles. Very good. Now, hearing no objections, the session will be adjourned at 8:16 pm and the next meeting will be on October 26, 2025. Thank you very much. M.