Board of Education Meeting - September 18, 2025(Spanish)

001Good afternoon and welcome to the regular board meeting. This meeting starts at 4:30 in the afternoon. Roll, please, member student member, member Armstrong, present. Member Cintrón, Secretary Crchfield, Mrs. Garza, present. Sister present. Mrs. Cintrón present. We have no requests for comments on items on the closed session agenda this afternoon . Is there anyone else who wants to talk? Okay, at this time the table will be retired for a closed session. The open session will resume at approximately 6 p.m. All. The meeting was called for an open session at 4:30. Okay, we're going to reconvene the session in open mode at 6:28 AM. Secretary CRF will update us on the topics discussed in the session that were closed early litigation the board did not take action in the closed session. Thanks Cashfold continues loyalty to the

002United States flag, Summerset director. Doctor, I did n't bring my glasses, I didn't write it myself, sorry. I was going to call him by his first name, but can this help us with loyalty to the flag? 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. They can sit down. Thank you. We have replacement sheets tonight, right? Some amendments to the agenda . Well, there are no awards. We are at the highlighting John Lar students of Summer High School. Please come in . Thank you so much. Good evening, Board Chair Amy Stuart, School Board members, Superintendent Simon, Cabinet Member and guests tonight. Thank you for inviting me to highlight a Summerset Juline Lierra. I

003am Dr. Jamie Joke. I am proud to be the principal of Sam High School. While it is true that all students come to Summerset, this is because they are behind on graduation credits, and it is important to note that they have many reasons for this. Many students experience adversity in one way or another early in their lives. Some students have experienced the loss of a parent, struggled with poverty, and other difficult family dynamics. Another significant reason why students need to recover medical credits. This is the case with Join. It began with the Belfower district in seventh grade at Belfower High School. She had a normal experience until she started feeling sick all the time in ninth grade. The feeling of illness caused her to miss school so much that she was passed over for flowers

004in tenth grade by her mother. He also struggled at school with his and the increases in his unknown illnesses. After returning to Belfower High School, he continued to struggle with focus and attendance due to his illness, which delayed his academic progress. The cause of the medical illness was not discovered until the end of the 10th year of school. He had to have emergency surgery to remove a kidney. Without that surgery, it wouldn't have been possible for the recording. After the life-saving surgery , he moved to Summerset to recover credits. Cholina has been such a wonderful addition to the Summerset community with her wonderful and positive attitude despite what has happened. He told me that in the emergency unit, they said he had a great attitude. He gives announcements to the student body, participates in the

005woodworking shop, contributes to making the school's annual book , takes all the photos, was in the Key Club, started it and activated it by getting $500 in donations from the club members for a Halloween activity. She is active as a student, makes school more fun for other students, and we are very fortunate to have her at Summer High School. Staff at this school made a short video to share cool things about Jolie. My name is Mary Vatal. I am Joline's English literature teacher in Summers. When I met her last year she always came around, but this year she was on her way, focused on her work. It started very slowly, but this year I have seen tremendous growth academically, socially and in his personal skills. Chulina is now diligently working on her credit recovery involved

006with the student body, an active member of the Key Club. If one word could sum it up, it would be growth, because I have seen tremendous growth at Jolin from last school year to this one. Welcome, Saints, to Mr. Peralta, your science teacher here at Summer High School. Today we are highlighting the saint of the month, Jolin Liera, she is a very resilient student. Every time I look at Julin, she's here working, catching up on boxes, helping the student body. She is a very active saint, the kind of person we all want to emulate. Thank you Jolin, for your hard work. We want to see more of that. Mrs. Igen, that's me, Julin's literature teacher. I also want to let everyone know what an inspiration Julin is. She moves things around on the field in

007the Summerset squad involved at Key Club. She is an inspiration to other students, she involves people with ideas and has a lot of enthusiasm. The word to write to Julin is initiative. She is catching up by participating in school events and activities. has shown itself to be a leader in all the opportunities that are offered and are offered to students. This one is set up. Congratulations, Julin, for being an outstanding Summerset student. As your advisor, I have seen the dedication you have shown in increasing the number of classes to complete your credits and graduate. also your involvement with the student body, student association. Thank you so much, I'm glad to see you focused on school and I'm looking forward to seeing which university you attend and congratulations. Thank you, my name is Brian Avarra. I

008am the director of the Student Association. I want to congratulate Jolí for being our leader. I am impressed with her open-mindedness, her ability to take the lead completely. She was quite quiet at first, but now she has stepped up and her contemporaries are following her lead, making her a very successful saint. I congratulate her because she is always happy, she always has that spark and she greets everyone with a very happy demeanor, let's say. He is an individual who wants to share his knowledge, so thank you and congratulations. Well, I told Jolí, this one has to go forward. Hello, my name is Chuline, I am a graduate student at Summerset and I just want to say that I am very grateful to be able to do my credits again, to have the opportunity to graduate,

009to graduate with my friends at my home school, even though I like this school. They have given me opportunities to find new friends, to be more open to things I wouldn't have done before, and I feel great. Thank you. Thank you. We are so glad that your health is better and that you are feeling better. Would you like to take a picture with us? The group is taking a picture with Jolin in the center. Thanks again for being here. Okay, now let's move on to talking about employee reports. We don't have any from BTA, but we do have any from CSA. Communications officer Antonio Ramirez can move forward to the podium. Thank you. First of all, thank you for that applause. I do n't know, I'm sure he made them do that, but President Stuart,

010board members, cabinet, superintendent, community residents, good evening, Anthony, I'm here as a representative of Chapter 32 and I'm the communications officer. I am here to comment on points two through three of the agenda . We want to get ahead of it before it happens to you. It is a security services service between the Belf district and Black Knight Patrol. CSA issued a notice to raise awareness about having armed security on school campuses. Before today there has only been a meeting superficially talking about the rules and duties of Black Knight and the security personnel of our district. At the beginning of the meeting, the secretary said not to hold a session of agony. This was agreed by the CSB council and we know the type of negotiation we can do. That's not it, this one doesn't

011work. Well, we're going to negotiate on armed patrols, working closely with our qualified personnel. This causes us concern regarding the lethal force you are authorizing. Are we worried about this change? Does the district have any policies regarding weapons on school campuses? It has not been clearly explained to teachers, qualified staff, or the community that the contract also possibly puts anyone who comes onto high school property near an altercation involving the use of at least one firearm. Safety is very important to all of us in the Belf school district. We have more questions that we want answered because those armed guards will be working in the same physical locations as our security personnel. of the school staff and personnel works. Now, if they vote to put armed guards at both schools, this high school, we want

012the effects of the negotiation and the negotiation agreement with the district to ensure that all employees follow the same clearly defined policy and procedures. Thank you for listening to our thoughts on this very serious matter. Thank you. Now we will move on to the superintendent's report . We have no communications from the PTA, but we have received doctor exams, the president, board members, members, and members of the Bflower community. The last few weeks have brought us enthusiasm and happiness in the school district. On September 29, 2025, members of the cabinet and board and I made their back-to-school nights and attended several schools. I was able to go to Linstroms on the night I returned to school. It was lovely to see Principal Curtis and Sam Plates welcoming students, their parents, and guardians. On September 11,

0132025, more schools held their back-to- school nights, where I, along with other members of the Board and Cabinet, attended several schools. I was only able to attend one, and that was Ernie Pile. It was a pleasure to meet students, parents, and guardians. On September 11, the Bellflower football team played against Wier High School and achieved a wonderful win. They played against Lakwen High School at Lakwen High School for the Milk Bucket game and although they did not achieve victory, the community showed admirable support for the football team. I also had the wonderful opportunity to visit three schools on September 15 and September 16, and those schools include IOC, Fster, and Lindstrom. I want to express my gratitude to the teachers I met and observed who inspire your students every day at IOC, fourth grade teacher.

014I always enjoy going to Mr. Abala's class; he is very enterprising and focused on what he does, and the young people are very aligned with what he does, and also Mr. Saldivar and Laura Estrada, Fer Bumgards, Mrs. Silva, Mrs. Frel, Miss Poríncula, and Mr. Greenw. I had the pleasure of observing and visiting their classrooms. It was here that we received a very nice welcome in Linstrom Ortega Comings, Nickwen, Cindy, I can't pronounce the last name, I apologize. I call her Cindy M at school. And Dr. Kirson Robertson, TK teacher at LRO. I also had the opportunity to take a wonderful photo with TK students in the classroom. with its director Curtis and Dr. Kissen Robertson. I also want to say that I want to thank Mrs. Esmeralda Álvarez, who is very professional, very friendly, and

015shines in every interaction with parents, guardians, and the community. I received a lot of thanks, affirmations, and opinions about his behavior and personality. Mrs. Álvarez, I am also grateful to you. I had the privilege of participating in the PTA meeting last Tuesday also with board member, Mrs. Renira Armstrong, and her assistant superintendent, Mr. Ryan. We were able to communicate with the PTA presidents, discuss my 100-day plan, and focus on two important questions: where we are having success and where we can have more investment. The superintendent also had the opportunity to address topics such as the PTA fair and other matters that took place this Saturday. I want to publicly extend a thank you, a thank you to my cabinet for their work and for showing their commitment to students, parents, tutors, and the community. Again,

016publicly, their efforts are deeply appreciated. Thank you very much, President Stuart. Thank you, Dr. Simon. Continuing with the committee updates. First of all, Dr. Simon, I realized that in the Friday memos we had a link to the communication for the committees and it had what the committee was about, who was on the committee and when the next meeting was and that disappeared. I want us to have it back so we can track the committees because we haven't had meetings for a while and I think the school year has just started. I want to restart the committees and I could find it as it was before or I can talk to you, but I would like it back in the Friday memo. Starting with Alliance, I think we definitely want to continue with Alliance, with the

017president and vice president, that's how we set it. I don't know if we scheduled that one, but normally the unions choose, and I hope they can collaborate with you on that. Are there any other committee updates, secretary? Thank you, Madam President. We just have a C Apps meeting. I mentioned at the last meeting that we did vote to modify the policies to expand the courses to high school for the Caps program. That's something that will be presented to the board at the next meeting, and as long as the board agrees to it, and the board in NW in partnership agrees, it's something that would be a great benefit to the course offerings and expose younger kids to different trades that they can use until they get to high school. It's something I want to report.

018Thank you, Madam President. Member Armstrong, I met with the schools, the trustee of the Los Angeles County Association was a planning meeting, but then we had a meeting. In the future I will share some dates, so if your members are available too, they can come and explore. certain programs that we will be offering. We are in the planning stages. We are already preparing, but you will receive the information. Put it on your agendas and if you can take advantage of it, you can join us. Thank you. Are there any other updates from the committee? Continuing with the public comments, today we do have a request to address the open session of the agenda items. Please, can we? I need to read this. While the board meetings are not public, they are open to the public.

019Each individual has 3 minutes to approach the board. At each agenda item, whether on the agenda or not, the board will limit the time for public contributions to 21 minutes, as per the board's rules. Mr. Luis Carrillo, you may come in, please. Thank you for being here. Good afternoon, board members. This is regarding Ernie Pile and the director at Ernie Pile. It's going to be more than 3 minutes because I think our students deserve much more than that. When Mrs. Cumings left, she was Ernie Pile, she left Ernarias around here. When Mrs. Gabilán came, I approached her and said that the other school, everyone was very happy, the parents, and in one year that school has decreased a lot, quite a lot . The teachers, the good teachers, are gone. Spirits have declined. Some of

020the teachers cannot work with her. Obviously not. She doesn't work as a team. We all think it's selfishness. I do n't want to suggest that she only cares about power, but it's a lot and one can see it. There are certain teachers who have left this year. There are teachers who don't like working with her these days. There are teachers who open the back gates without keys. The children are there in the heat waiting for someone to come over . There's traffic in the back for students in special states who I don't know if they know Ernie Pile and the fence in the back. Now there are cars coming in and out. There are teachers there playing at directing traffic. They are not accredited for that. If a student gets run over , that's not

021my job. I'm not here to teach, I'm not here to control traffic. She does extraordinary things for Christmas, for a special Christmas concert, she takes her daughters to see it. We are going to see our students, not your children. The mood is low. the teachers are willing to work as a team. Everyone is happy, and when it doesn't start affecting the students, it affects the community, it affects the parents, and we can see that. And we hope that you too can see something that perhaps we cannot. And frankly, I'm here to find out what we can do to get her out. If I have to come back to talk more, I will continue to come back next week because I think our community and our children deserve much more than that. Yes, she should be

022expelled and someone with heart should be promoted; that's what needs to be done . We do n't have to go to Beverly Hills to provide a new education for our students. we can have it here. It was happening before. Why do I know why it has to stop? We are here for our children and that's all. Thank you so much. I appreciate you being here. Okay. Today we will continue with the public hearing. The first public hearing is 11.1, a resolution of sufficiency of standards aligned with instructional materials for the 2025 grades. to the twelfth, Dr. Simon. I think we read the topic to see if anyone wants to talk. They can move up to the podium. Strebamos told me we were going to have a presentation first and then he was going to open

023it. He did n't say that. Okay, I'm going to open the public hearing if anyone wants to speak. Listening to none. I'm going to close the public hearing and open it up to my colleagues if anyone has any questions or comments. Okay, Mr. Segga, then I'll go through the list. Yes. Okay. Incredible. We need to take attendance . Student member Iña Ang. Mrs. Armstrong, yes. Mrs. Centron, yes. Mr. Cfield, yes. Mrs. Gar, yes. Yes , ma'am. Okay. Continuing to the next public hearing, which is 11.2, a public hearing to consider a resolution approving the mitigated negative statement and adopting the mitigation report monitoring program for the improvement project. from the Mayfer High School athletic field and promotes the project. Here we have Dr. Simon's presentation. Now I'm going to give it to General Counsel Andrew.

024Thanks to Superintendent Simon. This afternoon the board of directors will consider the approval of the mitigated negative statement of the Mayfir stadium project process, which is the monitoring of the project and the approval of the project. This afternoon, Mr. Michael Melroy from Ultra Systems, who are the experts who will help us with this report, will give a presentation to the board and the community, and then there will be a main action, which will be a vote by the board to approve it. Members, thank you for the invitation to speak with you this afternoon. She can lift it if she wants. Okay, thank you very much. The existing conditions around the project site include a football and soccer field, a baseball field, a softball field, a training field and on the right side, in the red

025polygon, on the right side, you can see the Palo lateral storm channel . The greenery, the project, and the project is for the balance of the Mayel high school on the left and the houses almost on the edge of the surrounding area and when it is in the elementary part in the corner on the right. Versity's football games are played at Bellflower Stadium. The proposal includes a synthetic grass running track, new bleachers with a capacity of 1711, a new baseball field with a home team dugout and bleachers, a softball field, two practice fields, a ticket booth and a building, and the Palo Verde lateral storm channel along the east side of the school campus; that is shown in the planning on the right side of the slide. That's like a surface parking lot. The existing

026canal will be converted underground, into a gutter with 311 parking spaces being built above the culvert, above the ditch. We started the process in March of this year with several technical studies, including air quality and greenhouse gases, biological resources, cultural resources, noise and traffic. And we also started working on the initial study. Public participation included the initial study to be reviewed by the public. Between August 11 and September 10, there was a community meeting on August 28 and the hearing here tonight. The determinations of the initial study incorporated that they are less significant with the mitigation incorporated by biological resources, cultural resources, geology and the land, especially paleontologists and the cultural resources of tribes. Impacts on environmental factors that were examined in an initial study were less than significant or had no impact at all.

027Aesthetics, agricultural resources, air quality, energy, gas emissions, hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use, mineral resources, noise, housing and population, utilities, recreational, hazards, recreational and materials. I think that moved. transportation, public utilities and fires. Now let's look at a cultural view of those environmental factors. Regarding biological resources, there are 35 green ash trees that will be removed from the east side of the campus, the pink area. You can see the storm channel immediately to the right, east of where that work is going to be done. impact on birds, this one with nests. This mitigation requires a pre-construction survey on the habits of birds in that area. Uh, tree replacements are 39 and over 400 shrubs. Well, the impacts of operational noise will be less insignificant. Further increases in facility use, except for football games

028moving from Belf High School to Mayfare, will not increase enrollments at Mayfare, and events will not be scheduled during the most noise-sensitive time. This, that is, after 10 pm in terms of transportation and other noise and air quality impacts, uh, for a major event. Current attendance at Run Runner Stadium Bafow High School is 880. The estimated attendance for a large event at Mayf High School is 915. The net increase in attendance is 35. The increase in vehicles is 11 for a smaller event. The estimated attendance at a small event after the project is completed is 60 under existing conditions, 50, and the increase in spectators is 10 and in vehicles is seven. Regarding the impact of light, there will be light for the track and field , but not for the baseball field or the

029soccer field. This, the additional east light is like point 42 foot of candle where you can see the margin of the east side by Candel Street. The significance limit for additional light is point 8. This is Candela's standing in the current stadium that exists now. And that concludes my presentation. Chairman of the Board, I would also like to add that a letter was submitted by the City of Bellflower in response to comments to which we, when we responded to their comments, gave a reply letter, part of which will be included in the minutes as well, and I believe it had two answers to the question that was put in this letter. Ah, two. This was an area, a mistake on our part. Response documents attempted to document that we sent to the city of BF

030that they did not have answers to two of their comments. The first comment was about the traffic impact, specifically vehicles leaving the proposed parking lot. The exit path from the parking lot leads to Allington Street, and the comment was whether there would be enough time for traffic on Allington Street for Carlos to exit the parking lot. We believe there will be enough space for several reasons. The main reason is simply because major events in Mayfir occur after the peak traffic hour. So, oh, there's a traffic counter between them, between Woodroft and Carpenter, which was done last year by a Newport traffic study. Aron 12,184 vehicles per day. The capacity on Allington Street, this is four lanes. The capacity of a four-lane street is 5600 vehicles per hour. So for those two reasons we believe there

031will be enough gaps in traffic and spaces for cars that are leaving. The second comment in the letter that the city of Belf presented to us today was about the impact of noise from loudspeakers on the field and the poles. And the noise manager did some research on this topic today, and studies of speaker noise in stadiums and other schools, high schools around, and the noise in residential neighborhoods was close to 15 high school noise levels, and that rating is less than 15 for the sensitivity of the human ear to noise levels. Uh, at the events it's in the ratings of 70 debalos in the in the neighborhood near the field. So, to lower the noise level that the surrounding residents hear, it's as if the speakers are pointed more towards the bleachers and not

032towards the residential area. There is no other mitigation measure. I can add some project design in the office that would impact that issue. We want to address the concerns that arose in doing so, provided that the project design does not change significantly. It's something we could do to ensure that it addresses the concern that was expressed. That said, the report totals about 200 pages, more or less, quite extensive. It is available to the public for at least 30 days for public review. We have taken steps to try to address the concerns and issues raised in the questions. Legal advisors have helped us in this process. At this point we present it to the board for approval and basically say, " Okay, so the project can begin." That said , I want to open the public

033hearing on this issue. I am going to open the public hearing. Is there anyone who would like to speak in favor of this? None. There is someone who would like to speak out against this, against this project. Would anyone want to talk at all? Okay, I'm going to close the public hearing and open it up to my colleagues. If you have any questions or concerns, start with Kurt Crfield. Thank you, Madam President. I have a question. It's great that you're here, and I know you've done quite a bit of this with precision. Could you explain our school boundaries on Kil Street? Where is the limit of that project? And where is the school boundary? Yes, actually the Palo Verde storm channel immediately right next to Kane Hill. That's this Los Angeles County property for flood

034control, but the storm drain is part of the project site because part of the project is to convert most of the storm drain, looking at the site plan they have on the slide. You can see the return to the south side of the parking lot. The return trip, if you can see just to the right of the return trip, you can see a little bit of the storm channel extending south to the southern tip of the site plan. This turn is near the edge of the field and track next to the north road, east side of that edge of the field and track. I'm going to advance the slide to the project site and physical boundaries. One thing I will mention, the rectangle that appears to extend along Ellington Street, that is, we do not

035expect the project site to extend across Ellen Street. That was to take into account for possible signage. If we wanted to build a garage, a driveway to get in and out for a parking lot in Kingston. But in view of this slide, as I understand it, the red line is the project limits. My interest in asking my question is because I know that there is currently no through route down Allington Street or Kane Hill and I find it a safety issue. The debate is where our limit lies. with the storm drain our area of responsibility for before the current waterway. Outside of that area, is it city property, or is that little piece where the fence is and this bush on Cio Street our responsibility, or is it within our legal boundary? I would like

036to know if it extends beyond the waterway. Legally, the current district boundary, district property does not extend beyond the waterway. Part of the project will be the conversion of the storm drain into an underground sewer system. The school boundary extends to the east side to include the parking lot and goes up to the Kane Hill sidewalk because the waterway stops there and there is a fence and a five- foot space before the sidewalk. I think it would be a good place for a pedestrian walkway. I would like to know where the property line is . We want to know if it goes all the way to the sidewalk where the fence starts near Ken's sidewalk or if that space is still there . I don't know the answer to that question. Perhaps the district could

037ask the city of Lakw and discuss the issue with them. But you say that by covering the waterway with the parking lot, that would be our new perimeter. So yes, next to this, this will be the parking lot, it will be the new perimeter of the district. Do you know how far it is from the street? Don't know . There's a way we can get it, which might mean something. What we can do is basically investigate the area, really look at where the legal perimeter boundaries are to determine what part of the potential site might be within the city or town or district limits. It could be a collaborative effort between the district and the city to build the pedestrian walkway on the west side of Kill Avenue. Thank you. And I have no way

038to answer that right now , but perhaps Mr. Cereiga can, well, I don't have a computer with me, but on his computer the Los Angeles County Assessors' Office has an interactive map and Assessor P as country in Spanish. It has a map of possible boundaries, bordering and it can't say how many feet from the sidewalk this has the city limits, but it gives a pretty accurate picture of how far the city property extends . This is something I would like to investigate further because the question is, if it is city property, who owns that property? We can get more technical about this topic through the storm channel. I would have to go back and do some research and give you my answer. I think the architect wants to talk about this now. I don't know,

039Mr. Bender, and he, this Mr. Robert Bender, is part of this project. His firm is the one that made the plans and has considerable knowledge about the specifics of the construction project. Thank you for being here. Thank you President ST and Dr. Simon and board members for answering some of the questions, especially what Mr. Brad said recently, the distance from the curb to the property line which is the property line of Mayfer High School , is six feet. There is a six-foot right-of-way step that is a right-of-way secondary. It is not the city's position to put a sidewalk on any residential street. It's something the city is going to have to address, and it's not district property; it's not something you can just go in and put a sidewalk on. That's precisely why I asked

040that question, because it is a necessity for the safety of children when they are walking to elementary school. If we're doing all that construction, perhaps it would be a great opportunity to collaborate with the city while that's happening so that the district can get right-of-way permits , more traffic studies, and more funding costs just to give the city the information they're going to need to partner with the district and provide a sidewalk. When they say go to the place where the right of way is given, the curb is in the street. Six feet from the curb is the property line. That six feet is what they call a parkway, or I'm talking about this side of the curb. There is a five-foot gap with a chain-link fence . I saw your reply to your email.

041I think that's where the confusion lies. We're talking about our side of the property. On the curb, on our side of the property, the curb is against the fence. That's the only thing I was asking. If there are any other questions from the board. I have worked with Mr. Muroy on various matters, including answering several questions and working with Andrew to try to obtain the most accurate reports possible. There are some inaccuracies, but I think we can review them for now . Andrew, anything else? Thank you, I appreciate it. Anything else about the board members? We are going to take major action, Vice President Garza. So, the question I have is, the first one would be, what safeguards are in place to ensure that this project does not disrupt the instructional time and safety of

042students during the 14 months of construction? With the construction, the entity that we grant the construction project will be obligated to maintain the safety of the construction area. That is their responsibility. They're going to have protective measures in place to prevent students from entering the construction area as much as possible, because I think we all know that people try to go into areas where they shouldn't. While construction is active, there will be people patrolling, making sure that students are safe and secure, and that they are not entering the construction area to avoid disruption. There will be some degree of disruption because there will be machinery on the property constructing, but they are trying to keep that to a minimum in order to mitigate the impact of other factors, for example, dust, and so on. That

043is the responsibility of the construction company to maintain that with the project manager who will be overseeing the project itself. And those two points are also on the agenda under the consent. The people who will be in front of the project to ensure that students do not enter that area. We know if those people are going to be our employees or if they are going to be construction workers. They're going to be from the construction company. If I can give you an example, when they do street work and put up cones to protect the workers who are working in that area, they usually have someone directing traffic to ensure that the traffic is actually moving around the cones for the safety of the workers. Similarly, there will be people there to ensure that the construction

044is not impacting the school itself and that students are not entering the construction zone by putting up fences and things like that . The next question is, how will the construction in 14 months be addressed to avoid academic programs and instruction? Yes, there will be athletic programs that will be interrupted during the construction of this project. Currently, the construction of the stadium and the fields will be the first thing we do because there is a construction period in the flood canal until the 15th of next year. We can only build in that area between April 15 and October 15. Well, we're going to have to make arrangements for the athletic programs that usually use these courts. This is baseball, soccer, American football. I know that football is played at Belf High School, but the district

045will be able to schedule time to modify the other sports. And vice presidents, vice president, if I may add to the lady's comment. We have worked with the directors and staff regarding finalizing the schedules for the teams that will be impacted. Dr. Ryan Smith, the assistant superintendent, is holding meetings to make that happen, and we know that on October 1st, if the board approves everything, we're going to schedule and move those sports teams to different locations. Thank you for that information. My next question is, are there any projected maintenance and costs associated with this project? All the costs included in the project are part of the construction and maintenance budget. FTMT Patrick Turner is going to start on the project. We're going to work with the project manager, which we hope to approve tonight, and

046we'll address any maintenance and operational issues as they arise. My next question is going to be, is there a clear communication plan in place for residents to file complaints during the construction of a comments or complaints area? It is something that the district will have to develop at this time with respect to the mitigation actions that have to be taken so that we can move forward with this project while construction progresses. It's something that if residents have any problems, we welcome them to let us know so we can address those problems. A construction project of this magnitude will indeed have an impact on the surrounding areas, as we already know, but the goal is to provide a way for you to make those concerns known so that we can address them with the project manager

047or the construction company. Right now I can't say that we have a scheduled link on the online site, but it's something we can look into. Any questions or complaints will be addressed by the district. It's easy for us to give you an email address so the project manager can answer community concerns. Thanks a lot. I'm very interested to see that when it comes up. I think those are all my questions. Thank you very much, Secretary Kfield. Thank you. First of all , thank you very much to you both and to the staff for all your efforts. I know it has been years of preparation and I thank you all for your hard work in getting us to this point. It is a very important step in this process. Obviously I do have a question. I

048am a visual learner when I know that plans don't tell us what will happen, but how it will look, how we will mark it, and at what point in this process it is together can give us a model of what they are going to build for this project. I do n't know who's going to address that in the different capacities, but the projects are like a sign that says it's coming soon. I know that certain companies have videos and they make everything very nice. Who's going to do that? That is the architect's responsibility for this project. In particular, the scope was the site of the plan that is published on the district's website. We didn't make it three-dimensional because it's a sports court. There are no buildings, there are no stands. The stands are the

049main thing of the stadium. I can come back and we can look at the possibility of giving you a kind of model for representing three-dimensional graphs. That's something that would interest me. I don't know if the rest of the board, I know they were looking at the old plans and I know they've evolved a lot since we first started talking about this, but I would be interested in a visual representation. Typically what we would do is provide a project sign that is in the contract with the general contractor, and yes, it will have an image. It's going to use the same image that's on the district's website, but that's typically where a rendering of a future project is going to be. Unfortunately, we haven't done a rendering like we did for Steam. We did quite

050a few renderings and visualizations, but we did n't do it for this project because, well, where are we going to have the food vendors? Let's see how it's going to look. I personally did do my own when I was designing it, I did do my own performance of three. I have my own documents; it wasn't something that was published or created in a presentation format. I only designed them as drawings. I can visualize it in three dimensions. It's very easy to possibly take what we've already prepared and put it in a three-dimensional format and perhaps color it for the district and also give a top-down view of how the entire project will look. In St. The one that's in Clark. I think they had similar stands, but they have the brands. It 's quite typical

051of that school. I think the community would be very excited to see the incredible work they are going to do. I would be interested if we could have that conversation. It's something I can discuss with Dr. Simon and Ms. Arques. We can see if we can show you a presentation or a budget that we've prepared for you. to the board and maybe we can put it on the identification form so that it is public knowledge. Anyone else? Okay, that's important action 12.1. Can you give me a motion to try item 12.1? Motion to try. Second. Thank you. We need to take attendance, please. Student member and one yes. Mrs. Armstrong, yes, Mrs. Centron, yes, Mr. Critfield, yes. Mrs. Garsa. Yes, Mrs. Stuart. Yes. Okay. Moving on to the next important action point, the resolution. Intention

052to consider future bond measures. Dr. Simon, this resolution was brought to the board with the intention of considering a future bond in choice to allocate resources to a possible bond measure. If they are open to a future bonus, this is a resolution that allows them to move forward and do so. Any questions or comments from board members? Yes, I have one and I intend for a future bond measure . I would love to have a bonus measure put forward for consideration, but what I want the staff and cabinet to do in terms of work is to have... I want defined projects, I want the vision, I don't want to, I 'm not willing to present blind aspirations to the public. I want to know what the money is going to be used for. I want

053to put the cart before the horse because the constituents, our community, they too, ultimately, are going to be the ones who pay for this. They will need to provide input on what they are willing to spend money on. generational, not a larger facilities plan, but what we can do. I need something more concrete, sir, please, quickly. Well, the district is currently working on a master installation plan. the document used to identify the projects most needed with the bond measure. And the board wants to know specifically which projects these bond funds will be used for. This generally sometimes provides an overview of projects or areas that they want to improve. I recommend not necessarily being specific, but focusing on the areas for improvement in the district in general terms. If we need an idea, we want

054to change the facade of the schools, that's fine, whatever , but if you talk to community partners maybe they have a great idea. We do n't have a pool. It would be great to have a swimming pool. But there is a conversation. That's all. I want us to do something, something that will be very good with this money, something that we really want. In fact, you can't have it all. We're going to do A, BC, but we need to focus, right? It's a mineral thing, but we have to derive from it, which is what we really want. That's what I say, and they'll have my support. Vice President Warson Garza, thank you Madam President. Can you remind us of the process for requesting the bonus? The first thing that comes next is to refresh my

055knowledge and for the public as well, please. Well, generally with bond processes, like the last time we pawned this, we won't address legal advice for bonds. We will look at what bonds we would like to include in the measure, and the details involved. After a certain time, the board passes a resolution to put the bond to a vote and it requires a four- fifths vote. This district can do this, you can't campaign for the bond, but you can give educational information to the community, especially about what the bond will be used for. It can be a very good measure; if they are in a hurry, it can be condensed. We now have more time to gather feedback and input from the community. This is the first step to begin this process. We have time at

056this point in the resolution. This, as an intention, begins, let's say, this is the commitment of the bond council, to go to some public hearings for the educational campaign. Can I ask one more question? Yes, in that process, tell us where the issue of facilities comes in. Well, that report is coming in the future. I do not recommend that we jump to the resolution and put the bonus measure to a vote without having everything in place. By the end of the year we will be ready, giving us enough time to go through the bond process deliberately. Well, that's what we're doing right now, isn't it? That's why we're working on it. Nothing more to add to that, I would like to mention that the assistant superintendent would be happy to give us an answer ,

057just to talk more about Andrew's response. Today's resolution gives direction to staff to begin the process of preparing and getting things in order so that the board can make a decision regarding a bonus measure at the vote in November 2026. Some points that the board passed tonight. We can start with the facilities master plan process which will take 5 or 6 months, maybe something like that. Well, in general terms, there are also some surveys in the community that need to be done to see what the community's feelings are , their contributions for a bond measure, all those things come into play. Ideally, Mr. SGA, you are right, we will have more time now. The last time we did it , we did it like at the last minute, like in August, when the voting measure

058went to the board. Um, we'd like something around the end of April or May, but it could be delayed or brought forward a bit depending on how the process goes. Part of the facility master plan process also helps to create a project list. It will also be part of the process for the bond initiative. Quickly, Carry, you can turn off the podium. There's quite a bit of noise now. It's difficult. Kishfold. Well, he already paid her. Thank you. Thank you, Madam President. Well, having been through this process last time, I like Mrs. Armstrong's energy because we want everyone to support this. We need something bright, let's say, something attractive. We did the survey last time and the things that were like, I do n't want to say boring, but fixing air conditioning, roofs, security stuff

059were the ones that had the most support in the survey in the community. We have to give it to them in writing, they understand, and the facilities are old, they're ancient, so I can understand that. But in the process we were in last time, there is a lot of community support for this and we are not starting from scratch because although the last master plan for facilities that was done recently in 2023 I think it wasn't as complete as we want to do this time, there were 36 million dollars in the level one category. all security categories. There are things we 're spending on that we could have been addressing a couple of years ago, last year, or even today. There's enough just in the security category, and in the total of the five categories

060recommended for a bond, the facilities master plan was $60 million last time. I would say that in non-presidential election years, bonds are less popular, but I think it's very important that we communicate with the community about the need for this, and for the students, and that we need to do many things that maybe aren't very attractive, but we do need them and they give more opportunities for the students. I think we're doing well. This time, we have quite enough time to do something right by receiving the community's support and passing on the bonus because we really do need it. Well, I definitely agree with this. Last time I was in favor of this, but for me it really isn't about the bonus and giving voters the opportunity to give their opinions. We can put it

061to a vote and maybe it won't pass, but community members should have the option. We did n't do it last time and I regret it. I think they should have a choice about this. It's Cintron members, well, I want to continue on your comment. I agree with you, absolutely, being one of the parents in the community who supported him last time. I was very dedicated and committed to the surveys and forums. I was very disappointed by the people at the table at the board last time it didn't happen, but this time I think all of us, well, let me put this another way, I think that having a strong bond can address the issues of student facility needs and tell you exactly what we need. I support the 100% bonus. I was before and I

062am now. So thank you for bringing it back. Anyone else? Okay. A motion to approve item 2.2. 12.2. A motion. A second one. Second. Please take attendance. Member Ivan. Member. Member of Cal. Yes, Mr. Critel. Yes, Mrs. Garcia. Yes, Mr. Stuart. Yes. Okay. Moving on to the next important action. 12.3, the Black Knight Petrol Security Services contract. Dr. Simon. Thank you. Now I'm going to give this to General Advisor Andrea. Thank you, Dr. Simon. This afternoon the board will be reviewing the contract for Black Light. Black Knight Patrol Security Services. Since the last meeting, when this issue was discussed and they were instructed to make a contract, I met with Black Knight Patrol, reviewed the terms of the agreement, and we reached an agreement that they have implemented and agree to. If the board approves

063it, that will happen in a while. We met with district staff and Black Night Patrol to discuss certain issues and concerns they presented to us. I want to make it clear that it wasn't a negotiation; that wasn't the scope of that meeting. Basically, it was to involve the Black Knight Patrol, to have them participate, to have the security personnel ask questions, to have a better understanding of how the roles and responsibilities are going to work , things of that nature. The debate was productive, they asked many questions and we addressed many things, such as how they would communicate with each other and it was discussed at that meeting that Black Knight Patrol would have district radios so they could listen and understand what was happening inside the school. If there is a need for help,

064they can address that immediately. general topics. From now on, if they approve the contract, there will have to be more meetings between the district's security personnel and Black Knight Patrol, who have not yet selected the individuals who will be security guards at the school sites, but once they make that selection, those people will be able to meet and get together to talk operationally about how things are going to work. There is a process when we are adding a new element to the district's security services. However, having said that, we have already prepared the contract for the board to approve. And if you have any questions regarding the terms or anything within the contract, I will gladly answer them. Colleagues, any questions or comments? Vice President Carel. Thank you, Madam President. I just want to say

065that this is something I'm not a lawyer about, but it is a pretty good contract. I'm very happy. Thank you for working on this. Ah, sir. And I am in favor. Members center, I have some questions. My first question is simply, I know there will have to be more talks and more work after this, but I think my questions will be about the idea, the theory, and the concept of this. Please, when you ask this question, hold onto that moment. How will Black Knight coordinate with existing staff and security managers? to ensure clear communication, to avoid confusion during critical incidents. They presented this at the meeting we had. I think the quick answer we got was that they were going to use the district radios to be able to communicate. In addition to that, present

066a question about how that communication was going to be carried out. Law enforcement agencies generally have radio codes that they use to communicate what is happening. Black Knight Patrol do use radio codes if necessary. They also use regular English when necessary. This is one of the things they will have to meet with the district's security personnel about. What will the district's communication system be? Will they use codes, or will they use different codes than those normally used by law enforcement agencies? However, it is about allowing the two entities to come together to see what will be more efficient for them. The goal is to increase and provide additional support to current security personnel with the aim of making schools safer. In terms of safety, radio is generally the most optimal way to communicate when people

067are not within range of each other, so that one cannot hear the other shouting or even just being able to hear each other. My next question is going to be, what are the district's measurement outcomes or benchmarks that the district can anticipate from the contract in terms of improving school safety? Do we have any benchmark we can measure from today for 6 months until the end of the contract, because it is a one-year contract? The talks, we had talks, what we need is to create a benchmark of what we currently have in place, the incidents, the responses to the incidents, the results, types of those things to have something to go on in terms of numbers or information. That will come from the contributions of the students and the community. What do you think about

068the additional security presence? Is this something that is increasing your opportunities? Do parents feel safer sending their students to school? These are all things that we're going to have to put together throughout this year to see if this program has been beneficial for the district or not. These are processes that we will establish and put into effect to listen to the contributions of staff, students and also the community. And finally, at the end of the year, we're going to compile all that information and make a comprehensive report for the board to see how these services worked. Yes, you answered my next question. My next question was about contributions. Yes, that's what he answered. My last question, and yes, I have a few words after. What opportunities? And I know it does say so in the

069contract, but I just want to say it here for members of the community so that everyone can hear it out loud and understand it better. What opportunities exist for the district to increase capacity to have Black Knight provide training to our own security personnel so that in the long term we can have a model of an internal process and not have to continue with this contract in the future? In that capacity there are two types of training they can receive. One is formal, the other is informal. Informal, generally daily interactions between Black Knight and district security , things that come up, the conversations they have, talking about incidents, seeing what they could improve on. That's informal training that will naturally take place during the school year, a more formal approach to the number of hours

070in arrest and control or de-escalation techniques, cosmic techniques of that nature. That is a service that Black Knight does provide. However, at this time we think that we should allow district staff to build that relationship and with security and be able to work together. Ah, in what areas do they want more training, and if they want it, and will Black Knight be able to provide that training to the district's security personnel? We will leave it up to them to determine what will be best for them to increase security at school sites. Right now I ca n't say specifically what those programs will be because that's a debate we'll have in the future. But what he's saying is that it can be adjusted to our needs based on school facilities. Okay, perfect. Thank you so much

071for answering my questions. I have no further questions, but I do have a statement that is better in writing than for me to make it like this. Once again, I just want to thank the cabinet for all the efforts they have made to ensure that this contract is right for our district, and the input from families, students, and staff is very important. I want to be clear that the safety of students and staff was going to be and will continue to be my top priority. I always understand the concerns that have been expressed, such as how weapons and armed guards will impact the school environment. This contract represents a temporary but necessary step in addressing urgent security needs in school facilities. However, it is not the final solution. I see that as an opportunity for

072the district to take input to monitor how these services are performed and to hold Black Knight accountable for its services. My hope is that over time we will have our own in-house team of trained, individual professionals who see this work as a dedicated career to keep school campuses safe and welcoming places for people. I want to emphasize that this is to increase the support we already have, not to diminish the important role that the district's security personnel play every day. From now on, I will seek accountability, transparency, and regular opportunities for students, families, and staff to contribute to this partnership. Security cannot come at the expense of trust, and I think we can and must have both. Thanks a lot. That's all I have. Member Armstrong, I only have one question. We will plan to

073negotiate with CSA and CC when this matter arises. That's basic, a conversation we're going to have with CSA and we're going to have to figure out the timeline. We don't have anything on the agenda right now to complete that. Student member, I don't know if this has already been mentioned, but today, of the comments or opinions, which ones will be the first ones that will be compiled? I believe the most suitable way is to have online forms and physically printed forms at school sites where people can leave their comments. another way to combine data and comments. Any information that on- site administrators or those receiving district staff will have to be passed on to the new security administrator if we are going to create that position. They will be responsible for collecting any comments, questions,

074concerns, or anything else, including good things, so they can bring them back to the board in a comprehensive report on the terms of the comments, in addition to creating opportunities for people to leave comments. There's very little we can do to request that without having a survey. Yes, and if the board wants to hold a meeting, we can do so at certain intervals, send surveys to students, staff, and the community, and compile the results to provide an analysis of the feedback we received from the survey respondents. There are different options. I think the most basic one will be to provide a place where people can leave their comments. A more comprehensive approach will be to conduct some surveys throughout the year to gather as much feedback as possible. And another question I have, when do

075you expect it to be implemented in schools? Well, the date we have planned is October 1st. That said , it may be delayed for a couple of weeks just to allow the individuals who choose to patrol alongside district supporters as well, and allow them time to safely meet from school campuses, acclimate to the school campuses, and allow sufficient preparation before being physically on the school campus. A conservative estimate would be mid -October or late October, but the goal has always been October 1st. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay, I'll start with my questions. First question, can you remind the public exactly what degrees, training, and certifications these security guards have? Well, D C licenses, tear gas, first aid, resuscitation, and also firearms license for armed individuals only. training. They receive 4 hours for arrest powers, 4

076hours for use of force and escalation, 4 hours for observation and documentation, 4 hours for public relations, 2 hours for sexual harassment prevention, 2 hours for documentation and report writing, 2 hours for dealing with difficult people, 2 hours for program management and control, and according to law B 1626 state laws. As for training for school security guards, they receive 24 hours, 24 hours of school security guard responsibilities, 8 hours of laws and legal responsibilities and information in educational environments, and 4 hours of mediation and conflict resolution and how to deal with emergencies. 3 hours of dynamic student behaviors and they are given a test at the end and an exam that they have to pass. They have quite a lot of in-depth training, they do quite a lot, it seems, from what I hear, there

077are quite a few hours of training. Yes. And that's part of the goal: to have highly trained individuals present at school facilities, with the aim of increasing the capabilities of our internal security personnel to improve school safety. And school safety is very important . Given how important all that training is, why don't they have protection or insurance against sexual abuse or other disturbances? Well, in terms of the contract, it was requested and the organizations gave a price; it would have cost an additional $0,000 for that insurance, and the type of negotiation we had with the liability insurance they have, and for any incident that can be covered under those policies, sorry. And also, it was discussed how these cases of sexual abuse generally come into play due to changes in state laws, allowing people to

078file lawsuits in these types of cases, and now there is the ability to do so retroactively for 40 or 50 years, which has led to an increase in the number of settlements generated from previous sexual abuse cases. Well, with all those laws and the opening up, it's something they would definitely like to have that coverage for. You told me that this is recommended. It would be recommended that these companies have that, and we all watch the news and see sexual abuse and cases of sexual abuse. We have seen that it was recommended, and in this contract we do not want to follow our recommendations. The contract was negotiated and what is before the board today, well, but it is a problem that the board cannot accept or move forward with. There is no obligation to

079approve the contract, only that it is the best one presented according to the negotiations and circumstances in this current contract. who is before the board, well we'll see if the board wants to take out a contract without sexual protections for our young people. The file asks, if an armed guard enters the school grounds, what do they do with their firearms? I'm going to give you a general summary. There are specific guidelines on when they can draw their weapon, when they decide to enter the school premises, if it is closed, if there is an active shooter, if there are fights, if they have them, um, if it gives us a short description of what they do in each situation. Well, in terms of critical incidents, active shooter, they enter the school campus and address the threat.

080If there is a fight on the school field, we saw this discussion at that meeting, that it would be a matter for district security personnel to call or administrators to call and ask for help from Black Night Patrol. They do not enter the school premises on their own because of a fight, unless they are asked to enter by radio. Um, in the other scenario you described, when do they decide to enter the school? I know he just told me about active shooter, this, if there are fights, if they are called out. When does the security guard decide? Am I going to start school or not? In what situation? The only situation in which they are not asked to enter the school premises is a critical incident such as an active shooter, or any incident where

081there is a threat to life. Apart from that, any other situation that comes to mind right now would have to be that they are asked to log in, otherwise they wo n't log in on their own. Another thing, we also talked about how CCA, our work with them, was very comfortable, it seems, but not very comfortable when we spoke tonight. Yes, I said that my question was, what could we do in working with the staff on their roles and responsibilities? And I was told that we haven't reached that point yet. Basically, we're going to go through all of this and see what happens. Well, as far as Black Night patrol roles and responsibilities are concerned, they have basically been told that they are responsible for patrolling the perimeter of the school campuses. This includes hours

082during school hours when students are in class and not much happens; they patrol the perimeter, looking for idle individuals or suspicious vehicles, and are ready for any call from school staff asking for their help. They will be there when they enter and start school and when they leave school to help with that. Their patrols generally operate during the day, as needed. If the Pacific site messages want a specific area patrolled at a certain time because they've had associated problems, they let Black Knight know. Well, look, this area has been a problem for us, we would like you to patrol that area during these hours and things like that come up as the program unfolds. We will try as much as possible to have those meetings to address the issues at the specific school sites in

083advance, but from time to time things come up and we have to be flexible and help when needed. The reality is that when things come out, we're going to analyze the problems when they come with armed guards, with weapons. That's what I'm hearing. Yes I understand. He understands that the individuals are armed, but they have training on how to use firearms, not how to use them as described above in the training they have received. Yes, if the board wants them to be disarmed, it's a possibility and there's an opportunity to do it. Just give me the address, I'll go out and ask for help without weapons. But I was specifically asked to be armed. This contract is from the board, it's for armed guards. That's what we're debating. I understand all the training they have,

084but I want the public to know that we're going to address problems as they arise. Correct? Because that's what I was told as a member of this board, I want to assure you that that 's accurate. That is specific to instances that cannot be addressed in advance because they cannot be predicted in advance. And we also agreed that we would meet and discuss with CSA, but no negotiations have taken place regarding this contract and we don't know how they will interrupt in different situations. Correct? Denials have taken over. I want to be very clear about this, but there were indeed discussions about roles, responsibilities, and theoretical hypothetical situations. Uh, during the time we had, we had those discussions, an hour with CSA about armed guards, we talked and there are no definitive answers about responsibilities

085and their exact roles, about everything theoretically that could happen. Yes or no? I want to get to the point. I can't talk about every hypothetical or theoretical thing. We had a one-hour meeting. I want the public to understand what we are voting on today. My next question is, what will you be doing? What could they be doing? What will they do before and after school when the students are on the school field? Were they playing their roles again? Patrolling the perimeter of the school campus, addressing areas of concern according to administrators. Suspicious vehicles. Idle individuals in the area, be ready for any call for help they receive from security inside the school. And bullets are lethal. What type of ammunition are bullets in a firearm that are lethal? These hollow-knit garments are used because this

086type of protective clothing has that problem, but the hollow-knit fabric doesn't come out of the body, so there's no collateral damage in that case. So it's a firearm at the end of the day. The ultimate goal is to never have to use it, but only use it when absolutely necessary to preserve life. I have two questions, one of which I have at the end, but I do want to say that listening, being prepared, and talking with your executive cabinet is naive for us as a board to say that we were comfortable with this debate because we weren't. I just want to say it publicly. KFI, thank you. For clarification. In their presentation there is a program, an integration period, I think that when the contract begins there is a period where there is more debate

087and collaboration before they start their patrols, before they start their work. Correct. Correct. The board already knew about that. He was at the presentation. That's how it is. Thank you. This conversion has been unfolding for years. For me, it's a step forward in making school campuses safer places. This is a step, it's a step taking action after so many years of debate. This has shed light on other areas that can be improved. I don't know if that light would have been there if we hadn't had this debate. So it's very important to note that these conversations and all these things we've said, why not do it? We wouldn't be talking about them if we weren't talking about this contract. So there's a lot of good that comes out of saying we're going to focus on

088school safety, which is a top priority, and having something on the agenda to discuss is a good opportunity to hear opinions and talk about it and about that as well. Last week the personnel committee took note and looked at the job description. Thank you Dr. Sorlos, because I saw that the reviews in the job descriptions are clearer. It's a good job they've done developing a new position as security manager to improve everything. It's about supporting students; for me, it doesn't go beyond being good, something that unites us. A student says, "I'm interested in this contact." No stop at this contact. Many things, points that I hear are good points. We must try to address those issues. I also have a passion for fixing those things, just like taking the first step. So, with different perspectives

089that I appreciate, my vote is based on the truth and the fact that families deserve to know that their children are safe when they go to school. I want to be clear, I want it to be clear that my support shows my commitment where safety is important and we can show it in our budget, in action, in our conversations. I support this. I know there has been debate from different perspectives. I think it's very good, but I don't think there's a single person in this room who doesn't think student education is important. We all have different opinions on the subject, and that's great. This conversation needs to continue and they need to improve this recalibration, have better reports, get everyone on the same page about how to do it, but I'm very proud that we're

090finally taking a first step after so long. It is what it is, and we're going to grow together from this. Vice President Garza. Thank you, Madam President. I would like to add what my colleague, member Kitchfield, said. I agree. None of us ever wanted to have to make this decision. It's not an easy decision to make as a board member. We have a bad option and we have an even worse option. At this moment we have to choose. Right now it is very important that we can secure the school campuses and the surrounding area as well. I know that although there was one very big news story which is also the reason why we are doing this, there was another story that should have been highlighted as well. There has been another attack at another

091school where three students were injured, and I, as a teacher, can tell you right now that I am afraid every day that I enter my school, that I will have to be the intermediary between the students, and who knows, God forbid, if someone enters my classroom. I know I would do that. My family knows that I've had conversations with them, that they understand what I would do for those children. Please don't misunderstand me; when we say and ask that we move forward with this, we don't know what we're asking about the staff, the teachers, but we don't want the teachers to be the ones who stand between the children and this sniper. It should be someone who knows what to do to get it done outside, not inside. That should never, ever, ever happen on

092school grounds. And I also want to address that if we vote in favor of this, it doesn't mean we agree that yes, perhaps it does happen that sexual harassment occurs in our schools. We will be monitoring the situation, and there will be legal proceedings and prosecution if that happens. Let's hope that never happens, but this is what we are currently facing. And believe me, I have looked at all these things, we have, and it is not an easy decision to make, at least not for me. I don't want to speak for other people at this meeting, but I walk into my classroom every day knowing that could happen to me if someone decides to do that. Student member. Thank you, Madam President. I completely agree. Board members have been saying it's not the ideal weight,

093but it's a first step toward ensuring student safety. However, I do think there should be an additional level of accountability for the guards, because as a Mayfer student, I was there when a security guard was arrested on allegations. In that regard, the security personnel will be equipped with body cameras. Yes, they have body cameras that, if activated specifically for this role, will be able to document things that happen. Thank you. I have another question for the staff. Before today, has anyone or any board member ever asked for information to see how many problems we've had outside of school campuses for a benchmark before we make this decision? Madam President, we have not done it. I'm going to read when I'm obviously going to vote, right? My main reason is that we've tied three together. Not

094once, please understand everyone, not once, has any person gone up to the podium and spoken in favor of having armed guards. The students' needs are to obtain security inside the school. I support the community; that's what they've requested. I have never seen an email from a member talking about being afraid of active triggers. Yes, I've seen electronic cigarettes, bathroom problems, fights, parents getting involved in school activities, but none of this is going to mitigate any of that. I am listening to my community and I am not going to vote in favor of this. Do you have any further comments before we take the vote? Advance, Secretary Kchfield. Yes, I will say that I personally have had many conversations where people do agree and are concerned about safety, especially in the world we live in today,

095and I have heard a lot of support for this. Yes, I appreciate that perhaps these parents don't come to the educational board meetings, but I think that all of us on the stage have conversations and they do represent their community and I appreciate that, but my community members with whom I have spoken are not in favor. Armstrong membrane. I want to add, although five of my children have graduated from Belf schools, I still have members of my family who attend schools from north to south. One of my nieces, she has a son—I wo n't say which school—but when I told her what was happening, she said, "You know what, Auntie? I don't know what I think about having armed guards. I'm not going to say what I've already said twice. If you listen to the

096board members, I would love to have more security included in the security plan because there are so many other ways we can mitigate these things or problems. And again, I also feel the same way about the CS staff. There are many people in the community, and we all have different opinions. I'm representing what I know. One more thing I want to add is that, yes, since I've been on this board, we've had some issues with guns. One wasn't a real gun, another was in a backpack that, if we had a gun detector, wouldn't have made it onto school grounds, and the other was in a trash can and never made it onto school grounds. My last comment: I understand that we can work around not having insurance for dishonest assault and sexual assault, but at

097the end of the day, a company that operates with children and hidden districts, and that 's a red flag for me. If they don't have that in place, I'm questioning what they're doing. Any further comments? A motion to try 12.3. Motion to try. One second. Second. Roll call , please. Student Member Iñanw. Yes. Member Armstrong. No. Ms. Centron. Yes. Actuary Kfield. Yes. Ms. Garsa. Yes. President Stuart. I'm going to read a statement of my no vote. I 'm voting no on this contract today for several important reasons. First, the community has spoken clearly on this issue through many public comment nights. No speaker endorsed hiring guns, armed guards, and no speaker emailed me, although many spoke—a great many spoke against it—parents, students. If the community elected me, I would take it seriously as a matter

098of listening to their voices, and I have not heard any support for this contract. I cannot support it. Over the past three years, the requests I've received from students, parents, and staff have been overwhelmingly against it. It has been due to increased support on school campuses regarding e-cigarettes, tardiness, and other direct issues that immediately affect students. This contract does not address these needs. Additionally, the company does not have insurance for sexual abuse and indecent assault. Any agency working with children should have this insurance. This is a red flag and exposes our district to liability, and I don't understand why we are partnering with a company that lacks such critical protections. I am also very concerned about the impact this decision will have on students, with over 70% of the students identifying as Hispanic and 13%

099as African American. I don't think this contract will decrease stress for students and families or make them feel safer. On the contrary, I believe it will increase their stress. Furthermore, although I have heard arguments that this contract may help with homeless community members, there have been more frequent problems with homeless individuals. In elementary schools, not high schools, this contract would not mitigate those situations. Finally, I also want to note that CSA employees and other board members who I've been able to collaborate with him, they've expressed their disagreement with that decision and have stated that they support a vote again due to the lack of community support, the lack of protections for children, the failure to address student needs, and the potential harm to students. It's an absolute no vote, and I'm very disappointed. Thank you.

100Moving on to the consent agenda, does anyone want to hold any items on the consent agenda? I don't have any items to hold, President, but I don't know when I can say this. But you know, we have the drug-free schools thing . I spoke about bullying earlier. When is that going to come up again ? If there's a time when we talk about bullying, can you ask for it in the board report, or can you, excuse me, ask for it in your board member report? Does anyone have any other items I haven't heard yet? Then, we can have a motion to approve the consent agenda item. Take the vote. Student Member Armstrong. Yes, moving on to board communications, Student Member, it begins You. Well, seeing as there were no student representatives, I'll have to do

101my part for Mayfer. September 5th was the twelfth-grade students' sunrise, although the sun didn't really shine that much . It was a very, very nice event. We got together, had fun, took a group photo, and we all made our own plans after that. On September 11th, uh, uh, club recruitment, a big event where all the clubs came out to introduce themselves, to show off the students. I would have liked more organization. The tables were set up like first come, first served. Finally, Mayfer's Mountain Sports on September 6th was attendees. They attended different games, uh, Strive, T Fiber 6, and many other side games. Member Crushfield has been to many of these events. He knows the level of community and competition that these events have. So at Iron Pur, many different districts attend at a college

102level for this event. Many people from different schools come; there's quite a community, and everyone comes together for the same thing. That's all. Thank you. Thank you very much, Member Armstrong. Thank you, President Stuart. I said I did my Laxta meeting, I was at my community report. Yes, I was with the PTA and the council. I was involved with the PTA at a local school, so it felt great to be among dedicated parents, sharing good experiences with students. I enjoyed joining them at the meeting. If I have time again, I hope they invite me back. And I also attended a Cube conference as the Council for Urban Educators, board members, superintendents from all over the country were there. We had our own representative from Los Angeles, Dr. Dev. She came and spoke to everyone. She

103shared her personal experiences, impactful experiences, she said, uh, a personal story to show how she got to where she is now, a story that shows her determination and is very encouraging. We also had another speaker, Dr. Brian Stevenson. He is the one who founded and now leads the Equal Justice Initiative and leads with encouragement. He shared. He said the first time he had to go to Talking to someone who was incarcerated, because that's what he does. They go and represent people who are very poor and incarcerated. He told us about the first time he was a client representative, and he really didn't know anything, he didn't know what to do to help this individual or to make him feel better. But he said he didn't know what to do, but what he figured out at

104that moment was that if I could just connect with this individual and grow this relationship, that's what helped the person. He ended up helping the individual get out of the situation he was in. So the thing about him is, I did n't know what I was doing, but I was determined to do the best I could, even though I didn't know what I was doing. But well, he's far from that now; he's grown a lot. Colin, who was there too, is trying to spread the word about a company called Lumi, which he founded, making sure to share his artificial intelligence program with as many districts as he can. And let's see what else I have. I also visited two school campuses. I visited The newly built Compton High School and the arts and performance center.

105It was a collaboration. Dr. Dre Andre Young helped build it. He did the performance arts part . They leveled the school campus and built it. It's beautiful. What bond money can do . I visited another school, Davis Middle School. It was great to see students like ours who are very into robotics and games, video games, these programs. It was very inspiring, and Compton is our neighbor, so quite inspiring. That's all I have, what I've done. Thank you, thank you very much, Member Marson, Member Central, nothing to report. Kitchfield, thank you, President. Well, the last meeting, September 5th, I went to Bellflower High School, the baseball game, the East Latino Conference Association in San Diego with President and Member Stuart. This was something that benefits all the communities. Um, I went to the Milk Bucket Game

106at Laker High School. It was hard to give away the trophy, but we're going to get it again next year . This morning I went to Steven Foster School, the "Welcome to the Heroes" event, where a veteran came home to surprise his two brothers at school. Ah, I love those moments, and I love highlighting them; they're very impactful. Thank you for giving that to the staff, to Esmeralda, and to the others who also helped with the bonus measure. I think I want to emphasize that it's going to be very important. We have a lot of work to do, but I feel confident that we can do it and receive the support we need for the future. On the main project, I want to emphasize how significant the construction project is. Quite a few challenges, many

107questions and issues. Make sure that when the work starts, all the planning, the environmental work, everything will fall into place. I know there are many who doubt. The improvements to the courts and sports fields will never happen. I have impatience too, but I think so much work has been done at the beginning of this project that I feel quite confident that we must all make sure this program is done well, done right, done on time, that nothing will be left unfinished or delayed. I'll do it soon, but I can't wait for it to start on the topic of safety. I believe safety must come first, it must be first for everyone who has the privilege of sitting on this podium. We all have opinions, we've shared them, but that doesn't mean I respect all arguments

108when they are intentionally misleading or serve to create confusion or doubt in an initiative that requires everyone to work together to achieve the goal of maintaining safety on school campuses. This should unite us. Again, I want to move away from the hostile topic in these meetings because I want us to set a better example for young people. Before closing, I want to acknowledge the climate in which our students live, in Evergreen, as Ms. Garsa said, the shooting at the Catholic school, these things are very difficult for young people, and sometimes we can't see it, but last week a mother shared that her daughter was singled out because of a certain death, and that other young people were celebrating at the event. I believe that for every child, safety, or this feeling of belonging to the

109school, because of who they are, what they believe in, we shouldn't to have hostility and national problems in the classrooms. This should be a place where every student can feel welcomed and feel good. That's something we must do in this Pflower Unified School District . In short, today's meeting lays quite a foundation on how we should move forward into the future. I'm very encouraged, very excited for the future. Thank you all for coming . Even you, Peter. Vice President Garsa. Vice President Garsa. Thank you. I was able to attend Mayfir's homecoming night. It's always a pleasure to be on campus. I walked around some classrooms and shook hands and said hello to some teachers. I really look forward to seeing that school, specifically because we have a project underway to start fostering care and love,

110so that everyone sees that we are amazing schools. All of our schools. There are teachers who want to be there, they are there for the students, they want to improve the place, and also the support staff and the principals. I think it's going to happen and see the joy And the excitement of the new school year, and for me too, I was able to—I'm sorry , I had a meeting at Borrow High , so I couldn't attend their back-to-school night—but I promise I'll be there at their next event. And I was also able to go to ALC's back-to-school night. It's always nice to go back to the school where I used to work and see how they're continuing to serve the students and families. And I was also able to go to Ernie Pile's another

111back-to-school night, and also to Steven Foster's, and I think I went to one more. Uh, let me see, I'll check my notes. And yes, I also went to WF and Baxter's. I'm so glad that Baxter's has all its staff together again. It makes me so happy to see that they're starting the school year with a full staff. Thank you, have a nice night. Thank you. Good afternoon. I'm sorry, but this is my longest report ever . I just went to a conference, and this is the only way we have to report what we learned. Conferences. This is the only way I was able to share. So, it's going to be a little long, sorry. On September 5th, I attended the baseball ribbon-cutting ceremony, so the baseball team will have the opportunity to play on a

112safer and more beautiful field. On September 9th, I attended the school's return to ILC thanks to Principal PES AP Rojas and the staff; they have a very hard-working staff. I went to each classroom, and it was a great event. There was a lot of support from the parents, and I appreciate that they allowed me to be a part of their night again. I attended the California Latino School Board Conference in San Diego. I have a lot to report because I stayed the whole time, but the overall session was incredible. It was with Dr. Paul Carfold and Dr. Robin Alisar. One question that really impressed me was, what do we do with apprentices who are struggling, and what are the expectations for preparing them to graduate or to be eligible for college? We looked at several

113different things. We will do things differently if it was a Long-term English learner, or if it was an AED student, or if it was a fifth, fourth, general education student, or your own child. We talked about whether it was a different approach. If it were our own child, ah, we would seek help, we would help with homework, we would seek help from the teachers. Outside of class, we would do all those things like the district. What are we doing for current students that seem similar? Second, we talked about characteristics of governance teams in ah, student achievement. Some things are super-decent, and the table should be a team, and they have to go for the moral things. I'm going to repeat it in terms of system coherence because it was incredible because we're going to talk

114about that with John about this and have the systems in place. A team effort of five broad goals. I'm thankful that on Saturday we're going to be able to expand on this, to have the organization be accountable to the community they serve, to maintain a governance infrastructure and a governance team. There is respect for roles and an understanding and trust and security that is present in the basis of that relationship that I I know we discussed this when we created the government team's brochure so we could be on the right track to follow our own few guidelines. I attended several workshops, including one on acceleration formulas, systems foundations, and studies that promote academic excellence and performance achievement for each student. It was very important to attend because having current systems—which we just discussed—is crucial for

115sharing resources and ideas to create systems that ensure the maximum potential of all students. We were reminded that in- depth research isn't about blaming anyone, but about having the systems we already have in place, understanding how they were created, and why they are there. Every system, whether perfect or not , was designed to achieve results—the results we have. That's why we need to investigate the systems. And it taught us that demographics don't determine students' destinies. And we need to remember that. We recommend asking the following questions when we're looking at the systems: One, what is the achievement profile and demographics of the students? Two, what were the practices in the past? And where did the systems come from? And three, what can we do to advance the Achievement? They reminded us that any existing design

116or structure must incorporate input from all community partners, and we must seek the root causes of deficiencies. Attend the next workshop on proactive immigration solutions for K312 employees. How do we protect employees who are DACA recipients and Dreamers in case those programs are discontinued? They reminded us that students benefit from having diverse teachers, but the board must consider how we can protect employees and have an attorney who specializes in immigration policy and regulations, especially today. And we can add committees to support immigration. There are two options: green cards or temporary visas, and HR may be able to help protect them. The third workshop was on mathematics to inspire patriotism, to connect with students and connect with real-life experiences that relate to the student demographic to see their knowledge and experiences in the past. We must

117create after- school programs that are culturally focused and relevant, enriched with field trips like math-based excursions. as programming, that there be many affirmations and joy and expand math beyond itself. I attended another workshop to elevate leadership excellence and support the board for personal development. I spoke with President Michelle Cuer. This was my favorite workshop of the conference. The main question they asked us was, where do we learn to be leaders? Typically, we learn how to be leaders at home, with family members, or at work, but we need to build capacity with CS employees because we always talk about encouraging the community, and many CS employees live in the community and they keep the environment in the schools intact. We need to talk about what qualities we want our employees to have. We talked about things

118that we think about as members at the conference that we want to see, which is teamwork, team- oriented, collaborative, interpersonal skills, communication, being culturally competent, how to assess situations, and being thoughtful and critical. And we are thinking about how to train staff and if we are sharing this with the staff. We were reminded that one classified administrator can manage hundreds of employee And we need to train them to be amazing leaders and to have the profile of a classified employee. We want to see the questions that sparked thought, what skills we want employees to have, and how we implement the things we need to train them on. The last workshop I attended was Districtinas and Action, practical strategies. Already. Ah, I can't speak anymore. This is so long, I'm so sorry. This was also a

119very good session. They discussed the difference between AI literacy and AI readiness. What knowledge, skills, and mental state do students need to have, given that artificial intelligence will be involved in all aspects of life? One is an artificial intelligence device that people under 17 years of age use the AI ​​chatbox. They need to be critical thinkers about technology and the advantages of being human and human connections, relationships with human beings, because it seems that some of these children are looking for friendships, relationships and advice. We must value people. We also need to consider the maximum coverage for implementation, how to inform the community, and how we do professional development. And they reminded us that we work with San Diego, one of the unions in San Diego, one of the school districts, and they reminded us

120that it's a long, collaborative process and it's focused on how we can listen to benefit the students and teachers. It took them about a year and they had a very long process, but they are doing great, cool things. If we're not going to replace the teachers and staff , we're going to augment their jobs. If teachers can increase their skills in using these tools to improve themselves, they can focus on other skills, it will give them more time, and it can also be done in the district office. They discussed how the business sector of the district used it to improve cost efficiency, how to find duplicate invoices, charts, and organization. It was really nice to hear about the different ways they used artificial intelligence in their district, and I think we need to start a

121committee and start working on that. On Tuesday I took part in the Paramount Spiring Leadership Academy. He was one of the applicants who were chosen to participate in this group. It was in the second year that they did that and the number of those who joined multiplied. They started with 29, now they're 309. I thank Dr. Katanda for creating this for Parmount employees to teach good leadership skills. I hope we can consider some kind of program here at Bell Flower in the future. I think I should thank the American football team. They already won at Bell Flower, they already won more games, they are already 3-0 and my Austin Miller in his second referee had four touchdowns and in his third he had two more touchdowns. He has seven touchdowns in three games. He's doing

122great for them. He has a very tough match against a former champion , I want to apologize for how long it was. One more thing, I think I'm finally figuring out what 's going on with the screen here. I don't know if we can talk to technology, because it's presented in alphabetical order, unlike people. If we can ask Christian to look into that, because I think that's why I'm confused all the time. And finally, I want to address this notion that I am a hostile board member because we all understand that these comments refer to me. I am passionate and I listen to the community, and I don't think that giving my opinion and asking questions is being hostile. I think being hostile is disrespectful, maybe saying rude things, interrupting and yelling at people, but

123I serve my community like all the members on this platform and I'm going to be passionate about the things I believe in because many people believe in the same things. I don't think I'm behaving in a hostile manner. I think maybe they're kind of watching me closely, but maybe I do n't think I'm acting in a hostile way, that they're pointing that out to me , that I don't agree with that, but I am going to defend what I believe. I'm not going to lie to the public. Nothing I'm saying is inaccurate, there's no hidden agenda, none of this is happening. But I will ask the questions that I hear and I will ask the questions that members of the community ask me to ask. Regarding my being hostile, I've seen more hostile things before

124I was president. Are there any questions from the information points? No, I lost my script. Okay, so if there are no objections, this meeting is adjourned at 8:48 pm until the next one, which is scheduled for tomorrow until the following one on Saturday , September 20th. Let's see.