001Let's begin the meeting here. So, we're going to hold the open session now. At 10:19 PM, Mr. CFD will update us on the topics of the closed session. We will hold the closed session after the meeting. Also tonight we have Rané Arcos, who will be taking the oath to the flag. Everyone can stand up, put your hand on your heart and begin. I swear allegiance to the flag of the United States and to the country it represents, for justice and freedom for all. We have amendments to the agenda. Hey lawyers, can you tell us what you are? Yes, Madam President. Due to the idea of holding a second closed session, the following will be addressed. Let's go after article 15.1 of the information articles to talk about eh with the labor negotiators. On 12.2, the
002session will switch back to a closed session, and at that time the report will also be provided regarding the closed session topics. So, now moving on to the representatives' reports, uh, we don't have representatives from BDA, but we do have representatives from CSCA here. Anthony, may I come in? Mr. Anthony Ramaro from CA, good afternoon, thank you for this presentation. Presented by Stuart and members, Superintendent Smedh, the PTA and BTA cabinet, and members of the public. Good afternoon to everyone present. I am here to give you a brief update on the activities classified by the CESA. We are pleased to say that a successful agreement is on their agenda today. I want to thank Dr. Smith and his team. The negotiation sessions were productive and successful due to the open talks and dialogue between him
003and his team. We appreciate the direct approach and are excited to usher in this new era of action. Now that the 2024-25 school year is coming to an end, I want to acknowledge all the staff here who have worked toward graduation and promotion at all school campuses. Food service, technology, security and janitorial staff throughout the district. They worked hard to ensure that each ceremony represented a successful effort to repair and educate Belf district students, their families, and also the Bellflower Laker community. Even Secretary Clerk and his administrative staff are still working to finalize last year's paperwork and prepare to be ready for the beginning of next year. I also want to acknowledge the ongoing work of year-round employees and what they are accomplishing, but most people think schools are empty; in fact, they are full
004of workers making repairs, cleaning the campus and classrooms. We are proud to be part of CO. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to provide an update on the fence activities. Thank you for reminding us of so many things that we don't see all the time behind the curtains. Dr. Smith has a report from the superintendent today. Yes. And before doing so, there is one correction that I do need to point out in the agenda. It was a correction in 13.26 the contract and agreements for the 2526 school and fiscal year. Uh, the LS and fiscal solutions is a renewal, but in fact it's a new contract, not a renewal. There it is. I am very happy that the summer learning is taking place. Approximately 2,000 students are participating in a wide range of programs
005in schools and across the district. From preschool through high school. Students are involved in appropriate support and learning opportunities and extended learning opportunities. We are providing service to 230 students with 24 students and 60 for professionals. Summer elementary academies are helping 500 students strengthen their reading skills at a high school level. We have summer bridge courses, courses, as well as a foundational program in high school to help you make a successful transition to high school. Let's think together and we are providing almost 900 elementary students with enrichment in science, technology, engineering , mathematics and robotics and we have 900 high school students who are recovering their credits, their AG requirements and double enrollment with Citos College. This would not be possible without the dedication of our staff, teachers, and leaders at the school and district
006levels. And I want to thank everyone for their incredible effort and commitment to all the students. In addition, in the last two days our entire team, our entire [ __ ] team, recently participated in capturing the hearts of children, a very powerful two-day experience that focuses on creating self-managing teams and having authentic communication. It gave us the strength to lead with purpose, strength and confidence and to model, to be examples of what we want to see in the school. This learning experience is very timely, as all staff and teachers will be involved in capturing the hearts of the children in the recruitment process. Um, in the training this August we will be able to start the new school year with care, uh, cultural belonging and we are very grateful for supporting this. So that concludes
007this afternoon's report . Thank you. I'm very excited about Capturing Kids Hearts. It's a partisan program . Yes, we have requests here that there have to be on the topics of the agenda. Is there anyone else who wants to talk tonight? No, since we don't have a speaker, we'll move on to the committee updates. Reviewing the updates, we have n't had any alliance meetings, we're done with it. I know we had an ad hoc special education committee. Hey, does Ms. Cintrón want to report on that? Yes, thanks. We met at the last meeting of the year. The committee will not meet again and we reviewed 26 goals, 21 of them have been completed, five of them, five of the recommendations are ongoing, so there is no way around it. The focus remains on the goals
008that were established from the beginning, but there has been great collaboration with the district, the schools, and our cabinet leaders. And before I forget, one of the topics, well, the two biggest topics that have not only emerged from the goals of this committee, but one of them is growing together, families, educators and community, which is set for October 11th of this year. It is open to all community members, including parent educators, even if they are not located in our district. This is open to anyone who wants to attend, as long as they register. They will participate in workshops all day. Uh, lunch will be provided. People from Kisco will also be there with the registration. Care will also be provided for parents who need childcare for their children. There will also be gifts, childcare, presents,
009everything, all the good things. This will be the first daytime conference, so that will take place on October 11th. It has been something very difficult, but aligned with the goals. number one. So we want to continue teaching and spreading the word about the Parents Academy, which is specifically designed for parents who have exceptional needs. And basically this is a workshop almost monthly or every other month, parents can sign up, they are one hour long. All the information will be posted on social media, the website, and so on. so that parents can register. So we hope that people will do it again . These are one-hour sessions and it's another resource for anyone who wants to participate. So, to conclude, it was quite a good meeting, and we will continue if needed; we will reconvene the
010committee, but right now we are in a very good place. I have two questions. Is it possible to send the final 26 points to the board so we can see what we have accomplished with that report? Absolutely. Second, for general advisor, for a committee at Hawk, we must close it. There's something we need to do to close that committee because that committee is going to end, right? It only ends when the subcommittees are also completed. Yes. Well, great. Uh, we have nothing on foundation declination of registrations, um, committees, Mr. Vice President Garsa, Mr. Kchfield, nothing to report at this time. We will have a meeting when the school year starts again. And there is no report from the security committee today. The Athletic Committee. We've finished that, which is great, what we've been working on.
011We will have another meeting in September, and the culture and climate committee meeting. I'm on that committee. We met and reviewed some basics, some basic things I want to review that we talked about. A really cool, super cool meeting. We looked at a lot of data on attendance, discipline, the Healthy Kids survey, this enrollment, this, the Panorama survey and the CSA Teachers survey. We divided into three groups . We reviewed the data and information collected, and I don't know if I'd like to add anything, but I felt that everyone there was very excited about the data we had, things we could use to grow and improve the climate and culture in general. What we saw in elementary school, a sense of belonging in high school, kind of dropped quite a bit, and these are things
012we look at, communication on the platforms, how we can improve, it's getting more challenge feeding parents, a very key group of people, I think it's a very cool committee. Thank you so much. Is there anything else you'd like to add? No, you summed it up well. We have the right people in that group to look at that data with the right lens and the right framework to work on the future and the next steps that need to be taken. Thank you for the work the committee does. Uh, the legislative action committee met, right? Well, I think that's all. Do you have anything of yours? Okay, and we'll also report on Caps later, sorry. Well, the only thing is, with Laxta we had our last meeting of the year in May. Uh, I think I already
013reported, we had elections, new officials. The only thing we've been, well, we've been bombarded with, well, what's happening right now with schools and immigration. We've all been meeting up. Leiko did, he sponsored the meeting yesterday. We wanted to partner with them to get information to ensure that we get information, well, that we get information from our parents in the schools. This was only yesterday, so what they did was talk about the challenges and barriers to students accessing education. As in 1994, California voters adopted Proposition 187 so that undocumented immigrants and their children could not be denied access to public education, teachers could not be required to contact immigration authorities, and states could not create barriers to the enrollment process. Ciclico also shared a list of specific ways we can defend ourselves and I have a
014link to a preparedness plan and also links to signs of solidarity that can be posted. However, I obtained all this information yesterday . So that's all I have for Langster for now. Thank you, Armstrong board member. President Callaps Brad Kchfield, you can present on Callaps first. Thank you, Madam President. Well, Callaps does a great job offering dual enrollment courses with Segitus College, culinary arts, electrocardiography, psychology, giving Belf students the opportunity to earn high school and college credits, and also a first aid class. They can prepare them for national exams. I want to thank Mr. Arlin Wney for all the work you do for the team and for participating in the College and Career Week at Ramona, Ernie Pile, connecting you at an early age with Bellflower students. It does something we've talked about quite a
015bit, like how to interest the younger students of Bellflower. And regarding these topics, when you can register, you're very excited to do so. Thank you, Madam President. Well, thank you very much. Moving on to topics of discussion, one we have tonight is the 11.1 local indicator presentation. Doctor, yes, Mr. President. We have a point of debate. I will pass this point on to Mrs. Carter, who will present information on local indicators. Well, tonight I'm going to share with you information about ELCAP and local indicators. As I shared, when sharing this information, keep in mind that they already reviewed this information with metrics that were included in ELCAP, the drafts that were provided to you earlier and reviewed previously. Tonight we will complete the AC process requirement to present the local indicators to the board at
016the same time as the ACAP is approved. The final requirement includes posting the information to the California schools dashboard. So to give some background, the state requires certain metrics to be collected and measured annually. The indicators are meant to measure the district's performance in addressing the eight state priorities listed on this slide. Some indicators are collected by the state, and other indicators are collected at the local level. This measures academic performance and achievement , commitment, and conditions and climate. I'm going to share the local indicators with you tonight. For the areas of school conditions, 95% of teachers have completed credentials. It's an increase from last year by 92. It's measured by inspection, a tool used by an inspector to compare and evaluate the conditions of school facilities, and they have remained the same since last
017year. In the area of academic performance, locally we measured an increase in the percentage of second- grade students in terms of reading topics from last year and in terms of the implementation of state standards. There is an increase that indicates that the increase in learning and vertical alignment has shown an improvement in instruction according to standards. And although all courses are available and students have access to courses, when reviewing the registration information, we realized that all student groups are accessing a variety of courses, but English students access fewer courses during their course according to their level of English development. They are required to take two classes, one English and one ELD at the secondary level, and that puts a barrier on the electives they can take. Last year we put together an English and ELLD
018class, one class for each academic level, and since last year we have been doing this, now we want to expand this possibility for students this coming year as well. Based on ELCAP survey data, we have maintained or declined in the area of building relationships with parents. There is a high-level agreement that we communicate with parents, make them feel welcome to participate in the school, and treat them with respect; however, the area to focus on is prioritizing strengths in terms of the culture and language of families and students. Uh, ALCAP data also shows that we have maintained or slightly decreased our commitment to parents as partners. There is a high percentage of families who feel they understand how to advocate for their children, and staff associated with students to talk about student success, but the area
019to focus on is providing resources to increase student learning at home. The Cap in California and survey data show that a high percentage of parents actively encourage them to be partners. They have planned activities to engage with parents and seek input from parents to make important decisions. However, there was a decrease in students, parents of students learning English, and knowing how to participate in school sites and school organizations. Parents feel welcome and feel the responsibility of parents to improve the school, but nevertheless just over 50% of students feel connected to the schools. Parents and teachers agree that the school is a safe place for students. However, the perception that they feel safe is less than 50% at the secondary level and has risen slightly at the primary level. The information shared today, that information that
020was shared during the ELCAP development with the educational board in prereo, but by completing this presentation we have fulfilled a requirement to meet the local indicators. The final requirement is to publish this information, the California schools dashboard , projecting that the dashboard will be available to parents, it is projected that November 2025 will be available and that concludes this presentation. Well, thank you very much, Vice President Garsa. Thank you, thank you for the presentation. I just want to follow up with you a bit on the topic of the information that will be published on the Dual Investment website. He's also going to give some kind of information similar to this, because remember we talked a little about this. The information from SARK speaks for itself. If this is different from SARK information, that should already
021be published on the website and I can show it to you later. Well, absolutely. Thank you. KK Crit. Thank you, Madam President. In slide 5, where we talk about school conditions, I appreciate you sharing the information because I ask, what is the FIT inspection? And it's not what I expected, but I think they're working with what they have in terms of facilities, but it's no secret that we have a lot of work to do. I think that beyond a utility or fit inspection, I would like to use this point to talk again about the master plan of the facilities. I know that at the last board meeting we talked about going in that direction. Is there any movement on that? Yes, I'll pass it on to Miss Arcas. In fact, we can both talk about
022that . Yes, there has been some movement. In fact, we have a meeting scheduled for next week with a particular service that is carrying out these plans. It's going to be a good initial meeting, and I know that Ms. Arcas is in the process of securing some other firms that we can also investigate to better get them on board. And speaking for myself, for the community, in this conversation, yes, we can have UA compliance issues, to see if we are complying and we can address that because I don't know if it's part of the facility's master plan standard , I don't know if it's specifically listed. Yes, it's included. It is a mandatory requirement for FMP. Yes, he was there last too. Yes, I think there were components of that as well. No, because I
023have the plan. We could have an update on the findings, on this and what we have covered so far and what is still pending. I know it wasn't a grand plan, but if they did go through them it would be interesting to see. Clear. And again, a moment to say that there has been some interest, some interest in investigating, because I think the district really needs it, and I don't like getting to the point where we're racing against the clock on certain things, but there is a timeline, because I know that the first step is to create a resolution to try to get a bond. This is what we can do to let the staff know that this is the direction the board is going to take so we're not left wondering. I think that
024until the very last time, I think it was almost until the deadline. Sir, I don't know, Sorregas, if you'll excuse me, could you repeat what you're asking me? There is a period of time during which, if the board creates a resolution, they will try to get a good one and give the staff notice. It has to be like a timeline of when it has to be or when it can be whenever they want, as long as they give enough time to complete it because there are certain statutory requirements, so the sooner the better. And on the page I think h is difficult because I know they have done so much work regarding parental involvement, social media and everything. YouTube, media presence, social media, everything we 're doing... this did hurt a little when I saw
025it, and even, for example, the parents' academy for special education, thank you for your work on that. I think we're doing a very good job, but that did hurt a little, but I know we're doing what we have to do, so we'll do whatever it takes to fill that gap. And lastly, let's see, question, are the sagas numbered? There's a little number there in the corner. Little one. Ah, I see it now. A comment regarding security. I think it's sad that 95% don't feel safe at the secondary level. So these are my comments and my questions. Thank you, Madam President. Quickly, I just wanted to talk about that too. I know we're addressing this in terms of culture and environment because we talk about it, but we're also going back to addressing students feeling connected
026to school. How are we trying to improve that? Uh, I can start and here the team can talk about the most, but one of the things that's going to be very useful for us is the work that the board has committed to. Uh, executive, for example, Capturing Kids Hearts for culture and environment. I think it will create more on top of what we already have. I am very grateful that this is going to be done together and it is a very good way to improve the culture and the environment. I believe that my colleagues also have ideas, or that there is already work being done, what has been done. Dr. Smith, is that going to be during professional development at the beginning of the year? Yes, if it's the two days we've scheduled with BTA,
027that's going to be the focus for those two days. We are looking at a few different things, obviously we are continuing with the PB as well. Safe and Cable School are part of the conversations we are having with the culture and environment committee. Part of the work there is to look at the existing data, which is why we looked at it, and as a team, create additional steps by looking at what we are already working on and what we can further accomplish in that area. Vice President Garza, I am looking at page five with the certified accredited teachers . We have 95% accredited and 5%, what is the reasoning behind why we don't have these teachers accredited yet? It's not that they're not accredited for anything. Perhaps the accreditation doesn't match. Um, for example, sometimes
028it's because of substitute teachers who have to fill in for someone else in a classroom, or maybe certain teachers under certain circumstances who have been working, whether with a science class that they may not have full accreditation for, or in some cases a special education course for which they do not have full accreditation that is in process. These things would be things that don't match. I would also like to point out that this is also overdue. So, basically, this data was already collected a year earlier. So, for example, this would not reflect the data for the current year. We carried out a very meticulous process where we went through all the possible areas where the accreditations were not well remembered and reviewed each teacher. Basically, we're indicating, right? This was not actually aligned, but that's
029why during that process it's something I got into at the beginning of this year and we tried to break it all down as much as we could and Dr. Arcos went through this review. The good thing is that we'll have fewer and fewer of these situations as long as we continue with this, but they do happen from time to time. Although it's not ideal, there are certain circumstances that put us in a position where we actually have to have a teacher with a certain group, a certain course, because we have no other option. Thank you. Any other questions? No. Thank you so much for your presentation, we appreciate it. Moving on to bigger actions, we have one that we're going to cover right now, and that is approving the successor agreement between Bill Rer's school
030district and CSEA employees. Comments, questions. Well, since there's nothing else, a motion to approve item 12.2. Motion to approve it. Someone who can support her. Seconded. Thank you, Vice President Garza. We're taking attendance, Miss Armstrong. Yes, Cintrón. Yes, Mr. Kfield. Yes, Miss Garza, yes. And Miss Stuart, yes. Moving on to the agenda, are there any items we would like to remove from the agenda this afternoon? Yes, I would like to remove item 13.29. Any others? It's the budget. This was mine too. Anything else? Okay, a motion then to approve the consent agenda, but removing 13.29. Motion. Someone to support her. Seconded. Thank you. Mrs. Cintrón. Hey, Miss Armstrong. Yes. Cintrón. Yes. Cratchfield. Yes. Garza, yes. Stuart. Yes. So, 1329, the adoption of the budget for fiscal year 2025, a resolution to designate certain general funds
031as the balance of committed or allocated funds. I have a question because I mentioned it at the last meeting and we said that something wasn't written correctly, but it's still there , so I'm not comfortable with it . It would be page nine. Uh, the subscription assets, if you can explain that, because it 's $45,000 for subscription services for the boards of directors, for the Spanish version of this is one of the first things we're putting in this category. So I thought maybe we had n't written it wrong because we've used different things before, but there's a new Gaspeto regulation on subscriptions that we have to put in the audit contract. So we are indeed looking at adding value to our audit contract and putting things where it's indicated. So they're using 6640 for subscription
032services and most likely we'll see more that we'll identify as we continue with this. Okay , so 40,000 then, no, 40,000, excuse me. Yes, yes, 40,000. It's confusing because when I asked last time, thank you for explaining. So, this is going to be for subscriptions that we get in certain types of subscriptions. Yes, it's confusing because last time I thought that's what we could do, amend the budget. We probably weren't going to amend the adopted budget, but we could amend it later. These are some of the things, for example, in matters of consent when we don't see things. That's perhaps the confusing part of what I said, that we'll investigate whether we can amend it if we say it's not the right home where we want to keep it. Thank you for asking, Vice President
033Garza. Thank you. My questions, in fact, are at the end of the document. On page 109 there are several things we haven't complied with , or that are indicated as not in the following pages, page 109 under fiscal year budget 2526. The status was not met with that. Can you talk a little bit about that? One of the things that might help the public is that there's a section on the back of the budget that deals with the criteria and standards. These are the measures we've included in the budget, such as, for example, the one on page nine. Previously, salaries and benefits have typically been 86% of the total costs in the budget. So if you create any budget item that is different from that or changes this criterion in any way, it's an opportunity
034to explain what 's happening. So in 202526 salaries and benefits compared to the total budget are only 72% of it. It's not because we've changed salaries and benefits. In fact, at the last board meetings we approved a raise for employees, so they have indeed increased, however, other expenses have increased and in this case we have included in the budget for the 25th or 26th school year the costs of the May Fair Field renovations that we are anticipating. So, it caused the total budget to go in there for salaries and benefits related to this to be different. Thank you for the explanation. in the 110 under fiscal year 6B. There is also a "no" in this area under 6B that talks about revenue, the revenue history in the district. Our revenue is divided into three parts:
035federal, other state, and other local revenue, and you can see the history of how the district has provided us with how much we are changing it. So at the federal and state levels, it indicates that there is a change that is out of the ordinary. What this tells us is that we need to see that we had COVID funds previously and one-off funds that increased those revenues. Therefore, since we are returning again to an average, a more normal state in federal income shows that it is outside the acceptable range and therefore had to be explained with respect to local income. I believe that at the October meeting the board approved and we secured a grant for Cal Shape plumbing, so we approved a services pro. Those vision revenues come in through a local resource because
036it's CalShape and not state or federal funding; it's through a local source, and therefore local revenues will increase in 2025 and 2026 with that grant and then decrease again in the remaining years. Thank you for the explanation. On the back page there are also three downs in the funds for books and supplies. Those are within acceptable ranges. We are looking for yes, so no is a good thing. And I believe that on page 114 there is also something that was not fulfilled for fiscal year 202425 under 8B. This, this particular section of the criteria and standards talks about deficit spending for the district. This is when expenses exceed this year's income. So history has shown us in recent years that we have come very close to this. I've spoken about this during the interim reports
037and again in the budget presentation last week. The state's revenue decreased significantly in 2024. It was affected by a $9 million reduction in revenue and took a little while to be able to spend the funds to match this big change. Is it federal or state? It was state-run. State lowered. Yes. The local control formula meant state revenues saw a significant reduction of $9 million. Thanks for asking. Uh, federal, those have already disappeared. You might be thinking about that, but those were for COVID relief dollars. Many people talked about that. They were one-time funds that were deposited, but they weren't going to last. Okay, thanks. This criterion, this standard of criteria, looks at deficit spending outside the acceptable range. Page 115, revenue losses, as well as fire and alarm repair system, fire alarms replaced. That other
038part is mostly related to the Mayfield field, Mayfir, sorry, those are unrestricted pains to pay for those arrangements. And I think that's all for now. Thank you so much. Thank you, Kirk Rfield. Yes, Madam President. At the last meeting we talked about the reduced expenses of the cafeteria. I think we passed that on to the board to see if we received that information. Yes, thanks. To be clear, the transportation budget will be a similar expense, that is, the budget should not change that much, it will be similar within the ranges. It will change in category because at this moment it's in our 5,000 items as contractors, most of them will be moved to salary and benefits and in reference, so well, I was in Sacramento, I had a very good conversation with about some state
039grants and funds for electric buses. We have explored that in terms of securing that funding. I can pass on the information, but it was very encouraging. We have a new transport manager who has been working with the FM TT director who are seeking that funding. Thank you for that information. Any other questions? Well, if there are no other questions, a motion to approve item 13.29. Motion to approve 13.29. Can anyone second? Seconded. Thank you. I vote, please. Mr. Armstrong, yes, Mr. Centron, yes, Mr. Crisfield, yes, Mr. Garsa. Yes, Mr. Stuart, yes. Well, we're in communications and reports from board member Armstrong. Thank you, President Steart. Well, good night everyone. Uh, they were needed at the previous meeting. She was very encouraged about the recordings, very excited. I saw many children before and after school because
040we live in the community, and my children were friends with many of them. I have to say, I'm very proud of our students. In general, we have students who work hard, appreciate the support they receive from the staff in every way, and have a very promising future. And if you saw graduations or saw some videos, you saw how much fun we had, especially when congratulating our students. Tomorrow's meeting is also called Freedom Day. That day commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. celebrates African American culture. Hey, we'd love for everyone to celebrate. I don't know , I know we won't be at school. I think everyone would like everyone to take the time to immerse themselves in African American culture. It's also Alzheimer's Awareness Month, she says, and she's wearing purple. Mrs. Alma, I do
041n't know if you did it on purpose, but wearing purple during that time is a reminder to take charge of our brain's mental health. More than 55,000 people live with some type of dementia or Alzheimer's, and many Americans have several risk factors. You need to adopt exercise, good habits, and sleep well. We can reduce the cognitive decline. Let's remember to take care of ourselves, and I'm talking to myself in this case. Also on June 15th, I don't know if anyone mentioned that it was the day of this information campaign about elder abuse and elder malpractice. That is to say, we have our elders, some of whom we take care of. I take care of my mother. I know that other colleagues and friends are also in that position now, taking care of their elders. It
042is important that we honor and care for our elders. That's all. Thank you for committing to come here, to witness that we are doing the best we can here in this forum. Thank you, Membra Hstrong, Centron Board Member. Well, the recordings seem like they were a long time ago to be honest, but it's the first year I've been able to participate from the other side of the stage looking at the audience. It was very beautiful all three nights. I want to congratulate all the staff who had to juggle schools, parents, and activities. There's a new gratitude here for me, that's for sure. Thanks to everyone who participated, the parents, families who made the show so great. I enjoyed hearing the parents shouting with the bands playing after the ceremonies, the fireworks. A beautiful experience, I
043enjoyed all three nights. Congratulations to all those who graduated, and with that, I'm going to... well, I have the privilege of making a statement for our families in the community. At this moment, I wrote this, so please bear with me as a member of the school board, as a mother, I want you to know that I am watching you, listening to you, and I am with you, with you in this moment of uncertainty with the immigration actions affecting families in Los Angeles. Many of you feel fear and uncertainty, and I know it. No one should have to worry about their safety or fear being separated from their families. I'm sorry, I know I cry a lot, but those are tears of anger too, please forgive me. And I know I speak for many of us
044teachers. school staff who share the same feelings, parents who have called me. Our schools must remain safe and welcoming spaces for all students so they can learn, grow, and succeed without fear. And I want to reiterate that I am committed to protecting that promise. And on a day that wasn't Three Kings Day, I went out to march. I protested, I've been doing it, I've been receiving quite a few calls and texts from those who are afraid. And I just want to let you all know, and I'm speaking for myself, I don't want to pressure anyone to support me in this, but I will continue to advocate, with great effort, to ensure that dignity and humanity are maintained for our families and that they are defended. We reiterate that we have resources on our website. If
045you have any concerns, please contact the cabinet, teachers, or school staff. Everyone is also well informed about resources or should be informed about resources for parents and students. Despite this immigration status, I want to reiterate that we do not collect information, so there is no fear of that. And I also want to let you know that you are not alone in this, and those who have the privilege, because as we know, not everyone has it . And once again I speak for myself. I will not be silent, I will not remain silent. Feel free to keep calling me, emailing me , texting me. I'd be happy to share resources with you, and I assure you that you have the red cards; they're also accessible on the website. But I want you to know that you're
046not alone in any of this. Thank you. Thank you, Central Board member Kirk Kfield. Thank you, Mr. President. As I said before and alluded to, it has been a long day, I'm tired, I apologize. Let us return to Sacramento today in support of Jose Soloche and his proposed Law 1390 in the relations that are made throughout the state, our board. Well, this is what's being discussed regarding this meeting. I am proud of this board for truly developing relationships that will create opportunities for this district, and we are already beginning to see the fruits of our labor by finding funding for transportation and other things that can be financed. Well, advocacy with the State is very important and the connection we have is part of what we do, but we have to be a very committed
047board to do more than what's normal in general. Thank you all for doing it. Uh, congratulations on June 10th and last weekend the June 10th celebration was held in Long Beach, at Rainbow Lagoon, I think. And once again I will reiterate, we talked about this quite a bit, but I appreciate the conversations. I think I'm finding ways to keep talking about the same thing with the LCAMP budget, but there are things that I think school staff are doing the best they can, and we'll wait maybe a long time, but the solution for the bonus, for the facilities Master Plan , being very strategic about how we spend our money is going to be important in these next couple of years. I'm very excited about the work we do here, being strategic in these coming years.
048Aside from that, thank you all for being here. Thank you, Kirk Critfield, Vice President of Garza. Thank you. I want to echo what the Cfield Board member said. We must ensure that everything is in place regarding the bonus so that we can clearly see what we are doing in this very difficult budget season. And I also want to thank the support staff, the classifieds staff, thank you for being there. Anthony, thank you for reminding us of the work you do while families are on vacation. Uh, we appreciate all the work, support, and sacrifice you've made during this time. Oh, and I also want to say thanks for Feliz Junet. Thanks to the school staff, they are also here. Thank you, cabinet. And you too continue the tedious work of preparing the district and schools to
049reopen in the fall. Aside from that, I don't have any other updates. Thank you, Vice President Garsa. Good night. I want to begin my board report by congratulating the retirees. Thank you for your service. So many years, students, family, and school. Lori Lin, my teacher, my basketball technical director, and mentor. The connection he made with me, my friends, were invaluable. Thank you to Centr for helping me become a better athlete and person. Thank you very much. I also want to thank you again, Mrs. Elisa Acevedo. I was blessed to work with you, to learn from you, to learn so much. We will also miss attending elementary school and the ensemble concert. At the arts center, they were as successful and talented as they were in high school. Such a great presentation, elementary school students. I
050also want to thank Mr. Bron Williams, a former student of Bellflower, for all the dedication he puts into our children. I attended three Summeret graduations at the gym. It was a great experience. I heard very positive things. Hopefully we will continue doing so. Bellflower is always a great experience. I am very pleased to welcome the class of 2025 and congratulate them on their graduation, sorry. And how quickly and efficiently he carried out the ceremony. It was so organized, it was very well done, so we really appreciate it and are excited to work with him on student services next year. Speaking of Belf's preparations, I've never been more excited than I am for Jessica Comens, the new director who is actually here tonight. I think you're a breath of fresh air for this team. They are
051very excited that you are the leader. I'm excited to see the positive changes you're going to bring to that team. So thank you very much for doing that. I also went to the district breakfast. It was a great year at BSD and I appreciate Dr. Smith Carter Arques, Miss Dr. Onox Olmos and the entire executive cabinet, assistants Carry and Lin. I just want to thank you for everything you do. We are very blessed to have them on the team and we are also going to have the interviews of the president with Dr. Uno, and with Dr. Asersens for his guidance and assistance. Thank you to Dr. Smith for taking on the role of acting former president. He has brought so many great things and programs to the district, and I appreciate everything you contribute to
052the district every day. So thank you very much. The board did vote to appoint him as the interim superintendent until we have a new one. We received a positive message regarding the summer school from Miss Laura Commings Stala Lunstrom. I wanted us to know that the summer, the summer school that's happening, is going very well, it's very positive and very well done by the teachers. So thank you to Miss Cens for teaching at the summer school, and to Miss Summers and Reyes for creating the program with their personalities. I'm receiving very positive feedback and it's great to receive text messages. If anyone wants to send me a nice text message, send it. I also wanted to wish everyone a happy Father's Day and thank Craig Trifle for spending his time advocating for the board members
053in California. I appreciate it. Thank you for taking the time to go there. Do we have any questions regarding any of the informational matters? Mr. Sorega, to clarify quickly, Dr. Van Smith will be the superintendent until he is the interim superintendent, or rather, he will be serving as superintendent. Excuse me. Any questions regarding informational matters? Since there isn't one. What we're going to do is go back to the closed session and then we'll return. Thank you. [Music]