Board Meeting March 10th, 2025

001I'd like to call this meeting to order this is the March 10th 2025 meeting of the Alman City School District Board of Education we call the meeting to order at 5:04 we'll begin with roll call Mrs koban present Mr paralta is not here yet Mrs Mendes Garcia present Mr seagrist present and Rivas present it's time for our flag salute and we have two students with us today to lead us in the flag salute and to share from the superintendent student advisory Council we have Mariah Moya from petero school and Carter Yip from Frank Wright School and would you please lead us in the flag salute and then share your presentation with us please stand for the flag place your right hand over your heart ready begin I pledge allegience to the flag of the United

002States of America and to the Republic for which it stands stand one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all good evening members of the governing board superintendent Garcia cabinet members and the emcsd community welcome to the Board of Education meeting I'm Carter Yip a seventh grader at Frank Wright good evening everyone my name is Mariah Moya a seventh grader APO we are representatives from the 2024 to 2025 superintendent student advisory council tonight we'll be presenting the work we have done so far on this year's Council but first what is the advisory Council try imagining students directly influencing the decisions and actions that are affecting their schools that's the power of our superintendent student advisory Council by giving these students a sit a seat at the table we ensure that our experiences and

003ideas as students are heard our thoughts being listened to are directly leading to positive changes in everything from the school lunches to classroom environments who makes up the council two student representatives from each emcsd School totaling 28 students each School sends two representatives from the highest grade levels so TK k6 sends a fifth grader and a sixth grader while TK K8 sends a seventh and eighth grader the council is made of diverse students who make up the emcsd student body this includes members of Asian Latino and africanamerican Heritage as well as representatives from an lgbtq plus Community together as a group we provide feedback to help further improve the students experience at the emcsd this includes discussions of our hopes and aspirations as students in elonte and what we hope to achieve as we grow

004and learn many of us want to Simply Be be prepared for the challenges that may come our way in high school and Beyond we've also shared what we' like to see enhan across emcsd with the individuals who can make that happen we've met with directors administrators and staff members to give feedback on after school programming schedules adding Fifth and seventh grade field trips competitive and non-competitive sports food presentation and packaging keeping up the scratch made cooking field and restroom upkeep gender and cultural inclusivity inclusivity educating the youth on special needs and special education students creative ways to positively affect student and interactions and parent involvement and support most recently we were able to provide our thoughts on the potential vision and mission statements that the board will continue to discuss for potential vision statement one

005cultivating young minds to achieve the unimaginable we we like how this includes students and collaborating to help make decisions we like the word cultivating because because it allows us to take things that need Improv and turn them into something great we also like to achieve the unimaginable because it gives us the courage to reach for what we think is impossible the second option nurturing young minds to dream Without Limits we like dream Without Limits because it meant we did not need a stopping point we also like the word nurturing because it shows us that even if we're young we can still accomplish things as for the mission statements for the first option we had discussed where passion purpose and voice come to life students expressed how they liked this because it showed that students thoughts

006could have an effect on the community around them students liked passion and purpose because it showed that putting effort into something you believe can help positively change the outcome as for the second option we shape Generations through learning lead leadership and a thriving Community we like this because it paired well with the first vision statement by showing we could change our own Community into something we always wanted we also like the focus on community and the focus on accomplishing things together so far that's all we've covered oh yeah the vision boards we also talked about vision boards my what my team focused on were more classes like coding class and more electives like Finance classes we also talked about um including seventh and eighth grade and having more field trips for like going to going

007like to different places since we um eighth grade only has a Sacramento field trip as for our my group's vision board we mostly talked about inclusivity through cultures and lgbtq students and youth we also talked about more field trips for all the grades to participate in we mostly talked about really including all ages and all different diversities of multiple groups of students to really spread our word about how we love our community and really care about each individual so far that's all we've covered and we like to thank you for listening and coming to this meeting have a good rest of your night incredible thank you Mariah and Carter a great kickoff to our meeting and thank you for sharing about what's been happening um on the student advisory Council um we've been so interested

008and um Dr Garcia has shared some of the things she's learned and gained from from your group um but it's so great to hear it straight from you as well so thank you well it's time now for our cabinet reports Dr Garcia thank you um oh thank you president Ras and if I can just take a moment to express my gratitude for Carter and Mariah um there are fantastic students that represent really the entire makeup of that student council I have been so impressed with every meeting in just the guidance and direction that they keep providing on how we make emcsd how we Elevate emcsd so thank you Carter thank you Mariah um yes uh it's a pleasure to kick off our cabinet update um lots of wonderful uh news and things happening across the

009district and so as usual I'll hand it off to Mr Eda to kick us off but uh there's a picture of one of our latest field trips U legor students at the Griffith Observatory um as a result of the student counil voice right the superintendent student council voice they want to see more field trips and we're encouraging our teachers our staff our uh schools to allocate funds to create all the different make sure that they're they're giving kids the opportunities to align study trips to curriculum so excited to see that happening thank you Dr Garcia we'll first start off um with the summer electronic benefits transfer program also known as the sunbuck program this was something that was introduced a few years ago under the pandemic EBT program it morphed into the sunbucks program last

010summer um so the funding comes from the federal government uh and it's up to the local States or individualized states to administer the program what is a program it provides funding to um to families of students in schools um that are on certain Public Assistance programs um uh each child is eligible for $120 a year comes out to $40 per month and the reasoning behind the program is so that families can continue to access groceries uh to help offset the cost of that when uh school is not in session over the summer right and so about 21 million stud uh us students throughout the nation benefit from this program uh funding was set aside at the federal level uh back in 2023 so the funding is secure for the summer of 2025 but as we

011know um Congress can pass laws and it can also amend laws and change them so for the time being the funding remains in place and we'll continue to promote this amongst our family so they're aware of this new program that was introduced last year under the name of sun books program and will continue for the foreseeable future so uh we um are always happy to provide a nutritious meal to to our families and when they're not attending uh school students are they also have access to um this um uh EBT card that will help offset the cost of groceries another exciting announcement that we're really excited to move forward in this direction is our supper meals for all campaign right so currently our students at stay after school in our after school programming acts as

012a supper and a snack um starting this month we've launched it at two schools that being Sherer school and BTO school where we are expanding Supper meal aess for all students regardless of whether they stay behind for after school program um or they leave at the end of the day and go home so we are piloting this and so far um we've been planning out the details we hope to add two to three schools every month and by the time we get to theend of the calendar year uh we will have been uh fully implemented across the entire uh organization this is I think a uh a great direction that we're moving in right we learned from the pandemic years right when they removed a lot of restrictions and we were feeding the community right

013and so this is something that we want to take it a step further we have Universal breakfast in the classroom um and on campuses we provide lunches to all of our students and now we're expanding further um to remove barriers and now providing um access to food after school regard regardless of if they stay after school in the after school program or are continuing on so we're excited to to partner with our nutrition services department provide that that added benefit to our community uh this uh this week we have um some uh updated fresh uh fruit and vegetables that we're introducing to our schools today we're at New Lexington and Wilkerson and the students had a taste of passion fruit right so uh we always enjoy bringing different flavors and fruits and vegetables and exposing

014students at a young age to it so hopefully they grow up um having a lifelong uh love of fresh fruits and vegetables so we're excited to move forward with that program as a result of some grant funding that we received recently um from the USDA good evening okay update for um from R Hondo School our dual enrollment program a partnership with Pasadena City College we're starting off with counseling 103 and this is designed for our eighth grade student students um they will get one unit uh and a letter grade from Pasadena City College um they are attending on Tuesdays and Wednesdays so it starts tomorrow and it'll take them through um April um and they're doing some College and Career exploration uh so learning about the different College systems um Community College two um fouryear

015um universities uh CAL States um uc's and private colleges and then doing some career option EXP Explorations um that align to different colleges and so if I want to get into this career what college will help me get there and we have two enrichment Fridays this month um the first one is this Friday um and it is a trip around the world the that's the theme for the day with the driving question how can we appreciate each other and the things that make us different and so students who are on site will have um presentations or performances from various um uh what do I want to say various organizations so the Music Center for the Arts searon uh Center for the Arts and Gypsy folk Ensemble and then um I believe it's our second grade

016students will'll go to the Bowers Museum the Italian Museum of La Pacific uh ethnic Art Museum um California African-American Museum and USC and Museo and Cultural Center um the one for March 28th loving our community is still in progress but the driving question is how do you make a difference in your community and then we've had some recent District events I want to share uh we had our spelling be a couple of weeks ago and um we have our finalist here Lena Zoo seventh grader from dery school who will be representing us at LA county regional spelling be on the 19th uh we also just had our parent involvement Academy um last Friday and parents were able to engage um in different workshops around college readiness uh the Digital World um Wellness uh mindfulness and

017raising um resilient children and then our child development program had a literacy night and really the focus was on um partnering with families to take that active role in their child's learning and on Saturday days at gidley we now have a Vietnamese Culture Club and this is a partnership with Dr Tran from Tran education she comes from calate Fullerton and the purpose of this is to immerse um both Heritage and non-heritage Learners in Vietnamese language culture history and Community through the through Arts read alouds culinary and critical thinking and so this is 9 to 12 every Saturday at gidley school and we have about 65 students enrolled right now and finally we're in the midst of planning for our summer enrichment program uh that will run from uh June 16th through July 3rd and that's

018um the extended school year is just a couple of days longer uh and that's also pending the CDE board approval for our permit that we submitted um it will be full day due to our partnership with learn and dooran Kids Campus um and with the focus and steam um we will have a a focus on accelerated math for grades four and 5 uh during the summer program so that's part of their steam as well and we will have a specialized newcomer program um with language supports but this Focus still being on Steam and then um we will continue with our Spanish and Mandarin uh dual language during summer as well okay well good evening just want to give a few updates in regards to Personnel uh first one being um the Social Security Fairness Act

019that was uh signed by President Biden in January uh it's a wonderful opportunity um previously for those within uh public pension programs such as your firefighters your police officers and your teachers um they were not entitled to any of the Social Security benefits that they had earned prior to entering that public sector so for any teachers firefighters uh police officers and so on that maybe worked um in high school or in college in the private sector paid into Social Security um they weren't entitled to the benefits of retirement um or or pulling from Social Security retirement um once they did uh reach the age of 62 uh so with that um that signature by President Biden it actually allows any individual who paid into Social Security um to maybe access some of those benefits and

020so we've been trying to share this information with our teaching staff because uh many of them are not aware um and so encouraging them to log into the Social Security website uh look up um their information and see if Poss possibly they're eligible for um some form of a retirement um to go along with their pension from uh the state teacher retirement system for myself when I looked it up not thinking that I would have anything it actually means an extra5 to $600 a month um in retirement uh which allows me to retire a little earlier Dr Garcia so just wanted to put that on the record on the or in the minutes so um but it is a the Google Calendar 10 years out there we go um but it is a wonderful opportunity

021for a lot of our our our teachers that that weren't aware um that could possibly have um this this other source of income in retirement um that they can look into and then finally it's award season um it's the uh the classified and teacher of the year time um and so just to give you an update in regards to our classified uh employee of the year our teacher um has not our teacher of the year has not gone out yet it it has a later date that's uh required to be uh submitted to Los Angeles County Office Ed our classified has a little earlier uh date and so um we did um send that out a couple weeks ago we met we finalized um as you see before you there's a few of our previous

022uh recipients uh from 2022 2023 and 2024 um we had originally planned to announce tomorrow um our 2025 um classified employee of the year um and we were going to do that and we found out that the person was was going to be around with us tomorrow and so we sort of did an impromptu sharing and that person actually happens to be here in our audience right now and that's going to be Roy melindes our assessment and research specialist so we did say that you're going to have to give a speech but not at this board meeting when we actually formally bring you back and recognize you um uh Roy will will then be up there uh saying a few words but uh that's why we don't have a slide for because we weren't going

023to share to tomorrow but it kind came last minute to uh to announce it when we met with CCA for our our monthly meeting so so congratulations Roy and um um next week or the week after is when we'll start our teacher of the year process and then start Gathering that so we can submit to Los Angeles County Office of and then finally um just the opportunity to share all the great things happening across the district I want to thank the board I know that you've taken time to um participate in some of the read alouds that are happening it's read Across America season I'll call it that as well um and so it's been great to see many people from the community come to our schools uh pick up one of their favorite books

024and read to our students it's a treat I think on both ends uh but very excited to celebrate literacy very excited to welcome the community into our schools and excited to keep this tradition going musical theater season is still uh at play and so we've had six fantastic performances uh just EX extraordinary and uh we have a few more to go but and here's a some recap of of some of the performan that have already taken place cata Frozen Jr Columbia High School Musical dery Frozen Jr as well right Annie kids uh Sherer Wizard of Oz gidley Alis and Wonderland and the next two that are coming up are on the next slide uh so New Lexington uh is performing Wendy the pool kids on April the 10th at 5:00 pm. and Wilkerson will be

025performing The Jungle Book on April the 16th at 5:00 p.m this is an invitation to the board to our community to come and support kids in musical theater and just see the wonderful talent that exists within our community and have a wholesome activity to do um as a family um lastly I know this is now the second time that guiding Coalition is mentioned and we have it agendized as a discussion item for um the end of our meeting but I did want to to take this opportunity to just thank the guiding Coalition as you know we met um in the fall there were four meetings over 90 representatives from across the district and then we created a subcommittee so the work of The Guiding Coalition was to come up with draft vision and mission statements

026that the board will consider and then we then formed a subcommittee from that guiding Coalition and we looked at um attributes or dispositions that would describe a portrait of a learner so I'm excited to have those conversations with the board but I wanted to take this opportunity to really thank everyone that participated publicly it was just a wonderful wonderful collaborative um opportunity to bring all the voices from our community forward and think about the future of Alman City together in in that space um our next special meeting obviously is on March the 31 that's when the board will have the opportunity to really engage in the Mission Vision portrait of a learner and this evening we'll have the opportunity to start talking about what that looks like and share your thoughts and that is the

027end of our cabinet cabinet update for today I want to thank um our participants I think they're gone but uh opportunity to say congratulations to Roy we're bringing you back at the next board meeting so you're like you're up to bat right now okay yeah or what is it what is that when you're on De on Deck thank you on deck baseball season you're on deck for the next board meeting thank you um and just an opportunity to thank our community for the wonderful support that um we receive across the district thank you Dr Garcia and cabinet it's time now for our board reports um and I would like to acknowledge uh that Mr parata is here he's present um Mrs koban thank you um so Dr Garcia mentioned several of the things um I

028got to participate in over the last month um including recently seeing a Frozen junor at dery um it was a packed house and it was I think the fourth performance that the kids had done already so um love seeing the community out um um really appreciate the partnership with Center Stage um all the new equipment and the costumes and the things like that that really elevate it and make it a really special um event for all the students and families I also um participated in uh the read aloud at ptero this uh past week um definitely fun to see all the kiddos out there and um as Dr Garcia mentioned all the community members that come to just help support um and be there for our kids I also um had the opportunity to attend

029the parent involvement Academy um and it was a great turnout there's um I think every year it gets a little bit bigger we get to see families um the the people that come and help at our schools get some um education some opportunities to learn and share and meet others in the partnering districts that all work towards that um and then finally I was representing the board with the guiding Coalition and I'll save the rest of that for the end of the meeting so thank you that's it for me today thank you Mr bar uh I also uh attended the dery presentation of the uh Frozen and I guess now my daughter is going to be doing their summer program so thank you very much for that exposure um and now also uh I also

030attended the opening day Ceremonies for the mon Phillies which is a softball league that operates out of the uh Norwood school or what used to be call Norwood School um and it was great to see you know that it's still thriving and and flourishing and and starting to make that comeback um and that's all I've done so far this month thank you Mrs mes Garcia okay good evening everyone it was not planned but I also attended the dery um performance and it just shows the the growth that we've made in our district of musical theater right from just the coordination of it you can just tell like with with more repetition and practice right you're going to get everything solid when it comes to choreography to the sound um to the sets to the costumes

031and special effects so if with frozen they actually had pieces of of snow that like ended up kind of coming out into the audience and just all these various special effects so again just shows the um you put that time and commitment right the growth that you see with our Productions and then then the students talents are able to be reflected right because you're not as distracted with like the costumes or things like that because everything is just put together and and well very well polished so very proud of the work that we're doing that were able to offer it to all of our school sites that's just so important and exposing students and now we're we have students right like Mr those daughter saying I want to now do this during the summer right

032and um and that's where I got my start it was in musical theater so I'm always a huge fan and lastly I just would like to share that March 21st is World Down syndrome awareness day and so with that one of the big um campaigns that they have is lot um lots of socks so they encourage you to either wear mismatch socks or just like your bolt socks and the reason for for is that people ask you like why are you wearing those socks right they're mismatching for you and then share well just FYI today is World Down syndrome awareness day and this is why um I wanted to wear these socks today so just wanted to highlight that um that's March 21st okay bear with me a lot of items here I'm so proud

033to see that about the Vietnamese Culture Club the Gypsy folk Ensemble I'd like to know more about it because in my transcultural life I was raised among the Romanian gypsies dos and the abones also dual enrollment kudos for that I did attend the spelling be and it was wonderfully done well done also I'd like to announce that for the first time in the High School District or the Elementary District uh there is a winner of the promot promoted Carson scholarship a Christen Kim at roseby high school won $1,000 she's on the list of a thousand across the United States and I would encourage every principal in our district in October to bring the scholarship form in it's $1,000 it's not need-based it's merit-based it's Carson Scholars also um boys girl State we're doing that again

034and I'm so delighted to know that every time we get feedback from up there in Sacramento they say send us more students like you send from your District so many of our kids go into that and I'm still promoting the Con Academy which is now offering training for free in artificial intelligence um and I would suggest that our district needs to draft a letter to the Government Federal Government supporting the Department of Education because we really need to say there are so many benefits from that department we need to promote it so I have about 15 more things to say but I won't thank you but the spelling be wow um one thing that I'm going to add is our fames donating a copy of their Aila at the spell be to the young lady

035at Talina at um dery school plus where we've prepared the list of words that are available online so we're going to take them over tomorrow so our district has so many wonderful things going I'm so proud of all of us on the board and all of our staff the cabinet reports wonderful thank you thank you thank you board um I also was able to attend some of the read Across America events at four of our schools and what a treat is to go on site and to um sit with our students and interact with them and they're all so smart and so brilliant and really a delight to be with so um definitely our board appreciates being invited to the re Across America events and the other special events on our School site so thank

036you for those invitations I also did attend uh the Anaheim Community Schools learning lab that was hosted by Nea and the Anaheim secondary teachers Association several of our EMA members were there as were um principls and um cabinet members and so um it was a a wonderful opportunity to learn from another District who's a couple years ahead of us on implementing Community Schools um they you know we we gathered together to just learn together in a room they also busted us through the community to one of the school sites we got a school tour uh we were able to hear from teachers from parents um from a variety of Staff people and overall here some of the lessons that they've learned um but also the pride that they have in and the way they've implemented

037some things at their schools so I think there is um so much for us to learn from that's out there as we Implement our community schools um and overall very proud of the work um that our guiding Coalition has done to bring Community Voices together I mean 90 people is really extraordinary and I think uh you know it wasn't really planned for us to be receiving um Community Schools ground at the same time as a strategic plan but to be able to have the overlap of having gathered those voices in a very collaborative space um at the same time as we're working towards Community Schools I think is is really beneficial so uh that's that's all for me and uh we'll move on to Communications we do have um one public comment card we have

038um one of our former board members she was a board member here atani City School District along with other very prominent Community people Cathy Aria Chuck Hoffman and florencio prionas Will you please come forward to share okay good evening board members superintendent staff um my name is Kathy aridia I'm the president of the Alman Historical Society I also have our treasur Chuck Hoffman he's also our dosent and one of our board members florencio bionz and we're here this evening you have a copy of our open house flyer and a copy of our local um our most current Landmark which is a quarterly uh newsletter that I quickly put together so please excuse the August 2024 date that's incorrect but the rest of the information is good Mr Hoffman contributes Sheila krippin who is our C

039curator also contributes so on March uh Sunday March the 16th we will be holding an open house we're not having a program but we're asking our community to come in and see our Museum when you have a museum like ours you know it's not like you throw out the old because everything that's in there is old including the people that work in there so we have a lot of our Antiquities that have been updated relabeled moved around Mr Hoffman and Sheila krippin have worked hard to make sure that everything looks nice and neat Mr Hoffman keeps our museum open Monday through Thursday from about 10 to 3:30 and talking about your kids wanting to go someplace we have about three or four schools from valf school district they walk over to our Museum Colombia has

040not been to our Museum they're right down the street but we have a great museum that has the history of how people got to hear so we have a lot of cool things it would really you would really enjoy come by and see us please pass the word post it on your social media have everybody come out if you have students that are looking some place to go have them come by we are free we don't charge anybody anything and if you're close enough to walk you don't have to pay for a bus so come by and see see us do you have anything else to say gentlemen no well thank you very much and we hope to see you on Sunday the 16th thank you madam president may I add something they have absolutely

041delicious snacks there also I always look forward to going to for those snacks thank you thank you so much for sharing and for being here with us this evening uh Dr Garcia do we have any written comments no written communication has come forward okay then we will move along to close session um in close session we will discuss item one item uh pursuant to government code 54957.6 conference with labor negotiations employee organization EMA ca1 and CA 356 we will resume the open meeting shortly okay we will resume the open meeting 627 we were previously at close session we discussed close session item pursuant to government code 54957.6 conference with labor negotiations employee organization EMA ca1 and CA 356 and no action was taken it's time for the approval of the minutes do I hear motion

042to approve the minutes from February 18th 2025 motion to approve motion made by Mr Peralta is there a second I'll second seconded by Mrs koban any discussion and we'll be be voting um on our screen okay yes and but we'll also call for a vocal a verbal vote so all in favor I opposed motion carries 5 Z moving on to the action consent agenda are there any items that a board member would like to PLL for separate consideration hearing none is there a motion to approve the consent agenda I'll make the motion motion made by Mrs kobon is there a second I'll second seconded by Mrs Mendes Garcia any discussion all those in favor I I I opposed motion carries 5 [Music] Z moving on to action item one consideration of approval of purchase orders

043members of the governing board before you is the purchase order report related to February purchases there is 389 purchase orders listed on the report totaling $1.3 million some of the items to highlight on the purchase report are some purchases related to our furniture modernization um totaling a little over $500,000 um today we've updated our TK classrooms um the great majority of our special classrooms what's left will be U finalized in the next few weeks and we are embarking on Kinder and first grade and are in the early phases of approaching second and third grade for in mization so that campaign is well underway thank you do I hear a motion to approve motion to approve motion made by Mr PTA is there a second I'll second seconded by Mrs koban any discussion all those in

044favor I I I opposed I abstain item two consideration of approval of 20242 second interim financial report members of the governing board uh this evening we have Miss Jen Patos our director of fiscal services that will be providing an update to the board um on our second interim financial report this presentation will summarize the nearly 200 Page document that's attached into our board agenda um and so with that I'll turn over to Miss Jen patas to give us an update on our second interm finances Good evening board members good evening cabinet members and good evening public members tonight I'm pleased to report a positive certification for the 2425 second interim report this means our district is on track to meet its Financial Obligations not only for this school year but for the next two school

045years with the Positive certification in place let's take a look at how we got here and how we keep things on track each year the budget cycle starts when the governor releases the proposed budget in January once we know the proposed funding we start working on the budget then in May the governor updates the proposed budget based on the new information such as changes in Revenue projections or costs this is called the May revise by June the district finalizes its budget and submits it for board approval throughout the year we review the budget to make sure we are staying on track by submitting the interim reports these reports like the second interim report are provided to the board for for review giving a midyear snapshot of our financial position as of the second interim reporting

046here's an overview of our 2425 second interim uh financial statement this provides a snapshot of where we stand financially at this point of year a key takeaway is that the general fund accounts for the majority of the revenue and similarly the majority of our operating expenditures including salaries of teachers and most other staff as you can see here we are projecting a deficit of about 27 A5 million this school year we started out with 14.2 million in fund balance and with the deficit we're projecting a fund balance of 112. 7 million this slide shows the breakdown of our revenues as you could see the largest portion comes from lcff revenues with 103 million we also have 30.6 million in federal funds primarily from Head Start and Child Nutrition and then um for State revenues we

047have 35 million with significant funding for elop stir on behalf and Community Schools Grant and then we have the local revenues with a total of 10.6 million mostly coming from special education and interest income yeah and just a quick side note here on our federal revenue um you'll notice that it amounts about 20% of our total overall uh Revenue as a school district uh we are closely monitoring you know the uh the the updates and all of the executive orders and everything that comes comes out of Congress and DC um so you know if you exclude our child development head start our Child Nutrition or feeding program right um federal revenue accounts for about 5% of our total revenue right um in its totality it's about 20% um so when you look at those two

048areas specifically it's about 80% of their operating budget um so we are tracking that closely the um any reduction or elimination of federal funding uh would have the most sign ific impact on the uh early Learners that we serve and also the Child Nutrition programs that we offer um outside of that it's about 5% of our total revenue if we exclude those two programs so um those definitely um um would be impacted significantly um if there are funding reductions that come about from um some of the news uh or talks of Department of Education and um you know what would come about if it was abolished and there was subsequent funding um that was weth heeld and now we turn our attention to how the revenues are being allocated to support the district's goals as

049you can see here salaries and benefits account for about 74% of our total expenditures 145 go um 13 and a half go to um contracted services and then um 13.3 for the books and supplies books and supplies are elevated in a typical school year due to classroom modernization initiative which includes updating student Furniture to create a more comfortable and effective learning environment as mentioned as I mentioned earlier general fund accounts for the majority of the revenue and operating expenditures this slide shows an overview of the general fund we have a total revenue of 14 7.7 million um a total expenditure of 182.5 million with a deficit of um 34 and a half million so the key expend the key expenditures here are the total number of um fdes for certificated certificated and classified staff and

050then um the 51 million contribution to the restricted programs majority of our Revenue comes from lcff and under lcff we have the base Grant which is unrestricted and generated by all students and we have the supplemental and concentration Grant generated by English language learners low income and Foster youth students also known as duplicated unduplicated pupils well just a quick update Miss Patos I think there was a um a mixup um on one of the presentations I was loaded so in full transparency uh we're working on getting the updated numbers in there um and so while we work on getting the updated slide um and the numbers in there um something I did want to point out um is the uh tax deadline this year was extended back from April uh out to October as a

051result of the wildfires here in Southern California right it impacts Southern California maybe some of the surrounding counties right um but it accounts for about 50% of the total tax revenue that the state of California receives we went through a similar uh shakeup um or deadline extension I believe back in 2022 when we had some of the winter storms that impacted us um and so our hope is that as we go into May revision that um the Department of Finance the state of California the legislators right um don't overshoot or significantly undershoot the tax projections the reason the May revision comes out in May is because tax day is in April so they get one last uh data point that comes in that's a very significant data point right um so they can lick into

052their crystal ball and project what they think tax revenues will be for the upcoming 12 month period that covers July through June so um there are some concerns as we go into the May revision that we may be flying a little bit blind as far as projecting the revenue outlook for the upcoming 2025 26 fiscal year um because you know tax day is being extended for um uh some of the most populous counties uh within California out to October um so we will monitor that I believe uh we will not see uh updated clear information on the 2025 26 Revenue Outlook until later this calendar year it was very similar to what we saw two years ago uh when they um Extended deadline they adopted the budget at the state level right and they came

053back after the fact that introduced some deferrals they reduced back and clawed back some money that they had already allocated out to school districts right um so that's something that we're monitoring closely the legislative analyst office also came out with the report recently uh in recent days uh indicating that they're projecting the cola the cost of living adjustment for the upcoming school year to decrease further down to 2.2% right so recall back in June of 2024 when the governor sign the enacted budget uh into law uh they projected a 2.93% cola U for the next school year a few months later the governor comes out with the January proposal updates his projections for the next fiscal year it gets uh revised downward down to 2.43% uh and now the latest update from what we're hearing

054from the Legislative adal Office is we should expect that to go down to 2.2% which is approximately about a million dollar of uh less funding in comparison to what we were told um 6 months AO go so it speaks to the importance of having Strong Reserve levels right um so we can weather the storms um as the funding Outlook changes from year to year while we're bringing up the corrected presentation the copies they have front of you correct I think there were just one or two slides that had some U misprints on there um your hard copies are correct and we have some copies in the uh in the lobby if you would like uh one of the things that I would like to share is that um uh there is proposed one-time funding proposed

055in next year's budget in the 2025 26 budget proposal one of the block grants is called the discretionary block grant right and so emcsd is scheduled to receive $2.1 million of funding next year onetime funding right um the legislator is recommending that we use it on some priorities that that they feel strongly about um but we're hopeful that uh they will allow that decision to be made locally here at the local Schoolboard level uh we are not budgeting for that extra money at this point in time um uh the County Office of Education has advised us to to hold back on budgeting that until we hit the May revision and there's more certainty on that um there's also some um uncertainty with the federal budget right the federal budget runs a fiscal year from October

056October 1st through September 30th as opposed to July 1st through June 30th um and as of last uh report that I've seen um no official federal budget has been signning too long right so we're monitoring that closely um and lastly there is some uh proposed funding in the area of literacy reading and math supports and so we're hopeful that uh schools here in Elon will qualify for that funding um but at this point in time we have not budgeted for the funding at the per the advice of the County Office of Education um they are advising to be more conservative as we hit the May revision uh if the funding Still Remains in The Proposal in the May revision then we will go ahead and update our budget when we bring the adopted budget in

057June so with that I'll turn it back over to miss Patos thank you so this slide shows the three main sources of lcff we have the state aid which is a funding from State based on enrollment on and unduplicated pupils and then we have the education protection account uh State funds designated for instructional services like teacher salaries and then we have the local property taxes which is the revenue collected from property taxes within the district it can also be broken down by B base Grant supplemental Grant concentration Grant uh together all these uh sources contribute to our lcff revenue for 2425 of 103.1 million as required by ab1 1200 we have to adopt a balanced budget each year we are required to submit multi-year projections to show that we will be able to sustain our

058fiscal Health going forward based on the current budget as mentioned earlier we are reporting a positive certification for this ining reporting we are able to meet our financial obligations for the current year and two subsequent years with an estimated Reserve ve of of um 3.07 3.59 and 4.72 the decline in our Reserve is a result of the decreasing student enrollment it it is projected to continue to decline which is influenced mainly by low birth rates housing developments and economic conditions as you can see from the slide here in 2015 15 our student fell to 9,000 four years later it dropped to 8,000 and for 2425 we're now at less than 7,000 and just a quick reminder Dr Garcia shared this in the state of our schools update last month at the board meeting right as

059part of our master plan we brought a demographer I believe back in 2023 that looked out 10 years with the projections um and the projections were off by a year right um the decline continues uh we think the implementation of TK for all four-year-olds uh was something that that helped our enrollment remained stable last year um but all indication show over the next 7 to 10 years uh we would go from uh District just about 7,000 students down to 6,000 students and then a few years later uh within the next 10 years down to 5,000 students right so um even um though we believe the the decline won't be as severe right there still is a decline in birth rates and we're seeing that uh gradual decline right so from 2015 2019 we lost about

0601,000 kids from 2019 to 2023 we lost another thousand kids and so that Trend will still continue it might take five or six years to lose another thousand kids um but the decline unfortunately Still Remains um in our projections another key planning factor in developing the budget is the salary schedules including step increases Plus cost of living adjustment all of which would significantly impact the budget based on the projections for these assumptions and a quick update what I mentioned earlier while we were getting the the the slides corrected there's some one-time funding proposed next year uh we hope that that money and that funding materializes and we hope that the legislature allows um school districts at the local level to make the determination on how to best utilize those funds right there are con some

061concerns uh regarding a lower Cola uh currently we're projecting a 2.43% cola and that's great news when you have a cola that's above 0% means you're getting more funding per student however if you have less student the additional funding that is generated by your existing students uh is eroded with the loss of students with declining enrollment um so um we believe that the cola will decline to 2.2% um there are eight indicators and as we get into the month of March and April six of those eight indicators have already been um analyzed and there's only two indicators left and so um based on the way the information is trending it looks like the cola will will Decline and uh a decline of you know uh half a percent or something to that effect generates a

062million dollars less of lcff funding um and we're closely monitoring the federal budget uh for any developments we hope any day now uh the government does not shut down and they will uh pass the budget successfully um and there's no hopeful hopefully no reductions to uh funding for public schools but we'll we'll keep that information uh track it closely and update the budget uh accordingly as for the next steps um we have uh the board certifying 2425 second interim report tonight and then we have um in May Governor Nome releasing the um he would be releasing the 2526 revision and then um in June we have 2526 lcap and adopted budget to be presented to the board and then um by June 30th we have um the 2526 state budget to be signed into law

063by the governor and then for in September will have uh will be presenting the 2425 un audited actuals financial report after the District staff closes the books during summer I just wanted to thank you um for your time and consideration during my presentation thank you thank you very much uh does the board have any questions questions no thank you Jose for um breaking down about you know everyone's just worried about the impact of federal money and use Department of Education so it's it was nice to see that breakdown and just kind of highlighting that the 20% but also taking into account like the the breakdown of that 20% yeah thank you both for the presentation uh do I hear a motion to approve the second interim Financial report I'll make the motion motion made by

064Mrs koban is there a second I'll make second seconded by Mr Peralta any discussion all those in favor I I opposed motion carries 5 Z okay and then item three consideration of approval to adopt resolution 24252 proclaiming April 2025 as Autism Awareness Month yes good evening president Rivas and governing board for your consideration this evening is a um resolution proclaiming April 2025 as Autism Awareness Month it highlights the impact of autism as a developmental disorder and the prevalence of autism in the United States it emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis intervention programs and ongoing support services for individuals with autism and their families thank you do I hear a motion to approve I'll make the motion motion made by Mrs Mendes Garcia is there a second I'll second seconded by Mrs kobon any discussion all

065those in favor I I opposed motion carries 5 item four consideration of approval to adopt resolution 24226 proclaiming April 30th 2025 as de los noos celebrating Young Americans thank you for your consideration is this resolution acknowledging the significance of Latino children within their families and communities it recognizes the need to celebrate their contributions and values and designates April 30th is as Ela Ela de losos the day of the children in alignment with the national Latino Children's Institute thank you do I hear a motion to approve I'll make the motion motion made by Mr PTA is there a second I'll second seconded by Mrs Mendes Garcia any discussion all those in favor I I opposed motion carries [Music] 5 item five consideration of approval to adopt resolution 24227 proclaiming April 21st through 25th 2025 as public

066school volunteer week governing board members for your consideration is a resolution proclaiming public schools volunteer Public Schools volunteer week as April 21st through the 25th it recognizes the invaluable contributions of public school volunteers to the success of its students and the broader goals of American public education thank you do I hear motion to approve I'll make the motion motion made by Mrs koban is there a second I'll second seconded by Mr paralta any discussion all those in favor I I oppose motion carries 5 Z okay and item six consideration of approval to adopt resolution 24228 proclaiming April 2025 as public schools month governing board members for your consideration this evening is a resolution proclaiming April as public schools month it recognizes the vital role of America's public schools in instilling a love of learning fostering

067democratic values and promoting cultural diversity thank you is there a motion to approve I'll make a motion motion made by Mrs Mendes Garcia is there a second I'll second that seconded by Mr seagrist any discussion all those in favor I I opposed motion carries 5 Z Item seven consideration of approval of resolution 2425 23 certificated seniority list good evening uh before you for consideration is the uh certificated seniority list um just to bring some context to this item at our last board um of Education meeting we had a resolution um um signifying a reduction of certificated staff or positions um and that was number 10 positions at that time uh the next step in the process is this resolution which will actually um certify our seniority list it's not a full seniority list for the

068entire certificated staff it's a snapshot of three years um and ranking those individuals based on most senior to least senior um based on criteria that uh is going to be established in the next resolution thank you do I hear a motion to approve item seven I'll make the motion motion made by Mrs koban is there a second I'll second a seconded by Mr padala any discussion all those in favor I I opposed motion carries 5 and item eight consideration of approval of resolution 24252 24 certificated seniority tiebreaking thank you uh before you for consideration would be the resolution which would actually um signify our um tiebreaking criteria and so if we reflect back on our senor list um you have many individuals that were hired on the same date it was their first day of

069of work um and then from there we have to break down a a ranking order based on credential status based on their um higher education based on their um El authorizations because some El authorizations um hold more weight than others and then experience outside the district and then experience within the district and so this resolution um would will um establish the tiebreaking criteria to that we used in regards to ranking of our seniority list okay thank you is there a motion to approve item eight I'll make the motion motion made by Mrs cobon is there a second I'll second that seconded by Mr seist any discussion all those in favor I oppos motion carries 5 and item nine consideration of approval of resolution 24229 reduction of classified Service uh good evening uh before you for

070consideration tonight is a resolution uh in regards to a reduction in classified um Staffing or or positions um as we look at our budget and we look at our staffing needs each year um we try to take advantage of times when there may be vacant positions and so on this specific resolution um really starts with our Head Start Department where uh we had to take a look at the Staffing there and we did make uh some reduction reductions so uh the resolution identifies the actual positions and the number of positions um doesn't identify people because obviously um some of them are vacant at this time and then there's bumping um that must take place but in order for us to begin that PR process and notify um any potential impacted employees by the March 15th

071educational code uh deadline we must uh uh take this resolution and and if it's approved then we can go forward with it okay do I hear a motion to approve item nine I'll make the motion motion made by Mr paralta is there a second I'll second seconded by Mrs Mendes Garcia any discussion all those in favor I I I opposed motion carries 5 Z Item 10 consideration of approval of contract with office of administrator law hearings for your consideration would be a contract with the office of administrative hearings um as part of the layoff process um any employee that potentially could be laid off is entitled to a hearing um with an administrative law judge that reviews the criteria in which the district utilized to determine um seniority and the bumping of of individuals um

072and so in order to do that we have to have a contract with them uh we did not have a contract with them um because we haven't done this in probably over 12 to probably 12 to 15 years um and so this contract is a 5-year contract and it renews it with uh the administrative office so then that way we can schedule those hearings if needed thank you do I hear motion to approve item 10 I'll make the motion motion made by Mrs koban is there a second I'll second seconded by Mrs Mendes Garcia any discussion all those in favor favor I I opposed motion carries 5 Z thank you those that was a string of heavy uh topics and um difficult um diff difficult thing difficult things that need to to be done right

073now um but we have another item on um our action um action items right here so item 11 consideration of approval of administrative appointment coordinator of special education thank you president Rivas and governing board I'm excited to make the recommendation to appoint Dr Dana caverdian for the position of special education coordinator Dana has been an integral part of the Special Education team in the Alman city school district for nine years as a program specialist she has provided professional development coached new staff supported School site IEP teams worked on complex situations and supported all of our special education programs both Regional and District District along with her experience as one of our program Specialists she also brings Knowledge from her previous roles as a classroom teacher school psychologist researcher supervisor special education and Adjunct professor and

074I won't I won't name which university that is Dr Garcia Dana is student centered and is committed to the students families and staff of the Alman City School District and I know she will be an outstanding an outstanding asset to the special as a special education coordinator okay do I hear a motion to approve item 11 I'll make the motion motion made by Mrs kobian is there a second I'll second seconded by Mr paralta any discussion all those in favor I I opposed motion carries 5 Z I'd like to invite Dr cudan up to say just a few words thank you so much um Dr Pano and also Dr Garcia and board members I really look I'm so excited about being a part of the team in this capacity um as coordinator as we continue

075to elevate all students so thank you so much thank you and congratulations well we have our board policy updates now which we will um approve alog together unless does a board member have any of these items that they'd like to pull for a separate consideration any of these policies okay then considering them altogether do I hear a motion to approve the 18 um the 18 items here I'll make the motion to approve motion made by Mr pedala is there a second I'll second seconded by Mrs Mendes Garcia any discussion all those in favor I opposed motion carries 5 Z so fast and it's time for our discussion session um uh at the top of our list we have our guiding Coalition update thank you uh president Ras uh just so wonderful to approve all of

076those board policies in uh in one vote and so yeah thank you for all those years of approving every individual one um this evening uh we have this item that we listed as a discussion item um at the top of the meeting I shared that we concluded with our subcommittee of The Guiding Coalition where we talked about the portrait of a learner so before you um we um once again shared the preferred mission statements the preferred vision statements and um I wanted to speak through a little bit of the the the portra of a learner dispositions but before doing so I'd like to turn it over to um Mrs koban who was part of this process and if she can just uh continue to share what the process was like and also maybe introduce the

077sure dispositions I think that would be good thank you um so this is It's been a fascinating process I'll just say you know I know it was something new to all of us um and we kind of talked about the large group meetings um where we were filled up this room with with stakeholders um and then we had the the subcommittee um which was uh about 20 people or so it was it was a really small group um still very representative um I was really impressed by because I know some of it was self- selected people who wanted to continue to participate in the process so it really did still continue to be a diverse um group of people um including um people from outside the district who were providing input as well um and

078so we had had two meetings um and they were really focused on the portrait of a learner very similar to the way that the larger group meetings went um we were given kind of samples of you know different districts and the work that they had done to kind of you know give us an idea of you know what what the format is that we're looking at and then we were sort of released into these small groups where we each came up with these different um dispositions categories of of ideas that we wanted our Learners to kind of represent and then um from that we we kind of shared out we had larger group discussions and came up with the categories so the ones in the Bold were were the categories which are are very similar

079there's I think there were a couple of just small wording um changes and then in the second meeting we came back with those ideas in mind and figured out how did we Define this for our district what does it mean so for example um one of the things that we talked about was a change agent wanting wanting our students to feel like that's a a role that they could play in their lives and in the community and so then it was the discussion of what does that really mean and what does that look like and so it was It was kind of thinking about definitions but also thinking of them of them in terms of actionable words actionable phrases things that students would understand things that teachers could communicate to students at all grade level

080so you'll see some some variations um we we really moved away from having these kind of long descriptive things because you really could describe all the you know different qualities of somebody who's globally conscious um and really wanted it to be um very concise so that that we were just focused in on on some very specific items related to those different topics um and then had again kind of larger group discussions and ultimately decided out of that one rather than um consolidating like with the the mission and vision where there we kind of narrowed it down to two options this one has all of the groups input because we really thought at that point this is something we need to turn over to the board to kind of um discuss and and kind of flesh

081out what we see as you know this what this looks like for students and then ultimately what the goals are going to be that we set for the district and for the students um so that I think kind of spoke to the process should we stop there for some questions or comments sure yeah or do you have any are there any questions or comments at this time or would you rather would you rather than pose questions to the board no questions but no obviously what they came up with is great it's like hard to be like right part of me just goes my instinct half the time like that one yeah so that was that was part of it too was that that ultimately we we all liked components of the different parts and so

082I think um so I know we're going to discuss it a little more in depth um at the special meeting but I think in preparation for that I I think the hope is that everyone here will kind of look at this see what words kind of resonate what what that means what that might look like to to you or how you see it for the students um and I and I think also thinking about um uh sort of the way the phrasing is so some of these are are sort of like exclamation marks of of ideas some of them are a little more um giving direction I would say and so I think as a board we need to decide in in terms of the structure of the document what what we want it to

083look like so that was one of the things that the group didn't decide um like in group four there were some where there were you know very definitely definitive descriptions um so like I'll use empowered Communicator so engages collaborates and communicates positively and effectively it's a very good definition but then you can contrast that with group one that was own your words shape the world so those are very different ways of presenting that idea um and neither of them are bad and so I think it's just a question of how how we want this to be presented to the community and ultimately look like and I think there's there's a place for all of it um and yeah so I don't know if there's any questions or if you want to speak to the process

084for the next no questions or comments um no question well I think my only question would be is there you know what would you like from us today would you like like a first reaction I think that would be great I would love for us to just kind of not make a decision tonight because we're we're we're not doing that but just you know hear your thoughts on the preferred mission and vision statements and and the dispositions maybe not so much the definitions but just you know the idea of a change agent knowledge Seeker forward thinker empowered Communicator goally conscious and then as you can tell that last one varied from group to group um and I'll explain that in a second so so if I could just get your reaction on the vision mission

085statements and those um the disposition I think that would be great um speaking to the last one um so so the the word that was introduced to the group was thriv it's a new word um and I'm going to pause that and just share that one of the activities that we did with the guiding Coalition at large was we did this exercise early on where we said what are tired terms and it was fascinating didn't mean that we didn't believe in the work or the terms but what are words that are just overused to the point where maybe they've lost their meaning or people tune out or you know we have to just kind of Come Back and Double Down on an explanation or find a better word and and we know that in education

086there are some popular terms they're kind of they they they have a shelf life and then they not that they go away but maybe new words come come in and so the idea was this was a new term that was introduced and it was thriver um which means you know a student that is resilient that's flourishing that overcomes that you know just really prevails um and and so that was the one term that we couldn't agree on but but we agreed on what we wanted it to look like right and so um a couple of ideas that were shared by the group were flourishing learner um resilient learner and then a couple of the groups did like thriver um hoping to emphasize ize the productive struggle that education should be um so I just wanted

087to share that so that you understand that that's something that we'd like to I'd love to get your opinion on that as well great would you like to go one by one to just share share thoughts are you ready to share about you I'm ready course I um for mission statement and this is all based on lizette's instinctual inct so for the first one where passion purpose and voice come to life that's very student centered um when I read it and then the second one is community and family centered so that's how I'm when I read it that's the first thing that kind of pops into um to my Forefront and then for the preferred vision statements the one that stood out is cultivating young minds to achieve the imaginable unimaginable um that statement for

088me was very visual like I can visually see that I can visually see that in murals visually see that in our um when we eventually do our our new logo I see it it's very visual so that would be my my uh input on that one yeah it's so tough for the different um groups I see that on all of them you have forward thinker empowered communicator and globally conscious um and change agent is something that was a common one but yeah I can see where you guys were were struggling with like thriver um um versus a resilient learner reflective learner um but I do like thri just because it's a word that you don't see as much and I see students connecting with that word especially in the world we live in today yeah

089think I'll jump in um I agree I noticed the same kind of you know the for the first mission statement it being very student focused and the second um more about the action right that uh The Learning Community is taking I liked that the second one sounds like education you know you have the word learning in there so it does sound like um more more obviously about an educational Endeavor um for the Prof vision statements I love the word nurture just like that how the kids mentioned that today our students mentioned really liking the word nurture I I see cultivate as being a little bit more you're trying to get something out of it whereas nurture is um there's a lot of kindness to that word Y and I I appreciate that um I love

090the I love the words dream and Achieve so um those are those are both wonderful Without Limits um these are really great ideas I love that 90 people could come together and you know really basically come up with very shared vision for what the work is here and um overall what I do see as a theme in you know both mission statements both vision statement is the idea of thriving MH and so I do like the word thri as well because ultimately it just sounds like our community wants our students to thrive and that's that's pretty cool that that's what they came up with um the other thing that struck me as I was going through fir at first I read the the um six characteristics and I just oh these are amazing and then

091I started thinking about okay now what about a stem person because I think a lot of our our the problems that this next generation is going to be solving are going to be STEM related like does the does that show up here and when I think about stem I think about creativity problem solving analysis and I do see those reflected in the additional comments right um group two creates and learns continuously um explore new ideas solve problems explore new ideas right um um so I I see a lot of the those ideas that are are reflected in there so um it's just something that came to mind it's being aware of all of the work that our students are going to be going on to do and yeah making sure it's reflected somehow in in

092our document that's my first reaction Mr seist or Mr Pata um I guess my first reaction obviously to the uh preferred mission statement what I started looking for was just a Common Thread or or or words filtering down from the mission statement to the vision and then down into the uh uh into the portrait of the learner here um and I'm seeing that thrive word kind of work its way through um you have the thriving Community uh we shape Generations through learning leadership and thriving community in the mission statement um nurturing young minds to dream Without Limits uh which leads into that thriving aspect of it um and taking off from from from what she said about nurture we have the nurture we have the caring for people in places in our planet so there's

093still more of that nurture and the Thrive I I'm just looking for those common threads working its way through um phrases that jumped out at me own your words and and I feel that's important for our for our kids to to realize that their words have meaning right they they they need to understand that they have a stake in what their world is going to be like and that is that that that's probably that that phrase right there probably jumped out the most for me uh the next phrase that jumped out uh was listen wisely speak speak confidently I again like just sitting back and absorb the information before you begin speaking going back to owning your words and shaping the world going back to helping your community Thrive and nurturing your community to to

094to thrive so just looking for those elements to work its way through that's can I do you like the word thri yes you do yes taking a poll Mr seis do you have any comments only I I would like to say that instead of saying we shape Generations I would think we we strive to shape because therefore it's continuous it's not a a step thing yet we always keep looking at it this is beautifully done I'm going to use this a lot thank you um and I I'll just circle back and say so thri wasn't actually one of my favorite words but it partly I think it's because it it it's like an outlier in the in the the way the other terms are are kind of done um and you know but again very

095open to to sort of that the ideas and the discussion um and just wanted to also share um one of the other discussion topics we had was about adaptability um I forget who it was somebody was sharing about um the research that in in terms of job skills and the the things that students will need in the future and and being adaptable to changing technology changing careers changing communication changing skills and and having the ability to be flexible and adapt to whatever the conditions are is something that we can teach our students to do and that we should teach our students to do so there was there was a lot of discussion around making sure that is a component of of the work that you know of what we want to come out with um

096and again I I think you know when we kind of meet we can mess around with words because you know there's something we like this one and we like this one um and so I think just hope that that over the next two two weeks or so um kind of think about those things give it you know give it some thought um I think Dr Garcia has some samples that of other things in terms of the goals yeah so what I uh thank you um I I did I've been collecting different uh Strate strategic plans that are out there um just to give you some some ideas of how things flow but I I really do appreciate the way you've pointed out the the flow that already exists within this very very you know rough

097draft of our strategic plan or the components of the Strategic plan um so I will be sharing those with you just so that you can take a look and and have them at a glance um and and just to talk a little bit about March 31st so at the top of the meeting we'll start off by um um taking a look at the preferred mission and vision statements and then coming to an agreement on what we'd like to move forward with and then that continues to shape the portrait of a learner um what I will what I will prepare before that is I will condense um the work of the groups so that I can present something to you and we'll have this as a background too in case you know we miss something or

098I miss something that you'd like to bring forward and that way um we have something to start with and so I'd like to spend the top of the meeting making some decisions and then I'd like to spend the the second half of the meeting or the majority of the meeting talking about the board's priorities right the board's priorities will then shape the goals that we create and then the goals really are the standard for the work that we do and really give life to these words um so something that I um I'll be sharing some information before the March 31st meeting just to prepare us for how we how we start to set priorities how we we come together on priorities but something I'm going to ask board members is just to come with some

099ideas that we can share and consolidate and I am confident um that there's going to be an alignment in the room and I'm confident that uh we'll be able to walk away at the end of that meeting with a really good sense of where we where we want to be with our Mission Vision portrait of a learner and goals um and then the other thing I think we had talked about this but just to share with everyone else we want to also include um in the materials the um um the seven habits so that because that's you know really foundational work for our our school and our classrooms and so making sure that you know it we can tie tie it in or at least you know we can align which it really does by

100kind of default because these are all in those same categories but making sure that you know we do it in a way that it's it's tied to those things that we are already really strong in doing very nice any other comments from the board thank you so much for preparing this for us and for getting us started on thinking about it gives us a couple of weeks now to let it kind of simmer and um looking forward to talking about it again at our special meeting okay are there any items for future discussion I don't know if it's to Future discussion but I it was a random that I had we used to have the handbook in our binder at our board meetings remember we have them we will bring them out yes I just

101thought about it just because of Mr coming on board I don't think he's um that was a practice we oh you have it you weren't supposed to take it I have that yes because sometimes too I I like I like oh I want to reference something and so if we we'll bring the binders out and we'll have them out there for you and session yes okay I kept having to redo the board policy update oh my God because those change so much we can't even decide if like things that we just need are well what if we exclude the board policy since we have them electronically and that way that's not something we just have to update it whenever we update the governance handbook that would probably be more yeah appropriate yes thank you Edna

102to add more yes that's great thank you anyone else yeah Mr seist I'd like to suggest that we sell the district mean online Facebook all selling by what we do because we all see all the beautiful things that are done but unfortunately the public as far as I know does not see much of it I think we really should do a blitz in the media social media print media because I think we can tap into a lot of the homeschooling people who do not even know what we do and even the private schools because those students out there are missing the things that we offer and also also I'd like to see us try to re talk about Reviving The ptas in our district because Diane Highland the president of the first district PTA she's

103willing to come in and help us revive it because it does take a lot of work to to bring the pts back but I'm so proud of all the things I see the cabinet reports the public needs to see those thank you thank you anyone else okay um then that concludes our board meeting we adjourn at 7:20 three