001e oh oh like good idea I'm Nana shall we start let's start all [Laughter] [Music] right christas here r all seem to say throw away Christmas is here bringing good Che to young and old in the to [Laughter] everywhere without to every [Applause] [Music] [Applause] home we have our awesome senior compan Milly Schultz here we are going to miss her sorely in fut years in fact we have two senior compant cor going to play also which is great that I don't have to they get to be nervous about you know don't be nervous start [Music] new Frost is falling and dusting the trees snowflakes are and L start to freeze to goodby to fall Winters come to with a cold snap with a cold [Music] snap winds are blowing and chilling the air chilling the
002air [Music] the time to Winter R for a cold snap for a cold snap Blue Lips red cheeks s nose chattering teeth sore throat can't speak Shad the season to be C to be sing [Music] de snow is drifting and covers the hills hanging windows stay inside where it is warm from Nature's bit St and the cold snap and the cold snap and the CL [Music] [Applause] snap change got a variety of this ISO a Mexican obviously that last silly fun stuff and then we'll sing a Hanukkah piece and then beginning to look like Christmas we'll sing that at the end that makes any sense [Music] to let every Earthly creature great and his make no [Music] night of night of jubil of Jubilation his mother Smiles in why in [Music] cration the sweetest glor
003of celestial Voice Hallelujah as all the Earth Rees hallelu [Music] hallelu hallelu hallelu [Music] what do I do follow the conductor or follow the sheet music I don't know I'll have a teaching moment about that later I'm sure I mistake I cut them off in the wrong spot some of them some of them follow me so yeah what to do when the conductor Cuts you off in the wrong spot it's always a good what is this next song one light a Hanukkah song thanks [Music] one sh through the night first of light sign of things that happened long [Music] ago small light FL a bright Mark the passage of every night MERS of remebrance In Your Glory through the win shine to remember sh for the wonder that in there [Music] La sh through the
004win shine [Music] to shine for the wonder that happen [Music] bright Mark the passage of every night MERS of remance In Your [Music] Glory shines through the night first ofic a light sign of things that happened long ago [Music] [Applause] time right yeah we have time it's beginning to look like Christmas shall we whenever you're ready thank you thanks for having us everybody absolutely look forward to all back in August they're like when's When's the board meeting that's great go ahead thanks it's beginning beginning It's Beginning It's Beginning it's beginning to It's Beginning It's Beginning to Look to look it's beginning to look a it's beginning to look a lot like chras [Music] It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas everywhere you take a look in the anding again with candy canes and Sil
005Lan glow it's begin to look a lot like Christmas in every in every store but the prettiest sight to see is the that will be on your own a pair of Hong boots and a pistol that shoots as the wishne and Ben talk and'll go for a walk is the hope of Janice and Jen and dad can wait for school to start again it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere everywhere there's a tree in the Grand Hotel one in the park is well the sty kind that doesn't the snow it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas the bells will start and the that will make them ring is the car that you sing right within your heart a of HS and a pistol that sh the wish and do talk and we'll
006go for a walk is the hope of Jenis and Jen mom and dad can wait for school to start [Music] again it's to Look a Lot Like Christmas everywhere you go there's a treat in the Grand Hotel one in the park as well the sty kind that doesn't mind the snow it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas soon the bells will start and the that will make them ring is the car that you sing right within Your Heart Right within your heart in your [Applause] heart e weren't working dep e I it up here okay we're going to call our regular meeting to order in Open session at 604 p.m. welcome to the Board of Education meeting of the escano Union High School District today is Tuesday December 17th 2024 thank you all for
007being here and thank you to our s Pas Squall performance this evening that was very lovely so um like to establish a quorum this evening we have both both of our student board members present um we have board member um David Vincent Yes we have board member Bill dery present board member Ryan Williams I'm here board member Bob Weller Merry Christmas and myself um board member Christy Knight um at this time our student board members are going to take the opportunity to set the tone for our meeting and read our mission and vision for the district Mission empowering every student to graduate prepared for college career and life through excellence and learning Vision we relentlessly pursue with optimism Equitable support for all students to navigate a changing World by providing rigorous and relevant learning experiences
008that strengthen their capacity as open-minded and invested collaborators effective and thoughtful communicators resourceful and creative problem solvers curious and analytical critical thinkers and informed and compassionate compassionate community members thank you both very much and next will be our Pledge of Allegiance and board member David Vincent will be leading Us in the pledge this evening please stand Ready set go I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all okay thank you thank you w member Vincent and next on our agenda is one of my favorite favorite times of each board meeting we are going to be recognizing our inspirational student of the month and this evening we have our principal from Orange Glenn High School
009Mr Michael Santos present and he will be introducing us to our inspirational student of the month thank you principal Santos hi everyone I'm Michael Santos the proud principal of orange Glenn High School I first want to thank the school board and District leadership for providing this opportunity to celebrate the amazing youth we have at our sites orange Glenn's vision is academic achievement and personal growth for all students we take this to heart as we help students find their path through sometimes a very difficult four years our inspirational student is one that has taken this Vision to Heart Juliana Garcia embodies this vision and does well both in and out of the classroom and has grown incredibly over her time here with us she also has this positivity around her every morning as I greet students
010at the front of the school she comes in with a smile that extends ear to ear and wishing me and everyone else a good morning and sometimes giving me some helpful comments about my musical selection uh saying yes to Chapel rone no to earthwind and fire um she does well in her classes both at OG and at palamar and is a leader around campus but this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Juliana to talk more about this amazing individual is your counselor Miss Rita Gera all right good evening evening esteemed members of our school board and cabinet and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you this evening it is my pleasure my great honor to present to you our exceptional student of the month Juliana Garcia a 12th
011grader at middle college at Orange Glenn High School Juliana or Julie as we affectionately know her as has been a student of mine for the past three and a half years and and and in that time I have witnessed firsthand the extraordinary person she is Julie is without a doubt an incomparable student and I cannot think of anyone more deserving of this recognition Julie's impact extends beyond our academic her academic achievements she embodies the qualities of leadership kindness and selflessness that we hope to instill in all of our students from the very beginning of her time in Middle College Julie has consistently demonstrated a deep care for others never hesitating to step up with when someone is in need I have seen Julie in action offering support to her teachers families and to me as
012her school counselor one of the most impressive examples of her selflessness occurred when one of our peers experienced homelessness Julie swiftly sprang into action using her resources her network and her leadership skills to help this student find a safe place to stay that level of empathy and responsibility is rare in anyone let alone in a high school student Julie learned the Julie learned the spirit of giving and caring from her parents and her family who are here tonight some of them are not we love them and miss them but they're in spirit their example of selflessness and caring has really shaped Julie into the remarkable young woman that we celebrate today the Garcia family is a true Testament of what community looks like they have consistently and generously given back to our local community and
013to and Julie is no exception she is incredibly well connected not only with middle college the middle college program but throughout our entire School Julie has a pulse on what's the needs are and she takes initiative to make things happen she's a boss lady for example when Julie realized that our first senior graduating class wanted a banquet to commemorate their Milestone she didn't wait for someone else to take charge she organized mobilized and reached out to the community to gather donations to make this event a reality she wanted to ensure that her classmates including her older sister Sophia had a memorable and meaningful celebration of their hard work Julie's leadership extends even further Julie co-founded the middle college ambassadors Club a student-driven initiative designed to help fundraise for the program's needs and supports uh the
014broader Middle College Community through this club Julie has shown her capacity to inspire and Lead others as well as their determination to make sure that all of our Middle College Scholars have the resources they need to succeed but perhaps what strikes me most about Julie is her dedication to helping others succeed particularly her peers Julie is consistently offering her assistance to fellow students whether it's helping them enroll in Palomar College courses drafting professional emails to professors or serving as a as a part of the student parent panels to guide new families through the college experience she takes great pride in helping first generation students and their families navigate the complexities of higher education through her efforts Julie has helped break down barriers and open doors for many students who might otherwise feel lost or overwhelmed
015Julie inspires me every day she has always she has a way of making them impossible seem possible and her optimism and work ethic pushed me to continue doing this difficult work in education in a world that often presents challenges particularly for students of color and lowincome Julie shines as a Beacon of Hope she takes full advantage of the opportunities provided to her and in doing so lifts up lifts UPS those around her her unwavering commitment to her peers and Community remind me of why we do this work and I'm sure that she has inspired everyone here today as we stand here today I want I want us to all reflect on the value the students like Julie bring to our schools and our community the middle college program which Julie is a vital part of
016has been transformation transformative sorry for so many students students and their families it's a program that is a life-changing experience thank you for continuing to support programs like middle college which provide students with the tools they need to succeed in college and Beyond Julie I want to take this moment to to congratulate you on this well-deserved recognition your selfless acts of kindness your leadership and your dedication to breaking down barriers for yourself and others are truly inspiring please continue to fight the good fight and know that you are destined to create change far beyond our community the world needs more selfless people like [Applause] you hi good evening everyone I've never really considered myself to be a very inspirational to be very inspirational so receiving this award is a big surprise I've never been the
017best student with a 4.0 and perfect attendance but I have tried to be the best person that I can be coming from a middle- class family I've witnessed both my parents work tirelessly to be able to give my siblings and I a bright future and with all and all the support and encouragement from Orange gland in Middle College I'm happy to say that I think all the work and effort will pay off a few years ago I would not have been able to say the same thing it was a time in my life where I was struggling academically and was making the wrong decisions in life but with the encouragement of my family friends and middle college I began to change the way I viewed myself in the world programs like Middle College have helped
018give me a second chance the change didn't happen overnight but thinking about the future and most importantly my future made me think of who I want to become and the steps I had to take to make it there over the last 4 years I have been heavily involved in the school and work closely with my peers and teachers so it's rewarding to know that my efforts have had positive impact on others I'm grateful for my family the teachers counselors and peers who have supported me throughout this journey their constant encouragement and guidance have played a huge role in helping me grow and reach goals I thought were Out Of Reach this award reminds me of how far I've come and motivates me to keep working towards more and not just for myself but to continue
019encouraging others to see what they're capable of achieving thank you for this recognition and for giving me the opportunity to share my story [Applause] I don't like using the microphone always but Julie come up here please and they want us to stand on the on the blue dot here so the people on can see us on TV congratulations wow that those words uh Miss Gara were so beautiful and sometimes the most inspirational people are people who don't realize how inspirational they are um what you shared about Julie is amazing and as a district we're so proud of you but you have skills that we're not teaching we're not able to teach you these are skills that came from within you and those are things like emotional intelligence and grit and just an empathy and those
020are things that are really hard to teach people but you have those skills and you're an example and so by being an incredible example in our community you're teaching those skills to other people so uh we have some plaques here that we want to share with you so on behalf of the esano Union High School District Board of Education we're honored to present the inspirational student award to Juliana Garcia on December 17 2024 in recognition of your outstanding accomplishments and our mayor who used to be a school board member here our mayor danne white also wanted to recognize you with a certificate of recognition from the city of Escondido congratulations on being awarded the inspirational student of the month for December 20124 and keep doing the good work and we're going to follow just be
021looking for you in the community and to your parents for raising an beautiful daughter um you have a great support system and congratulations [Applause] [Music] than e e e [Applause] okay next on our agenda is to administer the oath of office to chrisy Knight and Ryan Williams and so at this time um our superintendent John Peterson was going to stand out here yes president night I invite you to join me out front it's uh my honor to be able to present this the certificate of election to you from the county of San Diego registar voters indicating that at a general election held on November 5th 2024 you were elected to the office of governing board member trustee area number [Applause] three now we will swear you into office with the oath so please raise your
022right hand and repeat after me I state your name I chrisy Knight do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United State Constitution of the State of California and the constitution of the State of California against all enemies foreign and domestic against all enemies foreign and domestic that I will bear true faith and Allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the State of California that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the State of California that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or
023purpose of evasion and that I will well and Faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter and that I will well and Faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter congratulations than youo congratulations Mr Williams you're up it is also my honor to award this certificate to you from the registar voters indicating that on November 5th 2024 you were elected to the office of governing board member trustee area number four congratulations do the oath of office so raise your right hand and repeat after me I state your name I Ryan Williams do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the State of California
024and the constitution of the State of California against all enemies foreign and domestic against all enemies foreign and domestic that I will will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the State of California and I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the State of California that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that I will well and Faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter and that I will well and faith y discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter congratulations thank you [Applause] hey thank you and thank you
025to the Escondido Community for their faith and trust in both myself and board member at Williams to continue to serve in this capacity on behalf of the students and families in Escondido so thank you um at this time we will uh approve the officers of the governing board for 2025 in accordance with board bylaw BB 9120 and the officers will uh it says be as follows Bob Weller will be president Ryan Williams Vice President Bill dery Clerk David Vincent member and Christy Knight member so with that I will need a motion to approve the officers of the governing board for 2025 I approve okay we have a motion I'll second and a second um with that student board members how do you vote I I and fell board members how do you vote I I
026you and um so that is approving the officers with that we usually play musical chairs so we will all rotate and I'm going to move down to the end and everybody will move this way so we'll do that now John should I do the little thing about ch next on the agenda take all your stuff nope I'm gonna leave that for you I am G to take your water that's right I'll take you down it thanks John my little present two like each other a lot I have to break them up I [Music] okay so Christie if you'll follow me up front please we'll face you guys later but we'll go this way first so as my first official act I am very honored and proud to give you this momento this token this plaque
027thanking you for your service for this last year thank you now John said I had 22 minutes to give a speech about you but I'm only going to take 30 seconds but there's nothing I can say and you know how much you have done for me and this board and if you cry I will cry and that will be bad but I do want to say your guidance and Leadership has been really really impactful and I just want to thank you so much for all that and you're getting a hug thank you congratulations heart [Applause] take a selfie [Applause] right so you so then I'm item C8 C8 so um we're going to appoint oh thank you so now we're going to appoint John Peterson superintendent as the executive secretary of the Board of Education
028and Marie Alvarado as board stenographer action is required so I'm going to make well I'm going to recommend the action and we need a motion to appoint John Peterson superintendent as executive secretary of the Board of Education and Marie Alvarado as board stenographer can I get a motion please I'll make a motion since I haven't made very many this last year I'll make a motion and a second please I'll second thank you do I need to repeat back their first and second okay so then we can call for a vote now unless there's any discussion on that from student board members um yeah were you gonna say something yeah student board members hi chy board members I I is it I Okay so we've now approved that since I'm on training wheels I take a
029little longer John feel free to item C9 C9 all right so we're now on item C9 and the subject is approved proposed dates and times of regular board meetings special board meetings and board workshop dates of the board of education for 2025 it's an action item so we will vote on this and so um I'm going to ask for a motion and then we can um have discussion on that yeah may I ask that before you ask for the motion can we turn over to John for a little bit discussion as to what the item is before we go for the call for the vote that'd be great thank you okay John sure as part of the annual organizational meeting every December the board votes on its proposed meeting dates for the following the calendar
030year 20125 so before you our recommended dates for the regular board meetings the board workshops and a special board meeting that we do in June uh this is a second read so you saw these dates last month we made an adjustment according to one Board memb needs moving a board Workshop to May 1st uh but other than that all of the dates are what you saw previously all right thank you any discussion on that all right so now I need a motion in a second please I'll move to approve second all right well let's vote and we'll start with the student board members by hi and then the board members I I I so that passes and then we move on to action item number C10 for report of uh action taken in closed session
031and that will be reported out by christe Knight okay thank you so report of action taken in close session for Tuesday December 17 2024 in close session on motion of board member Williams second by board member Weller the Board of Education voted to approve physical education waivers cases numbers case numbers 456 to 493 for the 20242 school year with a 5 yay Zer nay zero absent and zero abstain vote um second on motion uh second item voted on was on motion by board member Williams second by board member dery the Board of Education voted to approve graduation with favors cases number 22- 24 for the 20242 school year by a five yay zero nay zero absent and zero abstain vote and finally uh in close session on motion of board member dernie seconded by board
032member Williams the Board of Education voted to approve settlement agreement with o ah case number to 2024-25 school year and that was a vote of five yes zero no zero absent and zero abstained and that would conclude the report of action taken in close session thank you thank you trusty Knight that moves us on to C11 approval of regular board meeting minutes for November 12th and um John did you want to say anything about that no the minutes are uh ready for your approval so okay thank you so then we need a motion to approve this so moved second thank you and now we will vote can I have a question yes sir ask a question before you vote so I I know we've kind of been changing up our um I guess our techn
033technological format of this are do we still have um the transcripts in terms of the recordings I noticed that it's here but I don't see them the typical recordings like we're used to yeah the MP3 files the audio files should be working this meeting so there was a technological issue with the previous meeting but that has been since been corrected perfect thank you uh which i' just like to add that well actually I'll bring that up at the approval of the agenda for the home audience listening so then we will we have first and second so then starting with the um student board members if you could vote please I I and then our regular trustees I I all right well that passes and so now we're on to C12 approve agenda and any uh
034additions deletions or Corrections there are none there are none all right just wanted to say at home um this is not on YouTube anymore there's a link within the bardocks on the website so hopefully um if you can hear this that you know where to go for that we're going to try to bring that higher up in the web page in the future so people can more easily access these meetings thank you I I had a hard time finding those so appreciate you doing that and you're you're a doctor so you know it's I'm good at technology but not going to YouTube yeah and and for the record there there are two links on the page as well so there's two links to to grab the video oh okay well thank you I I think
035we're going to try to get it with a big red arrow pointing at it in the future um so like me yeah recommended action is I need a motion to approve the agenda for tonight so moved okay so we have a first and a second and so I call for the vote if the student board members would please vote I Hi and then trustees I I all right smooth sailing so far can't wait till we get into the meat of this all right in regard to item number C13 approval of consent calendar items on the agenda marked with an asterik are going to be considered consent um I will read those in a second but before I do was there anything that you wanted to say Mr superintendent no these items on the consent calendar
036are considered routine so we approve them all with a single motion all right so before I call for a motion the items that we are going to put under consent tonight are educational services item F1 Human Resources G1 G2 G3 and business services H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 and h8 um we can have discussion after we want or we can have discussion before would anybody like to pull anything from the consent item tonight all shaking heads all right right so then we need a motion to approve the consent calendar tonight I will move to approve second thank you gentlemen so we have our first and a second so call for the vote starting with the student board members hi and with the trustees I I all right so that's unanimous so then we
037can continue on and we now move into section D recognition and presentation and it will be led by John Peterson uh for student and staff recognition thank you and good evening uh it's my pleasure to recognize students and staff for their achievements this month uh first of all with regard to students the Escondido Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated students selected as their school's Rising Stars congratulations to Alex Cross from delago Academy Xander Bennett from escano high school Leslie Baha from orang Glenn High School Juan Garcia from s Pasqual high school and Joselyn lenardis Aguilar from Valley High School the 78th regiment The District Band composed of students from delago Escondido orange Glenn and sasqua high schools finished 13th out of 100 at the state championship in Garden Grove last month great accomplishment on state [Applause]
038championships School District partnered with the Escondido Creek conservative and through their National oceanographic and Atmospheric Association Grant students from escano High School orang Glenn High School and S Pasqual High School visited the mountain Meadow preserve they planted more than 100 native plants they measured the plants and surveyed the area they will return in the spring from delago Academy delago Academy's 12th grade student Ava man manusher far was selected as one of the 25 most remarkable teens in San Diego County the honor is a collaboration between the San Diego County public defenders office and the San Diego Public Library she was recognized in the community healing and trauma support category for her work in founding one step with you a nonprofit organization that provides support and care packages for students facing housing insecurities at Escondido Adult
039School congratulations to college career technician Blanca Rojas who was selected as the California Council for adult education Southern section classified employee of the year she was recently recognized and presented with an award at the ccae fall conference in Palm Springs from Orange Glenn High School congratulations to orang Glenn High School senior Ashley Antonio for being accepted into Stanford University and students from Orange Glen recently attended the National High School journalism convention in Philadelphia joining nearly 5,000 other students congratulations to our student photographers who brought home Awards Alandra Perez honorable mention in sports news photography Elizabeth gudino honorable mention in Sports Action photography and Noami meltor honorable mention in first year photography at s Pasqual High School congratulations to sp's boys water polo team for their historic victory in the CIF division 3 championship this achievement
040marks the first time in the school's history that the team has claimed this prestigious title their dedication teamwork and Relentless determination have brought immense Pride to the school absolutely great and they did without a pool without a pool without a pool and competing against along the way who did have appropriate pool to practice in go where's our pool D finally from Valley High School uh congratulations to Ariana Mendes Natalie dear Roa and Aiden emerik for completing all their graduation requirements this early in the year thank you that completes my report thank you Mr superintendent all right that takes us down to item number D2 student board member report by Candice and Alandra so um who would like to go first um I can go first but it's Cadence Cadence I know at that Community party
041the other night you were like Cadence like you're walking yes thank you for that correct correction okay hello members of the board faculty and everyone in attendance I'm delighted to share the exciting events and accomplishments happening across our school and let's start off with my favorite school sampa squ high school um on the week of November 18th SP hosted a week of service where various clubs engaged of Acts of Kindness around the campus and on December 11th we have our NOA bua event organized by aga's Audio visuals and aga's Eno this is the third annual event celebrating ke kiloi with workshops and art exhibits on December 13th we held senior Sunrise our drama class hosted A Christmas Carol hold held on Thursday December 5th at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. and on Friday on 7 there
042was a holiday concert um on December 9th at 7:30 held at the center of the Arts hosting the dance team band marachi choir ballet for cical and our color guard and then we also have our winter dance concert on December 12th at 7 featuring all of the dance classes congratulations to varsity football um we had a Victorious um game over Central High School and earned their way to division 3 CIF Championships held at Southwestern College but lost in a close game 6 to 13 versus St Augustine now let's move on to Valley High School congratulations to teachers Monica Lee and Bertha Jims for completing their master's degree in multilingual and Multicultural education at Cal State Stan Marcos soccer held their first game on sept December 10th against St Augustine and basketball has two upcoming games
043their quarter 1 graduation ceremony was held on December 12th and metcha held an SD DSU field trip and they also have an upcoming movie night scheduled finally we have orange Glenn where they had a gratitude wall in November for students and staff to share what they were grateful for a season of service where they launched a food drive and hiji git drive to support Interfaith and their broader Community they visited Springs retirement community on December 14th organized by students to celebrate the holidays with senior citizens their Key Club enjoyed a great trip to Six Flags um OG had their 1904 Cadets firefighting slems program and they started their assets program which is featured in sdcoe expanded learning 2033 to 24 annual report and is one of the largest and most active programs in California offering
044Tut tutoring academic enrichment and a variety of physical and personal enrichment activities and they also had two outdoor clubs a fishing season catching over 150 Rockfish and a snowboarding and skiing trip planned in December and congratulations to girls varsity volleyball for finishing their finishing second on D5 championships and congratulations to Addison bini for winning the volleyball CIF Sportsman award as a semester concludes we celebrate the numerous achievements in strong Community Spirit across all of our schools and let's continue after this restful break for next semester thank you good afternoon members of the board and everyone else joining us today today I will be reporting on recent events that happen or will be happening at Theo Academy High School and it's the adult school starting with the logo Academy the 11th grade students presented their IDP
045interdisplinary projects to their peers and adults they were amazing by the way they were tasked with teaming up with local organizations to tackle we real word issues enhance ad advoc ADV oh my God I can't say this word I'm sorry um in our community early today the 10th graders presented their ID P project to Rock Springs Elementary School the most adorable third graders I got to lead them today so that's great um the logos Deca chapter received a 1,000 donation from the after five rity Club ofo much of President Diego sua organized their second annual ballet florico event on November 15 schools that participated in this event included Rancho Buena Vista High School Orange Glenn High School s Pasqual High School F High School chav Vista High School New View Bridge high school and Mission
046Vista High School this event was sold out with more than 320 tickets sold they made over 1,600 in ticket sales and at the event they also uh hosted I mean sold some food on December 12th the daa boys soccer team had a game against escondo char it was a rowdy crowd and the theme was bur it's C wear your comfy and cozy clothes on the 18 they uh on the 18 they will have a dares fundraiser where students can pay to do dares to D um um da stand members and ASB cabinets things include an ice bucket pie and the FAS and more which I'm going to be participating no I mean like I'm going to P one of my teachers so um uh the boys Bas basketball team has won five of their games
047out of six they've played moving on into uho High School the escano High School drama Department put together a great play Ocean and jungles they also hosted Lincoln Elementary students to come watch the play on November 14 2024 they had a great time there were 31 students who exceeded standards on the Cs test test I'm sorry in both math and Ela this is 14 students more than last year in addition they had 52 students met or or exceeded in both math and Eola the members doubled from last year these they received prizes as planed tickets for their efforts con congratulations to Mr Jared Meek and Miss s Castro who were named staff of the month for the month of November thank you Mr rbr Miss hoard oh my God I'm sorry for Mis pronounce your
048name uh Miss Hurst and the esanda high school FFA for hosting the esanda high school annual Winter Wonderland event on December 14 2024 this event um is it's for the entire Community to enjoy the week of December 9th to the 13 they had a winter spirit week and that Friday Friday they had a gingerbread making contest going on to is the adult school they welcome their new data coordinator Nathaniel T snow Stowell to theid do school and the etsn team and that's the end of my report thank you thank you ladies for your reports two things that I did notice that I want to bring up I would like to have a Cod clothes uh board meeting one month and that they caught 150 Rockfish you don't even know when they're on the line but
049they are very good to eat so I just want to highlight your guys uh notes all right so next we have our presentation by principal Michael Santos from Orange Glenn uh as much as we'd love the audience to stay you are uh excused if you want and we appreciate you've being here so far it's always nice when you're here so principal Santos I hand the mic over to you sir oh [Applause] wow for [Music] hello okay perfect perfect thank you so part of it here is that we want to be working together and with that I'm going to talk loud now do use this in my principal talk we talk about how we want to be working together to help achieve lot of the things talk so we have these stickers that our amazing was
050able to make that talks about working together through all of these different okay so that's our vision and Mission this is what guides us through a lot of the things out uh here at Orange Glen better okay um this is our student demographic student demographic data as you can see here as we are going through the years from right after covid to where we are now we're approximately when we came back into in school instruction uh back in 20 to 2021 when we're I think that was actually distance learning one of the things I do want to point out is that some of our demographics we have our students with economically disadvantage is at 90.6 it's one of the highest in San Diego other demographic information students with disabilities that's at 16.6 um our English
051language Learners is about a third of our school 29 and our homeless population did rise up we do have uh transitional youth program that is now on our campus to help support some of our students that are housing insecure I bring these numbers up because these are the student populations that do have a lot of needs but it doesn't mean that they can't be successful I just want to bring it up because that does provide some context for some of the needs that happen here at Orange Glen can I ask you a quick question don't mindess are you saying they increased or did you are you saying that you were able to place them in oh no we we as a school we don't place the students but it does mean that they are being
052either transitional they don't have an a home or they couch surfing kind of things so our number of homeless students has increased over these three years and I think they're about the same or a little bit higher for this current school year because this is up to 23 24 that's pretty sad well that's a lot what I understand those numbers are actually very under reported um because it's very hard to capture that data with students so yeah actually it's probably higher so is there a nothing so they get no help whatsoever they do um uh definitely working with our Wellness Center we do have their listed through our mcken vento students that they do get support through our Wellness Center like I said before we did have a new partnership with Interfaith uh transitional youth
053program that was brought onto our campus they've been at Oceanside district for 15 years we're bringing them onto our campus to provide specific help for these students so that they can you know try to get the same kind of benefit as all of our other students because they have much higher needs because of that Ryan you were going to say something I was going to say I mean I I actually forget now but that that number is high you know 4% of your population and you're thinking it's higher for this school year it should be about the same and again as um board member Knight said it does get under reported because for a lot of individuals they have to self-report um or we get information through various means but it's not something that is
054easily reported like a student with disabilities or English language Learners I'm going to ask you another question um do you look at their academics to see how they're performing um as a statistical analysis um historically these individuals that are highlighted have historically underperformed compared to the the general population and that's one of the reasons why there is funding to help support some of the these under performing populations what do you mean funding um so our title funds are based off of these ones here for low social economic uh homeless the funding that comes from that part there as well some of the um I can't remember if some of the lcap funds also gets focused towards those um student populations I'm just amazed that you know we can't do more for these yeah yeah and
055we're we're doing everything that we can um and part of it is just getting the information about who the students are so we can provide the support that we can escano education compact is an incredible resource they're also a partner in um working with that population and identifying um housing or temporary housing or yeah also some of your acronyms I I don't know what they mean I have to ask Christy all the time um elll is English language Learners our fet it's redesignated um Eng can you say that again say that again to Martin thank you um s swd is students with disabilities uh normally individuals with an IEP SED is social socially e socioeconomically disadvantaged than Foster Youth and homeless I'll just add before principal Santos moves on uh all of our sites have
056two social workers at Orange gland it's like two and a half then we also partner with uh various uh commune organizations that also add other wraparound supports for students that might have housing insecurity um comparatively to other districts um our wraparound services are really really high and so we do provide a lot so do they get student welfare um that's that's uh protected information it's Case by case but generally speaking if their bikini vinto or their Foster youth or they're homeless they're they get a lot of a lot of services okay some of that might include welfare cool um moving on to our achievement data um there are first achievement data that we'll look at is uh the California dashboard just released earlier this month and one of them was the College and Career Readiness
057uh these were the graduating classes to 2019 uh there was a gap between 20 to 22 mainly because they didn't use uh collect that data for this measurement within the dashboard board so the last measurement was 23 and last school year they have prepared and the way that prepared works and I have this one here just to make sure it's based off of AP a through G completion CTE completers college credit how they scored on their sback which is the cas uh test as well as receiving a seal by literacy I'll give this to you Alandra to pass across uh this right here tells talks about how they were designated as prepared and you'll see on the very front page that there's going to be information regarding that they have to Res to have gone
058through one of the following criteria either getting a standard three in English in both English and math on their cast testing getting a three or higher on two AP exams uh we don't have inocular here um they would need to complete two semesters of a college credit get a seal of by literacy and then as well they could also get a CTE completion or receive a three or four on an AP exam um to get the a through G component there so one of the things I will point out here is that as we go through in 2019 which is pre-co we were at 39% and normally for a lot of class places we're trying to get back to where we were before covid we're definitely making huge increases by getting more and more students
059College and Career ready um so I wanted to point that out there question what do you attribute that growth to getting from 39 or 40 to 46 um I think part of it here is that we were starting to increase our CTE program and making sure that it's easier for our concentrator classes to have a completer one a lot of them are just a two course instead of a three course which usually makes it harder to have a completion um our counseling staff has done a great job in making sure that we make sure that all of our students are a through G compliant and also if they want to drop an A through G we help help them understand that we want to keep every door and opportunity open before we just say oh
060of course you can drop your third-year math course kind of thing uh question um on the dashboard how many indicators do you have on the dashboard this is one of them yes um on the dashboard itself there are academic indicators which includes the what we'll go into next which is the math and um engl language arts it also has indicators with about graduation rates um College and Career Readiness and then it goes into suspension rates and then uh right now they're having science as being one of the ones that are in the pilot phase where it doesn't have a color compared to the other ones they also have uh an um another indicator about English language Learners and how they are Prof uh progressing through basically there are quite a few few indicators yes yes
061what made you pick this one as the one to show us compared to the others I think the reason why I chose this one was because it also will tie into what our student presentations will be about which is about College and Career Readiness so we do have spoiler alert um Middle College coming and talk to us and some of our CTE uh classes will come and talk to us about that How It prepares them for College and Career Okay the reason I asked is because I'm con concerned about the other items on the dashboard and where they all stand and this is like hey let me show you the bright spot yes and the one that we'll show next is definitely one that we have uh we'll be able to talk about any questions
062about this one okay so the next one is our Casp scores um as you can see starting in 2021 when we came back fully in person uh we were at 29.4% and 8.4 % and this is the number of students who took the test and again all Juniors take this test um and how many of them got either uh proficient or U met standards or exceeded standards so about 29% 8.4 in 2022 23 they had a good jump uh to 48% and math was at 13 and then last year we did have a little bit of a dip of 42% as well as 9.6 for math one of the things that I would help attribute to this thing to the decrease here is that we do have a very large staff turnover and with that
063it does make it hard to continue to have the high expectations both within the culture of orange Glenn with the students as well as with other staff members um so one of the things that you'll see is that right now we have about a third of our staff are under three years of either teaching total teaching or new to orangee Glenn um another one that we're looking at to see to see if this was part of the dip is getting the information from our data um data Department to see if there was any discrepancies with certain individuals who have normally achieved academically maybe individuals who are taking advanced classes or dual enrollment to see if they might not have taken the same type of emphasis on this test compared to maybe their college course or
064an AP class in to say it very uh simply that they they focused on another test instead of this one here so we're looking at the data to see if there's anything that we can glean from that so we can make sure that we can continue to make progress moving forward and go in the right direction instead of this way principal Santos to throw you a little bit of a Lifeline even though we want to do whatever we can to get these up Co destroyed kids math skills schools destroyed kids math schools across the country in every school it has been a very hard recovery and so um you know I know that we will work hard to help provide because 9% of the students at math grade level I mean might as well be
065zero statistically speaking California is really high California is really high more detail please yeah you said that the reason is because of Co and the lockdown but in California we had an extended lockdown which had a much more devastating impact on the educational system and that um I just wanted to ask a question you said because of 2023 2024 um you there's an issue with turnover can you explain that a little bit more so when I in these two years last year we had approximately uh 18 teachers that were in the temporary probationary component this year we're now up to I would say by second semester 30 so it's approximately a third of the orange Glenn staff are going to be new to either orange Glenn or new to the teaching profession so part of
066it is is working with them um trying to work with them to help continue build their skills as a as a professional but then also with the high expectations of Engagement participation as well as uh data using data especially assessment to make sure that we can continue to move forward in helping our students learn the material and be able to demonstrate their learning as well that's pretty large uh 30% and that's a lot of training going on there and we definitely use the Rise program that is there for uh the induction program for all of our new teachers even some teachers we had a teacher who came from Utah who's a seventh year teacher who did uh the first year of the Rise program all of those are extra supports that are not evaluative that
067provides the support as well as an action plan for them to be working on while they are either learning the profession or trying to make sure that they build the culture within the here at Orange gland Dr casses is this the same with all our other high schools uh I'll jump in on this one is human resources sorry wrong uh the wrong person but you really eager to get it uh orange Glenn is definitely probably our school with the highest turnover highest number of new teachers and staff other schools are much more stable is there something we can attribute that to I think there's a lot of factors uh as I think of a couple folks that were with teachers that were with us last year not with us this year uh several of them
068have just taken employment closer to home commuting from Orange County uh but there there's many factors beyond that I've been wanting to add something to what um um who who said it was it Bob Fuller that something about the how Co of the math skills I'm a tutor and I've noticed that um the underclassmen have been struggling with their multiplication tables and I think it has to do that Co hit their fourth and fifth so for math I think they should focus on also helping student memorize their multiplication tables maybe that can be a helpful factor in um advancing um in math um that's just a objection I also said to my math teachers about the freshman and the sophomores because um I've seen how they struggle with basic um multiplication you bring up a
069good point grade Nine's a very important part of the education of a child when they move from um their Elementary School on through if they're not properly trained when they get in grade nine it's statistically proven that they're going to have a much more difficult time for the next four years so so uh not to not to keep beating the dead horse here um you you mentioned going back to the the the 30% of turnover and and and new staff you know some some can look at that as okay okay that's a that's a struggle for us now but I also can you could also see that as an opportunity right to start from scratch and and set you know as as a leader of the school to to set a precedent that um that
070meets the uh meets your goals in terms of where the school's going so um can you can you elaborate a little bit in terms of kind of what you're doing to get to reset things so I definitely do believe it is an opportunity one of the things that I've made at a point and my administrative team has wanted me not to do it but for every single one of these students uh students uh teachers I am evaluating them I'm the one who's having conversations with them I am the one who's going into the classroom and and setting those high expectations about what's expected so that we can do our best for our students I know you can't do anything about this however sadly in California from what I understand and Dr kasus this one probably
071is to you is that and if maybe Mr Peterson here but if students let's say they are at those levels in math where they are at failing and D's we still promote them to the next grade don't we um the answer is actually no oh because if they're not passing a second year level of math for us that's math 2 they don't graduate and you as a board just uh approve the third year of math which would be math 3 so there's technically not social promotion what does happen they are moved to the next level but that if they failed math one for example they sophomore year that go to math 2 generally speaking but they still are responsible to pass math one in a variety of credit recovery options but the credit is not
072awarded and they could technically not graduate I don't know if you can give me a number and I know this is just on the spot so if you if you don't have it it's okay but at Orange do you know what percent are not passing math in nth grade math one we could get that data for you I don't have it off the top of my head but okay yeah it'd be good to know yep thank you cool any other questions so some of the things that we're addressing to help increase both these test scores as well as overall learning and academic achievement for our students is starting last year we're starting to have a classroom Focus so these are kind of the things and we're continuing to roll this out with our staff is
073these are the kind of things that we want to see SE in the classroom a sense of belonging so this is where students want to be in the classroom as I can remember when I graduated from mors high school back in the day if I didn't like being in the classroom it was much harder for me to learn so we want to try to help build this culture where students want to be in the classroom it feels like a classroom family where they're all working the same way for that goal of learning that content um um that subject expected learning outcomes and goals these are things where as a student goes in there it'd be great for them to know what's expected of them at the end of that lesson um very similar to when
074I was in the classroom I would have my expected learning outcomes I called it home enrichment and I would tell them if you know these things in biology if you know all the four phases of mitosis you're good for the day because that's exactly what I want you to learn for that day we want to make sure that our students know as they go into the classroom they know what's expected of them for that day for that learning and then the last one is engagement engagement Bell to Bell making sure that the activities that are done in the classroom are connected directly to the expected learning goals but then also are engaging interesting as well as relevant to the students lives that allows them to continually be there with the teacher so they can learn
075that information so these are things that we're rolling with our staff to to make sure that we can have more of a a consistent basis within the classroom so that the students are if they're engaged they know what they expected of them and they feel like they belong we're going to be able to see much higher just learning and then be able to demonstrate that on tests like the Casp as well as any other test they take um along with that there's other Improvement things that we were trying that we've already been implementing and putting into um into practice this year um over the summer I worked with some of our Math teachers to create common pacing guides this is something that hasn't been in place at Orange Glenn at least when I was there
076or a little bit um before I was there so these common pacing guides were done by multiple Math teachers over the summer that made pacing guides for math 1 2 3 and four so that allowed them to have every single teacher in there are doing things around the same time which is a great way for them to have convers ations talk about how the students are doing compare the uh the data that they get from summative informative tests so that we can continue to build our best practices so that it's better for students along with that as theer was saying about multiplication skills and some of the foundational things we also started to use a program called Delta math this Delta math is a program that works on foundational skills within the actual program one
077of the things that we've noticed with our students they don't have some of the skills uh either basic algebra or multiplication but they still need to be able to do the math one skill or to do a matricies in math 2 those are very basic skills from multiplication addition and and those things but if they don't have that it's going to be hard to do a matrix So within the pacing guide there are Delta math um activities that the students can do that builds those foundational skills that allows them to do the math one topic the math 2 topic so we're trying to help build the foundation while still progressing forward so they can still have all that information and still be successful in it um we've been integrating math nights that allows for students
078to both it's kind of a deeper learning when where they're using the math that they did and doing it in real world applications but then doing it in a way where they present it so they have to know it well because they have to present it so we did it with our math one um I think December 5th we did it with all of our math one students throughout all of orange Glenn so we did it in our new gym and we had over 500 people in our new gym for our students to talk about math so that's going to be one thing that we're going to use so we can help make sure that there's a deeper learning it's not just oh yeah I can do this here but they have to really know
079it so they can present it both to their teachers to their parents as well as to the other individuals that are at that night uh Mr Santos what's a what's an example of one of those presentations like what would that look like and are they presenting it to 500 people or is it just in smaller groups um so the way that we did for math night was that they were creating a race and they had to use the line intercept form yal MX plus b and then creating that with a randomization to figure out which of these animals would win a race and then they would have to explain it they use creativity making a kind of like a science fair board so the way that we set it up was there's rows going back
080and forth and it felt like a science fair where as I went through both parents students they are going in they take come come here and then they start explaining their board and going from there in the spring we'll be doing probability where they're going to be creating probability games and then we're going to be doing that that's going to be with more of the math classes so that's going to be an outdoor event I believe in May and that's going to be where they're going to be doing creating probability games that they're going to be playing with the individuals that come to their table so it allows them to really dig down and understand the probability so that they can create the games with it can we join you on that I'd like to
081see that yes I will make sure that you get an invite and I'll give you a uh pretty much a map of where everything will be for probability how would that look like like what are they going to create so usually they create some type of game if you picture a lot of games they use um number cubes to to do some of the things so they create their own games using some of the statistical things that they've learned from permutations combinations and things like that to demonstrate their learning of those uh those probability Parts yeah I had a similar thing at the logo as a freshman I remember creating a probability game so um that you should come on over and you could judge us yeah well I do like judging so all right
082I think it helped you a lot you're tutoring now um so again one of the things that we're doing is that our plcs are professional learning communities they are one of the things that are consistent throughout the entire year pretty much every Monday um every Monday we do have some type of professional learning that happens in a lot of these cases these are course alikes from math one to math 2 where they're talking about how they're using student data and connecting it to the both content and performance standards so that the data that they're collecting is a way for them to have a conversation about best practices if if Alandra and I are both teachers and Alandra kids are doing so much better on the format of assessment than I am my conversation is going
083to be Al what did you do how can I how how did you get your students to learn it a lot better than I my students so that I can also build those practices into my own classroom so our professional Learning Community has those things using Improvement science to figure out what the change is and how we can keep on improving moving forward every single week I may ad miss it did you say you guys have a student Mentor program um like tutoring uh we do have a tutoring which we do after school it's run um using our title funds that we have Avid tutors as well as some of our substitute teachers that are in there we've had our link crew leaders in this past uh week doing co uh cocoa and cram and
084when they were doing also peer tutoring type of opportunities for it especially in preparation for finals it's great yep is it like volunteer kind of like Community hours or what type of um it is a community hours so we started this year to help build some of the sense of community and allowing for ninth grade orientation we started link crew this year so that link crew allows for students to feel welcomed especially on the first time out of the orange Glenn campus and then our ASB director Senora uh Padia is also using this to create another way for them to be involved as well as to help our general student population yeah um I do uh from my experience from leag grw I was in an but uh freshman orientation and before that I think
085L crew was is adding it is a really great idea I feel as a freshman and coming out from Co that helped me be a bit more confident in joining and for tutoring I think that's great cuz from what I've seen when I tutor is that you actually see a huge difference so um you should thank all the students who were tutoring we definitely do we definitely do um as we go through we also want to provide our students opportunities for the Casp and get practice with it so we do like all the other sites do three inur room testings with math and English as well as the actual interim esack testing for our math excuse me and then thank you so much for helping us with our math by U having a third-year math
086which definitely helps because we do notice that at Orange Glenn there were a lot of students who did not have a math class their junior year which meant that we would have to pull them and they would take a test about three years of math with only two years of math under their belt so this definitely helps us with our incoming freshman thank you I appreciate it thank you so much any questions about this one yeah I've got a question um you know regarding this Improvement plan what do you have General goals in terms of like what you're trying to improve obviously we talked about the piece um and I see math kind of throughout here is that do you have other goals other than the math piece um definitely with the plc's those are
087throughout every single one of our departments so English has this one right now what we've done is to help solidify some of our vertical articulation with our classes to make sure that n9th grade prepares the 10th grade prepares the 11th grade we've combined our n9th and 10th English language arts together so they can collaborate together to make sure that that what English 9 does supports what happens in English 10 which eventually will support what happens in English 11 um so every single one of our departments is part of a PLC and they all have goals that are revolving around student data as well as connecting it to content and performance standards so I put math here because that is definitely one of the focal points trying to get us much higher than we are right
088now I shouldn't you ask for a student opinion too like wouldn't that be helpful to improve classes yes um one of the things that we've been working on is trying to create more opportunities for student voice and we are going to be bringing the idea of a student Senate to our site leadership team to start with that process to figure out how we can involve student voice into the general conversation of how to improve the school did you guys pick Delta math or did the administration pick it uh actually my teachers picked it they came up to me and said uh my department chair Mr Mosley came up to me and said hey this is a program that we would love to use because it would help with the foundational skills that our students are
089missing can we fund it and my first year I funded it through tital and this year I'm funding it through elcap any other questions okay so going into the student component of the presentation I wanted to have the college career component we do have a program on at Orange Glenn Middle College that we've talked about before um but some of the things that we want to go into some of our things the class in 2025 will be our second graduating class so last year was our first graduating class and technically we had a graduating kiddo the year before who graduated after two years and I just saw him uh the other day at our our play and I think he's already a second year and he did all of his is undergraduate he's doing a
090Physics degree so he's he's off and running um 380 students plus we are adding more students in because we've taken people off the weight list to get into Middle College because we do have room and this is spread among all four grade levels freshman all the way to senior middle college students they take college classes so they're also a dual enrollment program but they compare to like Cho studies or speech where the college professor comes to the school and teaches within our periods our middle college students come just across I have no idea where I am across the street and takes the college courses with the college professors at the Escondido Branch Palomar College and part of the program is that at least one college course per semester they will take starting their freshman year
091so they're taking college courses when they're 14 years old and in a lot of cases once they hit 11th and 12th grade they're taking much more than just one college course per semester what type of sorry what what type of class would they take their nth grade year um I'm sorry you said counseling okay so it's it's really good because then it provides them a slow build instead of like you're making calculus so it's a nice slow build to get them to that point one of the things that's really important to point out is that we're able to disaggregate how our students did compar to other districts and even other schools 81.1% of our middle college students passed their college cours with a C or better Which is higher than districts like in Poway or
092in Vista which are about half that amount so this is definitely we're providing the experience the opportunity as well as success for individuals to get those college credits early on which provides them an great opportunity when they do go to college that they're already well ahead in the game um they can also earn their associates degree uh last year we had seven that were on track and did earn their AA this year um in talking with the assistant principal who oversees the middle college were actually on track to have even more I don't have the exact number but it's much higher and then the iety which is the inter mental general education um transfer curriculum which is with the uc's meaning that if you take a certain number of college courses you will bypass your
093freshman and sophomore year when you transfer to a UC so and we have students who also get the getsy certification which allows them to go directly into their junior year at a UC um I just had a quick question um who pays for their books like are the students paying for their textbooks no everything is covered within the school um so all of that is covered through lcap so is there a requirement to take a college class is it a requirement to take it uh if you're in Middle College yes it is oh okay so I thought like everyone at orang Glen does it um we want them to well yes for Middle College you are required to take a college course if you're not in Middle College we do have opportunities for dual enrollment
094like taking Cho study speech and then we're looking at other opportunities to add more dual enrollment classes on the Orange Campus as well what's AA associates degree associates what does that mean it's a two-year degree usually coming from a community college okay okay that uh that's what I was wondering thank you I just have one more question um how do they have to fill in like their K through 12 form every single time they go for a course or is it just like an agreement is it like how it is taking a college course at other schools or is Middle College like a completely different process and and there's a lot of support with that from Miss geta to miss Riley and then the support system that we have with our connection with Palomar what
095would you say would be the difference between middle colleges and the other uh high schools offering um poar classes um the one thing that I would say would be a big difference and Juliana who's still here thank you for being staying here uh would be that it's part of the program so when you're in Middle College you get a college course every single semester and in a lot of cases they take more than that um with dual enrollment like let's say at Orange Glenn or any other schools there's only maybe two classes two to three classes that are available once those fill up that's it in this case every single student is able to take a college course every single semester how many classes they can take per semester uh I think what's permission okay
096CU I take mmer classes and uh I was advised not to take three so not to take what I would advise not to take three classes so it is definitely a lot but again one of the things that happens with middle college if they're taking it from the very beginning the college courses is just part of the normal routine and as they get to their 10th and 11th and 12th grade they're already taking two maybe three on top of that cool so I want to also provide a student experience before we talk about the career part so I'm going to bring back you might recognize this person uh Juliana got to see it to come on up to talk a little bit about her experience in Middle College thank you okay I wrote out what
097I'm gonna say hello again everybody okay so um today I'm just going to talk about a little bit about my experience within Middle College in the program and our classes so if someone were to ask me about Middle College I would say that it's a great program that can save time and money if someone were to ask me what middle college means to me I would say that it has helped me become the person I am today but most importantly has given me a family community and a purpose in middle school I was terrible I was rude I got arrested and I had a 0.43 GPA which for those of you who don't know is all fs and 1 d uh when my high school career was going to start I wanted to go to
098escondo high school to be with my friends but my sister was a part of the first generation of middle college so naturally my mom forced me to go too to me having to go to Orange Glenn and to make matters worse middle college was the end of the world I was going to be alone I was going to be alone and have no friends but thankfully I was proven wrong very quickly middle college starts with cohorts meaning you're with the same people all day every day for your classes or as I like to say when I give presentations we travel like a flock of birds uh middle college is a program where you are enrolled in high school while you are also a student at palar college and it is required to take one college
099class for every semester with the option to take additional classes with the expenses of the classes and textbooks being covered some of the classes that we start off with are counseling 110 Cinema 100 speech 100 and sociology 101 where twice a week we are allowed to leave campus early to attend our poar classes this opportunity will be one that I will always be grateful to have open to me because although the classes are challenging at times and the workload can become difficult I know that in the future it will be worth it because I already know how to navigate the college syst Sy them and be confident in being able to keep up with my classes having the opportunity to take college classes I want during the year and summer is so valuable because I
100have advantages of being able to get AE start in anything that I would like to pursue in the future and I also sorry and I also just get to be able to further explore anything that I am interested in um like right now I'm taking biology and a political science class middle college is lucky enough to have its own teachers that are dedicated to the program and its students because of the cohorts and middle college having its own teachers I have been blessed to be able to cultivate such beautiful relationships with my peers and teachers everyone in Middle College is friendly and even if you're not close friends with someone you know you can go to them for help our teachers have witnessed us grow up and have cared nurtured supported and taught us throughout
101our four years of high school from us being annoying freshmen to seniors with senior itis they have never stopped believing and encouraging us um and encouraging us through throughout the last four years middle college has come to mean more to me than 13-year-old Julie would have thought possible middle college has acted as a sort of Rehabilitation for me from who I used to be and who and who I could not be more grateful to all my teachers and most importantly my counselor Miss Gera for believing in who I could become now I know these are strong feelings for an academic program but I genuinely believe middle college has given me a future and showed me a path I never would have followed otherwise if the excitement of last summer hadn't overwhelmed me I would have
102the community service sheet to back me up but sadly I threw it away over the last four years I have dedicated myself to this program and have helped and volunteer during school hours after school on my weekends and even during the summer just to try to repay the wonderful opportunities middle college has given me also thanks to Middle College I am proud to be able to say that I am two palar classes away from graduating high school with my gy certification and my first year of college done [Applause] in the end middle college has been so much more than a program to me it's been a second chance a family and a home I wouldn't be standing here today as a person I am without the unwavering support of my peers teachers and especially Miss
103Gera so to my middle college family thank you for believing in me for giving me a future and for showing me what I'm capable of and to anyone wondering if change is possible I'm hope I'm I hope that I'm proof enough that it is thank you and to my board members thank you so much for believing in a program that really has given so many students um an opportunity and a future and don't forget to thank your mother too because she seemed to direct you in the right direction did good for her good choice um if anybody has any questions I'm happy to answer I do what political science class um taking political science 102 so that it can cover my high school um requirement and it's also just something that I'm interested interested in
104pursuing in college later oh is it interesting I'm taking 101 so I'm debating on taking 102 um I recommend it's not super difficult but it does really get you thinking thank you so much thank you perfect thank you and then as we continue through and I apologize uh I need to make sure that I have um going into the career component we are looking at our CTE Career Technical education 100% of our CTE classes at Orange Glenn High School are sequenc or articulated to a college either Palomar sometimes Miramar sometimes Mesa especially for our culinary and onethird of all the students at Orange Glenn are enrolled in a CTE class so that is great because it's not only providing them the soft skills The Real World skills that are built into the CTE classes but
105it for a lot of the students they just like to eat and talking about eating uh we have our culinary arts program it's a very robust program compared to the school sites that I've been before I've never been in a place where there are three different culinary arts teachers we have four different levels and 14 classes full of students who want to learn culinary um we also have the Patriot Cafe which is a workability experience where individuals were creating a great menu from start to finish front of the house back of the house and are making a great experience for all the staff members that come through so I do want to bring in two students who represent our culinary program very well ingred cardoso and Angel Rez why don't you come on up we're
106sort of waiting for our invite to the Patriotic Cafe here oh I we will make that happen thank you hello members hello members of the board my name is ingred and I'm a student in the culinary arts department at Orange Glenn I have taken culinary for three years including culinary arts baking and pastry and international cuisine during my years in culinary I have learned how to become more structured organized and how to effectively work in a group setting After High School although I may not pursue culinary my career goal is to become a a nurse and contrary to what you may think there are many similarities to the kitchen and a nursing setting I have learned how to work Under Pressure I've learned how to work with a deadline and how to become a leader
107CTE courses such as culinary has given me both Technical and practical skills that will help me in my career goals After High School thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy the treats we made for you perfect thank you so much do you have any questions for culinary I did want to just commend you with your little speech right there because working I do mortgages and home loans and there's a ton of Need for nurses and I have a culinary background and I've never connected the preparation that you do in kitchens with the team building and all the other things you're doing to the nursing field so that was excellent so I really appreciate you making that connection good job thank you so much quick I have a quick question oh go ahead uh
108what college are uh what university/ colle are you applying for nursing schools or have you guys had no not she's keeping her options open uh Cal State maros is has a really good nursing program and it's really close but really hard to get in so perfect thank you just a a followup question on the on the uh culinary arts program so would you say that um just I would say maybe a ballpark in your head number in terms of how many how many students are are taking that program to possibly consider culinary arts as a career or taking it as for a as a life skill or just to hang out eat food during class um the eat food I think is all of them um for the other ones I'm not actually sure we
109have Miss Gardner who's one of our culinary arts teachers here who might be able to know yay perfect yeah do they get their food handling license yes they do uh do you get the is it in the second class or the first class so it's in culinary 2 uh Advanced culinary baking and pastry cool and then I'm going to talk about another one of our CT programs which is print uh this is an expansive program with six classes with two levels uh they also practice entrepreneurship and student businesses and I'm going to bring in Ian cloer who's wearing a shirt that he designed and printed in the print shop for Cadet for 1904 Cadets which is our outdoor firefighting program that we have at Orange Glenn as well so want to come on up Yan
110then as he comes up because I know that you were perked your interest with the treats I will pass out the treats that are coming both from culinary arts as well as from CTE print uh that has customized bags with your names on it along with the yummy goodies and stickers inside of it take it away again good evening everybody my name is Ian Kure I am a student at orangen high school first I would like to speak about the print shop this opportunity has given me the ability to open my mind creatively and has helped me take my passion for art to a higher level I never thought I was going to be able to put my art on a t-shirt a hoodie or make stickers this was only possible because I joined this
111class I would love to give a big thank you to the two amazing teachers that run this class Mr Ed and Mr annah if it wasn't for them I would never have gotten to this place I am right now they have helped me progress as a designer and are always willing to help me when I make a mistake it's always been my dream to make a clothing brand and with the help of this class I am able to fulfill that dream of mine second I would like to point out the uniform I wearing specifically the design on the left sleeve this is the logo of the orange Glen fire rescue cadetes which is the which is the after school firefighting and EMS program I'm really proud to say that I'm a part of this program
112and having designed the uniform that represents 1904 it gives me great pride the other Cadets and have been certified in all types of life-saving skills life- saving and firefighting techniques we are all proud to be wearing these uniforms and I am very proud to be the one to have designed promote and print them these skills I have learned through the print program are incredible these Career Technical training programs are setting Orange Glen High School students up for success in their future through our print class we are learning to start and op operate our own business but we are also learning design elements that we can use in any profession thank you for your time also printed your bags as well good job thank you I I got a question to ask did you say you're
113learning um firefighting skills too yes sir good for you I actually was a volunteer fireman um back in when I was 30 years old in a small town town called Devon and um I went through pump training and that so I I have a lot of admiration for you guys doing that uh good life skills thank you thank you do you want to have a career in firefighting or why are you in doing that I'm sorry so initially my dad was wanting to become an EMT he took the program failed it told me about it and I told him I'm GNA take the class and me and you are going to go and pass the test [Applause] together so that's what made me ask Mr Paulson to bring the program to our school to get
114students set up for so did he pass it what program yes good for him that would be Doug pson who sits on the Elementary District board yes sir y thank you thank you uh so the treats that are in there there's some stickers that are in there from our from our print class the two different types of snacks that are made by our culinary are Muddy Buddies as well as homemade cheex mix which was made with much more love than the one that you can buy in the store perfect um and I think for that concludes it thank you so much do you have any other questions for orange Glon and if you need to chew and swallow feel free to just keep I got one one followup question right it's kind of unrelated to
115the presentation so far but you know I'd say towards the end of last year I started to hear some of the just I guess maybe I've get some of the emails that you probably heard and saw too right in terms of uh dress code phones tardiness other things in um regarding the school can you kind of give update in terms of how things are doing there so with tardies and and things like that one of the things that we've done is trying to bring a lot of our staff on board so that they have using our site leadership team in making some decisions that everyone is part of so at the very beginning of this school year we've done lockouts similar to what they've done at other school sites where it has dramatically decreased the
116number of students who come into school that go to class late um that is one uh for dress code it has been something that we've been addressing and with a lot of the surveys that we've been giving to our staff a lot of them are saying that it is something that has been addressed and we continue to say if there's any issues that you see within your classroom send them to us I have personally bought lots of clothing so that we can help individuals um change their clothing so it's it's more appropriate for the school campus um so definitely it's they look good still don't worry they look great is they more focused on women I mean female students or both everybody anyone who's without like individuals who are wearing drugs alcohol um guns and
117things like that they get the same as any of the other students who might be out of dress code some I know some I'm not sure any schools here in this country though but I know some districts Target more on the female dress code than male so that's um we're equal opportunity that's amazing make sure that everything is done correctly cool thank you no problem thank you great job thank you any other questions cool well thank you so much I appreciate your [Applause] time well I can also credit you with bringing the most attendance that we've ever had to stay through through an entire board meeting yeah I was going to do five so while you guys uh probably decide to go we're going to take a five minute break and we'll meet you back
118here in about five minutes while we're wa waiting we're going to eat all these goodies those are tasty [Music] I I love the decor togethering togethering for some perfect lots of questions hey there nice to see you too thanks basically tastes the same probably okay neither do I I looked I only saw one there's a link for public comment down maybe yeah technically [Applause] [Music] youc yeah she graduated in sh my hb's familyi long yeah don't get is I love it love it that's good was orange Bland colors you're welcome [Music] seen them they look pretty cool I got to get a pair of these mine's a little different though [Laughter] you [Laughter] should I I was in much better shape back then I by the way we only had a pager back then we
119didn't have sell I want to go back stand phone where the days okay how much more we got left to do here all right well welcome back and we are in section e public comment and the first uh group that we could have public comment from is a report from the California School Employees Association Escondido chapter 219 is there anybody here to speak for them all right moving to E2 report from the Escondido secondary Teachers Association anybody here to speak for them so we will now move to comments from the public on E3 three comments from the public on a non- agendized topic that lies within the subject matter of the jurisdiction of the board so we did not receive any speaker cards we don't have any speaker cards so we will now move down
120to uh uh section F and um approval so a number of these items were waved on consent so um John you could give me a little help on this do I read them all off again do I just sure option uh we might just mention that uh item F1 was approved earlier in the evening on the consent calendar um so we will move on to Human Resources all right so in section g uh one 123 uh those were also approved on the consent calendar so we'll move down to section g Human Resources Division or uh division item number four approve recommendations of the committee on assignments for elective subjects so I think think that goes to Dr cus no Dr good okay I I only had a 50-50 chance thank you president Weller uh this
121is a an agenda item that you've seen come before you before typically in the the fall uh we are recommending approval for the teachers listed on the agenda to teach in an elective course that falls outside of their credential area we're seek seeking these authorizations for the up coming semester 2 in January all the teachers that are listed either have experience successfully teaching the course college or university coursework or practical experience in the subject matter or any combination of those three may I add something too because I both know them personally the teachers in just a minute U okay yeah just a minute we'll open up for comment on that Dr good did you have anything else on that and it looks like it's two teachers correct two teachers yes okay great all right yes
122I'll make a motion to approve okay can I get a second on that I'll second all right and before we vote if you would like to make a comment on that um um seconda uh her um performance uh she's done in pep rallies amazingly good job so and for the drama team I mean the Drama teacher she's she was my math teacher and every time there's a show I like being there cuz it's always really great so I think they're perfectly fit for them oh good to know I appreciate that endorsement here all right so then we will start voting with the student board members how do you vote on this I I and then for trustees I all right so that passes easily all right so then we will go to item number G5
123uh the first reading of the proposed 2025 26 school year calendar so um Mr superintendent would you like to say anything on that I'll turn it over to Dr good okay thank you superintendent Peterson uh presenting to the board uh for a first read tonight as you had mentioned president Weller uh proposed calendar for the 2526 school year uh this recommendation comes from our calendar committee it was made up of parents certificated classified and administrative Representatives as well as representatives from both of our lab Partners uh it's important to note that this uh school year we started a week earlier than the Elementary District uh the misalignment between our two districts could be argued didn't serve our families well uh certainly led to higher rates of absenteeism for us uh so the proposed calendar that's
124before you now puts us back in alignment with the Elementary District for next school year which has a practical implication that we're going to start a week later than normal typically we had started in the second week of August this pushes our start back to the third week of August happy to answer any questions that well if my kids had any say they'd want to move it all the way back so that they got all the warm weather in September that we get nowadays as opposed to June and may but uh what is it the same number of calendar days even though we've started a week later it is it is my question anyone else all right so then let me go back to the um thing here so it's our first reading so there's
125no action required on that so we can now move on to section H Business Services Division and um I feel like I should give a award to the three people left in the audience so thanks for sticking around how am I doing out there okay you guys good um so then in H1 to three four five six 7 scrolling down here bless you uh and8 uh that was all approved on consent so then we'll drop down here to H9 which there is action required and uh we need to present and approve positive certification of first interm report for physical year 20242 and um Amanda you have the floor to I do I do I do let's see well good evening president Weller members of the board cab on I don't know if the mic's on
126hello hello there you go that's kind of got to speak into it just need to project um and then our uh staff that are here still um and maybe some Community folk that are out there um just want to start tonight by thanking uh my director uh Josh who worked really hard to get me all the information for this report tonight couldn't be done without him so without any further Ado we'll Dive Right In um so tonight we're presenting our first interim report this is the first of two interim reports that we are required uh to present to the board um that is an update basically on the district's uh Financial Health um fi the first interm report provides an update through October 31st so it's December but we're providing an update through October 31st
127so July through October 31st um and we'll review our multi-year projections we'll give you some changes from adopted budget we'll talk about our unrestricted ending fund balance um some major budget considerations and then we'll talk about some key dates so to review our multi-year projections or myp key um you can see all our assumptions for the next 3 years um our assumptions haven't really changed a whole lot from budget adoption um our enrollment has been updated a little bit um about 19 students down in each year um our Ada or average daily attendance has changed slightly um between four and 22 students also in a downward movement and our UND unduplicated percentage or up um has increased slightly in each year from about 23 to 24% or point Sorry quarter per. um and the rest
128of the numbers are all exactly the same as we shared with you in June so basically uh Cola cost of living adjustment um stirs and purs which are the rates for the pensions stirs for certificated and purs for classified so basically to compare our first interim update uh to adopted budget you can see just some key points right there our enrollment uh from adopted budget to First interim um is down a little bit but not really too much we were kind of right on the money my crystal ball was pretty good um our Revenue um did increase actually a little bit there and that's really contributed to um a transportation Grant um some e- rate funding which is um technolog funding that we're allowed to get that helps us fund um you've seen it on
129our board agenda um Wi-Fi hotspots um see it tonight W man so some of those projects are um funded through erate um then we also had some really fun government accounting it's a fair market value adjustment um that we had to do it's basically government accounting that we had to do that increased our revenue and then uh we also had increase in expenditures though as you'll see um and that's basically due from adopted budget to this time of year we shw up our salaries um we see a lot of adjustments in um certificated Staffing so obviously we take a little bit of a estimated guess in May and June as to what we'll really need and then by this time of year we know exactly what our uh teachers are are teaching and how many
130classes there are so we we line that all up at this time and then um we have all of our carryover accounted for you know in September we brought you all that close out um so we have all that accounted for in this time and then um uh Capital expenditures so those same projects I just mentioned that we got revenue for we have expenditures for so eate projects and that bus Grant we have bus expenditures for too so that's pretty much the ex increase in expenditures that we have for there as well so the unrestricted ending fund balance um whoa just disappeared which is not true it's still there the budget or the picture is still there the picture uh but you have it in real life so uh you have it in front of
131you which I can keep talking to you about well the magician in the back works on getting the picture back up um but you can see that um each of the fisal years is called out um there's a black line across the bottom which is the 5% reserve for economic uncertainty um that line represents about $7.4 to8 million depending on the year um and so basically we are providing a positive certification for the board to approve tonight which is basically saying we meet our fiscal obligation in each year um but you can see that we are continuing to deficit spend which is why the bar is shrinking in each of the years um the deficit is about 6 million in the current year 14 in the second and almost 18 in the third using our
132current assumption so again all things remaining the same in all three years that's what would happen cabinet is still working to bring the board a plan to reduce that deficit our Target is the February study session I would click to the next slide but we'll do it the oldfashioned way and turn the page we click for you oh well we're getting a blue screen of Hope um so uh major budget considerations so um right now what we see going on is um budget uh what's going on now with Cola is oh look at that next so updates on Cola um right now the legislative analyst office is for forecasting next year's coeds to be a little bit down from what we currently are uh what we currently have in our budget we have 2.93 forecasted
133for 2526 and they're forecasting 2.46 so about just under half a percent down um other experts are saying if the final two quarters that are missing at this point in time are stay on Pace it could go as low as 2.08 so anywhere from 2.08 to 2.46 we'll see where the governor lands in January so he gets to be the first one really to stick a pin and a number for us um with his budget for 2526 in January somewhere between 2.08 and 2.46 that would be my guess it's very interesting that some economic numbers that came out the other day since it's what I do for a living um was highly inflationary as a matter of fact Bond rates ticked up about 38 to rate as a result so although everybody had been anticipating
134lot rates coming down under the new uh Fed rate cuts the Fed rate cuts only affect short-term rates not long-term rates inflation affects long-term rates and a few other things and so inflation's not coming down so under current guidelines I'm thinking that the coal is probably going to be higher to the 2 and a half% range like you were saying than down to the 047 so it'll be interesting to see however I can also say that my sister is a ranger in bgo a seasonal Ranger and they cut her pay they cut Staffing pay and I'm noticing the state is in fact cutting services and and pay throughout the state and so it'll be interesting to see what comes down on our end yep lots of interesting things um going on you're right um the
135conference that I was at in November um did share some facts just what you said um it'll be interesting to see if the feds can maintain um based on inflation what their hope is and then um 2526 for the state budget is looking all right um but they are forecasting um larger deficits in 2627 and 2728 for the state budget so um all we can do is wait and see um looking at our average daily attendance we are tracking about a third of a percent ahead of last year which is great so um we just hope we keep with that pace and as uh schools continue to have more opportunities for Saturday school and Recovery we just hope that that just increases as the year continues so we keep looking to that to just continue
136to increase um the third Square isn't as great um we continue to be sitting in a declining enrollment situation um our demographer estimates that our high school population um is looking to decrease about 9.4% through 2030 which is about 600 students um So based on our attendance area from the three comp sites they're forecasting the largest loss to be in the orange Glen attendance area um it's a it's a guesstimate of over 300 of the 600 um I would be skeptical of about how many of those numbers will actually manifest in that attendance area or specifically for orange Glenn just because we know how many of our students transfer between our own schools so um we'll see what that really looks like but they're able to transfer though right we have an open yeah yeah
137that's what I'm saying um they're just going based on attendance boundaries um but we know just by looking at our populations and where they actually go to school that you know not every orange Glenn student that lives in Orange Glenn's boundaries attends orange Glenn so um just a quick note I I've been reading a lot and I've noticed that there's been a lot of in California a lot of schools shutting down down a lot of schools are actually in a deficit um 450 million some of them up north and that um so Financial stability is extremely important during this time and that so I'm glad you guys are our you know the board and and everybody else is doing their due diligence and maintaining our budgets accordingly absolutely so just some key dates um as
138I mentioned the governor's budget will be released mid January um we'll bring you you guys um all the update um at our February study session in addition to um some plans to address that deficit um and then in March we'll be here with our second interim report that'll be through uh January update um and then um before you know it we'll be here in June giving you a 2526 adopted budget and we'll just keep doing this over and over um because that's what happens in life we just keep cycling through that crystal ball and that's it guys so I'm happy to answer any questions but that is the first ENT report so wait sorry before you get jump off the stage here um in in terms of are we talking about the audit next or
139now yes the audit is the next item okay I will wait okay all right well any other questions thanks for the prompt so now we're down to uh h10 oh oh we need to vote that was an action item okay thank you all right so then I do need a motion to approve the positive CER moved second all right since that's been first and seconded we can start voting with the student board members how do you vote I and with the trustees please I I okay that passes and then we're now down to H 10 and there it's a receive an audit report for 2023 24 school year and back to Amanda yes um so you have um our 2324 audit report it is an information item um but we did have no findings no
140adjustments um so that is fantastic and amazing and again I have to thank my entire Finance team for that they do a lot of work um to make that happen and uh I'm happy to answer any questions vice president Williams can I ask my question now absolutely So when you say no findings what does that mean right there's always something that they find so are you saying like they didn't find anything at all or just they didn't find anything that required major correction on our part there were no um fiscal adjustments or um findings that they noted in their report awesome I have a fantastic team Al righty then so now we're down to District Operations item I uh item i1 is to adopt recommended revisions in board policy human resources and so who am
141I handing this off to Dr good Dr good again thanks president Weller uh presenting for your and the board's approval uh update to BP 4033 lactation accom accomodation uh there had been no changes since the first read last month in November all right and so then um if there's any comment questions all right so then I'm going to need a motion to adopt the recommended revision and a second please so moved second with that said um student board members how do you vote Hi and then trustees I I all right and that classes so then we're going to go down to I2 and that's adopt recommended additions in board policy and administrative regulation human resources and back to Dr good and I can take it okay um you guys are really messing me up I'm
142starting to get really embarrassed you know I don't know where I'm going you guys are good normally this is an HR item but i' be happy to to handle it totally fine I took the lead in some of these revisions um so I2 and I3 are kind of related um I2 are completely new policies uh as we talked about in the first read last month related to teacher support and guidance uh these are based on suggested language from csba and this is uh updated language primarily regarding the programs we have to support teachers particularly in their first two years of of their profession when they need to go through induction induction to clear their credentials um the policies we had in various locations before which are in the next item you'll be considering number three
143were ancient and referenced programs from the 1980s Etc so we have a number of policies and regulations proposed for deletion in item three and they will be covered by the brand new policies uh that we recommend you adopt here in item I two board policy 41 31.1 and the accompanying regulation 41311 on the support programs we provide for new teachers in particular thank you sir um just want to make sure that none of those items are covered in I3 because they're all 4131 and it gets a little confusing so this one 41311 this is point yeah this is 0.1 got it uh the next item when we get to number three is 41 31.0 okay okay good all right does anybody have any comments questions or suggestions on this policy before we make a motion
144I'll take that as a no all right so then I need a motion and a second please so moved second with that I the student board members you can vote please I and the trustees hi so that passes all right we're down to I3 and this one has a number of different things adop recommended revisions and board policy and administrative regulation Human Resources um hold on there I wanted to say my there was one that I was looking oh there we go the uh attachments just came up so Dr or Mr Peterson do you want to do that one sure so there are a number of policies and ARs here proposed for deletion uh because they're one they were locally developed uh policies or regulations not csba recommended they're now being superseded by the policy
145and AR just passed in the previous one um and then we're proposing revisions to staff development policy 4131 and regulation 4131 uh the policy primarily to update with latest suggested csba csba language and the regulation 4131 to better Define our own process of how professional development is approved