001Wow. Going to have to help me out here. Let the roll call show that [clears throat] not everyone is present. [laughter] [cough] [clears throat] We have uh Miss Carlson and uh who else? >> That isn't that >> okay? Just Miss Carlson is is absent. Everyone else is present. Also, uh before the public comment to close prior to close session, need to make a note that item number two uh will not be heard tonight. So, need to make a note that item two will be heard at another time. Are there any comments prior to close session? Okay. No comments prior to close session. We'll adjourn. [clears throat] We'll recess this until 6:45 and go into close session. >> [music] >> It's time to wake up. >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time
002to [music] learn my ABCs. >> It's time [music] to support our families. It's time to learn [music] how to swim. >> It's time to connect. >> It's time to play. >> It's time to fuel student learning. [music] >> It's time to learn English. It's [music] time to get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. >> It's time for something new. >> It's time to [music] show our colors. It's time to [music] support our schools. It's time to have some fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. [music] >> It's time to win another state championship. [music] >> It's time to welcome new [music] staff. W. >> It's time to make new friends. >> It's time to graduate. [cheering] >> It's time to make a [music] difference. Welcome back to USD. Let's do this. >>
003[music] >> It's time to wake up. [music] >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time [music] to learn my ABCs. It's [music] time to support our families. >> It's time [music] to learn how to swim. >> It's time to [music] connect. >> It's time to play. >> It's time to fuel [music] student learning. It's time to learn English. >> It's time to [music] get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. >> It's time for something new. [music] >> It's time to show our colors. It's time [music] to support our schools. >> It's time to have some fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's time to win another state championship. >> It's time [music] to welcome new staff. It's time to make new friends. >> It's time to graduate.
004>> It's time to make a difference. Welcome back to USD. Let's do this. >> [music] >> It's time to wake up. >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time to learn [music] my ABCs. >> It's time to support our families. It's time to learn [music] how to swim. >> It's time to connect. >> It's time to play. >> It's time to [music] fuel student learning. >> It's time [music] to learn English. It's time [music] to get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. >> It's time for something new. >> It's time to [music] show our colors. It's time to [music] support our schools. >> It's time to have some fun. [music] >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's time [music] to win another state championship. >> It's time to
005welcome new [music] staff. It's time to make new friends. >> It's time to graduate. >> It's time to make a [music] difference. Welcome back to USD. Let's do this. >> [music] [music] >> It's time to wake up. >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time to learn my [music] ABCs. >> It's time to support our families. It's time to [music] learn how to swim. >> It's time to connect. [music] >> It's time to play. >> It's time to fuel [music] student learning. >> It's time to learn [music] English. It's time [music] to get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. [cheering] >> It's time for something new. [music] >> It's time to show our colors. It's [music] time to support our schools. It's time to have [music] some fun. >> It's
006[music] time to supervise our students. [music] >> It's time to win another state championship. >> It's [music] time to welcome new staff. Woo! >> It's time to make new friends. >> It's time to graduate. >> It's time to make a difference. Welcome back, TUSD. [music] Let's do this. >> [music] [music] >> It's time to wake up. >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time to learn my ABCs. It's time [music] to support our families. >> It's time to learn how to swim. >> It's time to connect. >> It's time to play. >> It's time to fuel [music] student learning. It's time to learn English. [music] >> It's time to get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. [cheering] [music] >> It's time for something new. >> It's [music] time to show
007our colors. It's time [music] to support our schools. >> It's time to have some fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's time to win another state championship. >> It's time [music] to welcome new staff. >> [music] >> It's time to make new friends. >> It's time to graduate. [music] >> It's time to make a difference. Welcome back to USD. Let's do this. >> [music] >> It's time to [music] wake up. >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time to [music] learn my ABCs. >> It's time to support [music] our families. It's [music] time to learn how to swim. >> It's time to connect. >> It's time to play. [music] >> It's time to fuel student learning. >> It's time to learn [music] English. It's time [music] to get our
008campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. >> It's [music] time for something new. >> It's time [music] to show our colors. It's time to support our schools. It's time to have [music] some fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's time to win another state championship. [music] >> It's time to welcome [music] new staff. Woo! >> It's time to make new friends. >> It's time to graduate. >> It's time to make [music] a difference. Welcome back to USD. Let's do this. >> [music] [music] >> It's time to wake up. >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time to learn my ABCs. It's [music] time to support our families. >> It's time [music] to learn how to swim. >> It's time to connect. >> It's time to play. >> It's time
009to fuel student learning. >> [music] >> It's time to learn English. >> It's time to [music] get our campuses ready. >> It's time [music] to perform. >> It's time for something new. [music] >> It's time to show our colors. It's time [music] to support our schools. >> It's time to have some fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's time to win another state championship. [music] >> It's time to welcome new staff. It's time to make new friends. >> It's time to graduate. [cheering] >> It's time to make a difference. Welcome back to [music] USD. Let's do this. [music] >> [music] >> It's time to wake up. >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time to learn [music] my ABCs. >> It's time [music] to support our families. It's time
010to learn how to swim. >> It's time to connect. >> It's time to play. >> It's time to [music] fuel student learning. >> It's time [music] to learn English. It's [music] time to get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. [screaming] >> It's time for [music] something new. >> It's time to show our [music] colors. It's time [music] to support our schools. It's time to have some fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's time to win another state championship. [music] >> It's time to welcome new [music] staff. Woo! >> It's time to make new friends. >> It's time [music] to graduate. >> It's time to make a [music] difference. Welcome back to USD. Let's do this. >> [music] [music] >> It's time to wake up. >> It's time to get on
011the bus. >> It's time to learn my ABCs. [music] It's [music] time to support our families. >> It's time to [music] learn how to swim. >> It's time to connect. >> It's time to play. >> It's time [music] to fuel student learning. >> [music] >> It's time to learn English. >> It's time [music] to get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. >> It's time for something new. [music] >> It's time to show our colors. It's [music] time to support our schools. >> It's time to have some fun. [music] >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's time to win another state [music] championship. >> It's time to welcome [music] new staff. >> [music] >> It's time to make new friends. >> It's time to graduate. >> It's time to make a difference.
012Welcome back, TUSD. Let's do this. >> [music] [music] >> It's time to wake up. >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time to learn [music] my ABCs. >> It's [music] time to support our families. It's time [music] to learn how to swim. >> It's time to connect. [music] >> It's time to play. [music] >> It's time to fuel student learning. [music] >> It's time to learn English. It's time to [music] get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. [cheering] >> It's time for something new. >> It's [music] time to show our colors. It's time [music] to support our schools. It's time to have some fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's time to win another state championship. [music] It's time to welcome new staff. [music] >> It's time
013to make new friends. >> It's time to graduate. >> It's time to make a difference. Welcome back to [music] USD. Let's do this. >> [music] >> It's [music] time to wake up. >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time to learn my ABCs. It's time [music] to support our families. >> It's time to [music] learn how to swim. >> It's time to connect. >> It's time to play. >> It's time to [music] fuel student learning. It's time to learn English. [music] >> It's time to get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. [cheering] >> It's time for something new. >> It's time to [music] show our colors. It's time to support our schools. >> It's time to have some [music] fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's time
014to win another state championship. [music] >> It's time to welcome new staff. It's time to make new friends. >> It's [music] time to graduate. [cheering] >> It's time to make a [music] difference. Welcome back to USD. Let's do this. [music] >> [music] >> It's time to wake up. [music] >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time [music] to learn my ABCs. >> It's time to support our [music] families. It's time to learn how to swim. >> It's time to connect. >> It's time to play. >> It's time to fuel student learning. >> It's [music] time to learn English. It's time [music] to get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. [cheering] >> It's time for something new. >> It's [music] time to show our colors. It's time [music] to support our
015schools. It's time to have some fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. [music] >> It's time to win another state championship. [music] >> It's time to welcome new staff. Woo! >> It's time to make new friends. >> It's time to graduate. >> It's time [music] to make a difference. Welcome back to USD. Let's do this. [music] >> [music] >> It's time to wake up. [music] >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time to learn [music] my ABCs. It's time [music] to support our families. >> It's time [music] to learn how to swim. >> It's time to connect. [music] >> It's time to play. >> It's time to [music] fuel student learning. It's time [music] to learn English. >> It's time to [music] get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform.
016[cheering] >> It's time for something new. >> It's [music] time to show our colors. It's time [music] to support our schools. >> It's time to have some fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's time to win another state championship. >> It's time [music] to welcome new staff. >> [music] >> It's time to make new friends. [music] >> It's time to graduate. [cheering] >> It's time to make a [music] difference. Welcome back to USD. Let's do this. >> [music] [music] >> It's time to wake up. >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time to [music] learn my ABCs. >> It's time to [music] support our families. It's time to [music] learn how to swim. >> It's time to connect. [music] >> It's time to play. [music] >> It's time to
017fuel student learning. [music] >> It's time to learn English. It's time [music] to get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. >> It's time for something new. >> It's time [music] to show our colors. It's time to support our [music] schools. It's time to have some fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's time to win another state [music] championship. >> It's time to welcome [music] new staff. Woo! >> It's time to make new friends. >> It's time to graduate. >> It's time to make [music] a difference. Welcome back, TUSD. Let's do this. [music] It's time to wake up. [music] >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time to learn my ABCs. It's [music] time to support our families. >> It's time [music] to learn how to swim. >>
018It's time to connect. >> It's time to play. >> It's time to fuel [music] student learning. It's time to [music] learn English. >> It's time to get our [music] campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. [cheering and screaming] >> It's time for something new. >> It's time to show our colors. It's time [music] to support our schools. >> It's time to have some fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's time to win another state [music] championship. >> It's time to welcome new staff. >> [music] >> It's time to make new friends. >> It's time to graduate. [cheering] >> It's time to make a difference. Welcome back to [music] USD. Let's do this. >> [music] >> It's [music] time to wake up. >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time
019to [music] learn my ABCs. >> It's time to support [music] our families. It's time to learn [music] how to swim. >> It's time to connect. >> It's time to play. >> It's time to [music] fuel student learning. [music] >> It's time to learn English. It's time [music] to get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. [music] >> It's time for something new. >> It's time to show our colors. It's time to [music] support our schools. It's time to have some fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's time to win another [music] state championship. >> It's time [music] to welcome new staff. Woo! [music] >> It's time to make new friends. >> It's time to graduate. >> It's time to make a difference. Welcome back to USD. Let's do this. >> [music]
020[music] >> It's time to wake up. >> It's time to get on the bus. [music] >> It's time to learn my ABCs. >> [music] >> It's time to support our families. >> It's time to [music] learn how to swim. >> It's time to connect. >> It's time to play. >> It's time [music] to fuel student learning student learning. It's [music] time to learn English. >> It's time [music] to get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. [cheering] >> It's time for something new. [music] >> It's time to show our colors. It's [music] time to support our schools. >> It's time to have some fun. [music] >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's time to win another state [music] championship. >> It's time to welcome new staff. It's time to make new friends.
021>> It's time to graduate. >> It's time to make a difference. Welcome back to USD. [music] Let's do this. >> [music] [music] >> It's time to [clears throat] wake up. [music] >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time to learn [music] my ABCs. >> It's time [music] to support our families. It's time [music] to learn how to swim. >> It's time to connect. [music] >> It's time to play. >> It's time to [music] fuel student learning. >> It's time to learn English. [music] It's time to get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. [music] >> It's time for something new. >> It's [music] time to show our colors. It's time [music] to support our schools. >> It's time to have some fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's
022time to win another state championship. >> It's time [music] to welcome new staff. >> [music] >> It's time to make new friends. >> It's time to graduate. >> It's time to make a difference. [music] Welcome back to USD. Let's do this. >> [music] >> It's time to wake up. [music] >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time to [music] learn my ABCs. >> It's time [music] to support our families. It's [music] time to learn how to swim. >> It's time to connect. [music] >> It's time to play. [music] >> It's time to fuel student learning. >> It's time [music] to learn English. It's time [music] to get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. >> It's time for something new. >> It's time to [music] show our colors. It's time to
023support our schools. [music] It's time to have [music] some fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's time to win another state championship. [music] >> It's time to welcome [music] new staff. Woo! >> It's time to make new friends. [music] >> It's time to graduate. >> It's time to make [music] a difference. Welcome back, TUSD. Let's do this. >> [music] >> It's time to wake up. >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time to learn my ABCs. It's time to [music] support our families. >> It's time to [music] learn how to swim. >> It's time to connect. >> It's time to play. >> It's time to fuel student learning. >> [music] >> It's time to learn English. >> It's time to [music] get our campuses ready. >> It's time [music]
024to perform. >> It's time for something new. [music] >> It's time to show our colors. It's time [music] to support our schools. >> It's time to have some fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. >> It's time to win another state championship. >> It's time [music] to welcome new staff. >> [music] >> It's time to make new friends. >> It's time to [music] graduate. >> It's time to make a difference. Welcome back to [music] USD. Let's do this. [music] >> [music] >> It's time to wake up. >> It's time to get on the bus. >> It's time to learn [music] my ABCs. >> It's time [music] to support our families. It's time to learn [music] how to swim. >> It's time to connect. >> It's time to play. >> It's time to fuel student
025learning. [music] >> It's time to learn English. It's time [music] to get our campuses ready. >> It's time to perform. [cheering and screaming] >> It's time for something new. >> It's time to [music] show our colors. It's time [music] to support our schools. It's time to have some fun. >> It's time to supervise our students. like to welcome everyone to the meeting. Call this session back to order. Like to report the following action was taken in close session on March 18th, 2025. The board entered into an employment agreement with Superintendent David Ladic for one year beginning July 1, 2025. The majority of this board is new and wanted additional time to evaluate Mr. Ladic's progress of meeting district goals and objectives. [clears throat] The board evaluated Superintendent Laddic's performance prior to December 1st. As stated
026in his employment agreement, the board reports that Superintendent Latic received a positive evaluation and by a vote of 7 to zero in close session this evening took action to extend the term of his agreement for an additional two years through June 30th of 2028 as set forth in his employment agreement. An amendment agreement reflecting this extension will be prepared for consideration and action at a future board meeting. Superintendent Gladic continues to have the confidence of the board. >> They're even celebrating that with music. >> Thank you. [applause] >> Uh inspiration at this time um Mr. Pimementel. >> Good evening, Board President Silva, Superintendent Latic, members of the board, cabinet, staff, and families. It is my pleasure to bring up sixth grader Acacia Swedberg, who will be sharing her thoughts on empathy in just a bit.
027Aacia is joined here tonight by her mom, dad, and stepdad and little brothers. Aacia has been a dentist explorer since kindergarten. To give you an idea of who Aacia is, these are some of the character related comments that have been shared about her from all of her teachers over the years. She is kind, caring, follows the golden rule, excellent helper, friend to all, sweet, social, and has a positive attitude. A casey enjoys any opportunity she gets to showcase her art skills and athleticism. She enjoys PE, is on a flag football team, and has been involved in jiu-jitsu since she was about 6 years old. and she will now demonstrate a little of that. All right. Next time. All right. She enjoys playing board games, which includes chess. She enjoys wrestling with her younger brothers, which
028again, she's going to demonstrate that. She um she likes riding uh horses whenever she can't has a chance and also riding dirt bikes, which I didn't believe at first. So, I quizzed her just on some places around here that she could ride, and she she did pass. So, she does ride dirt bikes. A caseia is considered becoming a vetinarian when she grows up so that she can help pets of all sizes, including her favorites, horses and of course, raccoons. Aacia's teacher, Mrs. Pard, shared that Acia is an inspiring sixth grade student who embodies both empathy and a strong academic work ethic. She is not only dedicated to her studies, but also deeply cares about the well-being of her classmates, making her a cherished member of the school community. A caseia is known for her compassionate
029nature as she instinct in instinctively reaches out to classmates who may be struggling offering support and encouragement. A casey's ability to listen and empathize with others makes her a trusted friend and confidant. As a member of our student leadership, she demonstrates her commitment to making a positive impact with her ideas and participation activities and desire to help others. So tonight, I welcome Caseia who will share a little bit about empathy. >> [applause] >> Good evening s superintendent ladig board members cabinet and guests. I am Aacia Swedberg and I am a sixth grade student from Dennis Elementary. Tonight I will be talking about empathy. Empathy is an ability to understand another person, their feelings and thoughts while also giving compassion and understanding without necessarily experiencing the same emotions. It is putting yourself in someone else's shoes.
030Often at school, I have shown empathy to others that may be feeling down. An example of this is when a friend comes to school feeling sad. I show empathy by understanding their feelings and offering comfort. I have also had days where I am down and a friend will ask me if I am okay. Make funny jokes to make me laugh until I feel better. Empathy is not only noticing a friend or a peer that is sad, but also celebrating their success. Throughout my years in school, I have had friends tell me that I did an awesome job when I got 100% on a test or an assignment. Even if I get a lower score, they still celebrate me and tell me that I will do better next time. I have al I have also shown
031empathy and congratulate my friends when they do well in school. Though I only shared ways that empathy shows up in school, I have seen empathy modeled in my community as well as at home. There was a time when I made waffles for my family and there was no pancake mix at home, so I used flour. Let's just say the waffles were too chewy. My mom said, "Good job." She recognized I tried and that taught me that though something may not turn out well, it can be better next time. Parents play a valuable role in teaching how empathy sounds through every experience and their guidance. In my community, I have seen others show empathy in many ways. A time I remember is when I was at the grocery store with my mom. We only had a
032couple of things to purchase. We were behind another person who had a very full cart. The shopper looked at us and then offered for us to go in front of her. This random act is a good example of how empathy is practiced by simply showing a kind behavior. Empathy can be shown in many ways on a school campus, in the classroom, in social situations, at home, in the community through both actions and words. [snorts] >> [applause] >> Thank you, Miss Flora. Good evening, board president Silva, members of the board, Superintendent Latic, Cabinet, distinguished guests, and staff. It is my pleasure to introduce to you one of our Dennis Earl Explorers, Riabberto Alvarez. Rio is a sixth grader in Mrs. Martin's class and he is joined here this evening by his mom and brother. Rigo has
033been a student at Dennis Earl since he was in first grade. He shared that his favorite subject is math because it's enjoyable to learn about multiplication, division, and decimals. He feels he's pretty good at math, too, so that's an added bonus. Rigo likes getting good grades in school and enjoys going to different classes to meet new people. Hanging out with his friends at lunch and recess is something he looks forward to when coming to school. Rigo's teachers have many positive things to say about him. Mrs. Martin shared that Rigo is a leader among his peers as he can easily make connections and form meaningful friendships. He is wellliked by those who know him. He has made an impact in both his home room and other sixth grade classroom. When Rigo sees some others struggling, he
034will try to guide them as best he can. She also noted that he has come a long way this year, both academically and socially. He has a willingness to learn and grow while striving to put his best foot forward with a smile and positive attitude. His other teacher, Miss Chris, shared that Rigo has always been a polite and kind human being. He is a compassionate, non-judgmental friend that makes others gravitate towards him. This year he has developed a confidence that can only be built from self-awareness, overcoming adversity, and tackling new challenges with grit and determination. His perseverance helps him succeed in all aspects of his academics. Rigo shared with me that he has big dreams of one day becoming a police officer. He has plans of taking his police car to his mom's house to
035show her so she'll be proud of him. He cares a lot about his mom as he mentioned many times that he wants to make her happy. He feels being a police officer and helping others will do just that. For now, he likes to help around the house and do chores for her because she likes that. As you can see, Rio is an exceptional student and person, and Dennis Earl is blessed to have him. He is more than deserving of tonight's honor of leading us with the flag salute. Are you ready? Okay. [applause] Please stand and face the flag. Place your right hand over your heart. Ready? Salute. I pled aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty. >>
036That is a very church. >> I don't I don't know. I might need to change the filter. [crying] >> One more. Okay. And then you ready? >> You want a picture of here? Yeah, that's a great picture. Look over here. One, two, three. One, two, three. All right. [applause] [clears throat] like to thank um Caseia and Rigberto for their fine job and Mr. Pimeel and Miss Flores for facilitating this. Thank you very much. >> [clears throat] >> At this time, Miss Amy will handle the police vision and mission. >> Okay, I'll read the mission. Uh, Turlock Unified School District will deliver effective instruction in a safe, equitable, supportive environment in partnership with our families and diverse community. >> Thank you. Let the roll call show that all board members are present. If I could have
037a motion to accept the agenda. I move >> to accept the agenda as presented. >> I second that motion. >> It is properly been moved and seconded to accept the agenda. >> This is a roll call vote. Miss Carlson. >> Miss Jackson. >> I. >> Miss Amy. >> I. >> Miss Martinez. >> I. >> Miss Ramirez. >> I. >> Mr. Shields. >> I. >> Board President votes I. Motion carries. Presentation uh from Earl Elementary. Uh, Miss Christy Mills. [applause] Good evening, board president Silva, board members, superintendent Ladig and cabinet. My name is Christy Mills and I'm a first grade teacher at Dennis Earl School. It is my pleasure to be here again this year, this evening to talk about Earl School. This is the ninth year that I have come and presented and tonight I
038would like to highlight a few of the things that we have done so far this year. Um and then we also have a special edition of our morning show that will give you a glimpse at what we get to experience each morning. A few of the events that we have participated so far this year um in September we participated in um say hello week. We did a family movie evening that our PTA put on and our literacy teachers sponsored a literacy night in October. We uh participated in the bully prevention. We had stomprockets which was a lot of fun. We had schoolwide explore days which in our whole school in um switches every teacher every well I'm I'm going off script but explore days explore days are all the teachers pick a different activity and
039the kids get to mix around and go to all the different um classes. So it's a it's a lot of fun. Um we had a trunk or treat on October 25th and um had a pie fundraiser which we're passing out tomorrow. Um in November this year we have student leadership has organized a fundra or a food drive. We did [snorts] a yogurt mill fundraiser and a seized candy fundraiser. And we have um in December coming up we have donuts with Santa. We're having a schoolwide book fair [snorts] and a family readin on December 11th. So to say that we are happy that September, October, and November are over is an understatement. Uh we would also I would like to take a minute to talk about our Earl morning show. This is the third year of
040the Earl Morning Show. The morning show at Earl ensures that fifth grade students who best represent our diverse school demographics are included and they are nominated by their fifth grade teachers. Students are coached and develop their speaking ability over the course of the school year. They [snorts] become celebrities and become role models for the school community. The desire is to have students look forward to the possibility of participating in the Earl morning show when they reach fifth grade. Students contribute to to scripts, but much of the content is guided by Mr. Xavier Huerta, who spends countless hours recording, producing, and editing these videos, and he is also here this evening. Uh these videos include they include birthdays, national days, book recommendations, academic tips, social tips, jokes, and always we end with our school motto and
041the pledge of allegiance. PTA events as well as teacher shoutouts are also an excellent way for everyone to look forward to our daily broadcast and they serve as a friendly reminder of the contributions made by all the adults at our school. The Earl Morning Show has grown in popularity and is truly a labor of love for everyone who contributes to it. As a gift for participation, each student receives a thumb drive with the Earl Morning Shows for the entire year as a gift. And so now, please enjoy this board edition of our morning show. Almost live [music] from our studio in room 3D. This is the Earl Morning Show. Hi, this is Leilani and welcome to a special board meeting edition of the Earl [music] Morning Show. We are very excited to share all the
042great things going on at Earl School. A special thanks to [music] all the teachers at Earl School and Mr. Pimeintel for supporting this great [music] thing that we get to see every morning. >> Today on the 18th, there are four birthdays. Happy birthday to Lincoln B, Kaden F, Emily H, and Adeline Y. Happy birthday to you all. Make sure you use seek in the [music] cafeteria when we are around our friends. We need to set a good example, and that includes the cafeteria. [music] We should clean up after ourselves, use good restaurant behavior. We should also keep the room for getting too loud by not raising [music] our voices and encourage others to pick up after themselves so that we can enjoy [music] our time and get out of the cafeteria and get more playtime,
043self-control, engagement, effort, and kindness. [music] Always use your chic strategies. Now it's time for a shout out. We are grateful for Earl. You [music] made an amazing fun place to be. Today is National Apple Cider Day. Today is dedicated to this delicious and refreshing treat made from apples. This day encourages people to savor [music] different types and flavors of apple cider. You can have it hot or cold and spiced [music] or plain. Starbucks has a great apple cider that you can enjoy hot on a cold day. This is Xander with another book recommendation. [music] The book I'm recommending this week is called Ferris. It's part ghost story and part mayhem, but it's all hard. It's pandemonium in the Wilky family as little Pinky bites [music] people and robs the bank. Grandma's being stalked by a
044ghost. And Uncle Ted [music] is hiding out in the basement. Plus, there are raccoons. So many raccoons. It's a raccoon invasion. Check out this crazy book and recommend it to a friend because I'm [music] sure you'll enjoy it. Welcome to courtesy corner. This is a reminder to make [music] sure that you are courteous at all times. If you're courteous, you're showing respect. Make sure you complete all the [music] assignments you have in class. That way, you can get the grade you truly earn. That's being courteous to your [music] teacher by respecting what they taught you. And when you do this, you could do your best learning and you can learn even more. [music] >> Your learning strategy is not to get frustrated. Working on hard things can sometimes get to us. The thing to do
045in that situation [music] is to take a little break and come back to it in a few minutes. Don't let yourself get frustrated because if we get frustrated, [music] we can't remember what we've been taught. So relax, take a breath, and approach your work in a few minutes. Now [music] it's time for a joke. What do you call two guys that love math? Algebra Bros. Say the Earl motto with me. >> Earl explorers are excellent students, awesome citizens, readers, and learners for life. And that's it. I hope you enjoyed the video. Thank you for your time. [applause] Thank you very much, Miss Mills. That was excellent. That was very good. At this time, we'll have the superintendent report. Superintendent Ladic, I need a contract with you, Mr. Warter, for a video. Yeah. Awesome job. Thank
046you. So creative. Well, uh, good evening, uh, board president Silva and members of the board and student representatives. Um, I want to share that I dropped in on the second superintendent's youth advisory council meeting where, uh, my intern PBJ Cower, 12th grade student at Turlock High School, facilitated discussion about mental health supports for students. They shared creative and passionate ideas uh, to help their peers as they voice concerns about access to supports at their schools. I will be following up with Miss Coward next week, I'm sorry, the week after Thanksgiving break to learn more about the next level work of the Superintendent Youth Advisory Council. I had the honor of attending the Veterans Day lunch celebration at Pitman High School in which the culinary class prepared a fantastic meal for a number of veterans in
047our community. Miss Singh does a tremendous job preparing her students for these events. I will share that Marissa Jimenez was on hand. She served uh the role of a hostess at the front door and then suddenly transitioned into a chef uh midway through it. So uh Marissa continues to amaze with everything that she's involved in. So thank you for that. Uh the family resource center uh center family resource center hosted another inside workshop last week on PBIS and restorative practices with approximately 30 people in attendance after a brief introduction from Gil. Thank you Gil. Awesome job. The PBIS team from Maderos who um Veronica Male is here who led that piece provided an engaging presentation on their successful schoolwide implementation of this district initiative. Feedback on the workshop was overwhelmingly positive and I do want
048to give another shout out to Marie for facilitating and organizing those events. I met with a superintendent student senate Osborne last week where students shared their exper uh their excitement for school and seeing their friends. Osbourne students love coming to school and look forward to the fun activities their teachers have them do each day. Some students want more time for math, while others believe their school would be better if there were more balls to play with, a volleyball net and a dessert section at lunchtime. Students report that bowling's not an issue at Osborne, but some students do spread rumors which they don't like. Students are mostly excited about going to Dutcher next year as they look forward to meeting more friends and new teachers, but they are going to be sad about leaving Osborne. If
049they gave advice to a younger student just starting at the school, they would tell them to pay attention to everything, be kind, and never give up. And thank you to Miss Ramos for helping facilitate that conversation. We learned a lot. I just want to take a little bit time here to say thank you to those who have truly partnered with TUSD with our teachers, our administrators uh to work together on behalf of children. our part of our uh mission statement is in fact that partnership that is so important and uh I just again I want to thank those who are out there who truly want to partner with us to do continue our positive work at all of our schools and the district office. We see many parent and community members who give their time
050to learn about our schools through venues like coffee with the principal school site council elac and dac uh my superintendent's parent advisory council the LCAP and more. Thank you for the positive contributions, sharing your experiences and providing possible solutions. Your positive and constructive partnership are highly valued and very very much appreciated. Lastly, I want to say thank you to uh the board for your continued vote of confidence in me uh that you shared earlier this evening. Uh it truly is a pleasure to work uh in partnership with you as a member of this government governance team. And um uh I do also want to say thank you to my colleagues who are here this evening. It is a pleasure to work with each and every one of you. I look out there and you're just
051a small fraction of the group uh or the colleagues that I get to work with on a daily basis, but since you're here, I just want to voice my appreciation for you and your willingness to communicate and work together as a team here in the TUSD. And that concludes my report. Thank you. Great report, Superintendent Glattic. Uh, communications, staff reports, student reports. We'll start with Marissa at uh, Pitman High School. >> Good evening. [clears throat] Good evening, Superintendent Ladic, board president Silva, and members of the board. Here's what's new at the Pride. From November 17th through the 21st, ASB will be celebrating all of the people on campus that we are thankful for, including staff and students. On November 21st, the Pitman ASB's green team and ASB classes will be hosting a lunch activity showing
052our thanks to all of the students on campus with friendship bracelets, a staff versus student pie eating contest, and more. November 11th is Veterans Day, which is a day that our nation set to honor and remember all of the soldiers who fought for our country. Pitman's Culinary put on an amazing event to honor the veterans in our community, hosting a Veterans Day lunchon. The luncheon started off with a poem honoring the veterans act of service and a flag salute. The culinary students worked together to craft a dish consisting in seared tri tip, macaroni and cheese, sauteed asparagus rolls, and a smoked barbecue sauce. This was also followed by a warm peach cobbler topped with chilled vanilla ice cream. We thank our veterans for all of their strength that they held in completing the great acts
053of service to our nation. Kitchens for Change held a community care cooking initiative this past Thursday in the Pitman Culinary Classroom where members prepped over a 100 meals to take to the family resource center just in time for the holidays. The local nonprofit is also currently running a canned food drive to stock up the Turlock food pantry with non-p perishable goods to do their part in helping fight food insecurity. The letters for Santa charity had 28 helpers who assisted in setting up the gala for letters to Santa as well as serving and cleaning up during this event. The gala raised a tremendous amount of money for our local students. They received many positive comments about our students and the letters to Santa board was very grateful for their support and hard work. The members are
054set to help with setting up, organizing, and distri distributing items for Santa's workshop. November is is children grief awareness month. And Pitman High School early childhood education students went on a trip to Jessica's house to learn more about the facility and how it helps support our schools and the Turlock community as a whole. Pitman FFA is in full swing preparing for their annual winter banquet held on December 10th, 2025 in the Pitman C Pitman High School cafeteria. The banquet is set to recognize all of the amazing accomplishments from members receiving their FFA jackets to their Greenhand and chapter. The celebration for these accomplishments will begin the morning of the banquet with the traditional green hand and chapter degree breakfast where members will be dying their hands green for a uh for a green hand degree
055and um blue for a chapter degree. ASB is also planning some winter festivities of their own. The rally held on Friday, December 5th is set to help get Pitman students in a jolly spirit. Right before finals kick off the week of December 17th through the December 19th, Pitman's green team has officially has already set up the dressup days and will be hosting lunch activities in partnership with other clubs on campus like Kitchens for Change. Kitchens for Change will have a hot cocoa station during the lunch activity for all students to enjoy a warm treat on a chilly day. This month, Pitman's Key Club helped out at local elementary school carnivals in the TUSD district. They are in the works of planning events in December, such as helping with the Turlock Christmas Parade in on December
0565th and Fairground activities. This season, the Marching Pride delivered an outstanding performance at the Mer Merc Mercedes Golden Valley Band Review. The band earned first overall High School in jazz band, showcasing their outstanding musical skills and dedication. In field competition, the Pride secured third place overall in division 5A, receiving their highest music and marching scores of the entire season. Their hard work and excellence allowed for them to bring home two well-deserved plaques. This concludes my student report of the night. Thank you. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and roll pride. >> Thank you, Miss Eimenez. Uh Kate, Turlock High School. >> Good evening, Superintendent Ladig, President Silva, and members of the board. Thank you for this opportunity to share the events and accomplishments happening at Turlock High School. This month, we have been practicing gratitude. We have
057created a gratitude tree on display in the attendance office. All students and staffy were given a leaf in their home room to share their gratitude. We made a tree in the attendance office with over 2,000 leaves. We also had students complete gratitude notes during lunch to share with staff team members. Our leadership class organized our first ever cricket game today. It was played after school today. We want to thank everyone who came out and played and watched. We will have another game in the spring. Our leadership class has been working on outreach this school year. Our goal is to have every student connected to an extracurricular activity at ths. The library has been open at lunch hosted by link crew leaders and leadership students as a place to build community. We would like to thank
058our librarian Cindy for making the space so welcoming. We are now working on a list of students who have not yet found an extracurricular and providing more outreach from leadership students, link crew leaders and staff members. Our tireless staff members for the past two weeks were Mr. Morales and Mr. Boyce. We are loving this new recognition. Our leadership class is also planning our first ever Renaissance rally. It is scheduled for December 9th. Black Student Union at Turlock High School is excited to announce an amazing experience at 2025 UMOA um leadership conference in San Jose, California, November 6th through 8th, 2025. Thanks to an award grant from Santaas County's spy center career education program. Most of our expenses were paid for in order to attend this major event in the lives of our afroentric learners. The
059Turlock High School band and color guard competed in the Lincoln Review of Champions on Saturday, November 15th. They earned second place in their division. Their next performance will be December 5th at the Turlock High School downtown Parade of Lights. Their winter concert is December 11th at 6:30 in the ths PA theater. Turlock High School's NJOTC air rifle team competed in RESDA this past weekend and placed fourth against all Marine and Navy JOTC teams. They placed second for Navy JOTC teams. The team was led by senior James Kar who earned first place individual in the standing. The 2025 THS Invitational Chess Tournament was held on Saturday, November 15th. Five high schools attended this event. Ths took first place in the team competition. THS Thrift was able to donate 25 bags of clothes to the Gospel Mission
060for their Thanksgiving clothes giveaway. The speech and debate team had great results at their last tournament in Ripen. We had first places in varsity for Takoa Murphy, Projo Joe Carr, Xavier Bettincourt, and Kate Williams. As for novice, [gasps and laughter] Tara Dale, Camila Placencia, and Kayla Longarce took first. We also won third place overall for sweep stakes. Ths drama will be holding auditions for Shrek the musical when we get back from Thanksgiving break. The drama department is working on their children's holiday show, Mission Save the Spirit. They will be performing two preview shows for Julene K through 2nd grade students and will also have two additional showings on Saturday, December 6th at 12 and 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 or one can or non-p perishable food item which will be donated to the family resource
061center. Varsity flag football finished with 16-7 overall and 13-2 in league, taking the first place title in Secal. JV also took home first in Secal. Varsity finished the season losing to the section champs in the quarterfinals of the division 1 playoffs. Mckenley Walt was voted MVP of our Secalow League. All the girls worked exceptionally hard in all they did this year. We look forward to continuing to build for our next season. Go dogs. Girls volleyball received some CCAL special awards for offensive player of the year Amelia Mimi Spalding. Co-defensive Player of the Year, Audrey Mensanz. First team all league, Isabella MS. Second team all league, Haley Styles and Amaya Morales. Honorable mention was Bella Green. THS varsity girls cross country had an amazing time at the sections meet and qualified for state with Ellison Williams
062taking second in our division with a time of 1805. THS boys water polo made it to the division 1 semifinals at the as the number six seed in the section. They lost the semi-final game by one point. It was 13 to 12 to the number two seed Rocklin. And for the first time in school history, they will be playing in the D3 NorCal regional tournament. THS is the four seed and they just played against San Marin at MJC. The game started at 5:00 p.m. and the boys came out with a win of 20 to8. Both girls and boys water polo have the league MVPs. Callie Parker for the girls and Jacob Pacwood for the boys. That concludes my board report. Thank you. [applause] >> Thank you, Miss Williams. Announcements. [clears throat] November 24th, 25th, 26th,
063uh, non-instructional days. Thursday and Friday, November 27th, 28th, Thanksgiving holiday. Next board meeting is December 2nd. At this time we have uh on the agenda period for public comment. This public comment time is reserved for individuals who may wish to address the governing board regarding a matter that is not on the agenda. If you wish to address the board about an item that is on the agenda, please do so when that agenda item is called. The board respects the rights of all community members to praise, criticize, or otherwise discuss matters related to the district's business. However, we kindly ask that individuals speak in a respectful, professional manner to avoid disruption and to ensure the orderly conduct of the meeting in a manner that is consistent with the district's welcoming and professional culture. Complaints against specific
064district employees should be resolved through the district's personnel complaint procedure. The right to address the board does not exempt the speaker from any potential liability for defamation. Public comment will be limited to a maximum 3 minutes per person, a limit of approximately 450 words with a total of 30 minutes designated for this portion of the agenda. Is there anyone that would like to address the board at this time? Seeing none, we'll move on to the remainder of the agenda. Next on the agenda is a consent calendar. If uh does the board have any questions or comments about the consent calendar? Any comments from the public? If not, if I can have a motion to accept the consent calendar or approve it. >> I move to accept the consent calendar. >> I'll second the motion. >>
065It's been moved and seconded to approve the consent calendar. It's a roll call vote. Miss Carlson. Miss Jackson. >> Hi, >> Miss Amy. >> Hi, >> Miss Martinez. >> Hi, >> Miss Ramirez. >> Mr. Mr. Shields. >> I board president votes I. Motion carries. Uh, under educational service information item, Miss Elise, item 13. Miss Elise. >> Good evening, Board President Silva, board members, and superintendent David Latt. This evening, >> testing testing the green. >> There it is. >> Good evening, Board President Silva, board members, and Superintendent David Ladic. Um, this evening I am presenting an information item on the district's ELOP program plan guide. We learned through our federal program monitoring review, also known as FPM, which is currently in progress. The district's ELOP program plan guide must be reviewed and approved by our board
066every 3 years. We established an ELOP committee, representatives from the district, site administration, and a few of our site ELOP site supervisors to review the program plan guide. Uh we met twice in October. Components of the program plan guide are The expanded learning quality standards are a framework of high quality before afterchool um interession or summer school programs developed by the um California Department of Education and the California afterchool network. In completing the program plan guide, the requirement was to provide a brief narrative for each of the quality standards. Um I'll highlight a few um of those items from each of the quality standards and they are safe and supportive environment. Some of the items that I'm about to share probably uh may sound uh familiar. fence campuses, single point of entry, regular drills, safety
067protocols, PBIS, restorative practices, and active supervision strategies, active and engaged learning and skill building. The board recently approved the purchase of our ELOP curriculum, Scholastic Scholastics, which includes literacy, math, STEM, social emotional learning, uh curriculum for our TK and kinder called Halfp Pint, physical fitness and themed weeks, youth voice and leadership. Um we have projectbased um learning activities where we invite um and provide opportunities for students to explore [snorts] healthy choices and behaviors um thanks to nutrition services our snacks um and we've got a great start with Robin Schwarz on our physical fitness our seal social emotional learning curriculum and our implementation of our programwide positive behavior ticket system diver uh diversity equity and access um ELOP we provide a supportive and inclusive environment. A big shout out to our support staff. We have our
068ELOP, BCBA, severe paras, nurses, site technicians, and our special ed education teachers that also support student needs. Quality staff, everyone from our ELOP coordinator, site supervisors, our site technicians, our activity leaders, and what's key there, we also included in our program plan guide is ongoing continued professional development for all staff. [snorts] Vision, mission, and purpose. our vision, mission, and purpose align with the district vision and mission and purpose and also meeting the needs of our community collaborative partnership. It's a goal to increase community partnerships as we've taken the ELOP program back um um in our first year for the district. Um but a big shout out to our district departments and our site administration and our school sites for their support and utilizing their space on their campuses. quality improvement. It's um uh implementing the
069plan while reflecting on the progress to improve the plan. Our program management um we're aligning all of our programs uh policies and protocols with district policies and procedures. Our budget is approximately 7 million and that includes all of the components that are outlined in the program plan guide. Are there any questions that I can answer? [snorts] Are there any questions from the board? Miss Martinez, I'm excited. Congratulations and kudos to everybody that had part in formulating this. This is good stuff. And congratulations to TUSD for implementing an afterchool program. I'm proud. Um I only have one question. I know that when the the city had it um parents were mentioning that they had to pay for after school. Will they have to pay? There is no cost. Um the city of Turlock um they not
070only charge but they also um there was a fee for a registration fee. There is no registration fee or any cost for parents um for whose children are in our ELOP program. >> Thank you >> Miss Ramirez. I just want wanted to also congratulate the fact that we have such a cohesive program with the during the day. What um what I hear parents say is that they really appreciate the fact that the rules that apply after school are the same rules and expectations that are during the day and that is greatly appreciated. So I commend your department and all of the staff and support staff with that. Thank you, >> Miss Carlson. >> Thank you, Miss Elise, for the presentation. Um, and I apologize in advance for not frontloading this question. So, if you don't
071have the answer to it, that's totally fine. I was just curious, we had a lot of parents come in the spring really concerned about making space placement for their kids, and I know we've had a wait list going. I'm wondering how many families have we been able to move off the wait list, and how many are still waiting? Um, since the last since my very first presentation on the ELOP update, we've been able to get every um, family uh, and their children that was on the before um, school weight list. That hasn't been a concern. We still have approximately the same number, about 438 on the weight list either for the AM PM, a majority of those are for um, the AM and PM kinder slots. But a big challenge is the space. But um
072our site supervisors continue weekly to call parents whose children aren't attending on a regular basis to just check in. Hey, we missed Alice um this week. We're just checking in. Um are you still wanting to uh have Alice continue to be enrolled? Um if not, um then we would drop those families. And as we're dropping one, we're enrolling the very next family on the wait list. hasn't been very many, but is if we drop one from the AM or PM, we are adding. Okay. >> And then um with after school, we're just working with continuing to work with HR to get those positions filled so we can continue to add those students. >> Great. Thank you very much. >> Yeah. And I wanted to give an update because I thought maybe you might ask about
073the numbers. I did my presentation on September 16th. We had 1,605 students enrolled. That was the before school, AM, PM, and after school. As of today, we have 1 599 students. So only a difference of six students. >> Thank you very much. >> You're welcome, >> Miss Jackson. >> That's a lot of kids. I mean, if you think about it, I mean, we've we've taken it and this is I mean, do you feel like you have your sea legs? I mean, you guys have got it. >> We have our sea legs. We have some structure. Um and uh I appreciate the board giving us some time to get the structure before we you know proposed purchasing a curriculum. I think in my last or one of my uh second to the last um board reports
074we um I one of the highlights was we're seeing our sites implement the curriculum now. So once you have structure you can start implementing um some of the curriculum that we have in place. And I think um with everything that's happened this year and the learning curve, I mean, like you said, that's 1,600 kids is not something to go, "Oh, that's that's a piece of cake." So very easy. And so, um, so it sounds like space is our our main issue right now, right? >> Space. Yeah. And then hiring and, um, confirming our staff. >> Okay. >> A lot of turnover. Um, we have a lot of high, uh, you know, graduates from high school. uh right now with um students registering for spring semester at Stannis Loss or Merced College or UC Merrced um
075you know can we accommodate and work with their schedule but it's a significant number of students that we've been able to serve. It's almost it's a great training ground because I know that when my children were in the after school program um their leaders are now teachers or administrators or counselors. So it's just >> yeah very good work experience and a big shout for out shout out for um the board supporting just the structure with our site supervisors, site technicians and activity leaders. Um, I know Jenny was one of the individuals along with Robin and myself who visited a couple programs in our county and that was a structure um that we thought could support um just implementing it on our own and taking it back. >> Thank you. >> Are Miss Amy? >> I
076just want to again say what everybody else is saying. Thank you so much for doing this for our community and for the students. And it's not just um babysitting, it's active learning. You have activities and it sounds really interesting for kids to participate in. So, thank you. Thank you. >> Uh I'll be bringing I'm doing this in two parts. So, this evening an information item and at our next board meeting on December 2nd, I'll bring back the plan. I can answer any questions between now and then if you have them um for board approval. >> Miss Elise, thank you very much. Great information. >> Thank you. >> Next item 14, the information item. Miss Sannis. >> Good evening, Board President Silva, Board of Trustees, and Superintendent Clattic. Tonight, I'm sharing information on our MClass Dibbles
077and MClass Lectura, also known as our reading difficulties um screener. Here we go. So, just as a reminder, I brought this to the board um last May. Um, Senate Bill 114 says that all kindergarten through 2 grade students are to be screened for risk of reading difficulties starting in the 2025 school year. So, as a reminder, a purpose of our screening, it's to inform individualized instruction, measure progress, identify learning needs, and enable parents and educators to discuss learning needs in informed ways. It's to close the academic achievement gaps. It's to be used um as a flag for potential risk, not a diagnosis. And it identifies supports for classroom instruction, enables targeted intervention, and allows for further diagnosis if concerns do not resolve. And then last spring, the board approved McLass Dibbles and MClass Lectura. This
078is an all-in-one system for dyslexia screening, universal screening, and progress monitoring for um students in grades K6. Um it identifies students who need additional support. McLass is actually the platform that houses the assessment. Dibbles is the name of the assessment. Um we can view English and Spanish in one assessment report. Um the thing that our teachers liked the most about it is the ongoing progress monitoring and then it provides targeted instruction >> [clears throat] >> um and instructional recommendation and activities for the teacher and then those familyfriendly reports. Our professional development that rolled out prior to the start of the school year um our August 8th PD day. The focus for our elementary sites was on training on Dibbles or Lectura. And then on October um 1st, we had a Dibbles refresher October I should
079say 20th um our second district PD day focused on reviewing data and next steps. And then on November 6th and then again on November 20th, administrator training. So what is Dibbles or lecturer? It has um it's both a benchmark and a progress monitoring. So the benchmark takes place three times a year. It's given to all students grades K through six and it identifies a need for progress monitoring. Progress monitoring happens either every 10 days or four weeks depending on how a student scores. Um it's for those students. We progress monitor those students that aren't at benchmark and then we progress monitor only select measures and then it helps us identify the effectiveness of instruction. This shows our administration windows. Our first benchmark is complete. We administered October 16th or sorry October 6th through 17th. um
080we chose that first benchmark window um to coincide with um administering it and then at 45 days is our timeline where we have to share a report with parents and so that um that timeline worked with our parent teacher conferences that are happening this week. So along with the report card families are learning how their child um did on the Dibbles assessment as well. Our second benchmark is January 12th through 23rd. And then our third benchmark is May 11th through 22nd. So as a district, our benchmark performance, here's the district, the number of students that were tested, 6,263. This shows BY stands for beginning of the year for Turlock Unified. 35% of our students this point in the year are well below, 19% below, and then you can see 27% are at, and 19% above.
081This is the benchmark performance compared to the national comparison. So you can see the national comparison is listed um the top row and the district bel um the below beneath it. So um a little bit um a little bit higher in the district or those students that are below or um well below. Oops. This page shows our performance by grade level through the district. It lists our K um all the way through sixth grade showing the number of students well below, below, at, and above. [clears throat and snorts] >> I apologize for interrupting, but I was thinking it says boy at the beginning, but that stands for beginning of year. Okay, just to clarify, it's not gender specific. Okay. >> Beginning of your [laughter] >> um this next page shows performance by school site. And
082just a note here when you look at Osborne and Wakefield um their dual immersion sites they tested both in English. So the dibbles and lecturera this is just reflective of our English scores dibbles on this one slide. Okay. And then I wanted to show you what a teacher's view would look like of a class summary. So here I pulled um one of our classes, our first grade classes in the district. Um I just took off anything that identifies um whose class this is. So you can see that this class has 20 students in it. 20 were assessed. And then you can see the percentage of students that are well below, below, and at. And then across the top, those are the different um assessments that were administered at grade 1. And then this page shows
083what it looks like at our dual immersion sites um when they're administered the lecturer. And then this page is a teachers view. Um the first column it's there's actually not a column there. So on the left of where it says composite score would be a list of student names and a student name then would line up with a row. So I took all that information off so we don't identify students. Again this is a first grade class. So you can see um that first student whoever that is scored a 303 well below that student is in red. So, that would be a student that a teacher would identify that could potentially be at risk for a reading difficulty. And because their score um is 303 and they're highlighted in red, they would need to have
084progress monitoring and within 10 days, the teacher reassess them. So, it would be the teacher's responsibility to pull them back in a small group or one-on-one, work with them on an identified skill. So, for this that particular student, the skills are across the top. They would start with one skill which is letter naming as well below. They would work with that student on letter naming only for 10 days and then reassess to see if there's progress made. And then if the student is in yellow, then it's every four weeks. If a student is in green or blue, those students are on target. They're on grade level. Um no concern. They're getting just good tier one instruction and we're not worried about them. This shows a copy of a parent report. These are what parents are
085receiving this week during their parent teacher conferences. So they can see the um the test. It gives a little bit of information and then how their child scored on it. Oh my gosh, this thing is so touchy. Go back. Okay, [laughter] for our dual immersion sites, they um they can run a dual language report as well. So both Osborne and um Wakefield, the dual immersion teachers are administering the assessment both um in English and in Spanish. And then this gives them um a dual language report so they can see how they are gaining those biiteracy skills because that remember is the goal of our dual immersion programs is for those students to be biiterate by the end of sixth grade. And our next steps for teachers is to provide that tiered instructional support based on
086how students scored on the assessment to continue to progress monitor our students and then to share their progress with students and with families. And our next step for administrators to provide feedback on those instructional practices. Um, so teachers have a variety of materials that they can use in their classroom. We have core materials, we have supplemental materials, and then the nice thing about this platform that we purchased is there is instruction built in to address the areas of need for the students. Um, so really monitoring that work, making sure that we are providing all tiers of instruction for every student that needs it and then ensuring that progress monitoring is happening for those students that have been identified if having um a potential reading um difficulty and can I answer any questions? >> Are there
087any questions? Sorry. [laughter] >> Are there any questions from the board? Miss Jackson, >> thank you. It al it's always helpful to get sort of much more information of how and my question is just how are are teachers enjoying? Are they liking it? Is it beneficial? Are you hearing good positive feedback? >> We don't know yet. [laughter] >> I don't know. Let's ask a teacher. >> Sorry. And again, I didn't >> No, you're good. Jennifer Collins. Um, I would say we're not 100% sure yet because we've just started. Um, and we were in so we've most of us have progress monitored all of our students who are in red [snorts] and now we're progress monitoring yellow. So I think it'll take one more step. Um, what I was going to thanks for letting me come
088up here because what I was going to say too is in looking at the data just keep in mind that we haven't focused on fluency in our district for a few years. So fluency is now being assessed and so that impacted some student scores and also the format. So like I know for us in the upper grades some of our students turned off the volume for the instructions [laughter] and so some of those scores were impacted. Um but I think it has a lot of potential. >> It does. >> Thank you Miss Collins. Thank you for your comments. >> Any other Miss Martinez? Oops. Are you calling or >> Well, I was called. Oh, >> go ahead. Yeah. Go >> ahead. Okay. >> Um, this is good. Um, this is going to help close gaps
089and identify the needs for the ones that are struggling. This is this is real good stuff. This is going to improve data as well. And so, thank you for the presentation. I'm looking forward to seeing the good stuff that's going to come out of it. >> Me, too. >> Thank you, >> Miss Carlson. I was I you know just from the first slide all kindergarten through second grade students will be screened. >> Are we screening all elementary? >> Yes we are doing all. So the the state the law says that we only have to do K2. >> Okay. >> Um but with our committee that we put together we found value in all students. We know we have students at every grade level that is struggling in reading. And so why not give this assessment
090to find out where those gaps are at so we can fill holes for every student, not just K2. >> Thank you. That's great. >> K through six. >> We're doing K through six. >> Any other questions, Miss Amy? I was just wondering with the report that goes out to the parents for that has just come out for the parents then will you follow up when you screen the the students again and then give the parents another report and maybe progress? >> Yes. my guess during, you know, and I I'll have to talk with teachers after um conference week, but I'm sure those parents that are receiving a report and their students are in red or yellow, um one of the things that the law says is that the teacher then has to share with the
091parent um what they're going to do to close those gaps and you know share what how often they're going to monitor. So with my child as a parent, I would want to know after 10 days or a month like are they making progress? Yeah. But we will get another report after we assess in January and we'll share that with parents as well. >> Any other questions, Mr. Shields? >> So, after they've been screened and they've and had the opportunity to um hopefully go over this with the parents, uh that next step for teachers, what does that look like? Um other than moving through the other tiered systems of support and and stuff that what what's the next step for them in this early stages with the testing? So the next step are those any of
092those students that are well below or below um is meeting with them at least four days a week in a small group or um in a like group on a skill that they need um and reteing and then assessing either 10 days or four weeks later to see if there's growth. Um doing that over several times. If a student's not making any growth after a few rounds of that, then potentially maybe they do have a learning disability and that could be that we take them to SST that we try something different. >> So in in the situation now for teachers is this u you what were we doing beforehand right before the state mandated this? >> Um what what for for parents that might come and say well why are we just doing this now
093and what what did we do beforehand for maybe their child who's in seventh or eighth grade now? um what would the the conver conversation be like for that? >> I think um it focused teachers would focus on the content standards what they were doing in the classroom and I don't think they got as granular and specific breaking down the specific skills. Really this was developed um to address those foundational skills in literacy. Um, we just happen to be doing it K6, but really these are the skills that a kinder through second grade student, they really need to master before they get into third grade where they're reading content for information that if we don't have these solid, then they're going to they're going to struggle to read. I guess my my last question would just
094be at some point do we intend to tamper that back to focus on the K through through two so that at some point those students that are in third and fourth fit they're not needing this this testing that we've identified those at that early age and take another thing off those teachers plates as they get a little bit older. >> I think that would be amazing. I mean, that's one of our initiatives in the district right now is focusing on K2 early literacy and to close those gaps so we don't have students going into third grade that are non-readers. >> And if we can send students into third grade that are already reading, there wouldn't be a need for this. >> Yes. >> Gotcha. I I think I'd like to see that's something I don't
095know if that's a thing we can kind of start to plan out and give um you know some parents that are having their child enter the district now and they'll see their next children coming through if they get to you know fourth and fifth grade and then their next student only to to third grade they kind of having some plan for the district to identify what that timeline looks like and put that um into kind of pen of paper so we can have a goal to shoot for I think it would be um beneficial for the district as a whole. >> Thank you >> Mr. form if I ever get this on. Um that is a very good point. Um I also look see this uh data being really important for newcomers because let's say
096you know we have newcomers that come in at fourth or fifth or uh you know sixth rate. So this will also be beneficial. So that's something also to consider because now you can see maybe in their own language they would be pretty proficient but they just need that support in English. So I see that just all across the board being beneficial. >> Miss Jackson. >> Okay. testing all of our students I know is a huge burden for our K through6 teachers especially, but I think it's amazing because we really need to address I agree with what Mr. Shield said. We're hoping that we can get them early on. I've been preaching that for a long long time and I think this is where summer, you know, ELOP can help, where summer school can help. I
097mean, just um it's it's wonderful when you see a student who struggled when they get that look in their eye like I got it >> and I just wish we could get um so more and more of our students at that place. And so I appreciate the teachers who are doing these tests and for the older students because I will never forget um our former uh superintendent Dana was at a student senate at a school and a sixth grader told her that he just wanted to learn how to read. And for him to say that out loud to an adult I'm sure had to be one of the hardest things he did. But one of what didn't Robert Brogden Robert Brogden um took him on as his mentor and um helped him And so it's
098just those kind of things that we can do. I mean, for a sixth grader to say that. >> So it's I will never forget that story. So I just think we have to I'm I'm pleased that we're testing everyone. So teachers, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. >> Any other questions from the board? Miss Sis, thank you very much. Very informative report >> and I Yes. Yes. Absolutely. >> [laughter] >> Next up is uh not only Miss [clears throat] Sis but Mr. Aka [laughter] item uh item 15. >> All right. Well, it's hard to believe that we're talking now about summer school. So, um summer school um again this year we brought last year how we um had condensed it from moving from nine sites to three sites. Again, three sites at this time. We've
099identified um the locations for our elementary program to be at Croll, Osborne, and Walnut. Um pending, you know, everything goes as planned and we don't have any, you know, things that come up with construction or items. That's where we planned on on having it. Um again, elementary summer school is 20 student days, um 8 to 12. We're looking at starting um June 4th and going through July 2nd and then providing teachers with those two work days um before students start. Last year um we held our EL academy that was really successful for our newcomer students. So students that just needed additional time um in school with language um and just lots of vocabulary. So we were going to house that again at Croll probably two sites. It really just depends on our numbers of newcomers
100and students that need that program. And then at each of our elementary sites, we will also run ESY um with our special education students and our ELOP program. >> All right, I'm up. I missed you guys. I haven't been uh I wasn't here last time. I was at the RTI Institute. I feel like I haven't seen you in forever. Uh I'll talk a little about secondary um again uh going to that in-person model uh for that credit recovery piece um mostly um which will continue this year. Plan is for Turlock High School again uh we're planning on and construction for that cafeteria is supposed to be done March early April um and so we'll plan accordingly and if something happens that says we need to pivot back to Pitman we will but as right now
101Turlock High School is the plan. um as usual have a principal and administrator assigned to that which we'll be actively seeking. Uh the last couple years we've had uh Maria Mareno uh and Shhatty Safi but they have both moved into different parts. So we'll be seeking some uh some of you energetic uh young administrators maybe looking for summer job. um the end support inerson support strand uh 7th 8th we focus on course um uh 8 to 10 10 to 12:30 um or 8 to 10:30 uh for that in-person small group uh we're going to support our seventh and eighth graders and then at the high school we do an English learner strand a newcomer strand uh for students to continue develop that language acquisition as well as math uh skills as well the in-person credit
102recovery being in-person uh we do it in ways where they earn five credits per course. It's unique because each high schooler maybe who needs credit recovery, maybe they only need one class, maybe they need two. So, the master scheduling is a little complex, but um they'll do two three-week terms. Uh and in fact, they're there. 8:30 to 12:30 is the class period working on those essential standards that they've already been exposed to, whether it's English 9, English 10, just to give a little context there. Um so those teachers who are contentary experts are teaching to those essential standards to ensure that they've uh met those expectations and proficiency to move into the next level and be successful. We'll still continue to have an academy independent study strand for those students who are in that model
103using egeneuity as the platform for online learning uh and credit recovery. We also use that uh for our senior studies program. So those students who just barely missed the cut uh maybe by a couple of classes because their needs and and uh credits needed could vary so much. You can't staff that in person necessarily because you're just going to have a variety of of needs there. Um and then we'll still continue to offer that 21st century skills uh course um for students actively seeking to gain an elective uh for their incoming freshman year. So, our active students in band, athletics, FFA, and other things who are wanting to add an additional course, they'll have a condensed opportunity to take health and college career again in the summer leading into their freshman year, earning those graduation
104requirements ahead of time. In addition, as we'll do for elementary, but at Turlock High School, we will have an extended school year program for students on IEPs needing that um work when there are concerns of regression uh and continue to work towards their IEP goals. Uh so that's all identified in the IEP process. Uh as well as um we'll have our special ed secondary summer school. We offer resource support. So we have students who are resource students who are needing to make up credits. So we hire uh resource specialists as well to be able to push in and pull out students to continue to uh work on those IEP accommodations that the students uh so very much need. And then um we also offer a mild mod special day class strand for students who are
105in our mild mod programs uh taking courses. Oftent times it's the students that transferred into us late and they're down and deficient in credits. Uh that's where that program really helps. So it is a small program but it's nice that we're able to offer that uh the same for our uh mile special ed students. >> May I answer any questions or we answer >> are there any questions of uh Mr. Drake or Miss Sis >> Miss Jackson. >> They are getting two plus two credit. Sorry, I was out in the >> for the um >> health and the health class. >> For the health class, they get out two plus two. Yeah. >> Out to all the parents if you're watching. It's very important. >> Yeah, you get to you get to earn that college
106credit through MGC for health. The health one. >> Yes. The health class. >> Yeah. >> Mr. Ramirez. >> Yes. I just want to say, you know, we you really are catching every student that has another opportunity to get credits and to get the support. I mean, we really are doing everything we can to support the students. So, I just want to say thank you. Um the collaboration with everyone else and all of the sites, there's a lot of work uh in this report. It's not just some words on a piece of paper. There's a countless of hours of collaboration and we really appreciate. We can certainly see that. So, thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Yes. >> I I think we should thank the teachers and the administrators who dedicate their time over summer when
107they could be, you know, in in the Bahamas or something maybe. I don't know. But they're dedicated to the students and uh and work um with them. So, >> Miss Annis, Mr. Thank you very much for this uh wellorganized effort towards this summer school. Thank you. >> Item item 16, Miss Freeman. >> Good evening, President Silva, board of trustees, Superintendent Ladig, and student reps. Um tonight I'm here to present an information item on a memorandum of understanding between Turlock Unified School District and Fusion Charter for special education components. Um thisou was important to create because it was reported in the Fusion Charter renewal that was approved in May of 2025. Um that there was a special education agreement, well the previous agreement was last updated in 2015. So we felt it was important to have
108an updated agreement that matched with um the new petition from from Fusion Charter. So I wanted to share some highlights of thisou with you and then if you have any questions. Uh so tsd is the authorizing agent of fusion charter. However, fusion is its own local education agency which is LEA. This agreement shall run concurrently with Fusion's charter petition. The agreement defines the responsibilities of TUSD and Fusion charter with respect to the provision and financing of special special education services. Fusion is its own LEA for purposes of special education by joining the special education local plan area which is SULPA and Fusion has received an independent LEA status by joining Stannis Sulpa through thisou. Fusion will be responsible for conducting all special education assessments of fusion students. Fusion will also be financially responsible for any
109and all special education placement supports assessments and services provided to fusion students. If Fusion is unable to um do this request, they they may request a fee for service agreement from the district to obtain such special education services. Since TUSD is the authorizing agent, Fusion acknowledges that TUSD has a responsibility to ensure that Fusion students receive appropriate special education services. This allows TUSD to conduct an annual audit to ensure that Fusion meets federal, state, county, SULPA, and local laws and regulations regarding special education. Fusion will have access to TUSD credentialed school nurses to complete eligibility assessments within legally defined special education timelines. And once approved by the board, thisou will be in place concurrently with Fusion's petition, which will expire on June 30th of 2030. >> Are there any questions from the board? >> Miss
110Martinez, >> it's not a question. It's just a comment. I've been out there. John invited me to go out to Fusion. They've got a really good thing going out there. They even got a a um I thought it was a home being built, but it's actually their um um home for for the homeless kids after 18 >> when they age out. It's a really good program Fusion. I'm really impressed with them. >> Yeah, it really is. And actually in the back of that facility is um they're looking at doing work like work work based experiences for students out there. Um, so I told Mr. Ashby as soon as they're done with that, I wanted to come back for another tour and check it out to see what office they can offer our students. >> Yeah.
111So this is another additional >> um plus for them. >> Absolutely. So thisou just supports our students that have special education needs. >> Are there any other questions from the board? Miss Freeman, thank you very much for bringing us up to date on this. >> Absolutely. And this is just an information item and I'll bring it back to the board on December 2nd for action. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> No applause for Miss [applause] >> Next under human resources. Uh this is an action item, item 17, uh Superintendent Ladic. >> All right. Thank you once again, governance team. President Silva, it is my pleasure to recommend this evening Aaron Harrison for the position of ELOP coordinator. Miss Harrison brings more than 12 years of experience in expanded learning and afterchool programs to TUSD. She
112started her career in education in 2012 as a teacher with the Patterson Unified School District. From 2013 to 2018, she served as the afterchool program director for the Waterford Unified School District and most recently since 2018, she has held the position of coordinator of expanded learning programs for the Sanwaqin County Office of Education. Uh Erin holds a master of arts and education from the University of Phoenix and uh with board approval would like to get her started pending all clearances. And she is here. [applause] What we have is approved. Could I have a a motion to uh accept this recommendation? >> I'll move to accept the recommendation. >> I second the motion. >> Has been moved and seconded. All those in favor say I. >> I. I. All oppose. Nay. Board president votes I. Motion
113carries. >> And congratulations. [applause] Very good. Welcome. >> Welcome to TUSD. >> Thank you. >> Under business services action item. Miss Swisser item 18. Right. >> My presentation will come up here. >> Thank you. Uh, good evening, President Silva, members of the board, Superintendent Ladig, uh, cabinet, student reps, and guests. I will be giving a mid- project summary update for the current construction taking place at Osborne 2A Immersion Academy. This is a drawing of the original layout showing the areas of construction in yellow and purple along West Main Street. The portables are labeled as P. Currently, um, currently the portables on the left and yellow are still in place while some of the portables in the purple have been removed. Oops, I think I went. Um, here's a color map showing the different stages of
114the project, both current and future. In blue is a new bus loop off West Main Street. This area was constructed first during the summer of 2425 school year. along with a bike rack area. We were able to have the bus loop completed and opened at the start of the 2526 school year. Next in purple is the new D building which is currently in process along with a new outdoor stage. Future work includes the green, the C building which will contain more classrooms, restrooms, and a future uh music room. Yellow represents a future playground area and lastly red is future site work. I will go over the timeline in more detail on another slide. I went okay. I don't know what's going on here. Oh, there we go. Okay. Um, pictures of the bus loop. I
115don't know which way I should point this thing. Uh, pictures of the DB building construction and flatwork. Um pictures of additional sidewalk in the front parking lot uh for path to travel the stage and debuilding currently. That's internally and externally. Oh, there we go. Wait, sorry guys. Now for the timeline. In April of 2025, Auto Construction was awarded the contract. We broke ground on the bus loop June 2nd of 2025 and completed August 8th, 2025, a few days before school started. Uh during the bus loop construction, Otto also also started demo of the B buildings, clearing the area to make room for the new D building. Demo was complete and underground utility work began in the middle of June 2025. Currently, DB building framing is complete. HVAC and exterior finish work is on schedule to
116be complete at the end of November and we are anticipating occupancy in January 2026 after winter break. Since the project started in April 2025 up until currently we have 22 change order requests. Smaller requests consist of cabinetry changes, plumbing, electrical door hardware uh modifications. Larger requests include walkway changes due to PG& uh path of travel changes for safety and underground for future work. The first portion of phase three original contract amount including uh an 8% contingency amount amounting to 6,493,599. We have an incontract contingency amount of 365,292. Change order number one is for 264,1835 with a contingency balance of 105 um 105,377.3 cents. Administration recommends the board approve change order number one in the amount of $259 uh 9114 sorry $259,914.97. May I answer any questions? >> Are there any questions? Miss Ramirez, [snorts] >>
117thank you. Um, you mentioned something about restrooms. Are those student restrooms and staff? They'll be both. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Perfect. >> Because we can never have enough restrooms, [laughter] >> Miss Jackson. >> So, just to clarify, the 259, 914 97 cents, that's the 20 the total of the 22 change orders, >> correct? Okay. Just want to make that clear to everyone. Okay. Thank you, >> Mr. Shields. >> I just think it's funny it's because of PG& there's there's always something it sounds like with Pen lately, especially Turlock. >> Um, [laughter] just had to get that out there. Um, not that they don't, you know, provide great services. U I'm I'm a little bit concerned. I feel like this is a very large amount. Um, but at the same time, I know that there's a
118lot of changes. There's a lot of things that come up in construction. Um obviously my my initial con concern comes back to that 105,000 that's left over uh and the other pos the other parts of the projects that we still have to finish um the other phases of this specific project. So um I'm hoping that this is the largest change order request we have and and it's the largest we need to approve and that 105 is going to be um plenty to cover else anything that comes up. Um but I I appreciate the uh the change. I get to see it, especially when I come to the board meetings, getting off at Main Street and seeing some of the changes and uh and noticing the the improvements and um the project is uh it's definitely
119really nice to see a school like Osborne get these improvements and to see this project continue to move forward um despite challenges, despite criticisms and critiques. Um this is something that is much needed on this campus and it's it is money being well spent. So, I appreciate it and I appreciate that uh that contingency is there. So, >> thank you. >> And thanks, Pen. >> To put you at ease, this uh the 105 is just for the the debuilding. So, on the next one on on B that I'm going to be going over is actually the the second part of the contract. So, we'll get another contingency with that as well. [laughter] >> Miss Carlson. >> Thank you, Miss Whistler. Can you remind me um is 8% is that a higher contingency than we usually
120do because of the age of the facility and we kind of knew we might run into some more challenges. >> Um yeah, usually we do between five and six. So this is a little bit a little bit higher >> because just because the sheer age. Yeah. Yes. >> Uhhuh. Yeah. Okay. >> And the amount of underground that we had to do in this project is massive. So >> Yeah. It was actually really so good to walk it at the board tour and be able to kind of see visualize, you know, where it is now, where things are going to be and also how quickly it's it's happening. I mean, this phase is is really clipping. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions from the board? Could I have a motion? >>
121Um, I'll move to um accept the I'm sorry, the change orders. I second. Thank you. >> Has been moved and seconded. Uh student pref preferential vote. >> I >> uh this is a roll call vote. Miss Carlson. >> Hi. >> Miss Jackson. >> Hi. >> Miss Amy. >> I. >> Miss Martinez. >> Miss Ramirez. >> I. >> Mr. Shields. >> I. >> And board president vote votes. Motion carries. Uh Miss Swisser. Thank you very I'm still going to be up here for the rest of the night. So, [laughter] >> what is it? We'll save our applause until the end. >> Okay. Next uh action item is item 19, Miss Wiser. >> Uh good evening again. Tonight we bring the GMP uh for the completion of phase three at Osborne. Scope of work includes building C
122construction which contains 10 classrooms, restrooms, and a music room. Additionally, uh there will be a playground area. The GMP submitted by auto construction for the completion of phase 3 is 7,26,351 which includes a 5% contingency. It is recommended of the board of trustees to approve the total sub lease amount GMP submitted by auto construction for the completion of Osborne 2A Academy uh phase three project as presented. May I answer any questions? >> Are there any questions from the board? >> I'm so excited a music room. I just >> it's so it's amazing. >> Thank you. >> Questions? Mr. Shields? I just wanted to make sure we, you know, there's some people that might not understand, but this this is the second part of the original >> um contract, right? That was the I think it
123was like 14 million or something like that. So, >> uh just for anybody watching, this isn't just awarding a $7 million contract. This is the second part of it. Um and and it's u it is exciting. Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Could I have a motion? >> I'll move to approve the proposal. I'll second it. >> Has been moved and seconded. Uh student preferential vote. >> I I >> This is a roll call vote. Miss Carlson. >> Hi. >> Miss Jackson. >> Hi. >> Miss Amy. >> I. >> Miss Martinez. >> Hi. >> Miss Ramirez. >> Hi. >> Mr. Shields. >> Hi. >> And board president votes I. Motion carries. Next action item item 20. Miss Swisser also. >> All right. Thank you. Good evening. administration requested authorization to enter into a master agreement with
124FF&J architects and preliminary design of phase 3 at Osborne 2A Immersion Academy on November 15th, 2022. Architectural service fees were estimated at 57,500 on the exhibit B and were based on a percentage of the estimated construction cost for the first portion of the project. FFJ's estimate for the phase 3 project was 14,365,600, which is the part that you talked about earlier. Based on a tiered percentage scale, the estimated architect service fee total $897,68. The architect fees encumbered to date total $684,217.80. Administration is requesting approval of the balance of these fees in the amount of $213,00039. Sorry. $213,39025. May I answer any questions? >> Are there any questions from the board? >> Committee numbers tonight. >> Could I have a motion, please? >> I motion. I can't even. I'll second. >> Has been moved and seconded.
125Uh, student preferential vote. I I >> This is a roll call vote. Miss Carlson, >> I. >> Miss Jackson, >> I. >> Miss Amy, >> I. >> Miss Martinez. >> I. >> Miss Ramirez. >> I. >> Mr. Shields. >> I. >> Board President votes I. Motion carries. >> Thank you. >> Now we can applaud. [applause] But thank you very much for the fine information. Board reports at this time. We'll start uh let's see. We'll start with Mr. Shields. I don't have much reward for it, but I hope everybody has a wonderful Thanksgiving uh and enjoys the break and gets to spend a lot of time with family. Um I'm extremely thankful for all of our our administrators, our staff, uh our teachers, our bus drivers, our janitors, and everybody who works uh for TUSD and
126works alongside TUSD. Um this is a really great time of the year for a lot of people and sometimes it's a really hard time of the year. Um, so to make sure you know, just reach out to your friends and family, let them know you love them and you're thankful for them. Uh, and again, thankful for my board members that I get to sit here with and Superintendent Latt. Uh, congratulations again. We're we're very excited and we're excited to take that up in open session and have that conversation. But, um, it's been a privilege to watch you take over uh, over the past year um, and continue to uh, pursue um, the uh, the great outcomes for TUSD and and students and staff. So, thank you. ne next. Okay, [laughter] I'm ditto for that. Um,
127I just wanted to just commend the community, the fact that we have all these partnerships that we work with our community and outside of the community and just the countless hours and efforts that we have um the talent of the individuals that we that we have. I just want to say thank you. I'm very grateful to be part of this team and um I look forward to what 26 is going to bring us. Thank you. As far as my board report, it's very short. I um helped out two weeks ago with the food distribution. The line was extra long, but we were able to get through to it. So, that is probably about all that I did. Um, but I do want to wish each and every one of you a um happy Thanksgiving and
128I'm thankful for being on the board serving along with each and every one of you. I'm honored and I just want to wish you all a happy Thanksgiving. Be safe. I'd like to report to the board that had a chance to attend the Turlock High School Agriculture Advisory Committee meeting. And uh probably the takeaway there is the number of people in our community that provide uh support and information to make our programs better. And I just want to shout out to those people. We never tell them enough how much we appreciate their input. Also, right along those same lines, the uh Portuguese Education Foundation had a awards banquet last Friday and um not too many people know about this foundation, but they provide thousands of scholarships and over a half a million dollars in in
129funding for those scholarships. And I think they've been doing this for the last 19 years. Anyway, uh uh they're a a force to support the uh the culture and the Portuguese language in our area in our schools. Um in the November 10th Modesto B, uh there was an article about money incorporated's top 30 schools. I don't know how many of you caught that, but uh uh we don't want to say series was number one, but uh Turlock High School uh was in that top uh 30 and primarily because of their college and career pathways uh for graduation and one-on-one support by staff. So, I think that was important to to note. Um, and I guess it's okay to report about our latest information today with the schools to watch. >> Sure. >> I had a
130chance to attend the the reporting out of the schools to watch at Dutcher school and u uh they have been is Mr. Ruiz in the audience? >> But Mr. Uh uh Stephen is is in the audience here and so proud of the the report on that school and all the good things they were doing to become uh a school to watch and uh this not only at the state level but goes on to the national level. So they are to be commended for the great work in our we hear so many negative things about what's wrong with our schools. There are so many good things that we keep secret and these are just a few of them. So, everyone's to be commended and because it's coming up on Thanksgiving when we should be thankful for
131all the things that we have and have a great Thanksgiving. >> Thanks. That was encouraging, Anthony. I didn't know that about DETRA. That's good news. Um, I just Yeah, I don't have a report. So, I just want to say happy Thanksgiving to my team and to all of you. Happy Thanksgiving. >> I don't know how this happened, but I actually intended several things. Um, and I think it's really good and I want to echo or piggyback on all the positive things. I strongly feel I wrote an email um to our superintendent Dave Ladigan to our board president. Someone I was at a different school site and they were talking about um how the Turlock High and Pitman High's athletic programs are epic was the person's word. I'm not going to tell you which Modesto school
132that her son um does sports at, but I was just sort of taken back and she's like, "You guys need to know that you're like known." And I started looking at all the post this the fall sports that went on to postseason play and we really are doing a really good job. Um I always promote scholar athletes, but I was like, why are we not bringing these kids in? We do hear a lot of negative discussion at this board meeting. We need to start showing the community what our kids are doing because they're doing amazing things. And so kudos to all the coaches and the club adviserss, you know, NJROTTC, the our um musical program, you know, I rave about every time I can. Um the our band, our bands both did really well. And
133so um I'm really going to help promote the positive. Um, and it's not just because it's Thanksgiving and we we were always grateful. I mean, we just many of us attended the letters to Santa event which raised thousands of dollars for the kids in our community in need. Um, and the other thing I'm going to encourage parents to do is Marie still sends out the Peach Jar um notices. And I actually um attended on Sunday night online um an online class for parents whose children are entering college. It was an the best hour I've ever spent learning about the whole financial aid and I think I'm pretty processed and I think I'm pretty um wellversed in what to do but um this it's ba they're based at least the one I saw was based in
134Pennsylvania. I can't remember the name of the group but I'm going to get up at 6:00 a.m. on December 2nd for an hour because they're going to give me an hour of their time which is free. And I really encourage every, you know, if your kids are talking about going to college and you are freaking out about how to pay for it because I have two going at the same time like I am, but it was just so good. And so I just I'm really appreciative of these different programs. You see the flyers, but you really need um to take advantage of it. Um because free is one of my favorite words. Um the lastly I went I attended the PBIS event that Gil had and I really respected Marie saying we've gone a little
135bit over and I'm going to respect your time. Um the Madera's team did a phenomenal job and I learned a lot. I did not know it was based or started at the University of Oregon. Um I I just learned a lot and I have some questions still. Um and it's just it was really good and I'm really glad. Um I just wish more parents would have been involved. Um, but I think we are really trying to do um some positive changes. So, with that, enjoy your week off and I hope you're all resting and relaxing. I don't have a specific board report to say, but um I do wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving and hopefully you can connect with family and friends and just gather together and be thankful for for that connection. I was
136really impressed with Turlock that that what you said in that if kids are not being in a club or not participating that you're actively trying to get that participation. I I >> like wow that is amazing because so many kids may be too shy or don't know about things that they can participate with. That's really great. Thank you. >> One other thing we have to be thankful for in the last storm, a total 2 and 3/4 ines of rain and the accompanying snow that comes with that for those of you that like to skate should looks looks like it might be promising. Thank you for coming. And at this time, I call for a motion to adjourn the meeting. >> Move to adjurnn. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. I. >> Oppose.
137Nay. Board president votes I. Meeting adjourned. Thank you everyone.