001We will now call to order the public session of the Jurupa Unified School District Board of Education. It is 6:06 p.m. today, February 20, 2024. We will now take the roll call. Board of Education President Joseph Navarro, present; Secretary Eric Bradford, present; Secretary Garcia, present; Board of Education Secretary Dr. Trenton Hansen, present. Administration Members: Paula Ford, present; Rosa Santos Lee, present; Denise Hernandez, present; Dan Brooks, present; Dave Doski. The record will show that Mr. Doski is absent tonight. Student Council Members: Jas Melendres, present; Romero, present; Cintia Aguirre Hernandez, present. Thank you. We will now proceed to Item C3, the Pledge of Allegiance. Please, Mr. Brooks, and please, everyone stand. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic which stands for, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty
002and justice for all. Please remain standing. We will now observe a moment of silence. I would like to observe a moment of silence for Ms. Dana Pones. Ms. Pones worked as a typist in the district since... From 1987 to 2020, we send our condolences to the Ponties family. I would also like to observe a moment of silence for Mrs. Mary Terman. Mrs. Terman worked as a teacher in the district from 1967 to 2005. We send our condolences to the Terman family. We will also observe a moment of silence for Mrs. Barbara Adcock. Mrs. Adcock worked as a teacher in the district from 1980 to 1999. The council sends our condolences to the family. Thank you. Please be seated. We will now move on to item C5. Inspirational commentary, please, Mr. Eric Deweer. Thank you, President
003Navarro. Tonight, I would like to read some information shared by the senior Supreme Court Justice. You can't dream of becoming something you don't know. You have to learn to dream big. Education exposes you to what the world has to offer, to the possibilities that open up for you, and I think this is appropriate tonight at our Council meeting. Thank you. That was wonderful. Reports from the closed session, Mrs. Santos. I have nothing to report. I'll pass it on to the lady. I don't have any reports tonight either. Thank you. Let's move on to item 7, reports from the student members of the Council. Dr. Hansen, we are pleased to have the students here tonight to share their information with us. We'll start with Jasm, first of group V. Good evening, Dr. Hansen, President, Council members,
004Cabinet members, and members of our community. To start the month, our amazing Assistant Director of Activities and Athletics, Mr. Zamora, organized the perfect-attendance barbecue on the first. He also hosted the Third Annual Student Leadership Retreat, which was wonderful. We had the opportunity to connect with the administration and other student leaders on campus, discuss specific issues and what we could do to improve, and also tour our school to critique and see how we can refine and improve our school grounds. Thank you, Dr. Hansen, for visiting us. Our early dismissal was lunch on the 7th, and we have the next one on the 28th. Students not on the banned list receive an additional 15 minutes for their lunch break. The Valentine's Day grams were sold by the sophomore class and turned in on the 14th. On the
00514th, our Jaguars' ELPAC tests have begun for all our English Learners and will continue throughout this week. Our teacher-teachers will deliver the social-emotional learning lesson "C: Change." On the 22nd, they will be covering important Social Equity topics for our Jaguars. Link and Link Leaders will organize this month's election on the 29th for our Year 1s. During the fourth term, they are currently working on a fundraiser for Spring Day, in which they will link leaders and staff to support and take ownership of all Year 1 events and lessons. What better way to represent our Spring sport than with the theme of Cochela itself? ASB is delighted to plan and articulate our Metin Jack Chela on March 1st, our last mini-event of the year. We will have headline performers for each class along with their genres. Music
006is something that connects us all. Class councils also participate behind the scenes in decorating. Our Spirit Week is as follows: Monday: Wear sunglasses. Tuesday: Rocker T-shirt: Wear your favorite band T-shirt. Wednesday: Lyrics Day: Wear a T-shirt with the clear lyrics of your favorite song. Thursday: Beachwear and Friday electric wave class colors senior students will wear pink junior blue junior green and freshman blue Sorry purple our Valentine's Day blood drive was a success one lucky jaguar took home a new Stanley to keep and treated we saved many lives on the 16th the career center held a workshop on Saturday and will hold another workshop on the 24th to help students and their families moving on to Sports the girls' water polo football and girls' basketball held their senior night on February 1st the girls' water polo
007game was against Indian Springs and girls' soccer against Rubidu our girls' soccer reached round two of the CF boys' tennis softball boys' volleyball track and field swimming and baseball have also started their games Today we had three home games of baseball softball and swimming now we're going to move on to New View ball Good evening Dr. Hansen trustees cabinets and members of our community as we delve into the latest updates of our vibrant school I am excited to share the multitude of activities and initiatives that our students have been participating in including our recent field trip to the Simpson warehouse Together with Jurupa Valley High School, it was an enlightening educational experience. During our tour, we learned about the crucial role of connectors in earthquake resilience, something relevant to our location in California. Witnessing robotic
008sophistication in action highlighted modern construction techniques, leaving a lasting impression on our understanding of industry practices. The dedication of long-term employees, some with over two decades of service, was truly inspiring. This commitment reinforced the saying, "If that doesn't tell you this job is good, then what will?" We were also thrilled to be offered internships right after graduating from high school, which highlights Simpson Strong TI's investment in nurturing young talent and providing hands-on experience in the thriving construction industry. Furthermore, our upcoming New Pizza Fun Friday event promises an exciting array of activities, from dressing up as a Ninja Turtle to embarking on a lively scavenger hunt. Additionally, the recent administration of the KY Healthy Kids survey for juniors on February 8th and 9th underscores our commitment to promoting the well-being of our students through initiatives such
009as We will strive to cultivate a nurturing environment that prioritizes physical and mental health. This week also marks the beginning of our English Language Proficiency Assessments for California ELPAC, a crucial moment in our students' language proficiency evaluation. Our yearbook sales are now in full swing, offering students the opportunity to capture treasured memories of the school year. Our recent trip to Sanis Slop for our Pug Paris program was nothing short of delightful. Engaging with the students in various activities, from decorating homemade sugar cookies to creating beaded bracelets for their loved ones, brought smiles and laughter to everyone. The atmosphere was filled with creativity as we collaborated, colored family photographs, crafted crowns fit for royalty, and participated in lively rounds of bingo. Reading together sparked imaginations and fostered a love of storytelling that transcends generations. It was
010a joyful occasion that left a lasting impact on both our staff and the children with whom we had the pleasure of spending time. Last but not least, I am delighted to highlight the dedication and perseverance exhibited by our Third-quarter graduates who are working diligently towards early graduation. In conclusion, our high school is a center of activity and growth that showcases remarkable talents and achievements. Thank you, great job, Janet from Patriot High School. Good evening, Superintendent Hans. Cabinet members, Patriot Council. This month, we launched a campaign to promote the variety of classes and programs available during lunch. We set up tables to show our students the possible classes they could take before registration begins. Representatives from CTE, AP, and captive classes promote themselves and help students better understand what they do to help promote kindness within
011our school community. ASB decorated the school with hearts. The name of each student and staff member was written on a heart and posted throughout the campus on Valentine's Day. Today, Patriot held our annual Spring Blood Drive in partnership with the Blood Bank Livestream. We are very proud to have enrolled over 90 students, exceeding our goal of 60. A big thank you to all the students who took time out of their day to donate blood. Helping to save lives on February 22nd, ASB will also bring back the Warriors Got Challenge show. This is a lunchtime talent showcase where our students have the opportunity to perform solo or in groups. We are eager to see what a great show our Patriot students will put on. This Saturday, February 24th, our ASB classes will go to Camino Elementary
012School to work on a beautification project, not only to make the school look better but also to bond with our future warriors. Speaking of ASB, we take this opportunity to congratulate Senior Ms. Maroki for receiving the Teacher of the Year award, a well-deserved award for an ASB coordinator who inspires our school community. On February 6th, our program took student representatives to Jur First High School. There, they gave informative presentations to eighth- grade students to promote the program and encourage students to enroll. Also this week, our Abid youth have an exciting field trip. They will visit several colleges on a week-long trip where they will tour and learn about various California universities. Tomorrow, February 21st Two representatives from Patriot High School will compete in the Lions Club's annual student oratory contest. We wish our Patriot students
013the best of luck before the end of the winter season. Our girls' War Polo team moved up to SIF, becoming the first in the program's history. Congratulations to them on this great achievement! The Patriot competitive cheerleading team also earned great victories in the JAMs finals and became state champions in side and show cheerleading. As for spring sports, over the weekend boys' softball, baseball, and tennis teams played and had victories. Cynthia from Rubido High School, good evening, Superintendent Dr. Hansen, board members, trustees, and community members. My name is Cinta Aguirre, and I am the Rubido High School Student Council Representative. As the academic year progresses, our school has been busy with events and activities that enhance the student experience. As our winter athletics season concludes, we warmly congratulate our boys' varsity football team, whose skill and
014perseverance led them to the first round of the SIF playoffs this season as well. A thrilling wrestling tournament was a highlight, in which our Rubido athletes excelled. It is named after legendary Rubido wrestling coach Dennis Pain. Our athletic teams finished the winter season strong, and now top athletics is here, with many of our spring sports teams beginning training for their first out-of-league competitions. ASB has been working hard preparing for the Spring Rally in April. ASB partnered with Livestream Pling on January 29 to host a successful blood drive to celebrate Black History Month and Valentine's Day. ASB filled the halls with spiritual posters and hosted a Valentine's Spirit Week. This week consisted of: Tuesday - Bring your stuffed animal to school; Wednesday - Wear red or white rose tea; Thursday - Wear accessories; and finally, Friday
015- Dress up as your crush, partner, or celebrity crush. Rubido celebrated National Counselors Week, and our SB recognized our wonderful counselors with personalized art to show our appreciation for all they do for our students. Beyond that, Our classrooms and our choir program took a trip to Disneyland to learn more about music and animation, as well as having a great time. On the way back to campus, Justin held an assembly for our seniors in an effort to provide them with information and support on graduation essentials. We also organized a Family Night to inform families about rings, caps, gowns, and graduation, and the announcement request. We look forward to ALC Pride Day on March 13th. It's an event where eighth-grade students from Mimero High School come to explore the campus and learn all about our school's courses.
016This concludes my report. Thank you so much, girls, for your reports. It always makes me very happy and I find it fun to hear about everything that's happening at your schools and high schools. Thank you for being here tonight. Yes, of course. Thank you. Let's move on to items C8, 8, 9, and 10. We're going to invite the council members to come forward because we're going to be recognizing some students. Mr. Brooks and Ms. Hernandez will be taking charge. So, in item C8, we're going to recognize the first-year student award. Estonian students' place in the Riverside County art contest. Article recognizes Rubido High School student honored for participating in the California State Honor Choir. Article C10 recognizes the best of the best of January. We're going to pass the microphone to Mr. BR and we're
017going to move forward. Thank you very much, President Navarro. I am very pleased to share with you that we have a very talented artist here tonight and we are going to recognize them. As the Council members come down, the Board of Education will honor a student. A total of 489 submissions were received from students in kindergarten through eighth grade from 67 schools and 18 districts. The Board of Education will honor Yeline Resendes, a kindergarten through eighth grade student, who earned first place for her subdivision in the visual arts category of the Riverside County Art Connect 2024 virtual art contest. In front of you is the artwork by Jene Resendes, a student at Stone Avenue. Congratulations Jene, very good work. We are very proud of you. Ti J, very good job. Okay, the next article will
018feature another very talented artist. As President Navarro said, we are going to recognize Rubido High School students honored for participating in the California State Honor Choir. Mateo Lopez, who was selected to perform in the 2024 California State Honor Choir, performed with other outstanding choral students from across the state in Sacramento during the California Music Education Conference, which took place from January 31 to February 4. Mateo, please come forward. Congratulations, Mateo, very good job. Now we are going to recognize the best of the best. Every month we recognize some of the outstanding employees of the Jurupa Unified School District who are nominated in our Best of the Best program. The honorees are selected from many nominations submitted by their coworkers and our District. The first nominee is Mary Stallard. Please come forward. Ms. Mary Stallard is
019an instructional assistant at Petle Elementary School. Ms. Stallard does everything she can for the students in classroom 12: the class's monthly community field trips, the skills lessons for the Life and daily classroom activities would not be possible without Ms. Stallard's care and support. Her love and compassion for her profession are what ensure our students learn without limits. Congratulations, Ms. Stallard! Our next nominee and recipient is Carmina Cook. Ms. Cook is the Special Assignment Teacher for Community Schools at Aina Arbac Primary School. Ms. Cook spends countless hours working with parents, staff, and teachers to make Aina a better place. Ms. Cook leads Wellness Wednesdays during lunch, supports the Winter Annual Presentation, and is also part of the school's safety team. Ms. Cook's love for her school truly shines through and makes her one of the best
020of the best. Our final nominee is Ms. Cristina Segovia. Ms. Segovia is the Special Education Coordinator for Jurupa. Ms. Segovia supports students and staff in our secondary schools and supervises more than 80 of our student assistants. Ms. Segovia is also an administrator who oversees our crisis teams that assist students and staff when a crisis occurs. Her professionalism, compassion, and knowledge exemplify why she is considered the best of the best. Congratulations, Mrs. Segovia. Okay, that was wonderful. I really like recognizing teachers and students. Let's move on to item C11, recognizing the funding for the After School Education and Safety program. Mr. Br, the State Department of Education recently notified the District that funds have been allocated for the After School Education and Safety program, the program, in the amount of 2,550,544. This program ma will be
021carried out at Glavan Gran Hill, Inarco, Mission Bell, Pacific, Pedley, Peralta Rustic, Lan Sky Country, Stone Avenue, Sunny Slop, Trust B, Buren, and West Riverside elementary schools, and at Surupa Miraloma and Mission Meadow middle schools. A copy of the grant award notification is included in the supporting materials. What great information, Mr. Brooks! Article C12 acknowledges funding for Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive Grant. Mr. Brooks, the State Department of Education has notified the District that it will receive funds as part of the 2024-2023 Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program. Jupa Vale Middle School will receive $3,679 and Rubido High School will receive $ 19,000 for a total grant of $ 3,277. A copy is included in the supporting materials. Thank you, Mr. Brooks. Let's move on to Article C13. It acknowledges the suspension of the
0222024-2025 Little Way Project for Mission Middle School. Mr. Brooks, the District was recently notified that Mission Middle School received the grant for A $1,000 grant is included in the supporting materials. Thank you, Mr. Brooks. I love hearing that we are receiving grants for our district. You are doing a great job receiving these grants. Let's move on to item C14, comments from the Trustee Council. Something very short and simple. We are celebrating with many, many people tonight. I want to congratulate everyone. I like having you all here. I love listening to the student council and knowing what is happening in your schools. You collect a lot of information and present it to us here. I hope you have an exceptional month as well. Jene, I was very happy. And yes, I saw that picture. I saw
023the picture that had bottle caps. It's like recycling and doing things for the community. Congratulations, Mateo from Rubido, on the year we finally finished the music room. I know Mateo has good memories of being the first to come from that music room, and also of being one of the best. Yes, it really takes a whole community to do the best for the students and work together to ensure that the school... And that everyone stays safe. I hope everyone continues the service and the exceptional work throughout the school year. I like to hear that we receive grants for different schools and programs, and more, because we're going to talk about the funding later. So I'm glad to be informed that we're receiving additional grants for these specific programs. Yes, we know that for parents who need
024childcare assistance, these after-school programs are wonderful. That's all I have for tonight. Thank you, thank you, Cindy. I appreciate your comments, Trustee Garcia. Thank you, President Navarro, as well. Oh, I also want to say that I really enjoy hearing the reports from the Student Council. What you mentioned about students being exposed to different programs, and I'm very pleased to know that there are different course pathways for students. So I wish the students all the best, and also the very best. Oh, I'm always here supporting our workers. There's someone I've known for quite a few years—I won't say how many because I'd be saying my age and hers— but Mrs. Mary Stard from Petle. My children went to Petle many years ago, and I want to congratulate her. To her too, to the others, to the
025girl Jene, to Mateo too, for their recognitions. I had the opportunity on the fifth to go to Mission Bell Elementary School. I was there interacting with the students. I had a lot of fun. I also had an opportunity last week to go to a forum about houses. So we know that if there are more houses, we have more students. So hopefully this was in Riverside and I had a lot of fun. We also have some information that we're going to look at more at the halfway point of the year, something that we're going to be looking at that Dr. Hansen shares. But it's an opportunity for everyone to be on the same page. It's not that thick. The local plan is much thicker than this, but thank you, Dr. Hansen, for this report. Tomorrow I'll
026be at the California Bilingual Learning Conference where some members of TAC will be. So for the next meeting, I'll share information with you. On the 28th, I'm going to Rubido School in Eli Tan's classroom and also to a breakfast at Jero High School. I'm very happy and I want to go out to the high schools to see what's happening there too. Thank you, Trustee Garcia. Bradford Thank you, President Navarro. Hello everyone, it's a pleasure to see you all here and to see me. I missed the last meeting because I stayed home due to a COVID case. Thank you to Trustee Deweer for reading my comments during this meeting. Ladies, thank you for always being here. I'm always so happy to hear your reports, and I want you to know how proud I am of you.
027I feel especially proud when you talk about blood donation. I also donated blood via livestream, and they tell me how important student donations are because when schools were closed, they continued virtually. So during that time, they didn't have as many donations as they do now, and it's very important that it's done person to person. Our students are really giving a part of themselves, and that has been helping many people at these ages. So thank you very much. I hope that... and we know that each blood donation helps almost three people, so thank you, and thank you for informing us about these blood banks and donations. I would also like to congratulate our creative artist, Stone Avenue kindergarten student Jene Resendes. She did a wonderful job with bottle caps, and it was marvelous. Very nice how
028he made them like in clouds. If you go to the website, if you go to Burupa.usd.com, on our website you can see his artwork. Also, this Mateo López, who won first place, a junior at Rubido High School, who was selected to perform in the 2024 California State Honor Choir, performed with other outstanding choir students. Thank you always, as always, to our nominees and recipients of the very best, who are recognized by their colleagues for their daily excellence. They touch the future by making a difference in the lives of our students and their families. We can't thank them enough. How grateful we are, Dr. Deweer. Thank you, President Navarro. It's not often that I find myself in this room on Tuesdays, but here we are after two Mondays in a row in class to honor Abraham
029Lincoln and George Washington. The National Archives News notes that in 1971 the Uniform Monday Holiday Act changed the date to the third Monday in February. The position of the period between the birthdays of Washington and Abraham Lincoln gave rise to the popular name Presidents' Day. 53 years and we haven't caught up with the rest of the country. I don't mean to disrespect Mr. Linen. In fact, I wish the party he founded would continue to share his values, but parents don't get this day off, and meanwhile, we're ignoring Cesar Chavez Day, which was proclaimed a federal holiday by President Obama in 2014— a decade ago now. I respectfully request that the administration and associations work together to align our holiday calendar with the rest of the country. This will not only align Jurupa's school holidays with
030when parents are free, but it will allow us to honor Cesar Chavez and the important civil rights work he did—something a Southern California School District that I know sincerely values diversity, equity, and inclusion should be doing. Now I understand how these kids stay so happy. If they get depressed, they can just go visit an elementary school. I've had to do that twice since our last meeting. First, I read a book about books to a group of very engaged third-grade students at Be Biren Elementary, and I accompanied Mr. Brix and Dr. Hansen on their Visiting Stone Avenue's Dual Immersion and Social Emotional Learning efforts, along with its jungle-like grounds, I am proud to work. I am proud of Jurupa's work in both Dual Immersion and Social Emotional Learning. As I once observed, Carl the Great said
031that knowing two languages is to have a second soul. I receive emails from external groups complaining about Social Emotional Learning. So I analyzed their arguments, and they all boil down to not wanting children to give themselves or think for themselves because they fear it will undermine religious and parental authority. This demonstrates the depth of their insecurity. They are incapable of having sincere and honest conversations with their children. Technical skills allow you to get the job, but it is interpersonal skills that will help you advance. Our job is to prepare students to be competent adults and good citizens. Current science and technology require teamwork, and teams need members who are aware of themselves and their impact on other team members. Thank you, Dr. Wiler. I have some comments from Student Council members. I love hearing your
032reports and learning about the donation banks. Blood. Just like Trustee Reigo said, I also like to hear about the competition between schools. They talk about one school and then another, the teams. But also, as Trustee Garcia and Trustee Deweer said, when we go to read to the schools, they don't know who's going to read to them. That's the mystery. And that's something very fun for the students. They love it and are fascinated when someone from outside comes and reads these books to them. We all know that reading a book, being part of that story, children really like it. And I saw when I went, when I went, oh look at that, when we highlighted the book machine, the children were very, very happy. For next month, I hope I can share stories with the children,
033the best of the best. As Trustee Garcia said, I know one in particular, Mrs. Cook, who was at SISL School, and that person, Mrs. Cook, is very... She has leadership and demonstrates her confidence in her work, and she also makes t-shirts. She has her own private job making t-shirts. I even bought some for my daughters. Sometimes she sends me pictures of my daughter, and that makes my day. I love knowing that our teachers... The classified employees also put in so much effort, and I'm very, very pleased and proud to be part of this council. As Garcia said, we have that information to review the mid-year information. So we have to review our policies every year and make sure we're following everything as it should be. We have to be leaders and exemplary. So we have
034to make sure that we follow everything our policies say. I like it when we have to review these policies mid-year. It's an opportunity for us as council members to make sure we 're doing what we have to do. That's all. Is there anything I'd like to share? Let's move on to item C15, ma'am. Do we have any requests to speak? We don't have any tonight. Well, there are no requests. Let's move on to item D1, the administrative reports and written communications of one review of the approval of the first interim financial report for 2024. Ms. Ford, tonight we are presenting the first interim financial report for 2023-24, which received a positive certification, and the California Department of Education was notified accordingly. So a positive certification has been issued, which was the report for the period
035that ended. On October 31, 2023, a final balance is indicated as provided for all funds in fiscal year 2023. The minimum reserve required by the state for the District is 3.0, and we are pleased that we can meet that requirement. For the next report, we will present it at the March meeting. In the two-part launch of the California Schools Dashboard, Mr. Brooks, I and Ms. Santos will share the California Schools Dashboard. You are already here and familiar with Jurupa's vision for the future, but what we are focusing on tonight is achievement, innovation, and support systems. Let's look at that. Excellent. First, as you know, the dashboard is calculated using data from CAS assessments, ELPAC assessments, and information it takes from CAP: graduation rate, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and college and career indicator. Oh, I got
036a little carried away. Okay, here we go. Performance is based on two factors: current year data for the measure and the difference between current year and prior year data. It's a little different than the... The previous year was very different from the years before the pandemic. As you can see, each indicator we receive is color-coded. The color level, as you can see, is very low, and blue is very high. Here we can see if we maintained that level, if it went down or up. So, it 's by color. For most of this, you can see the system is from lowest to highest academic performance by color. We have one indicator this year that we're going to talk about. So, this is information in its entirety, but we're going to talk about each one specifically. As
037we move on, the first one has to do with education. Okay, so the first one is English Language and Literature. We received it in orange, as we talked about earlier. This year, the assessments remained almost the same. It was something unique that we talked about when we presented it to you in the fall. Many, many districts in the County also went down slightly. Each of these groups has more information by color, and there are more details about where to compare our information with other years. Current information with previous years, you can look at the red: there were four, orange: five, green: two, blue: zero. So, we maintained 1.8 points for math. We're in the red; it remained at two points. But in the In the county, we were in sixth place, but we increased to
0382.5, but since we are still below the standard and have a lot of work to do, we are at the red level, two at orange, two at yellow, and one at green. This is detailed information on English language arts and math. I'm not just going to give the number of schools, but I'm not going to say which schools. There are four schools in red, three in orange, and six in yellow. In math, seven schools fell to red, eight to orange, and eight to yellow. There are some that are progressing. What we need to understand is how we are responding to this information. So, when we look at English language arts and math, this is not something new. This is based on the COSB assessments. This is something we anticipated and knew we had to improve.
039So, one of the things we are focusing on for English language arts and math is having strategies like doing small groups. Here are some photographic examples of how we work in smaller groups and how the instruction looks. The teacher is focused on only this group of students who have the same needs. She calls the children to one side, and they work together while The others focus on other work, and they receive support and interventions so that the children can improve and progress in their studies. We are also going to work on implementing more of the new math books, and we are also offering professional development to the teachers. You can see here in the photographs that the children are counting one by one and are also working in small groups. This is something I'm going
040to talk about a little later, but we want to focus on making sure that the children are paying attention, that they are following along, and that they are working with each other and talking because a third of our students are English learners. So this indicator is English Learner Progress. We fall into an orange level. These ELPAC students are progressing each year. Because ELPAC has to advance at least one level each year, we are at the orange level. There is only one group; it is only the group of students who are learning English. So when you look at the details of English Learner Progress, you can see that we have three schools in green, seven in yellow, four in orange, and nine in red. But we are very proud of those three schools that are in
041green, and we are We're seeing what they're doing to see if we can replicate those efforts for other schools, and we know what we need to do to respond to this. It's called CEL, which stands for Quality for Children Who Are Learning English. It's part of our professional development that we're offering to most of our elementary and English teachers. We want to be able to offer this professional development to more teachers. But here you can see the groups of teachers. In the photo on the left and the photo on the right, these are teachers who are professionally developed. And in the photo in the middle, you can see the group of students. The students are listening, they're engaged, and the children are at the front of their class, explaining things to their classmates. And that's
042what we want, so that English-learning children develop their English language skills. The next indicator is college or career readiness. These are different things we take into account. Look, this is still the CEL bar. Last year we didn't receive a percentage, so we don't have that much information. Last year the state didn't require us to provide that information, so this year they continued with the CEL bars, and we're going to... We'll see what happens next year, but we're very proud. We're on the right track these last few years. Our analysis here in the district says we're doing well. We don't have any very low-performing groups; we have three that were low, three in the middle, so that's progress. When you look at the indicator details in the schools, we do have one very low, two medium,
043and one high. So yes, we're on the right track. This has to do with the different opportunities we're offering students. One indicator is the third- grade class in preparatory school. Oria is how it is, what results they receive in the evaluations, so it has to do with that. CTE is also participating. Look at the students in the photographs who are participating in CTE classes. So these are classes that meet the requirements of A to G university courses. And the truth is, this is to ensure that the students are taking the necessary classes. So the counselors are in charge of making sure that the students have the necessary classes and those they need to graduate, and also university classes. And this is the graduation rate. We are in the green zone. As you know, we have
044a tradition here in Jurupa of having a very high graduation rate, and it is again this year. And here you can see, it went up 1.7%. We have four groups in the green group and two in the orange group. So, in just the four high schools we have, three in green and one in blue. So we are very pleased with these levels. We want to see and know where the children, the students, go after their graduation. We want to see them all graduate and receive their diplomas. I'm going to pass the clicker to Mrs. Santos Lee. Thank you, Mr. B. Let's continue with We're going to continue with chronic absenteeism. This is a yellow indicator. This indicates when students have been absent for at least 10% or more. There are other indicators; we want this
045to be in other indicators. We want it to go up, to be higher. In this case, we want it to go down, to decrease. And if we look at it, it has decreased by 5.5%, which is something big for us. If you look at the academic achievement report, then there's only one group in red, and that's for the homeless children, which we'll also talk about later. So these are details of chronic absenteeism. The difference is that a year ago, the last year I was here, you'll remember, I talked about all the districts in the state when we had the indicators. We were quite high in chronic absenteeism, and that was noticeable throughout the state. This year is different with our schools. We had 15 schools that improved their chronic absenteeism; it went down, decreased by
046almost 14-15%. One of the schools, that's something big. So you ask, how are we doing that? Our answer, after we returned from the pandemic, is to create groups for the students and... campaign for the campaigns and we were communicating and working with the communications and public relations department so that this information reaches parents at home. Also, site and district attendance teams, site attendance incentives, increased communication, outreach, school attendance review team, school attendance review board. Jasmin said they had a barbecue and these are incentives we are doing for the students so that they understand the importance of being present. What you see here in the photo is a tree, and these are all the students in green, the students who are absent. What you are looking at in the photo is the tree, and each color,
047red and yellow, has the names of the students who are absent. So we want the students, as well as the staff, to understand that maybe there aren't many of them, but we look at how it affects others, and we want to improve. Also, the boy who has the blue shirt is from Arbaco Victoria J school. He also meets with the students and does surveys about why they are absent. He talks to the parents and is collecting information about these surveys. We have the principal. Alison Hessler, that school is the one that had the most significant decrease, almost 15%. Chronic absenteeism decreased. So we are doing our best to convey the message of the importance of being in school. The last picture here is from Peralta School. When a class has perfect attendance, they give them
048snow cones for having 100% of their students present. It's celebrated. So we are all working together to get this information out to others so they also want to improve absenteeism. We also want to know why they are not in class and what they need from us. The suspension rate, the suspension index in this category, is at Yellow 2.7, meaning they were suspended at least one day. But we are at least maintaining our suspension index. This includes children who have at least one full day suspended in a school year. We see that the number of children with disabilities has improved. When we look at the figures from last year and this year, we can see that we have improved. We can look at the number of schools and the details of the suspension rate. We have
049green and blue schools; these are not the schools. Elementary schools. Because we don't have as many children in elementary schools being suspended, and it's as the children get older that we look at the details, and as schools move up to another level, then the culture of belonging. We want to create places where students feel good and feel safe. We know that community schools have wellness rooms where they can go if they need to take a break. They are also using corners that are specifically for calming down, whether because they have furniture where they can relax. So when we see that a student... Look, when we see that a student might go off to... Mel, then we recommend that they go and take a break, rest, breathe, and then return to class. What we also want
050is to amplify the voices of our students. In the committee, we have students where they can share what they think. As the Council members said, student voices count, and we want them to feel that we are listening. The last thing above is the panorama survey. So we want to know what relationships we have. Are the schools using information to reflect and make changes in their campuses? We also offer professional development for teachers so that... What are the programs and development for teachers to know what we can do to decrease absenteeism or suspension? We don't immediately suspend teachers, but we want to give them advice, not only for them but also for their families. I think if we have other means of connection, we can reduce suspensions. So these are some of the things we are
051working on to reduce suspensions and create a culture of belonging on campus. And regarding the last item, we have a group of students who meet the requirements for differentiated attendance; they are homeless youth. This year we added additional groups, but at this moment it is the homeless youth. This is a critical group, and we have to offer our support. We meet the requirements in this criterion because they are in the red zone and also due to chronic absenteeism. So we are continuing as we have been to identify the groups, and we are going to continue working together to identify groups and how we can help these young people. We are working with all the best minds here in our district and also with our partners to see how we can help our students to the
052fullest. Thank you. Just one thing I wanted to add: the academic areas are just one measure we have when we talk about case outcomes. This is just one We have several measures; we're always evaluating our programs, and I just wanted to share that. Do you have any stories? Mrs. Santos might be able to answer your question better than I can. Thank you, Mr. Santos. Does anyone have a question? Yes, Trustee Garcia, just some comments. Not necessarily a question, but congratulations on the graduation rate. Very good work. That's what we want to ensure: that students graduate. Also, the decrease in chronic absenteeism is also a good thing. Oh, like this, just one measure, and we do other interim assessments. How do we talk about the other measures? The inter- intermediate assessments, language and math, and this
053also goes with the information from CASP. So, we're going to start improving, working to make sure the children are more informed and familiar with the assessment information. And we want to know if we're asking the same questions on the exam as we would in person. So, we're also looking at that to make sure the children understand. We also have groups of math teachers or teachers from other subjects who get together, look at their information, collaborate, and think about any changes we might need to make to our instruction to prepare students for those exams. Thank you, sir. Dear Trustee, thank you, President Navarro. First, I just want to start with a comment. I'm glad to see that you have the necessary furniture. We also know that learning in smaller groups is very important. My question is,
054do we have other evaluations that indicate the same thing? Yes, we have other evaluations that indicate the same thing. Many times, many times they do demonstrate the same information as this. Sometimes they don't. The closest thing we have are the state exams. Those include evaluations. So we have been using those. We need to use those. Teachers also take information from the exams and change their instruction to ensure that the students can understand the information they will find on the exams. My question is about math, math, and also English language and reading. I 'm showing you that in English language and literature, 40% are making progress. That means that 59% are not making progress. They didn't do it that year. They didn't do what was expected that year. So, this is something better. It's something positive
055instead of negative. Even though this news is negative, that 40% is positive news. Thank you for your presentations. Your presentation, Ms. Santos, we talked last year about everything we have to do to be able to talk to parents and how to identify ways for children to come and be present in school. I appreciate your efforts. Our goal is to make an effort, but our goal is for children to come to school. So, parents of the district, make sure your children are present in their classes. We want those numbers to improve. So we have to make sure that children participate, that they are present. It is also an effort of the district, but also of the parents to send their children to school. So, yes, we are spending more money to make an effort to reach
056out to parents so that children attend school. Yes, I agree. But to add, the school principals and staff have also been creating that culture where children want to come to school. They are going to learn, and you will see that they are learning, that their behavior is better. We know it's not always going to be all sunshine and rainbows, let's be realistic, but the schools are making a great effort to create that culture from the moment the children arrive in the morning, greeting the parents and And make sure the children are okay. Yes, during the Christmas season at Sunis Slop, they were giving out awards to students with the least absenteeism or no absenteeism. So we know it's not always the children's fault, but I'm very pleased to see that the school was presenting these
057awards to the children who always go to school or who don't miss much. The truth is, it takes the whole community to make sure this happens, that this is possible. Other questions? We're not going to move on. LPAC Mid-Year Update: Senate Bill 114 added a requirement for LECs to submit a report on the annual update of the Local Accountability and Control Plan. Mr. Nicolas Blake is here to share this information with you. Hello, good evening. Mr. Nicolas Blake is inaudible. Okay, those on Zoom can hear me now. Okay, it's a privilege to be here in this position, not only to hear about what's happening but also to experience what's happening. And the truth is, this report... Ah, this report is going to show you some of what we do. It's not entirely everything we do.
058But I'm going to do my best to share a few points with you, just like Mr. Brock shared. This is something we have to share with you every year. Every district has to share mid- year results data. Much of this information is information that was published, so we know that the state information isn't always up-to-date because the state takes a little while to update it, but this is what we have right now. This information is what we have available, and it's what we 're working on. So, we have to use our funds from the first interim period, which ended in October. So, we're spending money in different areas, and when we come back in June for the 2020-2025 plan, you're going to see what we're working on. One of the requirements is to share the
059information as it was adopted. Considered as B, this is the total supplemental local control funding formula funds. There's only a difference of like $ 0.00. So, you can say that the budget we had is very similar to the final result. So, we have mid-year updates on ELC metrics. There are some metrics that are showing results; the result is unknown, the result is in progress, or it's known. The result, this information is also the same for expenditures and implementation. There are several that are underway because we are already in February. We are implementing new metrics, and we also have many that are already completed, just so that we are all on the same page. Objective one of the Local Control and Accountability Plan: all students will be prepared for college and a career. This is the
060information we have available. And the truth is, we are very proud of the CTE course pathways for District 46. We were at 6% in 2020; currently, we are at 33.7%. It is still in progress, but it is very good. Also, the high school graduation rates: there we can see that English language students have gone up 4 points, and socioeconomically disadvantaged students have gone up 1%. I know we talked about other measures, and I just want to say something about your question: children are making progress in math, and it went up 3.8 by an assessment we are monitoring. We have actions that have not been implemented, and we also have 43 actions partially or fully implemented and zero that have not been. Implemented highlights include early literacy, double enrollment, and QTEL. I know some of you
061commented about those who are mysteriously reading. Also, the book machines. Yes, we are very proud of those. These are things we are doing to inspire students to want to read and engage with literature. We also have double enrollment; we had 81.3% who passed with a C or higher. So that's a very high number, and I'm very proud of that. Also, the quality of English language learning by the teachers. We have trained all of our high school teachers, and we also have different professional development opportunities for teachers so they continue to learn and develop. Goal Two is that all students will have a safe, orderly, and welcoming learning environment. Our suspension rate—we're going to look at the other groups. Although we maintained the overall rate for all students, we did lower it by one percentage point
062for disadvantaged students. Okay, here are the actions. We have 10 actions that have already been implemented partially or fully. Some implementation highlights include a multi- level support system and behavioral health supports. We have 11 schools that are working with the county this year. We're moving up to K8, where we're implementing the second socio-emotional level. We all know that students need behavioral health support, and it's increased quite a bit since the pandemic. Just to share some information with you, we've provided over 4,000 minutes of counseling and support for students from the Pico department. They have a team of over 70 staff members. Goal number three is that all students will feel connected to their school community through engaging educational practices and partnerships with parents and the community. If we look at the student engagement survey, this
063includes parents, students, and the community. We do this in the spring, but what we did here is a snapshot survey. If you look at the student engagement survey, 66% feel engaged, 66% participate across the site, and we can see that in the high schools, it's 35% for grades 6-12. So yes, we still have work to do on that, but if you look at communication, communication and interaction with parents, we've improved significantly. We're not just talking about who reads the messages, but who communicates back to us. We're seeing that going well. The percentage increased from 5.3 to 9%. We have different actions for goal three of the ELCAP. There are six actions currently implemented partially or fully, and some highlights of the implementation include community schools, African American Parent Advisory Councils, and the African American Parent
064Advisory Council (APAC). So we are trying to expand so that parents are involved, so that they have their voice, and also, of course, we have APAC, which has more than 70 grants. We have wellness centers in high schools. So we have those services available through the ELC actions. Goal number four of the Local Control and Accountability Plan is that homeless students will achieve equitable academic achievement and engagement and receive supportive school conditions and climates. What I do want to report is how we are helping homeless children. Yes, look at the high school graduation rate for homeless youth. It has gone up from 83.8 percent to 88.9 percent, and the suspension rate has gone down from 4.6 percent to 4.2 percent. So our baseline was only last year; we don't have data for 2021 or 2022.
065This baseline is for 2023 and 2024. We have four actions, and of the four actions, we have implemented them partially or fully. We have implementation highlights, the district counselor, and also expanded learning opportunities. We have the district counselor who has been working very well with the students. But the truth is, we are working to be able to meet their needs with tutoring, and the students are responding to that. That's just part of the report, but if you have any questions, I'll gladly answer them. Cindy, thank you, President Navarro. I want to express that I love this. We know there's a lot of information about the local control and accountability plan, and when the law changed, we said we were going to have to see how we were going to do this. The council, and also
066everyone who reads the agenda, we know it's February, and we've made a lot of progress. I do n't have any questions because you really explained everything to me, Yico. I hope the homeless students achieve their goals because we know that this is their future, and thank you for what you have prepared tonight, Trustee Garcia. Thank you, President Navarro. Thank you, Mr. Nicolas Blake, for the presentation. I know you understand one of my comments I made earlier. We're dealing with the law, those things, and understanding the requirements and how to comply with them. And you know, your team is also doing a wonderful job. All of this is wonderful, whether it 's required or not. I also want to say to Ms. Job, she's part of GAC. She says, "If you miss the boat, do a
067great job of talking to parents to make sure the children are present in class." But very good work, Mr. Nicolas Blake, and your team, Trustee Bradford. Hello, Mr. Blake, I do have a few questions. First, how often do you do surveys on ParentSquare? We don't use ParentSquare. You say you do use it for surveys. We use CAP surveys. The ones we do in the spring on ParentSquare are... I explained that teachers use it to communicate with parents, to give them announcements and notifications. It's not just that they're passing on information, but they are reading and responding. How do you do surveys for parents? We use another platform for surveys for students and also for parents. When we do surveys for parents, for this purpose, we used Panorama before, but we also... We are going to
068collaborate with California Kids. They have a survey for parents and students, and we're going to be using this this year because we see that this information is accurate. So, what questions are they asking and what are they answering? We know that the questions are from the platform; they're not questions I'm asking, but rather questions from the platform that are asked of many parents. You said that we have 5.1% of homeless youth. That percentage, how many students do we have who are homeless? How many? What is the number when you say it increased by 5.1%? How many students are there? I think the platform said about 200 students who are part of the homeless system, and maybe some schools have more, but then in the whole district it's about 200. How many are African American? I
069couldn't tell you exactly. Are you asking only about homeless students or only African Americans? Oh, about 3% of the population. I don't think it's about 3% if I remember correctly, and I can get this information for you. Well, I have those statistics here on my phone, but since you are... The experts are standing right here in front of me, so I wanted to ask them because I don't remember the numbers very well, so I have to write them down. We have a lot of numbers in education; it's my opinion that if it's not data, it's opinion, as I always say, I always have an opinion. So I need numbers. Don't laugh. Thank you very much, thank you, President Navarro. Thank you, Trustee Bradford, Trustee of Weiler. What is the response rate to these surveys? Well,
070we have about 10 out of 10,000 students who did answer last year, more than 50% exactly. Of the parent- teacher survey, there were about 700, out of a total of 1,000. The parent surveys are something we have to continue working on and let them know the importance of these surveys because it was very low. I don't know if it was the Panorama survey or what it was, but last fall when I wanted to take a survey, it was very long. The questions made me feel like a bad parent. They asked me how my son feels, and I think what they were doing was replicating the questions. From the students to the parents, I don't know how my son feels. I know what they tell me sometimes, that something isn't right, but these are details, little
071things that I didn't know about. So my advice to anyone who does surveys is to make smaller surveys, shorter questions. I think, Trustee, I think what you're referring to is the handover survey. Yes, thank you, Trustee Bradford. Another question regarding what Trustee Deweer said: if 50% is spectacular, do we give the students something if they take the survey? I think in elementary schools it was per class, and in middle and high schools it was through their counselors. We don't give them anything, a coupon, a hamburger, or something, I think. Maybe we send them thank-you notes, but no, no certificates. Some of the things that caught my attention were mentioned in goal number two and goal number four, which is, as counselors, for example, how do we offer these counseling services to students? Are there after-
072school opportunities, or is there virtual counseling? So how, how is it that... We can offer counseling, we know it can't solve every problem, but what is the counseling process? Can you explain it to me? You 're talking about counseling, we make it part of the program. And if we do it for high school, after school they change their schedule so they stay after school, also during lunch, so the kids come when they're at lunchtime and feel more comfortable. So how do we let them know? How do we make sure the kids don't feel criticized for going to a counselor? Many of us are carrying different things, emotional things that we've carried since childhood. How can we remove that stigma from going to a counselor? We know that when someone says they didn't go to a
073therapist, it's not because they're crazy, but they're looking for someone to explain and communicate what they 're going through and things that happened to them as a child. We know that therapy and counseling can change a lot for someone, so I'd like to find a way to remove that stigma from going to a counselor. What we have now in elementary schools are behavioral specialist associates who also do one-on- one classes, but when they go to high schools we have a counselor, but also in high schools we have specialists who have similar experiences. That's how they get this job; the specialists have gone through their own traumas in their lives. When we open this up, when we do wellness fairs, we invite everyone, and it's a way of telling the students that they are welcome and
074to come. We are making progress; we are one of the few districts that are offering these opportunities for mental health. So we make sure that we are sending the stigmas to America, but we are not 100%. We have removed that stigma, but we are on the right track, and one student at a time. Like the stigma of the man who has to suppress his thoughts or his feelings, I also want to add that having those lessons, also telling our students, "It's okay if you feel this way, it's okay to have your feelings, but what can you do to not feel this way?" And also, adults, I could also use some of that. It's something that I am passionate about because I like to see people change and become better and change their lives. I would
075like to tell your students, those who are... We've all been through it, we 're adults, and you might think we don't know, but we've been through it too. I know Trustee Bradford asked for the number; there are 381 African American students, 15 of whom are homeless, and nine are in [unclear - possibly "incarcerated" or "incarcerated"]. Oh, what would that be, the percentage of the school district, 2 or 3%? What I want to share is that it's over 4,000 minutes, and that's just for objective number one. Can you tell us what ages the students were? That information... no, no, but they also talked about the students so they would feel supported at that age when they're transitioning from children to teenagers, and they think that no one knows what they're going through. They continue at that
076age, they reach that age where they feel different, and we know that number is low, but it's because the children are going through that transition, and they think that no one understands them. And being able to belong to high school means something, belonging to elementary school, belonging to high school. It's not something we're doing wrong in schools; it's just that children go through difficult times, and the transition from elementary to high school... Well, yes, sometimes there are mean kids who say things to them. But those are changes they have to go through, Mr. Brooks, before Mr. Blake finishes and finalizes the report. Some of what the trustee said... we see that it's difficult to understand, but what we did do was provide information. We have an infographic that we're going to share with the Council
077members to explain a little more about the local control and accountability plan. We're going to move on to item D, to review the assignments for the 2024 graduation ceremonies. Mr. Brooks, thank you, President Navarro. Here in front of you are the graduation exercises. All the Council members were assigned to a graduation exercise for 2024, and they also have an awards night. We're going to move on to other administrative reports. Dr. Hansen, I just want to thank our team for their presentations tonight. Some of the things that caught my attention were language, the response to information. We are responding to information, we are looking at information, we are putting strategic plans in place because it's very important for us to look at information and respond, to make decisions based on that, and also to meet with
078the students where they are. This is a plan. Our equity plan is our work to reach where students are and to help them reach their greatest potential. Our team captures our vision, and they are doing a great job of better supporting students. And another thing I want to share is that we received notification that Mr. Monty Owens, our Director of Education Equity, was selected as Administrator of the Year by the California Association of Administrators, Region 19. So we are very happy for Monty and all our leaders for all the work they do and for this recognition. So yes, we are very happy; we just received it in the last few days. And lastly, I have the video of the February Jurupa Experience that I want to share with you. That's my best, my favorite moment
079of the week. Let's move on to Item E1: to approve, adopt, or accept elements of routine action by consent. Ms. Vaquez, please. Let's have a vote. I'm going to make the motion to accept and approve all the elements of consent, first by Trustee Garcia and seconded by Trustee Bradford. Let's vote, but first, any questions? There are no questions. Let's call for a vote. The motion passed with a vote of 5 to 0, all in favor. Action session, item K1. Vote cast for the election of the California School Boards Association Delegates Assembly. We discussed this at the last meeting, and it is for this that we are asking the council to approve. The ballot for the 2024 CSBA Delegates Assembly was received. The council may vote for no more than six candidates from Subregion 18. The
080CSBA memorandum, sample ballot, and biographical sketches of the six nominated candidates are included in the supporting materials. So, we just need to make a motion and vote. The motion was made by Trustee Dr. Deweer and seconded by Trustee Garcia. Any questions or comments? Let's call for a vote. Trustee Navarro: This will be verbal. Trustee Bradford, Trustee Garcia, Trustee: This is a verbal vote. All agreed with a vote of 5 to 0. The motion passed. Vote 5 to 0. Let's move on to item K1. K2 Award of Bidding Number 20 23 24 Phase 2 Project for Shade Structures for the Entire District Ms. Ford On December 30, 2024, and January 6, the district staff requested bids for new shade structures at two school sites. On January 25, 2024, the staff received eight bids as described below.
081The lowest was from Inc. Technic with a total amount of $800,000. So we are asking that we request the bid from Inc. Technic. The motion was made by Trustee Rego and seconded by Trustee Bradford. Questions or comments? Yes, why so much money? Ca n't we even plant some trees? It's almost a million dollars for shade structures. When you put shade structures in, you also have to look at the course, and if we have to change other things in the project, then we have to do something, get state permission, and we have to meet quite a few requirements. Also, trees take quite a while to grow. Another question or comment? The resolution passed with a vote of 5 to zero. We will now move on to item K3, to approve the Summer Program 2024 LEP Grades
082Transitional Kindergarten through Sixth Grade Mr. Brooks Thank you, President Navarro. As printed in the agenda, we want to offer our LEP program this summer. This program will include enrichment and learning opportunities. It involves all possibilities. It will begin Monday through Friday from June 5th to 21st, except for June 19th, which is a holiday. It will be at all elementary school sites from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., except for TR Street and Road due to construction. Those students would be transported to other schools. For the past few years, enrollment at the high school was very low, so this year we will not be offering it at the high school. We have a motion. First, the motion was made by CICAO and seconded by Porer. Questions? Comments? Yes, Trustee Garcia, one question, Mr. Brooks. We are looking
083at the budgets. Will we be able to continue these programs not only this year but also next year? This is a big question. What we have are LEP funds. Our resources are precious. So we are looking at this program. It offers opportunities for students, and we know We're doing good things. The council hears that we're doing good things and gives us answers. We have quite a few teachers who enjoy working in this program. Yes, well, we're going to have to evaluate every year to see if we have the necessary budget to continue. Trustee Bradford and Think Together also offer it. It continues into the summer. That's a very good question too. Yes, Think Together also continues until July and offers 9-hour days. When the day ends, they can continue Together. So that's for parents who
084use these childcare programs. It's no problem, it's perfect for them. Trustee Rico, a question about Trot Street and Camino schools: We've already sent communication to the students and parents so they can register them at the specific schools they're assigned to because their schools are under construction. When we send the information to TR and Camino, we're going to tell them that the Camino children will go to Peralta and will be transported, and the TR children will go to Sky Country and will also be transported. So, before, we did four weeks, Monday to Thursday. Now we're going to do two weeks. From Monday to Friday, the teachers will have this budget. If the teachers are going to have their budget for reading, we had to change it a little because a few years ago it was large;
085this year the budget is smaller. Now there will be flexibility for the teachers because it's something the teachers like to do. But with this reading budget, we're going to buy a reading program so that the teachers don't have to spend so much time on those instructional plans. So we're going to do that a little more, like, for academics. We don't want to miss the opportunity. Obviously, this is a great opportunity for the students. Less time, so the teachers who work shorter hours benefit, and they can also enjoy their summer. And I also want to clarify that the change in days and dates is due to information and responses from parents in surveys we conducted. Some other questions. Trustee of W, I just want to say that this is wonderful. My children are delighted, and there's
086also data that says children forget things during the summer, so the more involved they are in the summer, the better. I agree. So we have the motion, right? Now we're going to vote. The motion passed with one vote. From C A cer we are going to pass article k4 to approve the Special Education Summer School program for 2024, grades K-12. Mrs. Santos Lee, so here you have the Special Education Summer School program budget for 2024, known as ISY, for students in grades K- 12. Special education is for elementary school, preschool, K-1 through grade 7, from July 4th to July 2nd, Monday through Friday. We are going to continue something we started last year. We hired inclusion teachers for elementary school, which means there will be two teachers in the class. This benefits the students, and
087the teacher has the individual student plan (ISP) available. It helps when the teacher has a second teacher to follow what is in the ISP. So it is a benefit for the students. We are also going to start a day earlier than LIP, and this is to give the special education children time to have fewer students that first day because they will be going to a new campus, so they know which class they will be in, which classroom, and so they Have the chance and the opportunity to be there a day early. I have a motion. The motion was made by Trustee Reigo and seconded by Dr. Weiler. Questions or comments? Cindy, I love the idea that they are opening the campuses a day early. It's only for special education children. Because they're going to new
088schools. So I hope this... thank you for thinking of them. This is wonderful. How great! We're going to vote with a 5-0 vote. The Special Education Summer School program was approved. We're going to move on to item 11. Final comments from the Council members. Trustee: I don't have any reports from any committee. I hope you rest and enjoy your weekend. Trustee Garcia, only from Tac. Last week or the week before, we talked about the information. Today here at this board, we talked about chronic absenteeism, and I want to congratulate Mr. Mony Owens on his recognition. I've known him for many years. My children were at Patriot High School when he was there, so I've known him for a long time, and I want to acknowledge him. If you're there listening, congratulations. And it's almost election
089day. When he's having dinner, he's at home. If someone comes to his house, ask him, "What are you going to do for my education?" The funds are in the mid-20s. There are many changes. We, our students, deserve the education funds. That should be your priority when you're talking to congressmen. It doesn't matter who you vote for. Which candidate to vote for, but ask those schools, those questions about how they're going to get to Trustee Bradford School. Thank you, President Navarro. I don't have any reports from my committees, but what Trustee Garcia said, his comment, sometimes people say, well, I don't have to support those different schools because my child doesn't go to that school. So when they tell you that, when someone is buying a new house in a new neighborhood, what 's the first
090thing they ask? Which school district does it belong to? So the school, the school district, well, it has its reputation, that's the first thing they ask, or when someone is buying a house in a new community. Thanks to the teachers, to our qualified staff, to all of you. Thank you, Trustee. I just want to say that election day is March 5th. Send your ballots before that day. And this Thursday, I'm going to Petle Elementary School to read as a mystery reader. I wish we had that commitment that the elementary school children have. I wish I could take that to the high schools, but well, yes, we know the difference between elementary and high school. They know they're not children anymore when they go To the high schools, but I appreciate all your questions and comments.
091Thank you, Mr. Blake, for taking all the questions and being ready. Any last questions, Dr. Hansen? No. I just want to say that I appreciate your leadership for what you do for the community, what you do for our students. Thank you to our staff and for the collaborations we have with everyone here. We're all in this together. It takes a whole community, it takes a whole village to improve, and we all have to do our part. Thank you, and good night, everyone. Now we're going to adjourn the meeting. Good night.