001Good afternoon. This is the call to order for the regular meeting of the Curupa District Board of Education. It is 6:01 p.m. on October 17, 2020. Please call the roll. There are a few technical difficulties, but we are here at the Curupa District Board of Education meeting. Roll is being taken, and the only one who is not absent or present—or rather, not present—is Secretary García. Trustee Navarro is taking his place as Secretary of the Board, and we will begin with the salute to the flag with Representative Hernández. Please remain standing for a moment of silence. After the salute to theflag, I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic that represents one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We would like to observe a
002moment of silence for Mrs. Américo, a retired district employee who passed away. She was employed as a teacher in the district from 1973 to 2010. We would like to express our condolences to her family. We would also like to observe a moment of silence for Mr. Teaño Betchers, who passed away. Mr. Betchers was employed In the district as a teacher from 2010 to 2016, a special assignment teacher from 2016 to 2021, and most recently as an educational technology coordinator until 2022, we want to express our sincere condolences to the family. You may be seated tonight. The inspirational commentary will be provided by Trustee Commissioner Park. Thank you, Chairman Rigo, for tonight's inspirational commentary. I chose to share the Future Farmers of America Creed, known as FFA, because FFA is one of our extracurricular activities in
003the district, and I want you to know more about the values our students are learning, as well as the skills, in this beautiful metaphor for life. If you are not interested in growing food or livestock, substitute it with any endeavor you desire. This is what our students say in meetings: I believe in the future of agriculture with a faith born not of words but of deeds, achievements earned by present and past generations of farmers, in the promise of better days through better paths, as well as the better things we now enjoy have come to us from the struggles of years past. Thank you very much, Trustee Commissioner Frankfurt. Now, the report from the closed session, Mr. Brox: Yes, thank you, President Rigo. In the closed session, by a vote of 4 to 0, the Director
004of Human Resources, Dr. Karina Becerra Murillo, has been appointed. She will work with the classified employees. And here is Dr. Karina Becerra Murillo, please stand. Also, in the closed session, by a vote of 4 to 0, with all the commissioners present, the resignation of employee number 284943 was approved. Let's acknowledge I made a mistake, right? Forgive me. Comments from the student members of the Council: Superintendent Hansen, it's a pleasure to have our student Council members with us. Let's begin with Keyla Herstyle. Good evening, President, Trustees, Council members, and Cabinet. As this is our second Council meeting this month, I am pleased to inform you all about the successes this month. To begin, the girls' volleyball team secured a place in the C&F play-offs and will play their first match against Saint John de Lestonnac in
005Temecula tomorrow. We also hope that the soccer team... American football reached the C&F tiebreakers when they beat Evil Pacific High School and continue to advance 2-1 in the league. The girls' tennis team has two more games, and the results will determine their C&F ranking. We had our preliminary academic aptitude test last Wednesday. We also have the Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery test planned for this month. Our community schools program partnered with our wellness center and was able to feed 200 families. The Frescate a Generation program is actively mentoring students at risk of failing or who need support. On Thursday, October 13, we had our college start day, and counselors from Patry and Jurupa Valley came to help seniors with financial aid and college applications during their English classes. The seniors also received a special luncheon.
006Students who finished their financial aid before October 12 were invited to a special financial aid party hosted by our college and career center counselors. The students received food, two piñatas filled with candy, and a chance to win speakers. gbl or a squash toy malone free lockers and dance tickets on Friday was our welcome-home rally for a Falcon night in Las Vegas. We received a lot of positive feedback from both students and staff. We had sports performances, the ASV Color Guard dance team, and folk dancing. In general, it was a great way to engage and get them excited about the football game and homecoming dance. Aside from that, homecoming went very well and the students had fun. Next Thursday, October 27th, we have planned our senior night football game and the pink vs. belly group game.
007We continue with heavy BestBuy. Onward please. Good evening members. But new vista at your first Superintendent's Student Advisory Council meeting to talk about our school environments and methods of improvement at our individual sites. Continuing with a month of celebration, awareness, and honor, Katering is organizing Red Ribbon Week to spread awareness about drug abuse. She hand-crafted 2,500 red ribbons last week that were given to all the Students during today's counseling provided everyone with a means to support the campaign to conclude the week. Students will place their painted handprint on a banner in the courtyard pledging to be drug-free as it opens on October 1st. The college will organize a college start day on October 27th, encouraging all students to submit their financial aid application before the end of the month. The incentive of two additional graduation
008tickets will be awarded to those who submit by the deadline. Counselors conducted workshops with their senior citizens individually from the 27th to the 27th to guide them in completing the application in support of breast cancer awareness. They will also organize a fundraiser on October 28th. Tonight, our varsity football team will play its last game of the season against Ramona at Rubido High School at 7 pm. Come and support our seniors as we watch their last league game. Cristina Perez: Good afternoon, President Bego and Cabinet and Council members. I am representing Valley High School. The FFA club participated in an event this week and was able to I participated and also brought my piglet and entered it in the competition during the event. I really enjoyed it. The FFA program has invested many hours and spent
009a lot of quality time with our animals, and I have to admit I didn't think I would. I did get emotional with my pet. SB organized our annual fall blood drive and concluded with almost 50 blood donations. That was last Friday. We have been preparing for our farm game and supporting the fight against breast cancer. ACB has also begun preparing for our formal Winter and Day of the Dead or Halloween Spirit Week, supporting Red Ribbon Week. Next week, all classrooms will be open to pick up paper decorating supplies with the Tea Jack poster or ASV workroom and decorate the inside of your classroom door. The theme for Red Ribbon Week this year is Celebrate Life, Live Drug-Free. The grading rubric is based on which door is the cleanest, most creative, and most accurate in conveying
010the message. I wrote kind messages around the school campus with chalk to celebrate the month. Kindness and Mental Health Awareness Month. We appreciate you, Link Crew leaders, for the work you are doing. Our student advisory council met during our class time to discuss improvements and our accomplishments. Many ideas and action plans were presented to our student advisory council for the betterment of our students and the school. In fall sports news, our victories have been in football at Springs, boys' water polo at Pacific Sumvertino, girls' volleyball at Springs Pacific and Blue Rialto, and girls' tennis at Springs. This concludes my report. Thank you, students, as always you do an excellent job reporting on what is happening in your respective high schools. We really love your reports. Now we are going to recognize Mr. Pollardo of the
011Press newspaper. For the next three recognitions, may I please ask the superintendent and the council members to please come forward, and while they are coming forward, you, sir, may come forward, please? Thank you very much. Tonight we recognize Boy Adbrow, reporter for The Person in California, as the winner of the School Boards Association's Goal Award Mr. Ya, from California, is already among the 15 journalists chosen for this award this year statewide. In addition to our board's recognition tonight, CSBA will also issue a press release and publish the winners on its website and in the winter issue of California Schools magazine. Mr. Ya was nominated by our district for this honor for his March 2022 series on bullying and the many proactive and positive approaches that school districts like Curupa employ to address this problem. Mr.
012Ya, in collaboration with the USC Center for Health Journalism, produced a comprehensive and thorough look at this issue. He analyzed data, interviewed educators and other experts, and gathered input from students. The series pointed to districts like ours with lower rates of bullying, according to the California Healthy Kids Survey. We are pleased to note that Mr. Ya's report showed that Riverside County has the lowest rate of bullying. Mr. Ya's series highlighted the creative and proactive approaches they take to address the problem. Including support in Mental Health and programs like Lincoln and YouTube, in addition to Mr. Jack Rus's series, he took the time not only to interview the director of educational activities but also our students who are involved in helping their peers. Something else to add: we are grateful for this objective and in- depth
013look at an issue that affects all school districts, with the goal of discovering how educators and communities can work together to find solutions. President Riesco, with your permission, we will continue with the next agenda item. Earlier this month, October 2nd was National Custodian Day, and on October 3rd, we had planned an event to recognize our custodians. However, due to a power outage that day, we now have plans for tonight. This provides an opportunity to recognize the important work done by this group of Jurupa team members. The District is proud of the 97 custodians who work in our schools and facilities, keeping the campuses clean and safe for our students. We appreciate all they do for us and encourage all students and staff to share their appreciation with them during this National Custodian Day week. Custodians,
014in fact, tonight we have with us some representatives of the custodians: Adrien Smith from River High School, Berta Anaya from Patrick High School, and Mr. Robert Connor from Google. As I said, we appreciate everything you do for us, and we encourage all the students and staff to express how much we truly appreciate what you do for us. And now we're going to take a picture with all of them. Alert! This time you're not getting away from me. Very good. Congratulations and applause for National Custodian Day! Okay, let's move on to recognize the Curupá School District for the lowest experience modification under the Union Powers Authority. The Curupá School District is being recognized for its contributions to reducing workers' compensation losses. The district is a member of the Riverside Schools Risk Management Utility Union Powers Authority.
015Today we have Principal Michael Rogers, he is the director of the risk department, and he is here with us to receive this recognition. I want to congratulate Mr. Rogers, and I also want to thank all the principals, supervisors, managers, and employees because they are all prioritizing, they are putting safety as a priority to achieve... This recognition takes a team effort, and congratulations to everyone and to Mr. Michael Rogers. Article C11 recognizes the funding for strengthening technical and vocational education. The State Department of Education recently notified the District that funds have been awarded for this law in the amount of $181,835. Now we are going to present the candidates for the November 8th Governing Body election. As is customary, and as we have been doing for the last three meetings, we want to publicly recognize the
016people who will be the candidates for election: in Area 1, Secretary Robert Garcia; in Area 3, Commissioner Karen Bradford; and in Area 5, President Melazarrego and Dr. Janet Long. We typically want to recognize them, but tonight I don't see Mrs. Dr. Janet Long. But these are the candidates for the November 8th Governing Body election. Thank you. We continue with the Board of Education's remarks, and we will begin with the Trustee. Thank you, Mr. President. At the end of last month, I had the pleasure and honor of attending the Office of Educational Excellence conference. Riverside County Equity was well represented, though perhaps not as well as Murieta Valley, which drew about 100 people, including all its council members. Attendees heard many powerful stories from people who had succeeded despite challenging childhoods. They also heard from current
017students about the importance of feeling respected and part of their school community. They learned how seemingly small actions by supportive adults can provide the confidence a student needs to succeed. They heard from people who sell learning materials, emphasizing that it is essential to ensure every student receives the basic toolkits for reading, writing, and arithmetic, as these are the foundations upon which learning is built. Additionally, I was pleased to see the market rewarding these entrepreneurs who are passionate about their work, and I wondered how much they were driving innovation in education. The Office of Education and its constituent districts spent many staff hours and a significant amount of money on this event because excellence through equity is not a... It's not a slogan, but a theory that explains how equity leads to excellence. It's easier to
018see why diversity leads to excellence. Different things to try and different perspectives are all opportunities to find wonderful new things. Evolution works through random variation and YouTube proof. If you don't have variation and diversity, you can't evolve. Universities have spent the last 30 years trying to diversify their student bodies because they know that a diversity of perspectives and lived experiences helps all students learn to think critically. Diversity remains a problem in higher education because they have struggled to find adequately prepared data that contributes to their diversity. In grades K-12, at least in California, there has always been diversity since the state has always had a diverse population. Universities have struggled with diversity because K-12 hasn't always had a commitment to equity. That's the notion of giving each student what they need to succeed. However, they
019define success constructively. California committed to equity in the mid- 2000s when we opted for the Locally Controlled Funding Formula (LCF), which allocates to Additional funding for districts with a large number of students facing learning barriers, such as not knowing English or having a stable home, will be provided once kindergarten-12 schools learn how to use these supplemental funds to close learning outcome gaps. This will lead to many well-prepared students from all backgrounds being admitted to universities. Diverse universities will lead to a diverse professional class whose different perspectives will illuminate a multidimensional view of the world and its problems, as well as give each group a stake in every profession and the economy as a whole. We have talked about diversity and equity, but there is a third concept, and that is inclusion, which means ensuring that
020all the diverse people you have feel they belong. The stories we heard about the life-changing impact of small affirmative acts were stories about the power of inclusion and the importance of feeling like you belong and that you matter. I get questions about how diversity, equity, and inclusion relate to critical race theory. The best way I'm going to explain this is to remember that before we had the goal of achieving equity—that is, giving everyone what they need to thrive—we had the goal of achieving equality—that is, treating everyone equally. The theory... The critique of race is simply the observation that even with all the progress we have made over the last 100 years, we still haven't achieved equality. This, along with the conclusion that not receiving it due can hinder progress, is all there is to the
021critique of race. It is more of an obvious truth than a theory. I believe excellence through equitation. It is more informative and more hopeful. Thank you, Mr. President. First, I want to tell the Student Council members how much I admire you for your participation with us. You are learning important things by taking the time to observe community governance in action. It is a fantastic experience for you, and as Dr. Jesus wrote, "Or the places you will go." Congratulations to our custodians on National Counselors Day. I am always happy to honor them because, like the rest of our classified staff members, our students often rely on them to be their friends and confidants. I am sure I mentioned how our oldest son helped establish Mira Loma School by working with a custodian while the gentleman talked
022to him about adult topics such as planning ahead to save money for investments. You do n't remember his name, but remember what John Rosen advised him. And all the custodians, whoever that man was, that is the quality of staff members we have. I participated in the California School Boards Association's Golden Bell Award validations when I visited the Corona Norco Unified School District's Innovation Academy to judge their application. I like to visit other districts. schoolchildren because it makes me a better administrator to ask questions about our own programs by comparing and contrasting what we do. Finally, I attended a monthly meeting of our District's Teachers' Union Council of Representatives to hear their feedback about their schools. I like to hear directly from our teachers, whom I consider our frontline soldiers in the education and care of
023their students. For you parents who are here or listening, our Teachers' Union, this Education Council, and the district administrators have an exceptional relationship, which isn't always the case because their leaders work very hard for the benefit of their students and a happy environment in the classroom. Thank you, Trustee Navarro. Thank you, President Rico. The School Council is the unsung hero of the school. They come to work every day and pick up trash and clean up what we do. It makes it possible for teachers to focus on teaching. I remember a memory I have of a custodian at Magnolia Elementary School in Riverside. Once during recess, I left my lunch on the playground. It rained, it got wet, it spoiled, and the custodian found it and saw that my name was on it. Then he found
024me and told me he had to eat. I said no, and he shared half his sandwich with me. So that's tremendous. These are things we don't see happening in schools. Group once again to be in partnership with the district, the Riverside Community College District, in collaboration also with Senator Raf and Assemblymember Cervantes. It's for Jurupa district students. These are workshops that will take place every Wednesday during the month of October and on November 9th at various locations, including Cabrates College, which has guaranteed admission to students from Jurupa and Riverside. And I think we have one more meeting before the elections, but I just want to talk a little bit about the importance of voting. Some people think, "Well, we vote for presidents." We're experiencing technical difficulties right now; we don't have access to the program.
025Please allow us... Okay, we're back. Let me try to understand what you're talking about. We've lost the thread. You 're talking about the drug epidemic. You're talking about the danger this presents to communities, especially when combined with other drugs. More than 100,000 deaths... They reported this last year due to Feng Snow, a drug. This affects me a lot because I lost a nephew due to this drug, due to the abuse of this drug. So it is more urgent than ever to talk to your children about drug abuse. It may seem like something fun, like they portray it in movies, but drug use is not pleasant at all. It is killing our children. Whether poor or rich, it affects us all equally. So talk to your children about the importance of avoiding drugs. I have some
026notes from the last meeting. Since there was no electricity, we barely had any because our staff were able to improvise and provide some generators so we would have light. But I wanted to save and share my notes from that night. The first note was: Paul Jar Brown, thank you so much. I cannot express enough how grateful we are for the positive things you presented to our District. As we are a small District, sometimes we don't get much exposure, but thank you for what you did and the information you reported. In your article, it says that Mr. Jar Brown did some research and has reported from many places, even exotic ones like Egypt. So what a privilege! And he says that as a researcher he is interested in finding the best resources to conduct the best
027research as the basis for his articles, and after reading the articles he wrote regarding our district, we are more than grateful and congratulations on your recognition. You probably have some excellent stories for this year because we are like a precious gem here in the area. We are experiencing success in the district, and I wish you all the best. I wish you continued success, and I hope to read your future articles in September as we are in that transition. Speaking of which, about a month ago at Landing Hills Elementary, when they designed the new field and track there, Hills, we cut the ribbon and were able to walk around the track, and it was very exciting. The students were very excited to have their own track at their school, and now it looks like they are
028going to organize a 100-mile club at that school so that parents can come to the school once a week and walk with their students for exercise. On September 22, State Secretary Jolly Weber visited Landing Hills High School. His visit was also very encouraging. He encouraged the students on Patreon to register in advance for the elections. At 16 years old, so when they turn 18 they can start voting freely. Then on September 24th at the Reparally Lines Club and the Brothery Club, there was also an annual event called the Furfest Food Festival. The lady outside was there working, Dr. Jensen was there working, and all the money that is earned from that event goes to the graduates. Mr. Labro, please write that down. On September 27th was the State of the City event, one from the
029mayor's office for city residents, another for city business owners, an update on events taking place in the city that affect our school. So I enjoyed attending that State of the City and hearing that ten- year plan for the city. We are going to see a lot of progress in the city. On October 1st, there is a doctor, Dr. Veronica Contreras. She is a Hispanic lawyer, the first in her family to become a doctor, and she has students enrolled in our district, but only about 6% of the doctors are Latino. So she is creating an initiative We already did a health walk once in Vermont Park, but it's anticipated that this event will be organized once a month so we can walk together with Dr. Contreras. It was very nice that Sky Country joined in and
030is gaining recognition, so to speak, with their 100-mile club. So it's excellent because it promotes health. I also want to mention our bus drivers; to me, they are like angels. It's like driving in the middle of a rock concert with all the noise the kids are making, talking and having fun, and the work they do is incredible. So congratulations to them. Regarding National Custodian Day, the work the councils do cleaning the school grounds, their kindness—they are part of this community. I love that. I love the relationship they have with the students; it's very positive, and their presence is very important in these schools. I can't thank them enough. Also, on October 5th, I attended a National School Walk. I walked to the Pacific Avenue Music Academy. It was a great group of parents and students
031who walked together. I loved seeing the event at the school; it seems to be a very popular thing in the district at all the campuses. I hope to see more students walking to school as well. On the 19th, I attended the Norco College Board of Education meeting. They were talking about students who are dual-enrolled in high school and Norco College, and the requirements to participate in that program. If they take a class at Norco College, they can receive credit toward their high school, college, and university credits. So it's an excellent partnership between Norco High School and Norco College. There will also be more opportunities for students who are studying for a technical career. I had the opportunity to attend the district's Parent Advisory Committee. There are several parents who have joined this council. It 's
032exciting to see the involvement of the parents. Parent participation is so important to the collaboration between parents and the district. And when Mr. Burt Lake was reviewing the budget information over the years, I heard many positive comments and suggestions from the parents. So I look forward to participating with this district advisory committee again this year. The council allows me to also share some other notes I want to share with you. Congratulations Karina on your appointment as director of human resources. I'm sure you're ready to get started and be part of the team. Congratulations to the student council members. Thank you for all the information. I love that you had your homecoming games, homecoming dance, and your pink game to support breast cancer awareness, which I hope to support. I think that's all. And Mr. Trustee
033Navarro, speaking briefly about what you mentioned regarding drugs and gender, it's so dangerous, so deadly. It's so important to talk to children about this. You remind me of the '80s when we talked about heroin. It seems like a vicious cycle that repeats itself, and now instead of heroin, it's feng snow. It's so important because it seems to be hitting closer and closer to home. Last week I had a conversation with Senator Takano, and he asked about the issue of drug use and what schools are doing to try to prevent it. Fortunately, up to this point, we haven't had that problem in our schools, but we are preparing for it. The day it is presented. We hope we never have to use the tools we have at our disposal, but we are prepared to use them
034when the time comes. We will now move on to audience comments. We have no requests to speak. Okay, well, there are no comments from the audience. We will now move on to the administrative reports and written communications. Report on the 2021-2022 Saturday School Program. Mrs. Santos, and thank you, President Rico. The Saturday enrichment program was offered on 10 different dates during the 2021-2022 school year. All schools participated, and a total of 763,728 in annual daily attendance was recovered. After costs, the total amount recovered was $ 505,625. The enrichment activities offered district-wide attracted students in grades 1-12 to the program. The program dates for the 2021-2022 school year are in the supporting materials. Thank you. Outside the district, there were also 204 new and 302 Renewals in summary of the quarterly uniform complaints report of the
035Williams agreement. Mr. Bruce says there are no complaints. Other administrative reports and written communications, Dr. Hansen, if I want to give you a report of the 10. Yes, at the September 12th meeting, we did an internal survey, and some of the problems we found at that school, and we want to do a study on how to reduce the number of kindergarteners at Sun School to 6th grade, and we have been working with Genera Research to conduct a survey that will be released tomorrow. They will send it to the community and the parents of Sun School. The survey will last two weeks, and we will also provide a survey to the staff who work with students in grades 6 through 8 to receive recommendations from them. We will send this survey to the community and the
036parents, and we will send it through the media. Reminder: In November, we will have a session to receive information. We will be receiving information, and once we have all the information in order, we can inform the board at the next meeting. In mid-November to late November, we want to have all that information for the next presentation, and that's all. I wanted to give you an update on what's coming up next, and as I said, tomorrow we're going to send out that survey for the school and the community from the sun. Thank you, Dr. Hansen. We're going to try adopting the routine items by consent from number 1 to number 22. The motion was made, and in case we want to start, Navarro and if there are any comments, we're going to call the vote. The
037motion was finally made, and to begin a vote, and it was seconded by the Wailer Commissioner. We're using at this moment. It passed four to zero, and with one name present, we're going to move on to the action session to adopt the declaration of need for fully qualified educators for the 2022-2023 school year. Every year, the council must adopt a declaration of need for fully qualified educators as a prerequisite for the issuance of emergency teaching permits for the district. This declaration is one of the state requirements of the Teacher Accreditation Commission for the issuance of emergency permits and the guidance and training of emergency permit holders. Historically, the district has needed to hire very few teachers. If any are under this declaration, the information from the materials... The backup account accounts for all the anticipated
038potential needs for the next school year. This is a very unique time, and there are some positions for which it is very difficult to find qualified people. And if there are some, there have been times when we couldn't find someone who had all the requirements. The motion was finally made to begin. Well, if it's all right, it refers to Navarro. Mr. Professor, you say that maybe in the future we will have to do this. Every year we do it to prepare and to be ready if there is a need. When we are looking for candidates, we look at whether they have already finished their credential or how much they have left if they want to be elementary school teachers. We only want to get qualified people for these positions. Thank you. If there are no
039comments or questions, we will call the button. 4 to 0 and with one not present, it passed. The statement of need for fully qualified educators was adopted. Reports from the members of its committees: Trustee Navarro does not have a report. Cindy Buy does have a report. The Equity Committee of My Educational Associates met to continue its work. I want to thank Mr. Monty Owens for his leadership and guidance for our group. I think of it as providing Resources for the most beneficial environment possible for every student right now, in every young life, can never be duplicated to provide the foundation for success in their lives. For me, equity is the most important thing we can foster. Thank you, union. I was also able to attend that same conference, and returning from the county conference, we
040did a very interesting brainstorming activity. We tried to look at the inequalities in test scores and ask why, and there weren't many results. But we hope they are investigating further why these inequalities persist. Anyway, I want to thank Mr. Obens for his magnificent presentation. As I mentioned, I attended the district advisory committee meeting. Many new parents were involved, participating mainly as parents and some staff members, but primarily parents who were presenting. The president, vice president, etc., were appointed. That was during the first meeting of the year. And interestingly, representatives from Riverside and Norco Community Colleges presented to inform parents about dual enrollment programs in high school and review those opportunities. They also gave a presentation to the middle school students, grades 7 and 8, to prepare them for that prospect. Ms. Pace was also present
041to talk about the career center, the career fair, and what we're planning for the future. And that's really all I have for today. Dr. Jensen, anything to share today? Just a couple of comments. First, I want to thank the Argentina Health students who wrote some thoughtful, very kind cards. It's part of their culture of kindness, and I really enjoyed reading their cards and letters. I also want to acknowledge our Nutrition Services staff. You may have seen that we recognized them last week for School Lunch Week. We want to thank them for all their hard work. It's been quite difficult coming out of the pandemic and trying to serve lunches and meals to all the students, but it's an excellent job keeping up with all of that. I also want to remind you about the Kindness
042Challenge that's taking place in the Jurupa district. I've enjoyed attending, visiting different schools, and participating in their various kindness activities. Chairman Rey Go, you spoke about drug use. It's something we've been monitoring closely. A couple of meetings ago, we approved the use What's called a "narcan" is something used when a student is abusing drugs to provide first aid to prevent potentially very harmful effects of drug use or abuse. So we're prepared for that, should the need arise. I want to remind everyone that tomorrow is the Great Out, a practice session, a drill, let's say, for an earthquake. So tomorrow we're going to have that drill at the district level, and we're excited to be able to participate in those exercises. I also want to thank the Gorobi Club and the Lions Club for their collaboration
043with Surfest. They are two. Agencies within our community collaborated to provide this magnificent activity for our community, and all the proceeds from that event are donated to the District through scholarships for our students. So we want to thank you for your combined efforts in supporting our students. I was also able to meet with Congressman Takano, and we also met at the future or planned site for the technical center with Mayor Barajas and Chancellor Isaac from the Riverside Community College District. We were able to meet in Chancellor Isaac's office to discuss the next steps in making these plans a reality. I am very grateful for all the wonderful things taking place in our District. It is a privilege for me to serve alongside such excellent people. We put our students first, and it is very exciting
044to witness that. That's all I have to say. Thank you, thank you. The meeting is adjourned at 6:56. Thank you very much for being here. Have a nice afternoon.